First quarter net revenue results for outdoor media in 2009 were down 9.2 per cent on the same period in 2008, according to the Outdoor Media Association (OMA).
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Since commissioning its Book Factory, made up of a Fuji Xerox Nuvera 288 production printer and CP Bourg finishing devices, the PMP owned Griffin Digital says it has almost tripled its digital book production while still meeting unit price, quality and turnaround.
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One of the fastest growing markets in digital printing is the photobook market. This is a market where the application is for creating a photobook with digital pictures, that are uploaded to the company hosting the application, and where the photobook is then printed digitally and bound into a deliverable product. It surprises me that this is still relatively unknown to the vast majority of potential buyers of this product.
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Industry equipment supplier Talk Graphics has chosen PacPrint to launch its newly developed numbering software product – Numbering Magic. The company claims the new software enables the user to number forms, documents and tickets using your existing laser or inkjet printers.
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The Roland DG stand at Pacprint will highlight the company’s new LEC-300 UV printer, which the company claims offers several new functions for the printing, packaging and labelling industries.
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The Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) and Treefarm Investment Managers Association (TIMA) have merged in order to streamline and strengthen the policy development and representation currently provided by the two organisations.
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Television personalities Larry Emdur from Channel 7’s The Morning Show, and Gorgi Quill from the Today Show on Channel 9, will co-host the 26th ‘Best of the Best’ National Print Awards Presentation Dinner and Awards Ceremony in Melbourne next month.
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IPMG has entered into an agreement with digital marketing group BlueFreeway hoping to acquire all the ordinary shares of BlueFreeway, which it does not already own. IPMG currently controls 73 per cent of the marketing group and has offered $0.04 per share for the additional 27 per cent.
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WorkCover NSW has signed on as the major sponsor for the 2009 NSW print excellence awards.
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Industry supplier Jet Technologies says the Genius 5-colour 52UV will be the highlight of its Pacprint 09 exhibition however the company will also showcase the newly launched Anilox-cleaning and inspection service and Spotmatic digital varnishing press.
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Printing Industries has secured Australian Government backing to stage a national workshop program for printing companies to help them manage their businesses during the global economic crisis.
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Australian Paper’s ENVI paper range, produced at the company’s Shoalhaven paper mill, has been accredited Greenhouse Friendly carbon neutral by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change. Australian Paper is the first paper products manufacturer in NSW to be awarded the certification by the government.
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