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Profiles in Print Thysse
Profiles in Print
Thysse (Madison, Wisconsin)

 

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Profiles in Print Colorchrome
Profiles in Print
Colorchrome (Atlanta, Georgia)

 

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DCG ONE (Seattle, Washington)

 

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Premier Press (Portland, Oregon)

 

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Raspberry Creek Fabrics Continues to Grow and Diversify

Raspberry Creek Fabrics, located in Utah, produces custom fabrics on-demand using digital printing technologies, a sustainable approach to producing apparel fabrics. The company is also primarily using Western Hemisphere mills, and partners with some local cut-and-sew shops if customers want that service. Also new is an integration with Etsy and a booming wallpaper business. Learn more in this interview with co-founder Justin Rammell. Watch Video

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Amplify Roadshow Rolls into Philadelphia

Julie Shaffer talks to David Drucker, founder and CEO of the award-winning printing firm highresolution, and special guest at the latest Amplify Roadshow, an embellishment happy hour that has been touring the country and heads to the Yards Brewing Company in Philadelphia on November 9. Watch Video

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SwagCycle Continues to Deliver Landfill Diversion and Support to Charitable Organizations

In this interview, Ben Grossman of Boston-based Grossman Marketing, talks about his ninth acquisition in a decade, further expanding the company's Southeastern US footprint. He also provides an update on SwagCycle, an initiative dedicated to landfill diversion by arranging donations of unwanted, branded material to a variety of charitable organizations, including those helping with disaster relief, refugees, needy children, and more. Watch Video

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Frank Read the News Today, Oh Boy

Newspapers are getting smaller. The broadsheet newspaper of the past is now a fraction of its size as it went from a width of 15 inches to under 12 inches today. If this trend continues, your newspaper may soon be a newsletter. Watch Video

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What's Up with PRINTING United Expo? Mark Subers Lets Us know!

Mark Subers, President of Events at PRINTING United Alliance, speaks with WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels ahead of the PRINTING United Expo and gives us a great preview of what to expect. Watch Video

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Women in Print Alliance to Be Featured at PRINTING United Expo in Atlanta

Lisbeth Lyons Black, Director of the Women in Print Alliance, speaks with WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels about the important work being done by the Women in Print Alliance, her role, and the ways in which the industry can support women in print. They also talk about the upcoming PRINTING United Expo and the many events taking place related to the Women in Print Alliance. Watch Video

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Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with Andrew Parker

This week, Warren talks with Andrew Parker, Director of Marketing and Marketing Sales for BR Printers. Andrew shares his perspective on the printing industry from the point of view of a young person in print. Watch Video

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Label Production Strategy at Xeikon

David Zwang talks with Robert Welford, President of Xeikon, about digital label production and Xeikon's product strategy. Watch Video

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Print Across America Happening October 25

Deborah Corn speaks with WhatTheyThink about the upcoming Print Across America series of open houses and online events coming up in October. Watch Video

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Digital Labels’ HP Indigo-Driven Growth

In this video, sponsored by HP, David Zwang talks to Chris Henderson, President of Digital Labels. Henderson and his partner founded the company in 2010 with an HP Indigo 6000 and has added capacity—predominantly more HP Indigos—in the years since. Digital Labels also does some flexible packaging. Watch Video

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Frank Goes to the Library

Frank opines on the future of the library. He sees libraries as access locations for Internet connection because the ultimate library is on the Web. People will still borrow books, but most research will be online. Watch Video

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Label Production and Workflow Product Strategy at Konica Minolta

Sacha-Vittorio Paolucci, Head of Industrial Printing at Konica Minolta, provides an update on Konica Minolta's label production product strategy and the company's end-to-end workflow for label production. Watch Video

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Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with Robert Anderson

This week, Warren talks with Robert Anderson, CEO of Prisma, a 43-year-old print business based in Phoenix, with a location in Nashville. Prisma specializes in marketing supply chain management for large customers across the US, elements of which include direct mail, print-on-demand, pick-and-pack, and/or fulfillment. (Sponsored by Graphic Arts Alliance) Watch Video

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The Target Report Interview with Brian Adam, Olympus Group: Part 2—Future Outlook and Growth Strategies

Brian Adam, President and Owner of Olympus Group, joins Jules VanSant in this second of two Target Report Interviews. Brian shares that after having made a number of strategic mergers and acquisitions around the US, they are focused on scaling up and optimizing their network to better serve current and future customers. They also discuss Brian’s experience with a multitude of previous M&A transactions—sharing successes, challenges, and the value of utilizing the right advisors and support team throughout the process. Watch Video

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Today’s Graphics’ Evolution from Trade Typographer to Digital Printer

In this video, sponsored by HP, David Zwang talks with Jack Glacken, CEO of Philadelphia-based Today’s Graphics. Founded 46 years ago as a trade typographer doing typesetting, the company moved into color separations, then offset printing, and is now heavily involved in digital printing, largely using HP Indigo presses. Watch Video

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Frank Talk on Type with Allan Haley

Frank interviews type expert Allan Haley, who has spent a lifetime with letters. From Compugraphic to ITC to Monotype Imaging, he has been involved in and reported on typographic developments. As the number of typefaces grows, his job is getting bigger. Watch Video

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GEW's Approach to UV Curing Systems for Label Converting

Robert Rae, Managing Director, Sales, at GEW talks about its approach to UV curing systems for label converting. GEW specializes in the design and installation of UV LED systems including new installations and retrofitting into existing press systems. Watch Video

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Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with Matthew Noonan

This week, Warren talks with Matthew Noonan of J.S. McCarthy Printers about his career change from a commercial printing sales rep to a packaging sales rep—and how he almost left the industry. When he started, he had no clients, and after nine months he is about to hit his budget with three months to go. Watch Video

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RR Donnelley Acquires a Nozomi, EFI Gears Up for PRINTING United

In this wide-ranging interview, EFI's Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Ken Hanulec, talks about RR Donnelley's acquisition of its first Nozomi, the growth in worldwide Nozomi installations, a description of the four models—two for corrugated and two for display graphics—and a look ahead at what EFI has planned for PRINTING United. Watch Video

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Bennett Graphics Sees An Advantage in Production Inkjet

In this video, sponsored by HP, David Zwang talks with David Bennett, President of Bennett Graphics, about his recent installation of an HP PageWide Advantage 2200 press. The 2200 is Bennett Graphics’ first production inkjet press, and was acquired to increase capacity for the company’s growing direct mail work. Watch Video

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