Interviews with Industry Executives, Commentary & Analysis from WhatTheyThink Contributors and other video features.
Frank bemoans the reading experience as it is today on electronic devices, compared with printed newspapers. Articles are longer because space is not a constraint and text is interrupted with a barrage of ads. Watch Video
Pat McGrew talks with Rob Boumans of Crown Van Gelder at last week’s Hunkeler Innovationdays about the company’s recent business travails—and how the company is relaunching itself. He also shows off some samples of Crown Van Gelder’s new papers. Watch Video
David Zwang talks to Ricoh’s Mike Herold about the equipment that Ricoh was showing at Hunkeler Innovationdays last week in Luzerne, Switzerland. Watch Video
David Zwang talks to Mark Subers of the PRINTING United Alliance about his impressions of this year’s Hunkeler Innovationdays—the booths are packed and the event has experienced 3X growth since it began. Watch Video
Pat McGrew talks to Hunkeler CEO Daniel Erni about how he sees the trade show environment playing out over the next few years, and the future of Innovationdays. Watch Video
In this second video interview, Stewart Emerson, President and CEO of SupremeX, discusses the company's recent acquisition of Vista Graphic Communications with Rod Bristol, a Director with Graphic Arts Advisors. Stewart shares the WHY behind using an advisor in any buy/sell transaction. He also discusses the process, how all parties can benefit and get the deal done. Watch Video
Matt Baehr, Executive Director of the Book Manufacturers’ Institute (BMI), talks about the book manufacturing solutions being demonstrated at last week’s Hunkeler Innovationdays. BMI members include equipment manufacturers and suppliers exhibiting at the show as well as book printers looking to check out the latest equipment. Watch Video
Scott Baker at Crawford Technologies talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
Jim Continenza at Kodak talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
Ken Ingram at SCREEN Americas talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
Mark Nixon at Scodix talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
Jan Marstorp at Plockmatic Group talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
Dimitri Van Gaever at Xeikon talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
Thomas Hofmann at Canon talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
Mike Herold at Ricoh talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
Julie Watson at Ultimate TechnoGraphics talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
Juan Soto and Alessandro Bufalari at Harris and Bruno talk about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video
The Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Mass., has more than 30 different letterpress models. Six of them are in the museum's Studio, where members can use them to create letterpress projects. MoP Director of Operations Mitchel Ahern took up the challenge of printing on all six in under 4 minutes—a world record. Watch Video
This week Warren talks with Mark Stephenson of Fujifilm Europe about embellishments and Taktiful and WhatTheyThink's 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
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
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