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What a night of nights! Gold medal winners at Tuesday night’s HP-ASGA National Sign Awards included familiar names Kingman, Cunneen Signs and Grafico Group as well as first-time winners Zimmerman Industries, OMG!, Signhub, Neolite, Specialbuild, Signcraft, Signageworld and Signage Fleet. Donuts Anyone? by Liberty Signs in the Vehicle Wraps category won the People’s Choice award.
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Australia’s largest distributor of printable materials and press consumables says its new Product Catalogue 2022 – 2024 is 'the perfect tool for navigating through our comprehensive range of products.' It's also available at PacPrint on a stand made entirely of sustainable and locally-made board material.
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Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia has named former NBN Co executive Stephen Sims as its new executive general manager, responsible for the former Fuji Xerox’s national sales and Fujifilm CodeBlue Australia, its IT services subsidiary.
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With just under two years to go until the start of drupa 2024, planning is well advanced with global print businesses from 32 countries already on board. "This edition will specifically focus on the mega trends sustainability and digitalisation."
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Well the industry has gone an extra few miles, with first impressions of the show following the opening by Federal Member for Macnamara, Josh Burns MP, showing a great and diverse event. Everything from drones and 3D to the expected latest in digital, wide format, finishing, consumables - you name it it's there. If you haven't already planned your trip, our recommendation is to do it now - you won't regret it.
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“Though we hoped supply chain issues would ease in 2022, factors outside our control continue to wreak havoc, resulting in a perfect storm," says Clinton Willis, executive general manager sales at ASX-listed printer Ovato. Earlier this month, the ACCC said it would not oppose Opus Group’s proposed acquisition of Ovato’s book printing business.
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Rollover – the Norwegian manufacturer of one of the industry’s most productive machines, will once again have Svein Ove Martinsen at PacPrint & Visual Impact on the Wilenco stand E26, this week in Melbourne. He’s travelled 16,000km to be here, so why not say hello and enjoy a demo on the latest Rollover applicators – four are on show!
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ASGA is offering PacPrint visitors the chance to win a 12-month free membership by providing a new or updated listing for the national signage association’s free Sign Industry Directory. ASGA has a busy Day One schedule lined up at PacPrint, with an afternoon forum session on changes to the National Construction code before the presentation of the HP 2022 National Sign & Graphics Awards on Tuesday night.
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Fujifilm Data Management Solutions, a subsidiary of Fujifilm Business Innovation (formerly Fuji Xerox) has acquired Melbourne-based digital messaging services provider Smart Messaging Services, trading as Intelli Messaging.
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Adobe is planning to release a ‘freemium’ web version of its popular graphics editing tool Photoshop that will provide users with the tools to perform Photoshop's "core functions," according to a US report.
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Xeikon will introduce the Panther PX3300 UV inkjet label press to visitors at PacPrint 2022 in Melbourne on Tuesday 28 June to Friday 1 July 2022. It will be the first showing of the Xeikon Panther 2.0 technology in Australia.
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Melbourne-based custom label printer Labels Connect has enhanced its digital printing capacity with the deployment of the SCREEN L350 UV Inkjet press. With the support of partner, Jet Technologies, the Screen L350 UV Inkjet press will help Labels Connect streamline digital printing jobs for its diversity of customers.
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Hot on the heels of releasing the new version, V15.1 of its RIP, French software creator Caldera has announced a new version of its prepress solution - PrimeCenter. Starting in June, 2022, users will be able to update their PrimeCenter to version 2.0 and benefit from a revamped user experience designed to ease file preparation while increasing production efficiency.
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Print and marketing group IVE says revenue momentum in the second half of FY22 is expected to push its full-year revenue up 14% pcp to about $750 million. IVE’s integration of wide format acquisitions Active Display Group and AFI Branding into its Retail Display facility in Braeside, VIC has been delayed by three months due to the weather and Covid.
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A constantly updated selection of exhibitor highlights to see at PacPrint at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Center between June 28th and July 1st. Scroll down for highlighted exhibitor info and offers. A floorplan to locate stands is at the end.
- Konica Minolta/3D Systems satellite parts head into space
- FESPA Australia launches Future Leaders Program
- Konica Minolta appoints Andrew Cocker as GM production & industrial print
- Solimar unveils Rubika 4.4 workflow software ahead of PacPrint
- ONYX Software announces version 22
- ASGA encourages take-up of NSW TAFE Trade Pathways Program
- Epson Australia to show new SurePress L-4733AW label printer at PacPrint
- Caldera releases Version 15.1 of its renowned RIP workflow
- Konica Minolta announces new AccurioLabel 400 digital label press
- Avery Dennison innovations reduce ‘environmental footprint’
- Fujifilm opens $19m aqueous inkjet factory in Delaware
- NZ imposes $9.7m fine on 'deceptive' Australia/NZ freight cartels
- Pride In Print NZ awards 2022 - Logick Print is FOURsome!
- Kodak turbo-drives inket web speed up to 410 metres/minute with new Prosper 7000
- PacPrint is first look at PrintIQ's new branding & innovations (+video)