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Currie Group company EVOK3D has won a contract to supply Industrial-grade HP 3D printers to the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group.
Nationwide signage franchise business Signarama is looking to drum up new business under its new Power Up campaign, with a $5000 voucher for signage up for grabs in a prize draw.
A&O Print Mail production manager Steve Hulme is aiming to slash an hour and a half off his time in his second 100-kilometre ultra-marathon, and raise funds for an under-privileged youth centre from the run.
For the future of label printing digital and hybrid solutions offer converters and their clients new opportunities, with drupa next year set to become the showcase for those looking to enter the world of labels, says Isidore Leiser, CEO of Stratus Packaging.
Opus Print Group CEO Richard Celarc says tangible results are coming from the industry's campaign to persuade government and government funded institutions to buy Australian print, with his companies receiving enquiries for book jobs that would previously have gone straight to China.
Imaging giant Ricoh is launching the Pro C5300s, a new entry-level digital colour printer, which draws much of its technology from its well-established big brothers: the Pro C7200 and Pro C9200.
Regional newspaper plants around the nation are facing closure as the big three publishers discuss print sharing, and instigate their own closures, with the ACM Ballarat site the latest to get the bad news.
Press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer says its participation at next year's rescheduled drupa is “not in question” as the industry reacts to the withdrawal of rival Heidelberg from the iconic event.
The industry's retirement fund Media Super is one major step closer to merging into Cbus, in a potential deal first revealed by Print21 two weeks ago.
Signage industry supplier Fairview Architectural, which numbered one of controversial outfit Skope Group's entities Clear Skies among its clients, is in voluntary adminstration.
The global packaging market size during the Covid-19 pandemic is projected to surge from US$909bn to US$1trn by next year, according to Covid-19 Impact on Packaging Market – Global Forecast to 2021, a new report from Research and Markets.
Print21 editor Wayne Robinson is challenging readers to the Print21 Quiz – how much do you really know about what goes on in the dynamic local print industry, which has its full quota of larger than life characters, eye popping deals, and super salesmen.
The world's biggest offset press manufacturer Heidelberg has pulled out of the rescheduled global mega show drupa next year, opting instead to host a series of events at its five Print Media Centres around the world.
Melbourne based Affinity Print has bought family-owned Cain Colour, in order to boost its UV print power in the high-end packaging market. Owner Chris Cain, all staff and equipment, have joined Steve Todisco's business.
Konica Minolta launched its high-volume toner AccurioPress C14000 and C12000 colour printers at a live streamed event, with general manager Sue Threlfo saying they will deliver new efficiencies and new applications.
The Pure Zone laminates, manufactured and distributed by Hexis, have just been certified by several laboratories as effective in combating the concentration of coronaviruses on surfaces, presenting new business opportunities to printers.
