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The December round of the Roland Creative Awards showcased another swag of nice car wraps, but most interest and votes were drawn to different types of entries this month. One of the most creative and unique entries to date, 'Doctor Who Lego Figurines', came in second on the People's Choice voting, but eventual the winner was an impressive wrap of a Camero Ski Boat. Congratulations to Get Displays of South Australia!

Some of the best news to come out of December was that the deadline for entering has been extended to 29th January, giving everyone an extra chance to get their entries in for their chance to win! Already January has seen some fantastic entries, making competition for the grand prizes even hotter! With only 9 days left to enter, we are looking forward to collating all entries from the past 5 months and deciding on the Honourable Mentions, who will each recieve and iPad2, and also a Regional winner who wins a trip to Japan and is in the running for the worldwide grand prize of a new Roland device. Read More...

With the Roland Creative Awards in full swing, now in it's 4th month (including half of September) and over 500 entries later, it has been interesting to observe the type of entries coming in both locally and across the globe. Without a doubt, vehicle wrapping has dominated the entries to date! All manner of vehicles have been submitted from vans, ute's, trucks, buses, cars, and even an off road buggy and a tank!! Add to this a range of creative boat wraps and a few motorbikes and you have an amazing collection of wraps!

The November People's Choice winner in Australia was no exception to this - congratulations to Zentarah Visual Creations for their 'Bob The Blindman' van entry which proved to be popular, taking out the November round with 104 votes, well ahead of the next entry.  Read More...

A hot topic of 2011 was undoubtedly 'Metallic Ink' with the introduction of ECO-SOL MAX Metallic ink, the world's first eco solvent metallic ink, and the printers that followed - the XC-540MT and the VS Series. While the attraction to this solution is obvious, there has certainly been some hesitations surrounding the cost and speed of printing with metallic. No doubt for this premium solution the cost is higher, and the print speed is definitely reduced to produce such a spectacular result...

So is there a real benefit to this solution or is it not really a viable business option? Based on the sales and success of the VS Series alone, we would have to argue 'Yes it is certainly a viable business solution', but to back this up with some hard evidence, our partners in the US have conducted a comprehensive survey of their customers who have 'metallic capable' devices. Check out the article below from the Roland DGA blog to get all the facts (note: all figures relate to the US):  Read More...