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Ricoh is shifting some production of its multifunctional printers from China to Thailand to avoid tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump in his escalating trade war with China.
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Epson is making PrecisionCore printheads available to third-party developers and will begin selling the inkjet printheads globally in the first half of the 2019 fiscal year. Wide Format Online publisher Andy McCourt says the move is very good news.
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Auckland printer Permark Industries has won the gold medal for Functional Printing at this year’s FESPA Awards presented in Munich during the Global Print Expo. Melbourne’s Massivit 3D house Seen Technology won two silvers and Cactus Imaging of Sydney was awarded a bronze medal and a distinction award for its Amex Building Wrap at Sydney Airport.
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The Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) has called a meeting of its members in Brisbane next week to address new federal building code legislation relating to Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. The breakfast meeting follows well-attended ASGA events in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.
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Epson has launched two new SureColor SC-S signage printers, the SC-S60600L and the SCS80600L at FESPA. The 64-inch printers are an extension of the award-winning SureColor SC-S Series printer range.
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Agfa’s Jeti Tauro H3300 LED inkjet printer adds another award to its impressive track record, receiving the European Digital Press Association (EDP) Award at FESPA in the ‘Large & Wide Format Printing Systems’ category for ‘Best Flatbed/Hybrid Printer >250m²/h’.
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The Renault Formula One Team has chosen Roland DG’s new TrueVIS VG2, the second-generation eco-solvent print-and-cut device, to produce prints for its Grand Prix cars.
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Fuji Xerox NZ managing director Peter Thomas says the company is “very close to being in the black” as it recovers from an accounting scandal that saw FXNZ and Fuji Xerox Australia (FXA) overstate revenues by a total of about $A450m.
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In its sixth acquisition in seven years, Queensland-based Eckersley Print Group (EPG) has bought Brisbane offset and digital house Cross + Hamilton Printers (CHP).
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A huge 26-metre tall piece of artwork, the iconic and beautiful Sylph of Spring, is being displayed on the side of the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. "I honestly never thought it was possible to create something so extraordinary over scaffolding.”
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The ground-breaking Acuity Ultra from Fujifilm has set new standards for speed and quality in high-end indoor graphics and outdoor signage markets since its launch at FESPA 2018. Fujifilm is using its FESPA 2019 stand to showcase a new dual CMYK ink configuration and high-speed, 1-pass mode.
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The first day of World Wrap Masters Europe contest at FESPA featured three rounds and a training workshop on positioning the material with non-stress application techniques.
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swissQprint has launched its new Karibu technology at FESPA 2019 in Munich. The Swiss manufacturer’s first roll to roll UV inkjet printer has a maximum print width of 3.4 metres.
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EFI’s exhibit features the European premieres of the next-generation EFI VUTEkh5 hybrid flatbed/roll-to-roll LED printer and the EFI VUTEk 3r+ LED roll-to-roll printer. Plus, the world premiere of a new product in the company’s wide-format line-up of entry-and mid-level production devices – the EFI Pro 30f dedicated flatbed LED printer.
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The new Mactac ColourWrap Series offers 50 different colours in cast quality, including gloss, gloss metallic, matt, and matt metallic finishes.
- More FESPA highlights: Printers get first look at HP's super wide dye sub Stitch; Durst’s hybrid printers for large format; New metallic colours from Avery Dennison; Adobe unveils Textile Designer Plugin; ONYX 19 showcase; HEXIS celebrates
- Newsbrief: HP’s new high volume 3D printer; Women in Print dates; Sydney printer allegedly paid workers $13 an hour
- Epson joins council focused on cutting greenhouse gas
- Up to $1,000 back in Roland’s vinyl cutter trade-in offer
- Thousands arrive in Munich for FESPA 2019
- Late rush of entries for NZ sign and display awards
- New dates added for Roland VersaWorks software training
- Mobile dental clinic wrap wins NZ Best in Inkjet
- FESPA: Esko's Motorized Roll Feeder for soft signage
- Skills shortage worse than ever: RGI looks overseas for signwriters
- Technology line-up for Print Make Wear microfactory at FESPA
- Printlink wins Supreme Award at NZ’s Pride in Print 2019
- Newsbrief: Goa billboard says ‘NO’ to Adani mine; Nyala a best seller in Europe; Mutoh’s new cutting plotter; new UK signage apprenticeship; Women’s Print Mentoring Network
- Mutoh ‘set to inspire’ at FESPA
- Roland goes Platinum for PrintEx & VI
