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Budgie to fly again as flood insurer pays out
Flood ravaged Imagination Graphics will be back up and running, with chuffed
owner Emmanuel ‘Budgie’ Buhagiar successful in an insurance claim, which will see all new kit reinstalled.
Buhagiar said, “The insurance has come good and we are ordering all new equipment, including a new KM-1.”
Imagination Graphics will install a new Konica Minolta AccurioPress 6100 next week, with a new high-volume AccurioPress C14000 – one of the first in the country – due shortly. The company said the B2 digital inkjet Konica Minolta AccurioPress KM-1 will be arriving at a later date.
In the period after the devastating bushfires and before the coronavirus, the country was going through the ‘minor’ matter of the floods, which succeeded in turning many businesses in Sydney’s
Aldus acquires API Foils Europe
Back up and running: Owner Emmanuel Buhagiar and his wife Colleen at Imagination Graphics have seen their insurance claim succeed and will be printing again soon.
and the KM-1 was flying, we put a dozen jobs through it.
I came in on Sunday to catch up on paperwork, went home about 3pm. Then I got the call the next morning. When I got in, there was garbage floating everywhere, we were knee deep in water.”
The whole street in Marrickville was impacted by the floods, which saw cars and skip bins floating down the street.
Wrecked by the floods were the KM-1 – the first of its
type in NSW – along with two Konica Minolta digital colour printers, two Heidelberg GTOs, a CTP unit, a Polar guillotine, as well as a Heidelberg Platen and Cylinder. 21
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inner west suburb Marrickville into swimming pools, including Imagination Graphics.
The knee-deep water, which poured in on a Sunday evening in February, wrecked a host
of equipment at the award- winning printer, including the new B2 AccurioPress KM-1, affectionately dubbed Kimmie by Budgie and his staff.
Buhagiar took a call from one
of his staffers at 5am on the Monday morning telling him to “get in quick”, but by then it was too late, floodwater was 60cm deep throughout the factory.
Buhagiar said, “Everything has been wiped out including the KM-1. Monday was one of the saddest days of my life. To walk in and see everything underwater was devastating.”
“We were in on Saturday
Frank Floriano: Aldus CEO
Oldham said API’s European foil business had been at the forefront of quality graphic stamping foils for many years.
“Joining the Aldus Group will give our team the financial strength and support to ensure we can continue to deliver the highest quality product to our customers across Europe and the world,” he said.
“We are particularly pleased to be restarting the Scottish manufacturing facility.” 21
Webster tells Premier
TAndrews to back print
ustralian company Aldus has acquired foilmaker API Foils Europe (excluding its
Dutch and Asian subsidiaries), creating a new company, API Foilmakers.
Aldus operates throughout Australasia, Malaysia, and
the US, and includes Milford Astor Foilmakers, which manufactures foil in Australia, with worldwide distribution.
Frank Floriano, Aldus CEO, said, “We are committed to provide additional capital and support to ensure that API will continue to supply its existing customers and invest in the development of market leading products.”
The new entity will be led by Will Oldham, who was API’s managing director between 2012 and 2015, and then API’s chief commercial officer until 2018.
LC boss Barry Webster necessary industry in order to has told Victorian keep people informed. Premier Daniel “It’s a cheap, effective Andrews to back mode to send a message to
print in the current crisis, the masses. The government
as Andrews looked to impose further restrictions on the population in order to battle the virus.
In his message to the state premier Webster said, “Printed flyers, fridge magnets should be sent to each and every household outlining exactly what to do and not to do to get the message through, along with relative emergency contact numbers.”
Webster spelt out the benefits of print, telling Andrews, “Print is another
Back print, Premier: Barry Webster, managing director, TLC
has done an amazing job but it’s a moving target they are fighting. Get into each and every home with print.” 21
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