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Wide format manufacturer Mutoh has been awarded UL Greenguard Gold Certification for its original LED-UV ink US11, which has been specifically developed for Mutoh’s specialty and industrial UV printers. 

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FESPA visitors will be able to see Drytac SpotOn Floor 200 specialist floor media in use across the show floor - literally, as it will be used for the official FESPA floor graphics.

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Australian Paper’s proposed $600 million Energy from Waste project in the Latrobe Valley could divert 650,000 tonnes of residential and commercial waste from landfill each year and reduce CO2 emissions by 540,000 tonnes a year, according to a $7.5 million feasibility study. 

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Fuji Xerox will be returning as a provider of print technology and logistic services to New Zealand government customers from next month, 18 months after the agreement was suspended over an accounting scandal that's still under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

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The award-winning Jeti Tauro H3300 LED inkjet printer will be the centrepiece of Agfa’s FESPA booth in Munich next month (May 14-17). Other live demos will include the Anapurna H3200 LED printer and the latest version of Agfa’s Asanti workflow solution for sign & display.

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Canon will showcase its range of wide format and workflow solutions for signage and graphics at next month’s FESPA, including the international event launch of the new Océ Arizona 1300 Series.

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Kornit Digital has introduced the new Kornit Presto, 'the only industrial single-step solution for direct-to-fabric printing,' which is aimed at growing demand for on-demand textile design and production.

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Zünd is bringing to market new, diamond-like carbon (DLC)-coated router bits. The coating reduces friction and increases wear resistance in routing applications involving aluminium, aluminium composites, wood, and PVC.

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David Field, managing director of Melbourne’s Major Media, has responded to industry concerns over the new Jim’s Signs & Print franchise business in an editorial for Wide Format Online.

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The Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) has called two meetings of its members in Sydney over growing concerns about new federal building code legislation relating to Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. A building code consultant who's been assisting some sign companies with the new rules will attend one of the meetings. The Sydney sessions follow successful round-table events in Melbourne and Adelaide.

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Electronics For Imaging (EFI) a world leader in digital printing technology, has signed a deal to be acquired by an affiliate of New York-based Siris Capital Group, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $US1.7 billion. 

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The US-based Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) - in collaboration with The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association of Australia (SGIAA) - is planning to hold more of its highly rated Colour Management Boot Camps in Australia this year after a successful local launch earlier this month in Melbourne.

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Leading Sydney-based wide format supplier Pozitive has expanded into Melbourne, naming an experienced three-man team of print and signage industry veterans to 'hit the ground running.'

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Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems (FSIS) has won its legal fight against US-based Nazdar Ink Technologies and German distributor Zaro over patent infringements involving Fujifilm’s UV inkjet inks for its Acuity range of flatbed printers.

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The ABB FIA Formula E championship – a class of motorsport that uses only electric cars – has launched ‘revolutionary new sustainable trackside branding’ signage developed in conjunction with global branding supplier CSM Live – which has offices in Sydney and Auckland – and manufacturer HEXIS.

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SA International (SAi) will unveil new product innovations that will “significantly benefit sign and display businesses seeking to boost creativity and increase throughput” at this year’s FESPA Global Print Expo 2019 (Munich 14-17 May 2019).

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Expanding wide format supplier Charti has named Siwei Sun as its product manager to lead the company’s accelerating New Product Development programme.

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Roland DG Australia says the increase in the Federal Government's small business Instant Asset Write-Off to $30,000 for new or used assets makes it the best time to purchase a new Roland machine.

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All delegates at next month’s TheIJC in Chicago will receive a free day ticket to drupa 2020, the leading global exhibition for printing technologies. The Inkjet Conference covers all aspects of industrial inkjet engineering and chemistry, from printhead architecture and system integration, through to image quality software, ink formulation, waveform measurement and curing techniques.

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FESPA’s new Colour L*A*B* will showcase latest colour management solutions from exhibitors including Adobe, EFI, HP, Pantone, Techkon and X-Rite, ranging from calibrated monitors to colorimeters, spectrophotometers, viewing cabinets to software and colour systems for the wide format and graphic arts markets.

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With the tragic death of an 18-year old apprentice due to an avoidable scaffolding collapse last week in Sydney, the focus again is on workplace safety. Although this was a construction site, sign installers are regular users of scaffolding, scissor lifts, cherry-pickers, cranes and other forms of height access, so it’s timely to look again at safety.