Epson Australia’s theme at this year’s Visual Impact Sydney show is a real-world copy shop that will feature its latest and best applications designed for signage and display businesses. Many of the printers and solutions on show will be demonstrated in Australia for the first time.

Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Limited has announced the appointment of Takayuki Togo to the position of managing director, effective October 1, 2018. His prior position was senior general manager, Marketing, Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.

Myla Graphics, located in the Brisbane, Queensland suburb of Darra is owned and run by Ken Thorne, a print industry veteran of over thirty years’ experience. With the steady decline and lowered profit margins in offset printing, Ken decided to sell off his three offset presses in 2015 and concentrate on digital signage, banners, backdrops, displays – in fact anything that can be produced using PDF files ripped to inkjet printing devices.

Océ Australia has launched its new Touchstone elevated printing technology for the Océ Arizona Series of large-format UV flatbed printers – and visitors to this month’s Visual Impact show in Sydney will be able to ‘see, touch and feel’ how it could help build their business.

As bans on single-use plastic bags are rolled out across Australasia, the New Zealand government has backed an initiative by a national real estate chain to replace its plastic corflute signage with recyclable aluminium.

VI Sydney visitors looking for the perfect blend of signage innovation and a touch of craft won’t want to miss Euro Poles and Textile Displays on Stand F4 at the Sydney show this month.

Regular readers will note we have a new masthead for Wide Format On-Line. Don't worry, we are still dedicated to the wide format signage, display, POP, vehicle wrapping, exhibition and billboard markets.

According to ISO Standard 20690, swissQprint large format printers are highly energy-efficient. In other words, they consume only modest amounts of electrical energy and conserve resources.

FESPA's next pan-Asian event will take place, under its new name of Asia Print Expo, from 21 to 23 February 2019 at the BITEC exhibition centre in Bangkok, Thailand. Asia Print Expo is the region's leading exhibition for screen, textile and digital wide format print.

Opening simultaneously with VI Sydney is Africa's largest dedicated print and signage exhibition, FESPA Africa in Johannesburg. The show id co-located with Sign Africa and Africa Print.

Stickittome Australia and Hexis Australia will come together to exhibit at the Visual Impact show in Sydney.

Agfa Graphics introduces the fourth version of Arziro Design, a complete, dedicated ecosystem for the general security printing market.

EFI has announced that environmental graphics production specialist Northeast Color in the US has recently became the first company to install the h series, with a VUTEk h3.

Epson Australia has launched two new high-speed, easy-to-use large-format printers – the 24-inch SureColor T3160 and the 36-inch SureColor T5160, available as desktop or floor-standing models.

If you’re a secondary school student or teacher who wants to learn more about the exciting potential of pursuing a trade, Visual Impact Sydney is the perfect place to find out more, with a free Try a Trade program running at the event from 12-14 September at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park.

SA International has announced that its SAi Flexi software solution is certified for use with both the HP DesignJet Z6610 and DesignJet Z6810 printers.

If you’ve been thinking about popping over to Sydney Olympic Park for the Visual Impact expo next month, there’s now another compelling reason to attend, with Océ Australia confirming that they will bring their new ‘pop -up showroom’ featuring the revolutionary Océ Colorado 1640 64” roll -to-roll printer, to the show.

ColorGATE and Durst Phototechnik AG have announced their exclusive distribution partnership for the ceramic industry. It is a symbiosis of software and hardware for further development as well as sales and service of the first complete solution for digital tile decoration.

The International Sign Association announces its newest partnership, ISA-UK, powered by The British Sign & Graphics Association. ISA-UK will allow ISA and BSGA to work together on issues common across the sign, graphics and visual communications industry, including codes and regulations, research, workforce education and events.

Mutoh Europe announces that it has published a 360° Virtual Tour Tool of its Mutoh Experience Centre (MEC) at https://www.printinspiration.eu/en/mec/demo-room

The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) has announced that after evaluating a record-setting field of 255 submissions, judges of the 2018 Product of the Year Competition selected 68 winning products.