i-grafix news http://www.i-grafix.com 2010-03-21T01:27:45+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com http://www.i-grafix.com/template/i-grafix/images/logo.gif text/html 2010-03-18T03:30:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42138&Itemid=137 <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Digital press manufacturer Screen has signed up to be a Gold Sponsor of this year’s Galley Club Awards. The Kyoto-headquartered company sas the move demonstrates its intentions in the digital book production market.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p /><span lang="EN-US" /> text/html 2010-03-13T13:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42058&Itemid=139 <p class="MsoNormal">Inca Digital has launched its own awards to recognise outstanding printing on Inca machines, which have been created to coincide with the company’s 10th anniversary.</p> text/html 2010-03-13T13:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42066&Itemid=138 <p class="MsoNormal">Inca Digital has launched its own awards to recognise outstanding printing on Inca machines, which have been created to coincide with the company’s 10th anniversary.</p> text/html 2010-03-13T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42035&Itemid=137 <p class="MsoNormal">Inca Digital has launched its own awards to recognise outstanding printing on Inca machines, which have been created to coincide with the company’s 10th anniversary.</p> text/html 2010-03-12T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42054&Itemid=140 <p class="MsoNormal">The Packaging Council of Australia’s (PCA) 2010 Australian Packaging Awards – for industry – have been launched. The Council says the Awards have been further streamlined giving a total of nine Awards including the Best of Show.</p> text/html 2010-03-09T13:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41966&Itemid=140 <p>Pentawards organisers have announced the composition of an international jury, composed of designers and marketing specialists, to judge the packaging design competition, devoted to packaging design.</p> text/html 2010-03-09T13:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41970&Itemid=139 <p>Pentawards organisers have announced the composition of an international jury, composed of designers and marketing specialists, to judge the packaging design competition, devoted to packaging design.</p> text/html 2010-03-06T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41925&Itemid=138 <p>Pentawards organisers have announced the composition of an international jury, composed of designers and marketing specialists, to judge the packaging design competition, devoted to packaging design.</p> text/html 2010-02-28T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41825&Itemid=137 <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Visual communications franchiser MBE Business Service Centres has awarded outstanding franchisees’ performance across Australia and New Zealand. More than 40 franchises participated in the awards, with four accolades taken out by Konica Minolta clients for their achievements in sales, growth and overall business success.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <p /><span /> text/html 2010-02-27T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41833&Itemid=139 <p>HP has launched the HP Digital Print Awards 2010 (Asia Pacific & Japan) – HP Scitex. The awards will serve to recognise the outstanding achievements and contributions of Print Service Providers (PSPs) in the signage industry across Asia Pacific and Japan, according to HP.</p> text/html 2010-02-25T18:20:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41749&Itemid=141 <p>When an edition of Cuisine magazine took out the Web Heatset category honours at last year’s Pride In Print awards, judges said that the print quality was of international standard, which came as no surprise to the magazine’s publisher, as it has also enjoyed global success</p> text/html 2010-02-21T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41680&Itemid=138 <p>As entries for Pride In Print head into their last week, organisers and patrons are doing all they can to assist anyone trying to put forward work for the competition.</p> text/html 2010-02-21T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41806&Itemid=139 <p class="MsoNormal">Luxury packaging tradeshow Luxepack has joined forces with Pentawards for the third time with the winners of the Pentawards design competition to be presented in Shanghai next month.</p> text/html 2010-02-20T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41769&Itemid=140 <p class="MsoNormal">Luxury packaging tradeshow Luxepack has joined forces with Pentawards for the third time with the winners of the Pentawards design competition to be presented in Shanghai next month.</p> text/html 2010-02-19T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41684&Itemid=140 <p>As entries for Pride In Print head into their last week, organisers and patrons are doing all they can to assist anyone trying to put forward work for the competition.</p> text/html 2009-12-25T10:29:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40795&Itemid=141 <p>When Taupo’s Quality Print won the city’s small business of the year award, it marked a point in time when the company could reflect on how it has changed and grown over the past few years with investment in quality staff and quality equipment</p> text/html 2009-12-19T12:17:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40930&Itemid=141 <p>Winning an environmental gong at this year’s New Zealand Packaging Council awards came as a result of packaging print company Pak World’s decision to invest in sustainability</p> text/html 2009-12-09T17:19:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40838&Itemid=141 <p>There is never a dull moment in print, with a huge amount of activity throughout the year. Headlines included several shock departures of key industry figures, as well as a number of vigorous appointments to the top jobs. Sustainability became a recurring theme and a number of companies both large and small, felt the brunt of the economic slowdown</p> text/html 2009-12-09T09:08:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40757&Itemid=141 <p>This year, the spotlight has focused on four young print industry professionals, as they’ve won awards, showing their potential as the next generation of industry leaders. Alicia Lambert reviews their accomplishments</p> text/html 2009-06-13T19:42:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38467&Itemid=141 <p>Since its inception in May 2000, the digital division of BPI has undergone its share of trials and tribulations. Now it finds itself at the top of its market</p> text/html 2009-06-11T19:33:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38461&Itemid=141 <p>Screen printer Sam Donaldson, from Screen Printing Solutions in Hamilton, was thrilled at becoming the 2008 Print Apprentice of the Year in Wellington</p> text/html 2008-10-13T13:07:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34970&Itemid=141 <p>Following weeks of tough competition, Royce Richards from Rainbow Print in Christchurch won double gold for the printing industry at the WorldSkills national competition in Wellington</p> text/html 2008-09-04T20:35:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33922&Itemid=153 <p>The Australian International Beers Awards are not just about awarding excellence in the brewing of the ever popular amber fluid. More recently these prestigious, and truly international awards, introduced a packaging category of which this writer was invited to participate in judging </p> text/html 2008-06-11T05:24:04+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33153&Itemid=141 <p>PrintNZ Training has two new initiatives available to all print industry members – the revamped Diploma in Management - Print qualification and two Colour Management modules.</p> text/html 2008-06-09T00:30:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33046&Itemid=153 <p>Nine hundred print industry members donned their finest threads and celebrated in style at the 15th annual Pride In Print Awards at Sky City on May 16.</p> text/html 2008-06-08T18:16:32+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33147&Itemid=141 <p><img src="images/stories/2008/binding.jpg" border="0" />A crowd of 900 at Auckland’s Sky City Convention Centre last month saw an Auckland screen printer take out the 2008 New Zealand Pride In Print Supreme Award with a poster that judges hailed as being of ‘amazing’ quality.</p> text/html 2008-06-07T22:56:49+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33150&Itemid=141 text/html 2008-05-13T15:18:44+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34098&Itemid=141 <p>The highlight of the domestic printing calendar is the annual National Print Awards, with Melbourne’s Crown Casino playing host to the 25th year of the Awards reports Wayne Robinson</p> text/html 2008-04-29T04:37:29+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33228&Itemid=141 <p>Pride In Print judges have wrapped up the judging process for this year’s awards, noting a marked increase in digital print entries.</p> text/html 2008-04-27T06:00:00+01:00 http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33038&Itemid=153 <p>The prize of an annual apprentice award is a big boost for the young careers of graphic arts workers.</p>