- Hits: 2981
UK digital manufacturing company Fluxaxis used its Massivit 1800 3D Printer to print stunning life-size figures that feature in a ‘Make Blood Cancer Visible’ campaign for pharmaceutical company, Janssen. Meanwhile, an increase in sales has led to Massivit opening a new European demo centre in Belgium.
- Hits: 2484
Bill Muir, CEO of digital print leader Electronics For Imaging (EFI), says ongoing industry consolidation and customer concerns about weakening economic conditions were key factors in the company’s disappointing financial result for the three months ended December 31, 2018.
- Hits: 2870
Roland DG's new VersaSTUDIO BT-12 desktop direct-to-garment printer is designed for printing on-demand personalised products directly onto cotton-based products.
- Hits: 3077
Digital textile printing manufacturer Kornit Digital's all-new ‘super-industrial’ Kornit Atlas has been radically designed for high-volume production.
- Hits: 2416
French out-of-home giant JCDecaux dismissed reports that it’s close to signing a $300 million outdoor advertising deal with the City of Sydney - one of the most lucrative outdoor contracts in Australia.
- Hits: 2688
Fastsigns International, the US-based parent of signage and graphics franchise company Signwave Australia, has again been ranked the #1 franchise in its category in Entrepreneur magazine’s 40th annual Franchise 500 list.
- Hits: 2513
67,000 visitors joined more than 3,000 exhibitors including leading digital inkjet manufacturers at the largest international trade fair for interior textiles held last week in Frankfurt, which organisers say set a new standard in terms of sustainability.
- Hits: 2475
Antalis has introduced a new range of retroreflective films to its visual communication range. Oralite 5200 is weather-proof and self-adhesive and has been developed for the manufacture of information signs, such as road traffic signage.
- Hits: 2586
The New Zealand Sign and Display Association (NZSDA) appealed to its members to support the new SIGNEE training initiative that begins this year with the launch of a pilot program in Christchurch before being rolled out in Auckland and Wellington.
- Hits: 3329
Swiss large format manufacturer swissQprint’s latest addition to its range of high-end flatbed printers, the Karibu roll to roll machine, will make its debut at the Fespa show in Munich, 14 - 17 May, 2019.
- Hits: 2900
French vinyl manufacturer Hexis has committed 2.5% of its expected €100 million+ global turnover this year to its groundbreaking research and development laboratory.
- Hits: 5620
One year ago, after Fujifilm’s USD$6.1 billion tilt at Xerox, Xerox stock traded at $33.99 per share. That was about the value Fujifilm put on it, notwithstanding the creative nature of the proposed takeover, which involved a debt swap and little cash. On top of this was $9.80 per share as a ‘special dividend’ in cash.Today’s last close of Xerox shares, even after following Wall Street up, was $21.58. The genius of the dissident shareholders Carl Ichan and Darwin Deason, plus their new puppet board, has wiped a third of the value off the company. If ever egg was to be all over faces, it should be theirs.
- Hits: 5167
“We are not going to try to persuade Xerox" - Fujifilm chairman says the company’s alliance with Xerox will continue despite the legal fight over Fujifilm’s attempted takeover of the iconic US company.
- Hits: 2965
When it comes to placing round pegs in round recruitment holes, few if any do it better than JDA Print Recruitment. Also, few are prepared to speak out and take a position on bureaucratic block-headedness that prevents our industry and country from benefitting from excellent skills and commitment that some migrants can bring in, as JDA’s James Cryer and Chris Gander.
Juliette Fossa, an experienced print professional from South Africa, is James Cryer’s latest cause célèbre. Juliette visited Sydney this week to meet with potential employer-sponsors and a praiseworthy pollie, Trent Zimmerman, Federal Member for North Sydney, in Cryer’s electorate. At least someone is listening, but the road-blocks to a successful move are legion, as Cryer explains.
- Hits: 5753
While the main suppliers of existing inkjet heads are clustered mostly in Japan, Western Europe and the US, a new thermal inkjet printhead manufacturer in China, Suzhou Ruifa Printing, is looking to disrupt the market, according to analyst Ron Gilboa of research group InfoTrends.
- Fujifilm backs new climate change initiative
- Durst and Koenig & Bauer collaborate on packaging press
- Enfocus and Avanti team up on new integrated print software
- Mimaki features leading designers at Heimtextil
- Azonprinter adds Ricoh Gen5 printheads to Matrix R-series
- ‘Trend barometer’ Heimtextil opens in Frankfurt
- Avery Dennison’s Top 10 Vinyl Wraps 2018 - photos
- Xeikon 8500 meets growing demand for digital wallpaper
- Federal Court rejects ATO bid to wind up Picton Press
- Exclusive: ‘The numbers didn’t stack up’: Next Printing bolts The Textile Hub
- Konica Minolta wins Human Rights Business award
- ‘A dream come true’: Massivit 3D goes Hollywood
- ‘Momentum starting to build’: Bailey's focus on interior décor
- JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, NEW LISTINGS
- Take a break - printer maintenance tips for the holidays
