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EVENTS
50 Connect: Empower, evolve, excite
Connect 2023, the world’s biggest print and packaging industry software conference, hosted for the first time
by eProductivity Software welcomed printers, suppliers and trade media from around the world. Print21 editor Wayne Robinson reports from the event in Las Vegas.
52 Women in Print breakfasts to run
in May
The increasingly popular Women in Print nationwide breakfast events will run in May this year, will include Hobart for the first time, and will feature a deep dive into gender-related issues.
PRINT PROFILES
54 Big Image re-emerges Despite enduring the challenges of 2020, first with the pandemic, then a major fire in its premises, Adelaide- based trade printer Big Image Australia has emerged from the ashes, and is expanding
its offering
56 Travels of a digital native International travel has long been a defining factor of Australia and New Zealand’s graphic arts industries. Travelling to trade shows
to keep up with the latest technology has ensured that local industry professionals can hold their own anywhere in the world. However, few have had the scope and breadth of Peter Scott’s work and travels. He talks to Patrick Howard about his years of odyssey.
SURVEY
58 Labour woes
The results of the Industry Skills Report reveal that print is struggling with labour supply and skills needs across all sectors of the industry.
MARKETING
64 No opt-in,
then opt-out
Malcolm Auld says data compliance will be one of
the big issues this year, with Express Consent or Active Consent potentially wreaking havoc on databases.
LEGAL ISSUES
65 Serious harm
Wal Abramowicz outlines how the defamation laws have changed to make it harder to sue someone if you think they have defamed you.
NEWS, VIEWS, REVIEWS
60 PVCA brings apprentices back
CEO Kellie Northwood shares how the association managed to pull the industry together to get the government to put print apprentices back on the Priority List.
62 PrintNZ
CEO Ruth Cobb says the recent disasters clearly show the value of print.
66 People in Print
The who’s who of people in print this month, covering all the big deals.
74 The P int Diary
Print industry events are back. The Print21 industry diary has all you need to know.
SRI high performance slitting, rewinding and inspection label finishing system
40 Screen brands Truepress for application focus
Screen is giving its Truepress range of digital inkjet print systems new market-specific branding, which spells out
the applications in three main categories, and will soon launch two new packaging presses.
42 250,0000 labels
in fi st 10 weeks at Footprint
WA print business Footprint has produced a quarter of a million labels in the first 10 weeks of its new label operation, produced on its new Epson SurePress L-4533AW, supplied by Fujifilm
42 Konica Minolta
soon to launch AccurioLabel 400
The AccurioLabel 400, which is a new print system promising higher capabilities to fit a broader spectrum of the market, is coming soon. It will have intuitive touch operation, has a fifth station for white, and will print at speeds of up to 39.9 metres a minute.
44 Labelexpo SE
Asia returns Sustainability, self-adhesive label materials and digital embellishment were the three educational themes shaping Labelexpo Southeast Asia which opened in Bangkok, the first regional show for
five years. Digital imaging was front and centre of the exhibition this year.
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