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ASGA was well represented at Tuesday's Careers Expo in Sydney. With a prime spot near the entry, AusSIP ASGA Liason Managers John Watters and Tina Mavris fielded multiple enquiries from students and parents, with the main challenge explaining just what constitutes the Signage Industry and the real depth and breadth of it.

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Mimaki has joined other Japanese wide format manufacturers in announcing good sales growth for the first quarter of 2022. 'China and Russia' affected the results but sales were still up 13.4% and operating profit up 10.3% over 2021's Q1. The forecast for the half and full financial years has been revised upwards accordingly.

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Print and marketing company IVE Group has told the ASX it has launched an ‘implementation deed’ to acquire its troubled competitor Ovato, which last month went into administration. The proposed deal would need ACCC clearance.

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Sydney digital and offset printer Allcraft Printing will be wound up after more than 25 years in business and a liquidator has been appointed.

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Eastman Kodak Company reported a $US30m boost in revenue of $US321 million for the second quarter 2022, with net income of $20 million, compared with $16 million for Q2 2021.

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National signage company Mesh Direct says its new, fully recyclable Eco Banner Mesh can significantly reduce the construction industry’s impact on the environment. “We are excited to be offering this new product, the first of its kind (that we know about), in the Australian market.”

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Supplier Jet Technologies is expanding into a new, substantially larger Victorian headquarters in Carrum Downs, 36 kms south-east of Melbourne’s CBD.

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Brother Industries, who owns Domino inkjet and also make direct-to-garment printers, industrial labelling printers, coding & marking equipment and MFPs, has posted encouraging results for its first quarter of the Japanese 2022-23 financial year April-June. Sales revenues were just over $2 billion in Australian dollars - a rise of 14.8% over 2021 first quarter - but profits took a slight hit, reflecting the global business costs environment. Print and inkjet were star performers.

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It's been a while since there has been any activity in the long-running case of Fuji Xerox against former MD Neil Whittaker, Finance Director Devlin Bell, Ernst & Young and one of its partners EA Lang. In between there has been a change of Judge presiding and case hearings have resumed.

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“With digital signage playing a such a key role in signage today, we see this partnership as an opportunity to educate the sign industry on the latest products and trends in this space,” said ASGA president Mick Harrold. The event takes place this month in Sydney, with exhibitors including Epson, Fujifilm, Lenovo, Panasonic and Philips.

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Epson returns to EduTech this year [10 - 11 August at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, stand 222], showcasing its range of ultra-short throw laser projectors and Heat-Free Technology printers.

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John Watters and Tina Mavris from AusSIP will be representing ASGA at the Perth SkillsWest Careers & Employment Expo from 25-27th August. ASGA will also exhibit at Apprenticeship/Traineeship & Jobs Expos being held across NSW in August and September.

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The Outdoor Media Association’s (OMA) Best of Outdoor for July includes a TorchMedia campaign for NAIDOC week with  artwork by poster competition winner Ryhia Dank  from Gudanji/Wakaja country in the Northern Territory

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Global Graphics Software has been granted a US patent for “Methods and systems for indicating and replacing missing element(s) in print job files prior to printing” by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

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Ricoh said sales for the first quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2022) increased by 8.1% PCP to ¥459.3 billion ($4.9 billion AUD). “Growth and sales recovered moderately due to the continued impact of material shortages and COVID-19,” the company reported. “In the industrial printing business, sales increased due to strong sales of components mainly for sign graphics.”

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Xerox Holdings has appointed interim CEO Steven Bandrowczak as its new chief executive officer to replace the late John Visentin. "I see great potential for our company," Bandrowczak said.

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Richard Childress Racing (RCR) team unveiled new wrap designs for its NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series race cars – all printed by RCR Graphics Center wrap technicians on Roland DG TrueVIS Series wide format printer/cutters. 

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HP Australia & New Zealand managing director Mike Boyle has been appointed as HP’s new ‘Global Head of Large Format Go-to-Market’ and will relocate to Spain after his replacement is named.

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This week’s Outdoor Media Association (OMA) campaign for National Missing Persons Week aims to find the 2% of long-term missing persons who are still unaccounted for after three months or more.

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Global outdoor advertising leader JCDecaux says first-half 2022 revenue was above expectations thanks to strong growth in digital and a strong recovery in Street Furniture, which was back to pre-Covid revenue levels. Billboards also grew significantly, up 21.9% and now above 2019 revenue in Asia-Pacific.

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Popular tourist attraction Auckland Museum has upgraded and replaced all of its projectors with state-of-the art Epson technology including the large venue L series, the smaller EB series and several projectors from the Epson EV series. (video)