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In a huge vote of confidence for drupa 2024, Fujifilm has announced that it has booked a 20% larger stand at drupa 2024 to accommodate its much-expanded digital production portfolio. A quick look at FESPA Amsterdam (March) expo stands and drupa (May/June), shows many wideformat suppliers having larger presence at drupa, but Fujifilm's +400 sqm is a huge boost to the Düsseldorf event.
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Mutoh's recently-appointed SA dealer, Graphic Arts Supplies, has wasted no time in taking the bull by the horns and is holding a 2-day Open House on October 18th and 19th, with live demos on Mutoh's XpertJet 661UF bench-top UV printer and the XpertJet 1341SR 54" Eco-solvent roll-to-roll machine.
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Chisholm TAFE Art & Design has been working closely with Industry to establish a Print and Graphics training hub in its Institute in South East Melbourne, to deliver Skills-first Print and Graphics courses and also to look at specific Industry Training and skills gaps. Stakeholders are invited to attend the Inaugural Print and Graphics Industry Forum on Wednesday 1st November.
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The 2023 Print Census - conducted globally by industry association FESPA in partnership with InfoTrends, a division of Keypoint Intelligence - has polled 1,778 printers and signmakers from over 120 countries and produced an encouraging report that is free to FESPA members. The cost of ensuring Sustainability remains an area of concern.
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FESPA Australia, the international association for wide-format, textile and specialty printing, is pleased to announce the selection of twelve outstanding candidates for the highly anticipated 2023 FESPA Future Leaders Program, to be celebrated at the FESPA Conference in November.
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HP aims to simplify printing efficiencies for AEC Professionals with the new HP DesignJet Portfolio of printers and workflow. The new DesignJet printers are constructed from recycled plastic and feature 'Forest First' initiative to counter deforestation
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The new exhibition area offers customers and visitors close-up view of SCREEN’s innovative inkjet printing technology for label, commercial and packaging markets. Local MD Peter Scott visited the centre during Labelexpo, describing it as 'amazing.'
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The 9th drupa Global Trends Report, to be published in November 2023, is a clear statement of increasing confidence across almost all regions and markets. Printers and suppliers alike forecast it will be even better next year; which is good for drupa 2024. Of interest, digital's share of print revenues has remained almost static since 2014.
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The rise of inkjet beyond wide format continues with 3 companies announcing new cut-sheet devices. Ricoh has started shipping its ProZ75 B2 format inkjet press into Europe, rivaling Konica Minolta's existing Accuriojet K1e B2 press while Kyocera and Screen have partnered on an A3 device that uses special inks to deliver offset quality on standard coated stocks.
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The full range of European ROQ high-production screen printing, hybrid and digital printers and packaging solutions are now available to Australian printers exclusively through GJS. With a strong emphasis on DTG, both GJS and ROQ expect good growth in the garment sector.
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In an exciting move for the industry, Visual Connections has announced a significant expansion to its highly-successful Education Initiative to spread the benefits of its education program to the entire print, sign and graphics sector. FESPA Australia, FPLMA, LIA and PVCA have joined foundation partner ASGA, to collaborate with the supplier association in the program for 2024 and beyond, with a shared commitment to contribute to attracting and retaining new talent for the industry.
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SCREEN Graphic Solutions Co., Ltd. has announced its cooperation with KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. in the development of the Truepress JET S320, an A3 sheet-fed digital inkjet printer, aimed at commercialisation in 2024. A prototype will be shown at the upcoming Printing United Expo, USA this month (October)
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The Penrith Museum of Print's October 26th Celebration of 400 years since the first complete Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays, held as part of Sydney Rare Book Week, has received a boost with the PVCA agreeing to loan the treasured Gutenberg Bible facsimile, 2 volumes, for the event.
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Roland DG AP-640 resin and LG-640 UV models of its TrueVIS series wide-format inkjet printers and printer/cutters have earned BLI (Buyers Lab) 2024 Pick Awards after receiving high marks in tests conducted by Keypoint Intelligence.
- Epson unveils 2023 Pano Award-winning photos
- AEC warns Yes23 over purple referendum signage
- Canon launches imagePROGRAF TM large format series
- ‘Bus shelters of tomorrow’ from JCDecaux
- Color-Logic releases Touch7 Neon Color System
- TorchMedia expands Canberra Light Rail network
- WiP Print & Prosecco dates for VIC & TAS
- Bathurst's Shane's Signs lights up truck with Orafol reflective
- Celmac off to flying start with HP Latex 630
- ASGA Industry Taster Days in Sydney and Brisbane
- Ricoh launches two new DTF printers
- Roland DG partners Moleskin on notebook customisation
- Kodak’s new PRINERGY 10.0 workflow software
- Carl Icahn walks away from Xerox in $542m share sale
- Xerox pulls out of drupa - Chinese digital inkjet press maker steps in
