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In this fifth installment of drupa's 'Essentials' series, inkjet specialist Régis Thienard explores the present anf future trends with inkjet technologies - and it's all good news.
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Roland DG will be present latest innovations from its portfolio of digital printing solutions, including the new IU-1000F large-format UV flatbed printer, at next month’s viscom trade fair for advertising technology and large format printing in Düsseldorf, Germany (January 7-9). Viscom 2020 will also feature a live signmaking workshop.
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The Australian Society of Old Friends, founded over 100 years ago, joined with the Press Gang, the LIA and Penrith Museum of Printing this week, to stage a Christmas function at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Forty industry notables and their partners enjoyed a fun night starting with drinks on the balcony overlooking a rather smoky Sydney Harbour.
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Following the first Australian installation (undisclosed) of an Aeoon Compact Kyo 3/8 inkjet T-shirt textile printer, Territory Sales Manager Ioannis Apostolidis recently visited to accompany his dealer Sew Simple’s Greg and Luke Carmody on calls to prospective new customers.
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In a direct appeal to HP shareholders, Xerox says its offer to buy its larger rival would create a $US66.8 billion printing industry giant and deliver $31 a share to HP shareholders. HP’s board rejected an earlier $US33.5 billion takeover bid from Xerox that had offered shareholders $22 a share. Xerox has also revealed it has its eye on 50,000 worldwide HP Wide Format customers and an estimated 10,000 global installations of HP’s flagship printer, the HP Indigo Press.
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With the Festive Season and long languid breaks on our doorstep, don’t forget to plan in your trip to Visual Impact Gold Coast 2020, incorporating the biennial ASGA/FESPA HP Awards for Excellence to be staged on Friday May 1st.
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UK premium films manufacturer MetaMark has released a new video showing the benefits of its MetaCast MDC cast digital film.
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Two EFI Vutek GS wide format printers and a Roland Soljet Pro-4 XR-640 device are among 67 remaining lots up for auction from collapsed Melbourne trade finishing business The Bindery, which shut down in October.
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Online entries are now open for the biennial Australian Sign and Graphics Association/ FESPA Australia 2020 HP Awards for Excellence, to be presented during Visual Impact Gold Coast 2020 in Broadbeach.
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Brisbane’s GJI Group has continued its expansion with the acquisition of Sydney-based Signpac – a family owned company that has provided signage to Australian primary and secondary schools, colleges, day care and aged care facilities for more than 20 years.
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How to future proof the sign industry from environmental change will be a focus of next year’s New Zealand Sign and Display Association’s (NZSDA) Vision 2020 - Shaping the Vision Expo. The country’s largest graphics, sign, display and large format trade show will be held in Auckland on June 11-13, the same week as the NZSDA conference and its awards event.
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HP will showcase its Stitch and Latex technologies in a curated exhibition space at next month’s Heimtextil 2020, the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, held in Frankfurt January 7-10, 2020.
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Pantone, a provider of professional colour language standards and digital solutions, has named PANTONE 19-4052, Classic Blue, as its Colour of the Year for 2020. “A timeless and enduring hue elegant in its simplicity,” says a Pantone press release. “Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue highlight our desire for a dependable and stable foundation from which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.”
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New research from Smithers says digital print output will increase by 65% over the next 10 years, from $US139 billion in 2019 to $US230 billion by 2029. The dynamic growth rate will be driven by package printing, books and other graphic printing areas.
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Carl Icahn, master Wall Street tactician and big shareholder in both HP and Xerox, has followed his proven pattern in hostile take-overs and issued an 'Open Letter' trying to persuade HP shareholders that it's a good thing to allow Xerox to take HP over and save USD$2 billion a year in operating costs. He makes some valid points but admits it's all about 'making billions' - no mention of customers here.
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