Interviews with Industry Executives, Commentary & Analysis from WhatTheyThink Contributors and other video features.
In this video sponsored by printIQ, North America General Manager Craig Powel talks about the company’s game-changing MIS platform. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by Tecnau, Vice President of Americas Sales Pete Dolfis showcases the equipment Technau was exhibiting at last month’s PRINTING United. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by Screen, Lois Ritarossi talks to Dave Johannes, EVP, Strategic Initiatives, for Moore Direct about the impact of their strategic partnership with Screen and integration of Screen technology on their business. Watch Video
In this video, sponsored by The Grey Elephant, founder and owner Askold Zimmermann talks with David Zwang about the company’s solutions for bringing “track and trace” to the printing industry. Watch Video
Frank talks about the recent tariffs on aluminum printing plates from China and Japan. He feels that it will adversely affect small printers and especially many newspapers. Watch Video
In this episode of the Digital Embellishment Show, Kevin Abergel talks with Mark Pomerantz, Director of Sales and Marketing at Xeikon, to discuss their groundbreaking digital embellishment technology. Mark reveals Xeikon's innovative single-pass foiling process that combines their dry toner printing with Kurz's digital metal technology. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by Rollem, Richard Romano talks with Larry Corwin, President of Rollem International, about the current status of card printing—trading cards, playing cards, and hobby/game cards—what opportunities exist for commercial printers in card production, and Rollem's long history manufacturing equipment for card conversion. Watch Video
In this interview, Eldy Lazaro Vasquez, a Ph.D. candidate at the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, an interdisciplinary institute for radical creativity and invention that works to transform ingenious ideas into reality through research, experimentation, and critical thinking, explains how she has invented a machine specifically designed to spin fibers from bio-based materials, with a view toward future scalability. The first material she experimented with was gelatin, leading to a textile publication's title of "Dissolvable Duds." Watch Video
ePS Software is no stranger to acquisitions, but what happens to the company that is acquired and their customers? David Zwang talks with Nick Benkovich, Senior Director Product Management for ePS Software, about their acquisition of EPMS. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by Canon, Bob Barbera, Director of Production Solutions Marketing, talks about PRISMA Home, a cloud-based portal that provides a range of applications to support print businesses. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by Zünd, Business Segment Manager Martin Thornton showcases the cutting and finishing solutions Zünd was showing at PRINTING United. Watch Video
This week, Warren talks with Vicki Strull, Design Strategist & Brand Visionary at Vicki Strull Consulting, about the importance of marketing a print business. After all, printers are communications specialists. Watch Video
David Zwang talks with Clarence Penge, Executive Vice President of Heidelberg, about the Gallus One digital inkjet label press that was on display at LabelExpo. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by Onyx Graphics, Product Manager Calvin Tuttle talks about Onyx Align, which provides end-to-end order management for printers of all sizes. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by Müller Martini, President and CEO Andy Fetherman talks about the company’s PRINTING United booth theme, “Driving the Digital Transformation” and the trends the company is seeing in book finishing. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by Graphco, Chris Manley, President, talks about some of the equipment the company was showing at PRINTING United, including laminating and foiling machines, and discusses the new RMGT 970PX Folding Carton & Packaging Series. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by the PRINTING United Alliance, David Zwang talks with Brooke Hamilton, President and CEO of NPI, a third-generation business that manufacturers industrial metal nameplates and decals, and produces window and vehicle graphics and signage. She was just appointed Chair of the Board of the PRINTING United Alliance. Watch Video
David Zwang talks with IT Strategies’ Marco Boer about a new taxonomy initiative they have been developing that attempts to correctly describe and accurately size the printing industry. Watch Video
The Smithers team made a list of some 40 developments they noted at drupa 2024 and then reached out to a range of industry journalists and analysts, asking them to rate their importance to the industry and potential viability. In this interview, Sean summarizes the findings which are now available from Smithers.com. Watch Video
In this video sponsored by Canon, Matthew Poliniak, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Canon USA, talks about the new ImagePress V1350 toner-based color press that was on display at PRINTING United. Watch Video
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