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RMGT “Commit to Print World Tour” at PRINTING United

On the 8th and final US stop of its “Commit to Print World Tour,” RMGT stopped at PRINTING United for a sold-out showing of the RMGT 9 Series Offset Press. The “Commit to Print World Tour” included six stops at printing companies across the US, bringing together the industry for education, demos, and networking.  Watch Video

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Product Strategy: Xeikon’s Benoit Chatelard on the Continuing Digitization of Labels and Packaging

Benoit Chatelard of Xeikon talks about top trends impacting labels and packaging, including the increased desire to print on non-paper substrates, the desire to reduce inventory, and a move toward more sustainable processes. These trends and others are continuing the drive toward digital label and packaging printing. Watch Video

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The 144-Year-Old Anstadt Company Expands Its Digital Fleet with HP Indigo

David Zwang talks talks with Matt Doran of The Anstadt Company. Founded in 1878, the company is a fifth-generation family-owned commercial print business that has expanded and diversified. It has been shedding its offset equipment in favor of HP Indigo Digital Presses. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: GEW’s Gary Doman on UV Ink Curing for Sheetfed Offset

GEW’s Gary Doman discusses trends in sheetfed offset and how UV curing can address these trends. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: Fujifilm’s Chris Cohara on Employee Turnover in the Wide-Format Industry

Fujifilm’s Chris Cohara talks about how employee turnover has been a big challenge for firms producing display graphics and how the automation and ease-of-use features on Fujifilm’s wide-format equipment have helped mitigate this challenge. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: Zünd’s Bill Richards on Lights Out Automated Finishing

Zünd America’s Bill Richards talks about the challenges of keeping employees, and how the automation features on Zünd’s wide-format cutting equipment can help streamline workflows through data integration, metadata manipulation, and robotics. Watch Video

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Pleasant Air “Made it Happen” in Recent AlphaGraphics Contest

Pat McGrew talks to David and Bryant Crawford from N.C. HVAC company Pleasant Air, one of the winners of AlphaGraphics’ “Make It Happen” contest. As a result of its efforts in giving back to the community, the long-time AlphaGraphics clients were awarded an AlphaGraphics business brand makeover. Watch Video

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John Berthelsen Honored with Annual Recognition Award for Service to Furtherance of Education for the Graphic Arts

The Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) is recently announced the inauguration of an award honoring the unending service of John Berthelsen to the Education of Students interested in the Graphic Arts. The award, in his name, will be given out each year to a deserving individual or organization that exemplifies the ideals and practices of John over his many years of dedicated service to the industry and affiliated organizations. John was the first recipient. We had the opportunity to interview him and gain an understanding of the many contributions he has made over 50 years in the industry. Watch Video

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Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with David Sasson

This week, Warren talks with David Sasson of Hubschercorp—formerly Hubscher Ribbon—a 75-year-old, third-generation family-owned business. The company started out producing labels for the garment industry, evolved into ribbon, and further evolved into packaging. They are now a one-stop shop for retailers. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: FASTSIGNS’ Mark Jameson on the Co-Brand and Conversion Programs

Mark Jameson, Chief Development Officer for FASTSIGNS, talks about how print businesses want to expand into signage, and how FASTSIGNS’ Co-Brand and Conversion programs can help optimize the move into signage and grow that part of the business. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: PageDNA’s Steve Enstad on Printing Software Trends

PageDNA’s Steve Enstad talks about PageDNA’s print software solutions and implementation process, and how they address the challenges that printers and print customers have when using print software. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: Ultimate’s Eve Petroni on End-to-End Workflow Automation

Ultimate TechnoGraphics’ Eve Petroni talks about the increased need for print production workflow automation and how Ultimate’s imposition and bindery software provides end-to-end automation. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: Ricoh’s Arron Robinson on Software Integration

Ricoh’s Arron Robinson talks about how Ricoh’s integrated and "holistic" approach to print software allows different components to communicate with each other regardless of whether they are cloud-based or on-premises. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: GMG’s Marc Levine on Remote Workflow Tools

Marc Levine of GMG talks about how the automation and remote workflow features in GMG’s software solutions can help companies overcome the workforce challenges the industry is experiencing. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: Infigo’s Douglas Gibson on Expanding W2P Job Types

Douglas Gibson of Infigo Software talks about how, as part of Infigo’s efforts to help customers speed jobs through their factories, the software is expanding the types of jobs that can be accepted via Web-to-print: wide format, labels, packaging, and more. Watch Video

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Product Strategy: Tharstern’s Lee Ward on Divergence

Lee Ward of Tharstern talks about how customers are starting to diverge into different sectors—wide format, packaging, etc.—and how Tharstern’s MIS can cater to all those new sectors. Watch Video

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Stefan Hunkeler Talks About the Upcoming Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Stefan Hunkeler spoke with David Zwang about the Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023 event happening early next year 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

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Product Strategy: Amir Shalev on Landa’s Nanography Printing Technology

Amir Shalev, Market Development Director for Landa, talks about how the capabilities of Landa’s Nanography printing technology can help print businesses address some of the challenges facing the industry, such as labor and paper shortages. Watch Video

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A Kid's View on Print

In the latest installment of our new Marketing Digital Embellishment Capabilities video series, Taktiful's Kevin Abergel talks with Aaron, Taktiful's 7 year old VP and Chief Toy Officer, as he unboxes a print sample kit from swissQprint. Watch Video

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Shutterfly’s Dwayne Black on the HP Indigo 100K

David Zwang talks with Dwayne Black, COO of Shutterfly. Founded in 1999, Shutterfly started out producing 4x6-inch prints, then expanded into cards, photo books, and gifts, and now can produce whatever the customer wants to personalize. The company has installed more than 30 HP Indigo 100K Digital Presses. Watch Video

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