Officeworks has invested in several machines at the ongoing PacPrint 2025 tradeshow, including a Konica Minolta AccurioShine 3600 and, in a separate deal, three Vivid Laminating VeloBlade solutions from Fujifilm BI.
Konica Minolta has been a partner of Officeworks for about 10 years and the purchase of the AccurioShine 3600 marks Officeworks’ first venture into embellishment.
The AccurioShine 3600 technology was shown at Drupa last year.
Konica Minolta Australia account manager Elisabeth Mitchell said, “Officeworks has been really interested to get into the embellishment space and this machine caught their eye when they first saw it at Drupa.
“Based on our relationship with them, and what we were able to show them at Drupa, it got them across the line. So happy customer, very happy customer. We now work with them in the office production and industrial print spaces.”
The AccurioShine 3600 is an inkjet spot UV coater that incorporates innovative varnish technology by MGI. It enables digital spot UV varnishing and digital hot foiling in a compact solution that forgoes the need for screens, plates, or dyes. The fully digital solution features artificial intelligence (AI) registration technology and an eco-friendly LED curing system.
The AccurioShine 3600 aims to let printers provide 2D and 3D gloss and digital hot foiling effects at a reasonable cost and without the complicated steps of conventional systems. It can be used from the prototyping stage to full production printing.
It also supports a large range of media sheet sizes up to a maximum of 750mm and is equipped to enhance printouts such as name cards, greeting cards, photobook covers, and packaging on demand.
It also supports Variable Data Printing (VDP) to add more impact to tickets, personalised packages and labels, invitations, and one-to-one marketing collateral, among other high visual print products.
Konica Minolta Australia production and industrial print general manager Andrew Cocker said, “The AccurioShine’s going to open up new opportunities and new revenue streams for Officeworks and this will allow them to deliver greater products to all of their customer base”.
As for the purchase of the three Vivid Laminating VeloBlade solutions, it follows yesterday’s announcement of Fujifilm BI Australia and Vivid Laminating’s distributorship deal, making Officeworks the first company to purchase under the new Vivid partnership.
A Fujifilm BI spokesperson said more information on the purchases will be provided at a later date.
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