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Keith Ferrel: Cactus launches Social Awareness Pack
s Covid-19 restrictions were lifting across Australia, printers
turned their attention to helping business get back into operations, with Cactus Imaging one of those looking forward, coming up with a Social Awareness Pack. The pack includes five posters, five floor decals, a pull-up banner, and four strips, although any combination can be ordered.
Keith Ferrel, general manager at Cactus, said, “Most organisations are going to need to implement social distancing, the list
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Affinity buys Cain for UV capability
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All Cain staff and owner Chris Cain will come over to Affinity, along with the UV Heidelberg SM52 and the rest of the Cain production equipment.
Steve Todisco, owner of Affinity Print said, “We are going well in the high-end packaging market and wanted to add UV printing to our capabilities.
“Like us Cain runs SRA3 offset presses, but in its case specified for UV printing.
We are in the high-end packaging market, and we foil, emboss, laminate, cut, and carton glue, all in-house, printing UV has real benefits on certain jobs.”
Todisco said, “I have known Chris Cain and the family for
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Cain Colour in order to boost its UV print power in the high-end packaging market.
elbourne-based Affinity Print has bought family-owned
Cactus launches wareness pack
Strengthening: Steve Todisco (right) and Chris Cain
many years, it is a pleasure to welcome them as part of the team here.”
Affinity Print now operates from three buildings on the same industrial estate, with between 12 and 15 staff. In addition to offset printing,
it is also in digital printing. Todisco said, “We have really found our niche. We have been
in a growing market. Bringing Cain Colour into the fold will give us the capacity
and capability we need.”
Affinity is one of the few printers in the country that runs a full A3 in-house packaging solution, with foiling, coating, spot UV, and embossing capabilities. It is also one of only two printers to produce bedding
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UV coating Die Making
Embossing Laminating
Large Format Printing
LASER CUTTING
Large Format Finishing
FORME CUTTING
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