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Ball & Doggett, is pleased to announce the appointment of Matt Murphy as Sales Manager (Victoria & Tasmania) – Sign, Display & Digital. In this role, Matt will focus on strengthening partnerships, driving business development, and expanding Ball & Doggett’s presence in the market across Victoria and Tasmania.
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Sign & Print Career Connections is back for 2025, with the first event for the year on this Friday and Saturday. Previous Sign & Print Career Connections have proven hugely popular with students and school leavers alike. Visual Connections & ASGA have called for volunteers for the Melbourne expo - please apply!
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Orafol can make your visit to FESPA Global Print Expo, Berlin, a little easier with free entry, saving 50 Euros! (about AUD$86.00) - but you must register for the discount code before April 8th. Do it soon if you are going!
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Celmac Australia is welcomed as a national specialist reseller for DG Dimense textured print solutions in Australia. Dimense is a Roland DG joint venture with the Estonia-based inventor of the raised printing process for wide format.
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Cambridge, UK-based Xaar is addressing corrugated packaging printing with its Aquinox inkjet printhead, delivering flexographic quality and a reduced cost per print, alongside digital customisation benefits in a single pass.
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Anyone making the trip across to Berlin for FESPA (6th-9th May 2025) will be able to take in the EMEA debut of Mimaki’s new Tx330 Series textile printers, aiming to drive the transformation of the textile industry towards waterless prints.
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With the FESPA Global Print Expo just 2 months away in Berlin, the association has announced the FESPA Foundation under the tagline 'Print for Good.' It has already supported a rural school in South Africa.
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A second keynote speaker has been locked in for PacPrint 2025 (20th-23rd May, Sydney Olympic Park). David Ferraz, Principal of Argus Business Brokers, is now confirmed to take the stage on the last morning of the show to offer insights into how mergers and acquisitions can offer a potential solution to the industry’s worsening talent shortage.
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Epson Surepress inkjet label presses hit a 'sweet spot' in the label production market since the SP 4033A was first launched in 2012. That sweet spot is the space between bench/desktop typw label printers that are handy but very slow, and the higher-end production inkjet machines thrumming along at up to 80 metres/minute.
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HP says it plans to go ahead with cutting between 1,000-2,000 jobs this year, as part of a structural savings programme aimed to save the business an additional USD$300m for its 'Future Ready' restructuring programme that started in 2023. The goal is to save HP USD$1.9bn between 2023 to the end of the 2025 US financial year.
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For the second year running, Labels and Packaging ranks the highest in diversification investment for commercial printers, with promotional products/merchandise and wide format rounding out the top growth areas.
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Drytac’s new Polar Frost Air is now available to customers worldwide. It is translucent embossed polymeric film with an 'etched glass' appearance and can be installed printed or unprinted on glass.
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France-based RIP software specialist Caldera is introducing its latest RIP solution for direct-to-film (DTF) and direct-to-garment (DTG) printing, for both beginners and professionals in the industry.
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The ASGA Social Bowls program for 2025 kicked off on Friday at the historic Melbourne Bowling Club in the heart of Windsor. A great time was had by all, with Brisbane next on the bowlo calendar.
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Last week, we ran an article on the de-registration by ASIC of Reacon Holdings Pty Ltd. We have since been contacted by various parties including ex-employees and suppliers, concerned at the confusing landscape of multiple companies, winding-ups and deregistrations.
- Kyocera releases new UV ink compatible printhead
- HP recognises Currie Group with APJ region Excellence Award
- Mimaki Australia launches free ink cartridge recycling program
- Epson President Ogawa makes way for Yoshida and is appointed Chairman
- Reacon Holdings Pty Ltd is de-registered by ASIC - mystery
- New Smithers report charts transition from offset to digital print
- Roland to hold DTF and DTO application days in March-May
- EPSON to cut up to 82% of greenhouse gas emissions in shipping deal
- AiG - RBA rate cut welcome but don’t expect further easing any time soon
- Anti-graffiti films - what are they & how do they work?
- Printing United Alliance expands G7+ certification program
- Neschen and ATP will jointly present at upcoming FESPA Berlin expo
- Techkon announces release of ChromaQA6 cloud-based colour control suite
- Mutoh releases HydrAton water-based UV printer in Europe
- Fujifilm's Q3 results up 8%, Graphics up 4.7%
