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Canon Inc says total net sales for the first quarter increased by 10.4% year-on-year to ¥971 billion ($A10.7bn) due to an improved business environment, with operating profit up 10.9% to ¥84.5 billion ($A940 million). Printing Business Unit sales increased by 10.0% pcp, with strong sales of imagePRESS V900/V1000 printers.

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HP will be bringing its impressive range of latest technologies to Visual Impact Sydney, along with a promise to deliver ‘beyond expectations’ and its focus on a net-zero carbon economy.

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Nazdar Ink Technologies will showcase its latest ink solutions at FESPA (May 23-26), including new NDT DTF Series water-based inks formulated for use in Epson I3200a piezo-electric printheads.

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Outdoor advertiser oOh!media has collaborated with Network 10 and the Cutting Edge studio to deliver the first 3D anamorphic (3DA) billboard for commercial free-to-air television in Australia (video).

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After over 15 successful years in industrial garment printing, Brother is entering a new market with the WF1-L640, a 'latex' wide-format printer designed for banners, window graphics, vehicle wraps and more. But wait...there will be more to follow.

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PrintIQ, a leading provider of cloud-based print management solutions, founded in NZ and now global, has appointed John Alden as its new Chief Executive Officer. Alden has years of experience in the print and software industries and a proven track record of success in leading and growing sales organizations.

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As with the USA, Australia owes a lot to immigrants who, over 200 years, boosted the population, economy, tax base, cultural diversity, and skill pool. There is a dire skills shortage right now and the Albanese Governmnet is stepping up to the plate, making it easier for skilled migrants to get here. Australian Industry Group backs this.

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FESPA Australia has named IVE Group’s Bianca Martin as its new public relations director. The association for wide-format and graphic imaging also announced the re-appointment of existing board members and its ‘vision for 2023.’

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Swiss cutter manufacturer Zünd wins the 2023 Red Dot Award for Product Design for its Q 32-32 D cutter, the flagship product in the newly launched Q-Line. The internationally renowned prize recognizes superb quality and is exclusively awarded to products that feature outstanding design.

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LED specialist Bounce LED and LetterTech Australia will co-run a series of Channel Lettering and LED introduction workshops at Visual Impact Sydney (3-5 May).

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US startup Neurable wants to create a world "without physical or mental limitations using its advanced algorithms and hardware to measure brain activity and provide actionable insights.”

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Offset & Digital Corrugated print giant Koenig & Bauer continued its evolution to digital data pioneer with a demo of the first working prototype of Koenig & Bauer Analytics at the Hannover Messe trade show last week.

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Vastex International - distributed in Australia by Leapfrog Machinery - expanded its line of energy-efficient dryers for curing of DTG-printed inks and pretreatment, and water-based screen-printed inks and discharge.

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The new partnership will integrate Epson ColorWorks inkjet label printers with Loftware’s NiceLabel Cloud platforms, enabling printing from NiceLabel Cloud directly to Epson ColorWorks cloud-connected printers.

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Despite a "challenging macroeconomic climate,” print giant Xerox recorded first quarter revenue of $US1.72 billion, up 2.8% year-over-year, with equipment sales revenue up 24% to $US391 million. Xerox also announced the donation of its famed Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) to non-profit research institute SRI International (SRI).

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Australian software company Quote & Print will have ‘something for everyone’ at its Visual Impact stand, with a focus on its new Cloud Print ERP software, and the launch of a new Label & Carton Packaging Print ERP module to join large-format, sheet-fed and digital print ERP software in the company’s range.

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FESPA has published the programme for its inaugural Personalisation Experience conference, taking place during the FESPA Global Print Expo from 23 to 26 May 2023 at Messe Munich, Germany.

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Broken Hill City Council has confirmed that work will soon be underway to replace unpopular entry signage at five main road entrances to Broken Hill in far western NSW. 

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Durst Group will be presenting ‘360 Production Excellence’ at FESPA Global Print Expo 2023 in Munich, Germany (May 23-26), showcasing new and integrated systems for large format print production.

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Fujifilm Dimatix president Steve Billow is now president and CEO of Fujifilm’s inkjet printhead subsidiary following the retirement of former chief executive Martin Schoeppler. ‘Our MEMS technology will be further leveraged to lift inkjet to unprecedented heights of speed, quality and productivity,’ Billow says. 

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 After an ‘overwhelming’ number of entries, the winner of Ball & Doggett’s MetaWrap – Are YOU Australia’s Greatest Wrapper? competition is Coopers Camo Truck by Killer Image from Glendenning in Sydney, NSW.