- Hits: 666
A UK report shows that Direct Mail advertising spend returned to growth in the third quarter of 2024, beating the country’s overall average of advertising spend of 9.7%, according to the latest figures from the Advertising Association (AA) and WARC (World Advertising Research Centre.) Digital Inkjet is the winner.
- Hits: 1046
DTG needn't be a slow laborious process. If you are really into productivity, ROQ's new NOW machine can rocket you up to 250 T-Shirts or other pieces per hour. With 36 Fujifilm Dimatix Starfire printheads inside - why wouldn't it rock?
- Hits: 797
Nothing gets the juices running for any vehicle wrapper like seeing the Supercar wraps revealed each season. With millions of dollars of sponsor money at stake, they have to get it right. Vinyl flying off at 300kph is no fun! Here's a few of the wraps revealed so far.
- Hits: 790
Sign and Safety materials manufacturer ORAFOL achieved good sales growth in the 2024 financial year, recording annual revenues of €883 million (AUD$1.453 billion). Along with this are acquisitions, more jobs and branches and a €60 million (AUD$98.7 million) investment in new plant and production at the Orienberg, Germany, site.
- Hits: 535
Last week we reported the inital WIP Breakfast dates for 2025 but Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart were still being finalised. Now they are locked in so you're good to go for the whole schedule.
- Hits: 792
As so often happens, January/February sees industry people transitioning roles for the new year. Two high-profile leaders have changed jobs, David Proctor has left Kyocera for CBTech, while former Spandex MD Ben McCauley is now with Konica Minolta.
- Hits: 776
Screen printing is often sidelined as a 'Cinderella' part of the printing industry but it is growing faster than digital! Screen's ability to 'print anything on anything' has enabled it to address new industrial markets including electronics, cellphone antennae, fuel cells and security print.
- Hits: 772
Datacolor, one of the leaders in colour management software, instruments and services, has announced the acquisition of Techkon GmbH, a leading provider of colour measurement technology, based in Königstein, Germany.
- Hits: 849
Bannershop is closed. All we know is in a brief message on their website. Over its 18-year history in Australia, Bannershop has not been without controversy, initially shipping jobs offshore before changing to local production. Its online customer service reviews have been mainly in the negative.
- Hits: 649
Currie Group will shine the spotlight on Canon Colorado M-series printers at an exclusive Open House event at the company’s Brisbane Demonstration Centre later in February.
- Hits: 941
For major adhesive vinyl/PET label manufacturers, successfully getting into wide format signage is no easy task; despite the commonality of the SAV media, the extra width up to 5 metres and mostly inkjet digital media, brings a new culture into the business mix, driven by the needs of the Sign and display industry rather than labels and packaging. The answer is acquisitions and UPM Raflatac has just made a significant one.
- Hits: 662
Summa's new cutter is designed to prevent the scratches or roller marks that typically occur when transporting PET film. The new Summa bundle includes a frictionless roll feed to level up the DTF Print & Cut workflow. Additionally, a dedicated DTF bundle features Summa’s proprietary tangential cutting, Camera and software technologies.
- Hits: 737
Women in Print Australia will once again be hosting its popular Breakfast Series in 2025, with the dates and venues for four States now announced.
- Hits: 695
Anil Ramsewak has joined Celmac following a 17-year career with HP where he supported industrial printers, Latex and 3D devices. This follows on from another technical support hire in Brisbane, Mark Rixon and further strengthens Celmac's already strong commitment to supporting customers.
- Hits: 717
Notwithstanding the tragic Californian wildfires, the Impressions expo at Long Beach went ahead in late January. Brother took this opportunity to release a new powder applicator and curing combo in the 16" x 20" sheet format (406mm x 508mm)
- Only 9 days left before FESPA Australia's - 'BBQ on the Yarra'
- Make It Happen with ASGA's signage bootcamp in May
- Zünd Australia's grand opening of technical centre
- SCREEN’s Peter Scott to attend Hunkeler Innovation Days, Switzerland
- Mimaki’s RasterLink7 can transform print RIP software
- First Heidelberg Jetfire50 digital inkjet presses installed in Europe
- ASGA Bowls socials kick off on Feb 28th - Melbourne first
- New aluminum solutions from Tectex on show at C!Print, France
- Agfa adds Anapurna Ciervo H2500 printer to its range
- ASGA webinar looks into Digital Signage
- Building refresh using Metamark Clear Vision
- AiG urges employers across the economy to support latest apprentice initiatives
- Jaybro infrastructure supply specialists all meshed up with new EFI Pro 33r
- Sydney Airport celebrates Chinese New Year with Art&Soul installation
- Women in Print Dives into 2025 with webinars, coaching and events
