Councils

Australia has thousands of Councils and Chamber of Commerce's who decorate their local community every year with tens of thousands of signs, flags and banners for a multitude of "Events" and festivals. There is one festival in Campbelltown (NSW) where they celebrate a festival called "Fisher's Ghost"....... Spooky!

Here in Australia we throw a damn good "Event". From the Sydney 2000 Olympics through to World Cup Rugby, we excel at making international visitors feel welcome.

Following are just a few Council "Events" and festivals in the making........

City Of Sydney

Winter, Spring, Summer, Art About (Art Gallery of NSW), Christmas and New Year Festivals. SCV is one of the regular suppliers to the City Of Sydney. We're very proud to be associated with the manufacture of and supply of the "Events" signage as requested. In some instances the festival requires close to 1000 large format screen printed fabric flag/banners. These are placed strategically throughout the City as decoration.

Hasting Council

Civic Flags for all year round usage as well as Christmas and New Year Festivals.

We're very proud to be associated with the manufacture of and supply of "Events" signage for the following;

AAMI Stadium in South Australia

Manufacture their generic flags for the grounds.

Australian Rugby Union

Wash and repair all RWC flags \ banners - ongoing.

Supply of screen and digital flags \ banners as required.

Ironman, Ironwoman & Triathlon Events

Manufacture and supply of beach carnival flags, pop ups, teardrops, bunting, directional and other signage as required.

Newcastle Knights

Manufacture their generic flags for the grounds.

New Years Eve - Sydney

The flags aloft the Sydnet Harbour Bridge were a little nervous during this display.

Olympic Games - Athens

We provide a 24\7 web site for all supporters to download "free" supporters flags.

PGA

Manufacture their generic flags and pin flags as required and directed by the participating Golf Club.

Sydney Cricket Ground

Manufacture and generic flags for the grounds.

Telstra Stadium

Manufacture their generic flags for the grounds.

Tennis SA

Supply of 37,000 pens and pencils for the Tournament.

TV

We were delighted to produce the "My Restaurant Rules" signage, which was organised thorugh our Adelaide office. Top rating TV for hungry viewers.

Wimbledon Tennis

We provide a 24\7 web site for all supporters to download "free" supporters flags.

World Corporate Games

Manufacture their generic flags.

World Cup Soccer

Manufacture and supply 2000 Greek flags. "What a goal" what a tournament!"

SCV in now in its 4th year of a 15 year Government Grant sponsored Digital development programme. We are amongst a select few who have been issued with the opportunity to enhance our systems and technology with Government assistance. The programme is called S.I.P. and is designed to allow cutting edge manufacturing and designing to enhance Australia's future in the market place of digital, textile and fabrics.

SCV acquired another World Record on June 9th 2003, when it became the builder of the largest Digital C,M,Y,K printer in the world.

The machine, called a Pixation Blade Jet, set a new standard at 7.3 metres wide, with a printable width of 6.5 metres. DPI is 150 with a per square metre hourly print rate of 15 metres, Blade Jet is not the fastest in the world, but boy is it big. The machine is collaboration between its inventor, Dean Anderson of Utah in the USA. Dean settled on SCV as the South Pacific Sales and marketing arm of the machine as SCV had engineers working on machinery very similar.

Eagle Street Pier in Brisbane with a 35 m x 7 metre giant banner (looks small).

"We all expect a little water to go under the bridge before the industry sees it true potential." said SCV's building engineer, Mr Jerzy Kuziak. Currently the Pixation Blade Jet is capable of printing onto; PVC, Mesh, Shade cloth, Carpet, Paper, Polyester fabric, Concrete and with further testing, new substrates will be added.

SCV is honoured once again to be a supplier Nationally for Westfield. We stock all current flags, in three (3) main sizes so even the large flagpoles are catered to.

Accor have utilised our services for years and as they grow exponentially, the flag and banner orders run "red hot" on our faxes. Novotel, ACCOR, All Seasons, Grand Mercure & Mercure Inn, Holiday Inn, Hotel Ibis, Sofitel and Motel Formule 1 are in stock and ready to ship daily.

CNH Global recently awarded their flag contract to SCV for the production of 500 flags for distribution throughout Australia. The fabric selected needs to fly for a minimum of 5 months without failure, which is a tough ask in the harsh Australian environment.

SHFA recently placed their order for the manufacture of 500 decorative flag/banners. They will be flown on the throughout the surrounding Darling Harbour Foreshores including Pyrmont Bridge. Darling Harbour and the surrounding area attracts more than 20 million people per annum. We also supply to banners for the prestigious "The Rocks Centre".

SCV first printed onto fabric digitally in 1990 in a small back room in Leichhardt. The image was printed onto fabric by one of the very first generation Mutoh printers with the help of Daniel O'Hana of Fenwick Signs.
Specs for the machine:
Speed - 1\2 Sq\P\H DPI - 100 Width - 900 mm Heads - 4 CMYK

We bought a Mutoh and also a Mimaki testing inks and fabrics fro 3 years, before commercially offering the images for sale in late 1994. Speeds had improved to;
Specs for the machine:
Speed - 3 Sq\P\H DPI - 200 Width - 1000 mm Heads - 4 CMYK

By 1996, the technology jumped forward again and SCV went on to install and run the first Raster Graphics electrostatic Dye Sub machines in Australia in 1996. These two machines required a sealed room, rubber gloves, white Doctor's coats and a total environmentally protected room. A few degrees in temperature difference would result in a different colour, even though printed on the same machine within 15 minutes. The speed jumped to;
Specs for the machine:
Speed - 15 Sq\P\H DPI - 320 Width - 1320 mm Heads - 4 CMYK + 1 spot

In 1998 we acquired the first and still the only Colourspan Fabrijet in the South Pacific. This machine proved vital in our sampling of images to clients, but never really took off as a commercial printer.
Specs for the machine:
Speed - 16 Sq\P\H DPI - 600 Width - 1800 mm Heads - 12 CMYK

In 2000 we purchased the new generation of Mutoh digital ink printers. It provided many months worth of challenges and when finally working, the output and image quality was unbelievable.
Specs for the machine:
Speed - 10 Sq\P\H DPI - 360,720,1440 Width - 1800 mm Heads - 12 CMYK

We've since acquired our Giant format Pixation Bladejet;
Specs for the machine:
Speed - 15 Sq\P\H DPI - 150 Width - 6500 mm Heads - 4 CMYK

Very soon, in September 2004 we will bring on line our newest offing. This exciting new digital ink printer we believe will lead the revolution. The machine is a hybrid of Aussie, Polish, Japanese and Italian design. It brings together the colour and UV stability required by Australian conditions, ink from qualified Greenpeace and European standards, with the techno wizbang of the Japanese and Ferrari like speed of the Italian's.

The machine will print onto both sides of the fabric simultaneously and not only Polyester fabrics, but natural yarns as well. "Once the R & D is complete, we may find our factory full of these little beauties", said General Manager Greg Lambert.

Specs for the machine:
Speed - 25 Sq\P\H DPI - 360,720,1440 Width - 2200 mm Heads - 12 CMYK

"Our screen printing will be around for a little while yet, but the revolution is nigh"