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The Print Horizons Report, published in March, is a brief guide to the most important topics that printers and suppliers need to research when preparing for drupa. The findings are based on additional questions from the 9th drupa Global Trends Survey on the key technical and market developments likely to dominate drupa 2024.

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The ISA Sign Expo is on this week in Orlando, Florida, where Onyx Graphics, is set to preview ONYX 24 and also unveil the much-anticipated ONYX Align updates, integrating Onyx workflow with QuickBooks accounting software.

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Australian trade print supplier CMYKhub has become the first in the world to confirm an order for the new EFI VUTEk Q3h XP and EFI VUTEk Q3h X hybrid printers, which were released to the market at FESPA in March.

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With just two months to go until entries close for the ASGA Currie Group 2024 Sign & Graphics Awards, there is no time to lose if you want to enter your best work to the industry’s premier recognition of excellence.

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The Victorian chapter of the LIA (Lithographic Institute of Australia), the association for all people in print, held elections at a special general meeting, to put in place its committee and office-bearers for the next 12 months.It's encouraging to see some fresh young faces getting involved.

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Once you have recovered from drupa 2024 - it’s just a few weeks until the doors of the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre will open for the first Visual Impact show in the Queensland capital for over six years (thankyou covid!). The industry’s suppliers are coming out in force to make this a Brissy Blockbuster event.

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Ball & Doggett has announced the continued expansion of its strategic partnership agreement with Lamination System, a leading specialist in Laminating Machines, Laminating Film supplies, and Lamination Services.

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GJS has announced two new strategic distribution partnership deals designed to further expand its reach and broaden its offering in the screen printing equipment space. Advanced computer-to-screen (CTS), exposure units, manual screen printing presses, flash and conveyor dryers and digital accessories are available from now.

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Women in Print is delighted to announce the expansion of its annual Breakfast Series to include Canberra this year. With the addition of Canberra, Women in Print now extends its reach to almost every state and territory in Australia, furthering its commitment to fostering professional development and empowerment for women across the industry.

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As a central forum at drupa 2024 , from 28th May to 7th June the new 'Touchpoint Sustainability' will for the first time focus on the holistic role of the print and paper industry within the global sustainability transformation. Often overlooked is the fact that the industry has reached major achievements. Around 30 exhibitors in the 400 m² Hall 14 booth will present pioneering best practice examples from all areas of the value chain.

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Highcon has announced a new portfolio line-up ahead of drupa 2024, addressing the fastest-growing segments of paperboard packaging. Responding to a global market with continuously growing demand for smaller production batch sizes, faster delivery, increased sustainability and enhanced customer experience, the company’s new portfolio accelerates Highcon’s strategy of mainstreaming digital die cutting by focusing on productivity, efficiency and quality.

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At its Dscoop Edge gathering, HP has previewed its huge drupa showing - it has the entirety of Hall 17 - by announcing the new HP Indigo 120K Digital Press, the B2 18K Digital Press, a new approach to security printing with the new HP Indigo 7K Secure Digital Press, standards for end-to-end automation using artificial intelligence and robotics and improvements to its PageWide portfolio to solve production challenges and unlock growth opportunities for the printing industry.

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Ahead of drupa, the Printing and Paper Technology division of Germany's VDMA (Mechanical Engineering Industry Association), forecasts positive future prospects for the industry. Thomas Schiemann, Managing Director of the division says packaging and sustainability are the main drivers of the sector.

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Visitors to drupa 2024 will be the first to see the combined expertise and technology from Esko, X-Rite, Pantone, and Enfocus, all on one stand, with live demonstrations on booth #A12 in hall 8B, attendees will experience the full suite of the companies’ latest hardware and software innovations.

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Canon has announced the addition of FLXflow technology to its Arizona 2300 series, bringing new productivity features to the flatbed printer series. Previously known as FLOW technology, the new FLXflow offers the original ‘Hold’ functionality, which helps to hold media down on the flatbed table, and the new optional ‘Float’ and ‘Instant Switch’ functionalities to improve media handling.

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“Performance across the board” is Zünd's clever drupa theme. The company continues to expand its portfolio of cutting systems, software tools, and automation solutions. The goal is to offer productivity for all - for every customer, every requirement, and every budget.

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The postponed LIA tour of Cactus Imaging, Sydney, is now on April 11th and, best of all, it is FREE including refreshments!

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With FESPA out of the way, all eyes are now on the next global event, drupa from May 28th to June 7th in Dusseldorf, Germany. To add to the pre-publicity, drupa 'Poster Man' and 'Father of Digital Printing' - who also invented Indigo - Benny Landa and his company Landa Digital Printing have announced an all-new line up.

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Global printing industry supplier Inkcups has announced the worldwide launch of the MagiCoat Mini,  a scaled iteration of the highly regarded MagiCoat Pre-treatment System for glass and metal vessel printing.

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Women in Print Australia proudly announces the appointment of Wendy Coss as the Interim Chair of the newly empaneled Special Projects Committee. Wendy brings a wealth of experience and leadership to this role, leveraging her expertise as the General Manager of Commercial Digital Print at Southern Impact.

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The announcement of a hostile bid for Roland DG by Brother Industries, against the private-equity backed MBO, is deserving of close inspection. Using supplementary information from Brother, Andy McCourt looks at the offer and finds, in his opinion, that if successful, we could be looking at the creation of another HP, Epson or Fujifilm-sized supplier to our changing industry, and one that offers diversification opportunities into Industrial markets.