New Zealand’s top apprentices were recognised as part of the recent New Zealand Sign and Display Awards ceremony in Invercargill.

A new company and a new product will be on display at the upcoming Gold Coast and Sydney Visual Impact/Image Expos Sign Shows. The Gold Coast show is taking place at the Gold Coast Exhibition Centre from the 11th to the 12th of May whilst the Sydney show runs from 18th - 21st July at Darling Harbour.

Inca Digital Printers has announced the launch of the Inca Onset. which can handle a print sizes of up to 3.2 x 1.5m (10.5x 5 ft) and achieving production throughput of 500 sq m/hr (5382 sq ft /hr), the automated Inca Onset delivers a 100+ full bed sheets an hour. 

Enhancements to digital color imaging system create brighter, softer images on cotton garments.

Totally integrated within the RIP, Caldera’s CostView option enables production calculation and the set-up of a pricing policy, from printing to finishing, including transport costs, logistics and all overhead costs.

The Roland AdvancedJET AJ-1000 104” grand-format inkjet printer has won the prestigious European Digital Press Association EDP Award for innovation in the “Wide-Format Inkjet Printers up to 2.5m” category.

Raster Printers introduced its Daytona T600UV, a 60 inch by 48 inch (152 cm X 122 cm) Flatbed UV printer.

ColourProcess have been appointed as partners and Australian resellers of world-leading automation software from Callas Software and Gradual Software. PDF workflows can now automate tasks that until now have been manual and time consuming.

The product carries enhanced 50µm cast vinyl film with the proven solvent-based adhesive and 137g/m² Kraft liner also used in their high performance line. Because of its extreme flexibility and conformability this cast vinyl film is particularly recommended for long term applications on complex and compound curved surfaces and for vehicle full wraps. It features an outdoor durability of up to 10 years and is thus the ideal high end solution for difficult curved substrates and rivets and all substrates with long life cycles.

The Association of CorelDRAW Professionals (ACDRP), the world’s only association for CorelDRAW users, announces the launch of QuickFillTM -- a new keyword-based search engine for graphics and production help for industry businesses.

BERTL, the US-based independent analyst on digital imaging devices and workflow solutions, has awarded seven of its 2007 Best Awards to Océ.

UK based digital ink manufacturer, Ink Technologies (UK) Ltd will be launching an extensive collection of new products at this years Digital Expo/Sign UK event which is to be held at the Birmingham NEC from 1–3 May.

Gandinnovations has officially released its new economical Jeti 1224 True UV Flatbed printer to world-wide sales after its successful debut at the International Sign Expo in Las Vegas, NV, USA.

The New Zealand Sign and Display Awards for 2007 were presented at a glittering ceremony in Invercargill on the 26th April.

Océ’s acclaimed Arizona 250 GT wide format printer, which was shown recently in March at Océ’s OpenHouse 2007 expo in Poing, Germany, has now become available in Australia.