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At times like this, weeks out from the opening of a show, expo organisers are pulling out all the stops in an effort to attract the biggest possible audience and FESPA Digital next month is no exception. The FESPA show organisers have announced new partnerships and speakers for their Printeriors segment.

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The Board of the PIAA is to meet with representatives of the Members Action Group. The Board wants to discuss key issues and find a way forward.

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The third-generation family enterprise Aslan, Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG has enlarged its production and warehouse facilities at its headquarters in Overath-Untereschbach, Germany: An additional warehouse and shipping facility now covers an area of around 1,500 sqm and has joined the existing premises.

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The FESPA Awards 2016 are now closed and the amount of entries has exceeded expectations, with 45% more admissions than for the FESPA Awards 2014. The shortlisted entries are now live at www.judgify.me/public-voting/fespaawards where the global print community can have their say and vote for their favourite to win the People’s Choice Award.

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Version 15 contains a new Gamut Mapping for ColorGPS Profiler, which helps to achieve smoother gradients and more colourful results especially in very industry specific colour spaces of e.g. textiles, ceramics or high-pressure laminate applications.

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Mimaki Australia will be opening their demontration centres to show their extended colour options. SS21 inks with Light Black and Orange or our Latex solution with Orange and Green with all prints to be produced on Avery 2000 SAV (1370mm wide material - maximum print length 3m)

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InkTec will debut the Jetrix LX5, which is equipped with 6-picolitre Konica Minolta printheads and is available with a four (CMYK), six (CMYK+2 white) or seven channel (as six channel but with +1 varnish/primer) colour configuration.

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Xaar has announced the launch of the Xaar 1002 GS40 for UV applications. Already proven in the ceramics tile decoration industry, the launch of this printhead into the UV market makes possible a range of high build varnish and textured effects for labels, packaging, graphics and wood laminate.

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Further to our story on the launch of Epson's Ecotank printers in September last yearIn 2010, the company foresees even higher demand in the home and office markets for this new breed of printer.

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For the whole story on the verdict, please click here to go to The Age report on this matter.

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The Currie Group, one of the largest suppliers to the overall printing industry in Australia and New Zealand will in future be part of the regular Visual Impact shows with Brisbane being the first this coming April.

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At FESPA 2016, Esko will showcase the flexibility its modular solutions can provide as part of an end-to-end workflow.

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The Visual Connections rotating timetable for shows is coming back to Brisbane in April (14^th to the 16^th).

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A group of Printing Industries members now numbering over 90, mostly Queensland, votes has challenged the way in which a Special General Meeting has been called by Printing Industries.

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Q1 Media is a wholesaler of sign writing, screen and digital printing products throughout South Australia with a history dating back to the 1980’s.

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Ricky Richards has announced the appointment of Jason Quill as Business Development Manager VIC, for the Wide Format Print Media division.

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OKI Data has announced an upgrade to its ColorPainter M-64s wide-format printer. This complimentary firmware upgrade to version 3.04 will offer users added benefits, including enhanced speed and productivity. In addition, OKI Data is also offering generous trade-up rebate incentives on purchases of select devices made between January 1 and March 31, 2016.

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Mutoh has started shipping the successor models for the VJ-1324 and VJ-2638 Sign and Display printers, the new single head 1.37m (54”) wide ValueJet 1324X and the dual head 2.6m (102”) wide ValueJet 2638X.

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Roland DG Australia was proud to recently donate a state-of-the-art SOLJET PRO4 XR-640 Printer Cutter to the Signage Department at TAFE Illawarra.

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Visitors to FESPA Digital 2016, from 8-11 March in Amsterdam, will see the new Truepress Jet operating in both roll-to-roll and in flatbed modes on a range of flexible and rigid substrates.

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Ricoh is launching its own aqueous resin (AR) latex ink for the Ricoh ProTM L4100 series of large format printers at FESPA Digital, Amsterdam.