Applications are now open for the 2024 Fepsa Future Leaders programme, which aims to nurture and develop the next generation of leaders in the print and signage industry.

Women in Print has decided to make its exclusive networking event at Visual Impact Brisbane next month a fundraiser for the Share the Dignity charity, which aims to end period poverty.

Avery Dennison will unveil what it says is a significant leap in sustainability, SP 1504 Easy Apply RS, a digital print film designed for environmentally conscious vehicle wrapping and branding.

The first Visual Impact expo in the Queensland capital for more than six years will run in just one month’s time, 17–19 July, at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Currie Group will supply and service the F Service Automation range of digital glue plotters into Australia and New Zealand, with the agreement made, signed and sealed at drupa.

Visitors to sign, display and promotional print expo Visual Impact Brisbane in July will also be able to ‘connect with the experts’ who can help support their business success.

At drupa next week, Mutoh is set to launch a new inkjet printer which uses a new ink technology, which it says addresses several of the issues in inkjet printing.

Signarama Tuggerah will run a sustainable print and signage showcase for customers next Thursday, highlighting its new HP Latex wide-format print technology.

Mimaki Australia has appointed Kohei Kobayashi as its new managing director, effective immediately. Kobayashi joins from Mimaki Europe, and has risen to the role after 15 years with Mimaki.

Avery Dennison is launching the Wrap Like Royalty 2024 Competition. Building on the Wrap Like a King challenge, the competition returns with an expanded format, and grander prizes.

Entries are already coming in for the upcoming Currie Group Sign & Graphics Awards, and with early birds able to avoid a last-minute scramble, organisers say they are hoping more printers will enter now.

Epson is launching a new 64-inch P-Series printer, the P20560, which it says is the most advanced P-Series large format printer to date. It will be showcased on the Epson stand at Visual Impact in July.

Ball & Doggett is expanding its strategic partnership agreement with Lamination System, specialist in laminating machines, laminating film supplies, and lamination services.

Some 95 per cent of the show’s floorspace at the first Visual Impact show in Brisbane for six years is booked, with organisers expecting the remaining space to go soon, creating a sold-out expo.

Stricken wide-format supplier Starleaton has narrowly escaped liquidation, securing a DOCA to start again, but unsecured creditors are still facing losing almost all their money.

The country’s biggest printable materials supplier Ball & Doggett is taking its regional roadshow to Bendigo, with the event running over two days next week, and focusing on its wide-format solutions.