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The Northern Rivers region of NSW is a dynamic growth area, fuelled by places such as Byron Bay. However, all around this vast and picturesque area, there are thriving sign businesses such as Ballina’s LJ Signs, punching way above its weight covering an area from Bundaberg in the north to Newcastle in the south. Andy McCourt pays LJ a visit.

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Canon’s new Arizona 2300 series, which can print up to 95sqm/hr, is built around new Arizona FLOW technology, a vacuum technique that does not require taping down of media. It’s designed to speed up production and fuel growth opportunities in the wide format market through new applications.

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Roland DG Australia has launched new Roland Academy Online Training courses designed to support customers in lieu of face-to-face training. Tickets priced between $29 and $49 are on sale now. Due to demand, a new course  for VersaUV  LEF printers has also been added.

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Epson’s new 76-inch SureColor F10060 large-format printer is a sophisticated dye-sublimation machine that offers fast, cost-effective fabric production for soft signage, fashion, sportswear, home furnishings and décor.

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Outdoor advertiser oOh!media – owner of wide format printer Cactus Imaging – has named Nova Entertainment Group CEO Cathy O’Connor as its new managing director and CEO, replacing oOh! founder and CEO Brendon Cook, who earlier this year announced his intention to stand down.

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Administrators of Sydney wide format printer Craftech, NSW, have pulled the plug on the forthcoming equipment auction after receiving interest from buyers interested in acquiring the entire business as a going concern. Readers should note that inspection days and bidding are now postponed.

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In this first of our series looking at regional town and city sign businesses, we visit David Marshall's Sign City Plus in the beautiful coastal town of Port Macquarie, NSW. David quit the 'big smoke' of Sydney ten years ago and has never looked back. His work is to be seen all over Port Macquarie and the Hastings area, brightening up streetscapes and businesses.

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Mimaki Australia national marketing manager Brad Creighton showcases the company’s range of solvent and latex printers in a new 28-minute video released by wrap specialist and trainer Vaidas Gecas from Sydney’s Wrap Virus.

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Leading UK inkjet printing technology company Xaar has launched a highly advanced, simple to install printhead following close collaboration with its global OEMs who include EFI, Domino and Durst. It’s the first printhead to be released under Xaar’s new leadership team.

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“When I started out I was often the only woman in a room of 300 men at printing industry events, whether it be in Australia, New Zealand, drupa or Ipex,” Women in Print Australia (WIP) founder Susan Heaney told this week’s heavily subscribed WIP webinar.

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The region’s largest printing company recorded a statutory net loss after tax and significant items (primarily NSW site consolidation) of $108.8 million for 2020, as sales revenue slumped by $130 million, mostly due to the impact of Covid-19. “In this environment it is too early to predict what our ‘new normal’ will look like,” warned CEO Kevin Slaven, flagging asset sales and redundancies.

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Enfocus, a leader in PDF quality control, advanced PDF editing, and workflow automation for the graphic arts industry, has released Switch 2020 spring. “This release is for the creators, the makers, and the builders."

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UK Colour Management software developer Mellow Colour, represented here by David Crowther's Colour Graphic Services, has found that its ImpressionProof and MellowCloud job approval applications are getting around Covid restrictions and lockdowns - and raise the question 'will we need to go back to hard-copy proof approvals even when Covid-19 is no longer an issue?'

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The latest Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker from global researcher International Data Corporation (IDC) says the Asia/Pacific region showed the start of a recovery in the second quarter. 

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Exhibition display specialist icatchers has delivered bright and bold updates to the children's sections of libraries in and around Brisbane using Drytac ViziPrint and ReTac self-adhesive media, supplied by Shann.

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Despite a period of “unprecedented volatility and uncertainty,” ASX-listed print & marketing business IVE Group reported a healthy net profit of $36.7 million for the financial year ending 30 June 2020, down just 6.3% on FY 2019. “I don’t believe we could have responded any better to the impacts of COVID-19,” said executive chairman Geoff Selig.

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The revamped Women in Print (WIP) initiative, now in partnership with industry group The Real Media Collective, has organised Thursday’s Patrons Panel webinar to replace its popular nationwide breakfast series.

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At the current time, many sign businesses are looking for the best deals for when demand returns to normal. Others, who have been flat-out making Covid floor and window graphics, are looking for increased productivity solutions. Mutoh has come up with a print & cut offer just right for our times.

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107-year-old Dunedin signwriting and design business Miller Studios has been reborn under new ownership after being forced to close down in March due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Some jobs have been reinstated as the new owners 'inject fresh life' into the award winning commercial fitout and signage business formerly known as Miller Creative.

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“While revenue and profits predictably declined, our decisive early action to raise additional equity, reduce costs and capital expenditure and manage cash flows has reduced debt by 67 per cent and positioned the company well for the future,” says CEO Brendon Cook. Road (Billboard) assets were the outdoor advertiser's best performing format.

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Konica Minolta US boosts cybersecurity arsenal with the purchase of Depth Security; UK-based Domino Printing buys Lake Image Systems, a producer of inspection systems for commercial printing, labelling, packaging and mailing industries; and Fujifilm North America partners with the largest inkjet coating manufacturer in the US.