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Just a reminder that the closing date for entries into the 2007 Screen & Digital Print Awards is fast approaching on Friday 20th April. Don't miss out on being part of this prestigious awards.
SGIAA has accepted an invitation from China Screen Printing & Graphic Imaging Association (CSGIA) to support the CSGIA Global Forum 2007 titled "Screen + Digital, China & the World" at Beijing September 25, 2007. The forum will focus on technical innovation and developing trends in Screen and Digital printing and the future of the marketplace in China and the world. This is the first time a forum of this magnitude has been organised and I am hopeful that an industry wide delegation from Australia/ New Zealand will be in attendance to hear presentations from the President's of the main international industry associations and leading industry experts. The forum is held in conjunction with the ASGA Screen Printing & Digital Printing China Tradeshow - don't miss this opportunity, contact Julie at SGIAA admin@sgiaa.asn.au if interested in joining the delegation to China for the Trade Show and Forum. Check the link below for more details. The SGIAA is the leading association for Screen & Digital Imaging organisations given our access to information via our affiliations with international organisations such as SGIA, Fespa etc. Members have complete access to international web sites for technical information, fact finding and problem solving. If you cannot remember your ID and password contact Julie at the SGIAA office for details.
On our new web site www.sgiaa.asn.au , members can advertise their specialities in the members listing in regions. If you have not already sent in your update form click on the link below to print out the form and then fax it to Julie on 02 9774 3255 and she will ensure your entry is up to date. The SGIAA office has calls every week asking about members in certain regions and what are their services. These queries are then sent to the web site so make sure your entry is up to date and correct.
That's all for now see you at the Federal AGM Friday 20th April.
Clem
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| Closing date for entries for the biennial Screen & Digital Print Awards 2007 is on Friday 20th April. Don't miss out on being involved in these prestigious awards. The 23 individual category types including two student awards were recently reviewed and updated to more closely correlate with the progress of technology and trends in the marketplace. In addition to individual awards there is also the President's Award presented to the most outstanding entry submitted. Award winners will be announced at the SGIAA Awards Dinner being held on Friday 20 July 2007 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. Detailed information on the categories and submission deadlines can be found on the SGIAA website or by contacting the Event Organisers on 07 3852 4122. |
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Attention digital printers in NSW … help GASAA try to lower your Workers Comp insurance premium!!!
The Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia has asked WorkCover NSW to consider a lower insurance premium rate for firms with significant digital print capabilities. GASAA has submitted that the nature of digital printing is less risk adverse than WorkCover might expect.
For changes to occur however, WorkCover NSW needs to profile the digital print sector, and gain an understanding of the claims experience of the group. While WorkCover can review its records of NSW printers, it needs industry assistance to identify those firms that are solely, or mainly digital printers.
Accordingly we’d like your help in completing the quick questionnaire below and authorising WorkCover to include your firms’ claims experience in its overall review. This is not an assessment of individual policies, but an aggregate look at the digital print sector. WorkCover needs a sizeable pool of digital printers to participate in this review, so please do not leave this to others.
Garry Knespal Executive Officer
Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia
Ste 14 Level 7 332 - 342 Oxford Street,
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
Ph: 02 9386 1595 or 1300 131 787
email garry@gasaa.asn.au | www.gasaa.asn.au |
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Congratulations Melissa Djukic receiver of Glen Crerar Scholarship 2007.
We interviewed the applicants for the Glen Crerar Scholarship and by unanimous decision Melissa Djukic was chosen as the receiver of the grant for this year.
Melissa has completed a TAFE apprentiship course at Ultimo TAFE and works for a medium size printing company called Awesome Screen Prints. Her immediate boss is Paul Smith who also won the scholarship some years back.
Melissa would like to go to FESPA to learn as much as she can about the production side of print and to look at what are the advances are being made in equipment, innovative work practices and products that are new to the industry.
Although the company she works for is a general jobbing print shop her flair is towards textile yardage printing. Her aim is to stay within thee screen printing industry and some time down the track to run her own business but not withstanding the contacts and networking she has formed in her present position. Melissa is hands on and can even hand cut stencils. |
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Payment of SGIAA Annual Subscription Renewal is now overdue.
To maintain all the benefits of membership of SGIAA and SGIA International you need to RENEW your membership TODAY |
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SGIAA Federal AGM and election of Federal Board of Directors Friday 20th April.
The Annual General Meeting and bi-ennial Election of Board of Directors will be held on Friday 20th April, 2007 at Kogarah Golf Club commencing at 7.30 am.
If you wish to nominate someone for a position please click on the link below to print out the form and when completed fax to 02 9774 3255. |
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New anti-dumping officer to help SME's
The Australian Customs Service has appointed an officer to exclusively help and advise small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on all anti-dumping/countervailing related matters.
The newly appointed officer will offer SMEs advice on lodging applications for new measures; reviews of existing anti-dumping measures; continuation of measures; duty assessments; and will also respond to anti-dumping enquiries.
Printing Industries National Policy and Research Manager, Hagop Tchamkertenian, welcomed the appointment of an officer dedicated to SMEs and suggests contacting Printing Industries first.
Dumping is when goods are exported to Australia at a price that is below the "normal value" (usually domestic price) of the goods. While dumping is not a prohibited practise under international trade agreements, remedial action can be taken when dumping causes or threatens to cause material injury to an Australian industry. |
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PrintEx07 24- 26 May 2007
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre Darling Harbour
It’s simple. Time is money.
If you’re in the business of printing and communications, PrintEx07 could save you both.
REGISTER NOW for PrintEx07 - Sydney’s big Print and Design show, presented by the Graphic Arts Merchants Association of Australia (GAMAA) and the Printing Industries Association of Australia (PIAA).
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SGIAA Awards 2007 Gold Sponsor - Roland DG and Stone Brothers Racing have agreed on a new two-year sponsorship deal. The deal which includes the 2007 and 2008 season will see Roland DG support Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) team through sponsorship and supply of equipment along with technical support for SBR’s signage needs using Roland DG’s state of the art vinyl cutting and digital print technologies featuring the new Pro III XC-540 Print/Cut machine.
Marc Margetts, sales director, Roland DG, says "The SBR relationship has allowed Roland DG to demonstrate the resilience of the ECO-SOL MAX ink range delivering true colour matching and lasting signage needs for the SBR team throughout the season."
For all those car racing fans keep an eye out for Roland DG |
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News from a SGIAA Awards 2007 Gold Sponsor
At Fujifilm Sericol Australia, manufacture and distribute a wide range of screen printing inks and consumables, digital inks, flexographic inks and associated products. Fujifilm Sericol Australia's distribution service is from our National Customer Service Centre in Kings Park, NSW. Products are dispatched to Customer Service Centres in 4 state branches and exported to New Zealand.
We have distribution centres in Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth accompanied by many local distributors who support the Fujifilm Sericol brand.
Inca Digital Printers will launch the Spyder 320-8 Series, capable of printing eight colours, at ISA International Sign Expo ’07, (April 11-14, in Las Vegas). The new large format, digital flatbed UV printer will be demonstrated, along with the latest Uvijet ink technology, by exclusive distributor Fujifilm Sericol on booth 4460.
Fujifilm Sericol Australia introduce new X-Cure UV lamps from Alpha-Cure
X-Cure lamps use a unique and innovative technology which alters the regular halogen cycle to significantly cut down on anode oxidisation. The result… higher UV outputs for longer, faster speeds and lower costs. The new X-Cure lamp cures edge to edge, making it ideal for label printers to use as a replacement for regular lamps that may exhibit blackening around the electrodes.
Each X-Cure lamp is made from high grade raw materialssuch as quartz tubes and purified tungsten electrodes. For more information contact Robert Wilson - phone 02 8825 2700 or www.fujifilmsericol.com.au. |
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Great News: The SGIA Information Network is expanding, with new educational opportunities to take you and your business to new levels of success. Coming soon to a workstation near you ... our new series of premium Webinars. http://www.sgia.org/webinars
The exciting new Webinar series debuts with 12 web-based seminars in 2007. Whatever your product specialty, you'll find Webinars to meet your company interests. Our first Webinars are coming in May:
* Direct-to-Garment Inkjet Printing (May 17)
* Breaking the Print Sales Barrier (May 23)
The actual number is based on your annual membership investment. |
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Engineer the strongest possible business decisions, starting with a firm grasp of the industry. Build your business smarter with the insight you get by taking the 2007 Business Growth Survey on Surveys & Statistics at SGIA.org.
Participants always get summary results first. For the Business Growth Survey, that means knowing things like which markets and equipment figure in your peers’ plans — before the competition knows. It means an early bird understanding of where the growth is and how you can capitalize on it.
http://www.sgia.org/surveys_and_statistics |
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The Qld Region held it's AGM last Monday evening.
The Board members elected for the next two years are
President
Gary Epps CPI Group Ltd
Vice President
Clem Johnson Reid Industrial Graphic Products
Treasurer
Nigel Davies Markit Graphics
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STILL TIME TO REGISTER YOUR TEAM !!!
The SGIAA NSW Annual Golf Day is here again. So why not enjoy a great round of golf and try to win the NSW SGIAA Perpetual Trophy among many other team and individual prizes on the day.
Friday 20th April
Kogarah Golf Club 19 Marsh St, Arncliffe
Contact Anthony Driene 0406 537 586
Julie Hadfield 1300 135 568
or fax your registration to 02 9774 3255
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Patrick Smith from Alupanel Australia supplied this a slight miss calculation. Not really funny but very interesting.
ENGINEERING CALCULATION Problem: A backhoe weighing 8 tons is on top of a flatbed trailer heading east on Interstate 70 near Hays, Kansas. The extended shovel arm is made of hardened refined steel and the approaching overpass is made of commercial-grade concrete, reinforced with 1 1/2 inch steel rebar spaced at 6 inch intervals in a criss-cross pattern layered with 1 foot vertical spacing.
Solve: When the shovel arm hits the overpass, how fast does the trailer with the backhoe have to be going to slice the bridge in half? (Assume
no headwind and no braking by the driver who is oblivious of the situation
Extra Credit: Solve for the time and distance required for the entire rig to come to a complete stop after hitting the overpass at the speed
calculated above.
Answer - It doesn't really matter... The point is that the trucking company just bought themselves a bridge |
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