Sign & Display

FESPA AWARDS RETURN

Following a three-year hiatus, the Fespa Awards return, providing the opportunity for printers and sign-makers to showcase their best projects at the Fespa Global Print Expo in Munich.

Industry supplier Pozitive laid on a spectacular 30th birthday celebration, with staff, customers, suppliers, friends and trade media spending a night at Sydney’s Luna Park with drinks, food, dancing and well wishes from near and far.

The Out of Home industry achieved an increase of 43.7 per cent on net media revenue for the third quarter, as the sector surged back from its Covid collapse. Print's share declined, but volumes increased.

Trade printer Lamont Print & Signs can offer a 72-hour turnaround on fence mesh to its Queensland resellers, thanks to the purchase of its new high volume industrial HP Latex 3600 printer, installed by Smartech.

Print materials supplier Hexis is running the third edition of its Hexis Worldwide Photo Contest, with entries open from now until the end of the month.


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Epson is investing $38m (3.5 billion yen) on the construction of a new factory on the Akita Epson lot, to dramatically increase production capacity of printheads for inkjet printers, with a tripling of output.

Following on from the success of its NSW, Qld and Victoria 2022 Golf Days, the WA branch of Asga will host a networking evening on 19 October, to be followed by a WA Golf Day on 20 October.

The inaugural Asga Victorian golf day saw 64 sign industry golf enthusiasts tee off at the Sandhurst Golf Club in Melbourne, and is now set to become an annual event..

After more than a decade in the industry, Charmaine Moldrich has confirmed that she will step down from her role as OMA and Move CEO in June 2023, saying it's a bittersweet moment, but time to move on.

Roland DG Australia, manufacturer of wide format inkjet printers and printer cutters, is running a final round of dates this year for the company’s popular Roland Academy Online courses.

Epson has launched two new 44-inch dye sublimation printers – the four-colour SureColor SC-F6460 and six-colour SC-F6460H, which features the company’s Precision Core inkjet technology.

oOh!media has won the City of Adelaide street furniture and advertising contract, striking a long-term agreement to provide and manage new dynamic digital communications screens.

Customers are increasingly demanding environmental credentials from their suppliers. Industry suppliers are stepping up to the plate, and releasing a slew of sustainable product, reports Wayne Robinson.

Captive Vision Outdoor is planning to install hundreds of new out-of-home assets to host printed media, on the back of two major contract wins with major rail organisations.

Cactus Imaging, Print Effect and OnMedia have scooped awards in The Outdoor Media Association’s (OMA) second Creative Collection competition for 2022.

Spending on outdoor media approached pre-Covid levels in the first half of the year, with printed media taking in $180m, up by eight per cent on the same time last year.