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In line with its self-proclaimed Home of Print mantle, just three years on from its official launch, Heidelberg reports that its cloud-based Customer Portal is now being used by more than 7,000 individuals and over 3,000 printing companies worldwide, ‘making their processes appreciably more efficient by digitalizing and automating them’.

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Esko, a global provider of integrated solutions for the packaging and label industry, and io.tt, an enterprise platform for connected products, have announced a new strategic partnership to make ‘connected packaging’ easier, faster, and more cost-effective to scale.

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Visual Connections has recently acquired Visual Media Association’s (VMA) 50% stake in PacPrint, to assume ‘total ownership’ of the annual trade show and its associated brand equity.

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ASGA has released a number of handy calculators that it hopes will save valuable time for its Member and ensure greater accuracy across some common job processes.

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Women in Print has announced the introduction of a new membership category to help continue to sell its ranks across the broader graphics communications and related industries. Importantly, from 1 January 2026, male members can also now become Associate Members of Women in Print Australia.

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The over-arching message of IVE Group’s recent AGM was that the company has delivered ‘another strong outcome’ in FY25, highlighted by a 21.1% lift in underlying net profit after tax to $52.1 million.

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At the recent launch of The Social Outfit’s ‘High Summer’ resort fashion collection - featuring designs made with fabric digitally printed on an Epson Monna Lisa ML-8000 direct-to-fabric printer - Epson and The Social Outfit seized the opportunity to reiterate their ongoing collaboration and shared commitment to supporting an ethical and sustainable fashion industry.

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Roland DG has confirmed its Platinum Sponsorship of Visual Impact 2026 and will be joined by the expo’s first Gold Sponsor in Mimaki Australia. The confirmation of these sponsorships, still over 10 months out from the event, is a strong show of support for the event, which will be held under The Dome at the Sydney Showground from 2-4 September, 2026.

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A record number of 86 golfers and 96 total attendees turned out at the Heidelberg Golf Course in Melbourne for the annual ASGA Victorian Sign & Print Golf Day, generously sponsored by Graphic Art Mart.

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Koenig & Bauer’s Cortina press is now showing ‘production-level results’ with LED light curing in waterless offset. Early adopters of the technology have been reporting stable output on coated papers and widening commercial options.

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As the ultimate ‘tip of the hat’ to how cool Graphic Art Mart (GAMART) thinks the new Avery Dennison ‘Supercar Blondie Collection’ of supreme wrapping films looks, the leading industry supplier has recently wrapped one of its GAM cars in the Matte Dreamline Blue, which customers might spot driving around Melbourne.

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The Visual Media Association (VMA) is inviting all industry representative bodies across the paper, print, packaging, sign and display, publishing, mail and distribution sectors to submit proposals for its 2026 Industry Initiative Funding and Support Round.

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Drytac has announced the global launch of its easy-apply, PVC-free SpotOn SynTac film, a 3.7 mil (92µ) polypropylene film developed for the fast, tool-free installation of graphics applications.

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FESPA Australia has confirmed some of its early New Year social event dates, locking in its annual Melbourne member BBQ (12^th February) and its Sydney Social (26^th February).

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First previewed at drupa 2024, the fruit of Durst Group’s innovative partnership with leading Austria-based global marketing agency ARIAN, is a new hybrid LED multi-pass inkjet system with a printing width of 3.5 metres: the P5 SMP (Super Multi-Pass) solution.

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Hybrid Software Helix (formerly Global Graphics Software) has launched SmartRIP: the world’s first GPU-native industrial inkjet RIP, offering enhanced performance and scalability capability for a wide range of industrial printing applications.

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Over 300 customers, suppliers, staff and industry partners attended a launch party to mark the official opening of CMYKhub’s new primary, 7,000m² printing facility and central operations hub.

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Celmac has signed an exclusive agreement with Neolt Factory to distribute its Automatic Feeder and Stacker system, originally co-developed with HP as an attachment to its R series printers (R1000, R2000 and the new R530).

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ColDesi Global, a worldwide leader in apparel decoration technology, has announced the launch of its new 30H2 Direct-to-Film (DTF) printer. Engineered for industrial-scale custom apparel production, the 30H2 is designed ‘to meet the growing European demand for precision, speed, and scalability in high-volume environments’.

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Mimaki claims its new SVHC- (Substances of Very High Concern) and CMR- (Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Reprotoxic substances) free, ELH-100 and ELS-120 inks deliver exceptional print performance with 30% less odour than its former generation of inks, setting a new benchmark in sustainable, safe printing.

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EPS, a Xaar company, has combined its direct-to-object DTO print solution with surface treatment specialists Tantec to provide customers with single pass digital print solutions that the companies claim offer ‘breakthrough adhesion, enhanced print quality, and higher throughput’.