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The guys (and gal, that’s Renata) put in a hard week at the Mirage resort at Palm Beach before heading off on a team building exercise. Garron Helman, managing director of Creo Asia Pacific came for the event. Left to right . . .





Simon Fitzgerald (Newspaper Sales Manager), Darren Yeates (Sales), Ian Hair (Sales/Scanner Sales Manager), Garron Helman (Regional Managing Director), Randa Amatoury (Marketing Communications), Adrian Fleming (Sales VIC, WA, SA), Kevin Harrell (Business Development Director-Global), Gary Hardman (Packaging Sales Manager), Derek Fretwell (NZ Sales Manager), Andrew Swann (Sales-VIC), Steve Green (Sales and Marketing Director), Safwen Hijazi (Regional Digital Media Director).

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We love feedback at Print21Online – none of us more than Andy McCourt who forwards this communication with the title Alcohol in moderation following his piece on eliminating alcohol from the industry last week.

Following on from last week's news commentary on IPA alcohol price hikes,
John Shallvey, National Sales and Marketing Manager with Hurst Australia
points out that some IPA substitutes, such as IMS (Industrial Meths), Glycol and
Glycol Ethers may have negative performance and OH&S implications.
He further mentions that no less a body than FOGRA has awarded Druck
Chemie's Alkogreen the laurels as the worlds first”true Fountain Solution free
from alcohols, glycols or any other chemical component known to have
concerns. There you go.

See for yourself on www.alkogreen.com

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This great pic is sent in by the inestimable Simon Enticknap, who lives not far from the portion of Parramatta Road in Sydney where these leaping printers do more for the perception of the industry to the general public than a hundred government grants. In the absence of any other contenders it will be the winner of the inaugural Print21 Print Promotion Prize. Nominations are now open and the results will be declared sometime in May at PacPrint. We’re looking at a Perpetual Trophy, so get your entries in to editor@print21.com.au

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GASAA has completed its’ annual wages survey, which provides both average and median weekly wages paid to adult production and administrative employees in the graphic arts industry across 16 categories. The study also looks at the percentage number of employees paid in bands from under $650 a week through to over $1,000 a week.

The GASAA (Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia) wage survey reports on gross weekly wage (before tax) for adult employees. It also examines the extent to which mid-week and weekend shifts are run and the average number of overtime hours worked. 44% of respondents ran regular mid-week afternoon shifts, while 18% ran night shifts (finishing after 1pm) on a regular basis. 37% of companies replying to the survey worked regular Saturday shifts with 23% also running rostered shifts on Sunday. The study examines the loadings paid for the various shifts.

The full report is available for sale by contacting GASAA on 1300 131 787 or www.gasaa.asn.au

Cost for Full Report: Non-members - $120 | Technical Members - $75 | Business Members – Free

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Now here’s a service that could be useful to the trade; Momento Pro is a new printing service that makes it possible for anyone to transform their digital photos or scanned prints into personalised coffee-table photo books with their free Momento composition software. The books can be used for many purposes including family histories, wedding albums, corporate profiles, holiday snaps, design showcases or yearbooks.

Momento photo books are hand bound as an A4 hardcover book in a cover sleeve. The books can be 10 to 150 pages in length and there is no minimum order requirement. Under suitable conditions Momento books will preserve photo memories for over 50 years. When the book file is complete, it can be submitted to Momento via broadband upload or CDR, and Momento will then create an online preview, print, bind and deliver the order within 21 days.

Check them out at www.momento.com.au

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And finally . . . sometimes a lawyer joke just hits the spot.

What’s the difference between a dead snake on the highway and a dead lawyer on the highway?

There are usually skid marks in front of the snake.