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Colorchrome (Atlanta, Georgia)

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DCG ONE (Seattle, Washington)

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Profiles in Print

Premier Press (Portland, Oregon)

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Hunkeler’s Hans Gut on Smart Logistics Solutions

David Zwang talks to Hans Gut, Chief Marketing Officer for Hunkeler, about the company’s new Smart Logistics Solutions, which helps to quickly move on-demand printed materials, such as book blocks, from press to finishing equipment, tracking and monitoring where each job is and where it’s going. Watch Video

Hunkeler’s Hans Gut on Digital Web Finishing

David Zwang talks to Hans Gut, Chief Marketing Officer for Hunkeler, about digital web finishing. Hunkeler’s digital web finishing products initially served the transactional print market and has expanded into book production, launching next-generation solutions for automated book block production. Watch Video

Hunkeler’s Patrick Treyer on the Cut-Sheet Finishing Market

David Zwang talks with Patrick Treyer, Area Sales Director for Hunkeler, about Hunkeler’s recent introductions for the cut-sheet finishing market including DocuTrim, a new line supporting the transactional and transformational markets that features dynamic perforating. Watch Video

Paul Strack Previews the NPSOA Annual Conference

Paul Strack, President and Owner of CustomXM, talks to Eric Vessels about his membership in NPSOA, and being the master of ceremonies for their upcoming annual conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Watch Video

Hunkeler’s Matthias Anaheim on Next Level Automation

David Zwang talks with Matthias Annaheim, Head of Marketing for Hunkeler, about the theme of this year’s Hunkeler Innovationdays: Next Level Automation, and how Hunkeler equipment needs to connect to a variety of different systems often within a single printing plant. Watch Video

David Gardner Previews NPSOA Annual Conference

David Gardner, President of Boyd's Direct, talks to WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels about his membership in NPSOA and previews the upcoming annual conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Watch Video

Next Level Automation at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Stefan Hunkeler kicks off the Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023 event happening this week in Lucerne, Switzerland. Hunkeler Innovationdays is the place to see “next level automation” from over 100 exhibitors covering digital printing, software, finishing and related processes. Watch Video

Daniel Erni on the Future of Hunkeler

Daniel Erni talks about his new role as CEO of Hunkeler and the company's vision for future innovation. Watch Video

Frank Looks Out

Frank talks about the WhatTheyThink Printing Outlook 2023 report. He traces a continuum from a 2000 RIT report projecting the industry from 2000 to 2020 and notes that the industry is now on a trajectory that will see growth for the next 20 years. There is meaningful data and commentary about the industry. Watch Video

Ricoh Partners with Taktiful and WhatTheyThink on Landmark Digital Embellishment Study

Eric Vessels of WhatTheyThink speaks with Kevin Abergel of Taktiful and Mark Little of Ricoh about their partnership on a new and exciting survey that will produce the first-of-its kind study on specialty ink usage in the printing industry. (To take the survey, click the link below the video.) Watch Video

Nathaniel Grant Previews the NPSOA Annual Conference

Nathaniel Grant, Chairman of the National Print & Sign Owners Association, hangs out with Eric talking about NPSOA and their annual owners conference happening in Myrtle Beach, S.C., March 16-18. Watch Video

HP Partners with Taktiful and WhatTheyThink on Landmark Digital Embellishment Study

Eric Vessels of WhatTheyThink speaks with Kevin Abergel of Taktiful and Alvaro Mantilla of HP about their partnership on a new and exciting survey that will produce the first-of-its-kind study on specialty ink usage in the printing industry. To take the survey, click the ink below the video. Watch Video

WhatTheyThink and Taktiful Partner on Landmark Digital Embellishment Study

Kevin Abergel, President of Taktiful, speaks with Eric Vessels of WhatTheyThink about their partnership on a new and exciting survey that will produce the first of its kind study on specialty ink usage in the printing industry. To take the survey, click the link below the video. Watch Video

Printing Outlook 2023 Preview

In this edition of the ongoing "What's Up with WhatTheyThink?" video series, Eric Vessels speaks with WhatTheyThink's Managing Editor Richard Romano to get some insights into WhatTheyThink's Printing Outlook 2023 report. Watch Video

Frank is Book Smart

Print books continue to outsell ebooks. Ebooks are not as impressive on a shelf as print books are. They make you look smarter. No one can see your ebooks. Plus, you can sell or donate or lend your print books. Watch Video

WhatTheyThink Magazine Issue One—The Software Issue

The WhatTheyThink team discusses the newly redesigned and reimagined WhatTheyThink Magazine. Join Eric Vessels, Richard Romano, and Jessica Taylor as they have a jam session on the new magazine direction and design, and talk about Issue One—The Software Issue. Watch Video

The New Fiery Is Not Really New, but It Is More Nimble

David Zwang talks with Toby Weiss, CEO of Fiery. Fiery is now a standalone company, with lots of opportunity and an established management and team. Toby Weiss speaks about the change and looks at the future. Watch Video

Tim Roloff on ISCOrp’s Private Cloud

ISCOrp’s Tim Roloff talks about how ISCOrp works with software companies—such as ePS—to “SaaSify” or “cloudify” their applications. ISCOrp is a “private” cloud—they own all their own equipment and data centers, which means stronger security and compliance and that companies always know where their data is. Watch Video

Workflow Integration Is In Demand

David Zwang talks to Tom Peire, CEO of Four Pees, about how, as print and packaging continue on the journey toward a more automated and connected value chain, integration and support are key. Watch Video

Agfa’s Erik Peeters on the Major Industry Challenges

Agfa’s Erik Peeters talks about two major challenges facing the industry—decreasing profit margins for print providers and finding qualified employees—and how Agfa is helping their customers react and respond to these challenges. Watch Video