Xanita's stand at the VIIE show will be made entirely from printed X-Board and Mondi Xtreme, with a total weight less than 200kg’s, including printed floor, printed 6mtr long backdrop wall, 3-level shelving system and printed display tables and chairs. No furniture was hired other than lights, leaving a very small carbon footprint. Our stand theme is “It’s light wood…..but not as you know it!”

The newest member of Océ Australia’s CS9000 family, the Océ CS9060 eco solvent wide format printer, will make its debut appearance in Australia at the Visual Impact expo on the 18th July in Sydney.

Responding to customers’ expressed wishes for easy access to the company’s broad range of industrial products, 3M has created the 3M eStore. At the new site, customers in the 48 contiguous United States can purchase from a large and growing selection of 3M products with a simple credit card transaction.

Matan introduced the Barak at FESPA. It is a 3 or 5metre wide format digital printer, using UV-curable inks and designed to bring an all-in-one solution to the market.

Mimaki Japan has announced new grand-format solvent inkjet printers, the JV5-260S and JV5-320S and new wide-format inkjet printers the JV33-130 and JV33-160.

Caldera and Durst Phototechnik have announced a partnership in order to provide added value solutions for large format printing activities.

Roland DG Australia and New Zealand have launched their Eco-Media range of substrates.

Hexis launch an addition to their line of HexPress digital printing media with structured adhesive.

Printing Industries Victoria has recently received comments of concern from members on the practical ramifications of the forthcoming Victorian Print Tender due to take effect in late July 2007.

A former student of the Queensland School of Printing and Graphic Arts has indirectly become a major sponsor of the school.

Europe's latest printer manafacturer has launched two new models this last month or so to address different market requirements.

Printing Industries has launched two virtual tours to give people contemplating a visit to drupa 2008 a first hand insight into the supa drupa industry tour base camp.

Chief Media have announced their appointment as exclusive distributors for the Imagiam Lenticular Software product.

InteliCoat Technologies has announced the introduction of Magic GFPHOTO PSA, a photorealistic paper with a permanent, pressure-sensitive adhesive coating for solvent and eco-solvent ink jet printers.