It’s no secret that more and more businesses are on the hunt for wall coverings other than plain old paint. Wall graphics, wall coverings and removable wall art have been growing in popularity with PhotoTex leading the way. Removable wall coverings offer a simple, stylish and affordable way to get a message, idea or mission across. Tyson Buechler, GM at Total Image Supplies, explains.
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Epson printers and projectors – including large format printers the SureColor R5000/R5000L - have been named iF Design Award 2021 winners by Hanover-based iF International Forum Design. This year's winners were selected from 10,000 entries from 52 countries by a 98-member jury of experts from around the world.
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More than three-quarters of Asia/Pacific businesses expect to reduce their print volumes over the next two years, according to researcher IDC. “The increased shift to hybrid work – coupled with digitalization initiatives – has caused organizations to re-think their reliance on paper documents and printers while finding solutions that enable mobility, security, accessibility and business resilience.”
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ASX-listed Ovato said decreasing volumes as a result of Covid-19 continue to impact its heatset catalogue printing and residential distribution businesses. “Normalising of volumes post COVID-19 may now not occur until the first half of FY22, resulting in FY21 revenue being less than previously expected."
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Aimed at "enormous growth rates" in the soft signage market, Durst’s new 3.3 metre wide P5 TEX iSUB allows for direct printing onto polyester fabrics. Maximum print speed is 383 m2/hour when the 330 cm print format is fully utilized.
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Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia (formerly Fuji Xerox Australia) has warned customers of a scam voucher for $1,000 that has been mailed out to people in Australia.
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In the first episode of the new PacPrint 2021 Podcast series, Sue Threlfo, chair of the PacPrint board and GM, Production & Industrial Print at Konica Minolta Australia, chats to Robyn Frampton from Visual Connections about the importance of the first post-pandemic industry expo - scheduled for Melbourne in September.
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Kornit Digital’s new MAX printing technology offers “groundbreaking 3D print capabilities and versatile decoration techniques for all categories of fashion and apparel.” Kornit has also unveiled a new robotic system to “ease the burden of manual and labour-intensive media handling” in the textile decoration industry.
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Mimaki has introduced the innovative new Mimaki SUJV-160 – an inkjet printer designed to realistically reproduce the texture of natural and artificial leather.
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Enfocus, a leader in PDF quality control, advanced PDF editing and workflow automation for the graphic arts industry, has released PitStop Pro 2021, PitStop Server 2021, and PitStop Library SDK 2021.
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Sun Chemical is launching SunCure 44HC150 – a glossy stampable UV-curing coating, manufactured with 25% bio-renewable carbon content and with 12% post-consumer recycled materials.
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virtual.drupa, the first purely digital version of the leading global trade fair for printing, provided a “vital stimulus for the global print & packaging industry,” said organiser Messe Düsseldorf. “The virtual event successfully bridged the gap between the previous and forthcoming face-to-face event in 2024. The new format of Print & Packaging Community received excellent feedback internationally, as demonstrated by the impressive final statistics.”
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Every parent (and grandparent!) has done the Saturday morning sports ferrying, watching the youngsters develop their skills. Publisher Andy McCourt took his camera along to capture his grandkids playing but found it's a field day for Signage and Displays too!
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A new Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) franchise location in Archerfield, south of Brisbane’s CBD, will be led by new franchisees and long-time friends, Alpana Mehta and Darshika Solanki.
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The polyethylene cladding was discovered at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH), Brisbane by a random-sampling test, setting in motion a government-led remediation project that partnered with manufacturer Fairview to use its 'best in class' Vitradual - a 3mm non-combustible solid aluminium cassette façade cladding system.
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“Climate change is a defining challenge of our generation that demands immediate action and investment,” says HP president and CEO Enrique Lores. The company outlined ambitious plans to achieve total net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, with its Supplies business aiming to reach carbon neutrality in just nine years, by 2030. "HP will transform its print business from a transactional model to a services model," it said.
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Now at its 3rd deferment, FESPA's Global Print Expo has been rescheduled to October at the RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam. Hopefully it will work for local European visitors but it will take a miracle for long haul travel to be available for Australian-New Zealand visitors, without quarantine both ways. As for places like India, Brazil and the USA - how can these markets be free to travel within 6 months when the Covid situation is worsening?
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“During the first quarter 2021, our business was still experiencing the impact of the pandemic…however, we saw a gradual recovery of our revenues as businesses gained confidence in the progress to control the pandemic and resumed investments in new printing technology and services,” Xerox said, posting $US1.71bn in revenue for first-quarter 2021, down 8.1% year-on-year.
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Jetmark Sales Director David Hornsey describes the made-in-Germany Zed7 Self-adhesive vinyls, laminates, wall covering and glass etch films as: “simply the best I’ve seen.” Best of all, good quantities of stock have arrived and ready to be shipped nationally.
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Driven by the LIA and Visual Connections, several trade associations combined to stage a social gathering at Sydney's Carnarvon Golf Club on Wednesday night. This was no formal agenda-driven event, just a pleasant way of saying 'Covid is nearly defeated - let's get together.' Over 60 old and new friends mixed and mingled, laughed and dined in a convivial atmosphere of colleagueship.
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At 3.2 metres wide, the new entry-level EFI Pro 30h is aimed at commercial print shops, sign shops and in-plant print departments looking to start, upgrade or add board and roll-to-roll print jobs to their wide format capabilities.
- Successful start to virtual.drupa
- The Do's & Don'ts of Neon: ASGA Webinar
- Mimaki launches new LED-UV large flatbed inkjet printers
- Service is King for Currie Group and EFI
- Eurotech joins global printing-expo.online trade show
- New auto garment folder from Impression Tech. - Pigmentinc
- Recycling of plastics seminar live next week
- Canon, Fujifilm, Screen sponsor Inkjet Innovation Week
- NUtec Digital Ink adds fluorescent options to dye sub range
- Tickets selling fast for Women in Print
- New dates for Roland Academy online training
- Mutoh launches dual head dye sub printer - here next month
- Metal 3D printers to produce ‘warfighters’ and weapons barrels
- Guten celebrates Googleberg
- Who’s who of printing on board for virtual.drupa
- Epson EcoTank printers win Red Dot for product design
- Less than a month to enter 2021 PICAs
- Mimaki to unveil new wide format printers at virtual.drupa
- April is 3D Printing month for Jetmark & Tractus
- OMA's 'Best of Outdoor' highlights women’s rights and safety
