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Facing ongoing challenges to global supply chains, Starleaton joined national industry suppliers Spandex, Graphic Art Mart and Spicers in announcing price increases. Excluded from Starleaton’s Feb 2022 price rise list are products from Epson, Roland and 3M.
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NSW wide format printer GSP Print produced two of the winning entries in the Outdoor Media Association’s (OMA) quarter three Creative Collection competition for 2021, including the Big, Bold and Bright prize winner and the Best Use of Multi-Format.
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In the second major fire to hit the Adelaide sign industry in less than a year, Rodney Robertson Associates' warehouse in suburban Edwardstown has been destroyed overnight on Thursday, with damage estimated at $5 million.
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2022 marks a watershed 40th year for Australia's first print franchise chain, Kwik Kopy. Started in 1982 when Penfold Printing acquired the A-NZ rights to the USA's expanding global Kwik Kopy network, the quick printing franchise was purchased outright by Stephen Penfold in 1985 and he remains involved at Board level. Forty years on, his son Matthew is assuming the Chairmanship after several years of running the Darling Harbour, NSW franchise.
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Outdoor advertiser oOh!media has added over 30 digital locations to its metropolitan and regional roadside billboard portfolio this year, and will close out 2021 with more than 200 large format digital signs across the country.
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G7 colour certification live courses are returning in 2022, conducted by David Crowther of Colour Graphic Services and the Idealliance. A refreshed and updated programme will provide certified training as G7 Expert or G7 Professional, reflecting all the latest developments in cutting-edge print technologies and colour management.
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The global digital textile printing market, estimated to be worth $2 billion in 2020, is expected to grow at a rate of 14.8% from 2021 to reach $7.9 billion by 2030, according to a new report by Allied Market Research.
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The graphics world has been abuzz with automated template-driven 'Cloud' design SASS applications but do they all understand the needs of hard working printers regarding design, file quality, resolution, PDF versions, colour and so on? Most importantly - how do you convert a design into a paying print customer every time? Over 800 customers around the globe have discovered that India-headquartered Design 'N' Buy is the 'bees knees' application that brings in the business.
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Innovation to meet pressing demand for greater digitisation, sustainability, productivity and automation will be essential to the ongoing evolution of the print industry through to 2031, according to industry researcher Smithers.
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Italian luxury fashion brand Brunello Cucinelli has turned to Epson's sustainable paper recycling system PaperLab to reduce its paper waste and ‘embrace the circular paper economy.’
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Colour management specialist ColorLogic, part of Hybrid Software Group, has released ColorAnt 8, an advanced colour measurement and correction tool that now supports X-Rite i1iSis 2 spectrophotometers.
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SAi has released another great tutorial viddie, this time on how to vectorise in Flexi. It could be the most useful five minutes you spend today!
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The Small Business Ombudsman has welcomed the extension of the federal SME Recovery Loan Scheme that provides small and family businesses with access to finance as they work to get back on their feet.
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3M says its new $A133 million manufacturing plant at Hilden, close to Düsseldorf, in Germany will significantly increase the production of 3M Graphics Films for global markets including Australia. The films are used for vehicle design, advertising and promotional activities.
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In what appears to be a dispute over licence fees, Pantone colour libraries are set to be dropped from the built-in features of Adobe's Creative Cloud suite which include the ever-popular Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Capture. For some designers working only in CMYK digital output, this might not be a big deal but for others, and their clients, it could be a recipe for colour communication confusion and inaccurate spot colours.
- Ilford Imaging releases new wide format canvas products for home décor sector
- 'Explosive' input costs to flow on to chemicals and other printing materials: IndustryEdge
- Spandex, Graphic Art Mart, Amari to increase prices in 2022
- Ricky Richards celebrates the Season with Starlight Display textile
- Australia's PrintIQ exhibits at Printing-expo online and Sign&Digital UK
- 2022 International Trade Shows - which should you attend? - Andy McCourt
- Physical trade shows “more important than ever” - Messe Frankfurt
- oOh!media sells Junkee to RACAT Group
- Printing ink producers face continued severe supply problems
- Flint Group hikes ink prices over supply challenges
- Epson launches own Spectrophotometer and app for colour matching
- Remembrance Day and unsung climate heroes: Best of outdoor
- SAi webinar 'Design Christmas Stickers' this Thursday 9th Dec
- Heimtextil cancelled due to ‘extreme’ Covid spike in Germany
- Vehicle wraps help drive global vinyl film market to $6.3 billion
