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The show may be over but it’s worth looking beyond the many sales made to assess why it was an important watershed for the industry. Andy McCourt felt there was one event that mattered more than the undoubted success of sales and networking, and it needs further nurturing.
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Adding to the Indigenous flavour of this year's Visual Impact Expo was Yamari Ochre, a Taren Poiny, NSW based sign production company owned and operated by Aboriginal people. Offering a wide range of signage, workwear and promional items, the company is 'Supply Nation Certified.'
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Almost 4,000 people were clocked through the doors at the Sydney sign, display and wide-format print expo, with 936 of those from exhibitor teams. Total sales will run into millions of dollars, says organiser Visual Connections.
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Kyocera is the latest print technology manufacturer turning its focus to the expanding digital textile printing market, announcing it will launch its first textile printer later this year.
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Visual Impact 2023’s best wrappers are Hayden Bryant and Rafael Sena, who both win a trip to New Zealand to compete in the Trans-Tasman HEXIS Wrap Battle in July.
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Epson has signed a technology and sustainability agreement to support First Nations Fashion + Design (FNFD), the NFP Indigenous Corporation whose goal is promoting the growth of the Indigenous fashion sector. Under the partnership, First Nations designers will gain access to Epson digital printing technologies.
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The skills shortage and training is recognised as a major challenge in today's graphic communications industry. Industry supplier Starleaton is not sitting on the sidelines regarding this, announcing 'Jump Start' at Visual Impact last week. Jump Start is a programme that finds candidates, places them with employers and Starleaton pays for the training.
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Agfa will showcase a new roll-to-roll printing module for its fastest multi-pass wide-format inkjet printer, the Tauro H3300 LED, at FESPA in Munich from 23-26 May.
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Azon Printers of Croatia has an amazing array of devices for printing onto Textiles, Leather, Cardboard, DTF, Aluminiu,. Wood and Plastics. Elizabeth Machines, a trusted 60-year old equipment supplier who started with industrial sewing machines, has snapped up Australian distribution rights.
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In what is believed to be Australia's only inkjet ink manufacturing plant, Memjet has announced the opening of a state-of-the-art dye-based ink manufacturing plant in Sydney. The new facility will produce Memjet’s advanced ink formulations in a quality-controlled, automated production environment.
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Renowned for its vast array of consumable media for both offset and digital printing, Ball&Doggett continues to press into hardware sales and support, adding new agencies and announcing a major HP R2000 sale to Printflex, Vic.
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Wide format hardware supplier Mutoh Australia sold almost all equipment off its working stand at Visual Impact and, according to MD Russell Cavenagh, 'we will have a hard time keeping up with the demand from leads at the show." New technician Brayden Kean was baptised by fire, having only joined Mutoh one week before the show.
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At Visual Impact, Mimaki's Brad Creighton introduced us to the new Managing Director of the Australian operation - Yasuhiro Tsuda. We all join in welcoming Tsuda to Australia.
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oOh!media’s share price fell by more than 30% late last week after a company trading update noted a “softening media market” and said its Street revenue had been impacted by competitor QMS’ City of Sydney contract.
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Kwik Kopy Gosford franchisee Peter Clarke has been named Kwik Kopy Australia Franchisee of the Year for the second time in three years.
- Coronation - the changing face of graphic design
- Wilenco sells over 10 Rollover applicators at VI, Orafol installs another one
- Visual Impact - Canon awards Total Image Supplies #1 Dealer of the Year again
- Sun, Success, Smoking Ceremony and Trade Show!
- Visual Impact: The Fine Art of inkjet printing workshops
- Visual Impact: signage training seminar
- Visual Impact: Spandex highlights PPF wrap
- Visual Impact: Kala CEO visits from France
- Register now for ASGA WA Sign & Print Golf
- Visual Impact- Epson to show new SC F2260 Hybrid DTG/DTF garment printer
- Visual Impact this week - Jetmark is back
- Visual Impact - Aboriginal smoking ceremony to open expo
- Canon Printing Unit Q1 sales up 10%
- Visual Impact: HP prepares for bonanza showcase of water-based printers
- Nazdar’s new water-based inks for Epson printheads
