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Print and Visual Communications Association chief executive Andrew Macaulay has announced plans to move on and PVCA board will start a recruitment process for a new leader shortly. The association has asked Macaulay to stay on until that process is complete, which could be around PacPrint time in September.
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As print businesses across flood-affected regions of New South Wales and Queensland start to assess damage over the next few days, supplier association Visual Connections has reminded business owners that the industry’s suppliers stand ready to offer support.
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The Supreme Court of Victoria has issued a winding up order and appointed a liquidator for Cranbourne VIC-based sign company LC Signs, which has been in business since 2012.
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Roland DG Australia has activated a Flood Disaster Support Program to help customers affected by major flooding that has forced about 20,000 people to be evacuated across eastern Australia.
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The National Gallery of Australia and oOh!media are inviting artists from primary and secondary schools to create their own versions of Vincent van Gogh’s renowned Sunflowers painting for the Kids x Van Gogh challenge.
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Governments are already coming up with assistance for SME business and sole traders, in addition to personal assistance, for those directly affected by the awful flooding in parts of NSW and SE Queensland. We will continue to monitor what help is out there, but here is a start. We contacted a Sign business in one of the worst affected areas - Port Macquarie
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Hexis Australia has announced new dates for wrap training courses as part of the company’s commitment to improving the skills of apprentices in the trade.
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"Almost everyone is probably making a mistake at the present moment," Warwick Ryan of Hicksons Lawyers has told an Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) webinar that highlighted the complexities of employment awards in the sign industry.
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“Climate change represents a serious corporate risk” - Epson has unveiled an aggressive climate action plan that will see all of its global manufacturing sites converted to 100% renewable electricity in just two years. The print giant is moving even faster at home, with all Japanese sites switching to 100% renewable electricity by the end of March 2022.
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This year’s Top 12 PrintNZ apprentices reflect “the broad range of sectors that come under the print umbrella…for instance, there are many overlapping areas within sign and print," said PrintNZ chief executive Ruth Cobb.
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Fujifilm Corp will construct a new production plant for pigment dispersions - a colourant for water-based pigment inkjet inks - to accelerate the growth of its inkjet business in order to meet increasing global demand.
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New Zealand’s largest graphics, sign, display, large format print and allied industries event has been postponed until 2022, while this year’s NZSDA Conference, Awards of Excellence and Apprentice of the Year events will move online.
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This week sees EFI and Currie Group hosting a series of Open House appointments from April 12th to 16th in Melbourne, presenting the EFI Pro 32r+ 3.2 metre roll-to-roll printer and other EFI goodies. Places are limited and by appointment, there are still a couple of timeslots left, so need to hurry!
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Yesterday, US time, Eastman Kodak Company reported financial results for the full year 2020, including consolidated revenues of $1 billion and an increase in cash in the second half of the year. Two investment firms have agreed to USD$375 million in loans.
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Exhibitors and visitors attending next month’s virtual.drupa (April 20-23) can now connect in the trade show's Networking Plaza to prepare for the event via an advanced matchmaking tool.
- Roland Academy Online Training dates selling fast
- Epson headed to Mars with space robots
- oOh! launches Audience Intelligence as audiences bounce back
- Fast-growing demand for bio-based printing inks: Smithers
- Russia's Bolshoi Theatre Installs EFI Pro 32r+ LED for scenery & backdrops
- ONYX Software certified for new HP Latex 700 & 800
- Alfex Laser to debut new large format Kern EcoFlex Laser
- Women in Print Breakfast series focused on mental health
- 6,000 registered for next month’s virtual.drupa
- Big turn-out for FESPA Australia’s annual Melbourne BBQ
- Global recovery in Large Format and Industrial Print Markets
- Events grants extension a boost for PacPrint 2021
- Canon appoints Starleaton as Colorado reseller
- Icahn ups stake in Xerox to 17%
- Vegan ice cream and JCDecaux restaurant campaigns share OMA award
