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Monadnock’s Julie Brannen on Sustainability
Julie Brannen from Monadnock Paper Mill talks about Monadnock’s long history of sustainability, as well as some of the company’s latest initiatives and new products. Watch Video
Designing For and Operating Digital Embellishment Equipment
In the latest episode of The Digital Embellishment Show, Taktiful's Kevin Abergel talks with Dominic Zaidan and Frank Deiuliis of NAPCO USA about embellishment design and equipment operating challenges they have overcome in the digital packaging world. Watch Video
WCD’s Karen Brookman Talks About Personalized On-Demand Printing
David Zwang talks with WCD’s Karen Brookman. WCD is a 70-year-old family owned digital printing and information management company based in Calgary, Alberta. The company offers a broad range of services, from document management and scanning to digital printing and signage. The company is focused on commerce and personalized on-demand print. Watch Video
Product Strategy: Standard Finishing’s Paul Steinke on Increased Automation and Decreased Touchpoints
Standard Finishing’s Paul Steinke talks about how the top challenges for Standard’s customers are people and paper. To help customers with staffing shortages, Standard’s manufacturers—Hunkeler and Horizon—are increasing levels of automation in their equipment as well as improving ease-of-use for less skilled bindery operators. Watch Video
Product Strategy: VITS International’s Deirdre Ryder on Substrate Diversity
Deirdre Ryder of VITS International talks about increased customer needs for improved digital inks, wider format substrates, higher speeds, and a wider variety of substrates, such as papers, foils, and films. VITS is addressing these needs by designing equipment to run wider formats at faster speeds, as well as improve overall efficiency. Watch Video
Product Strategy: Scodix’s Eli Grinberg on Helping Commercial Printers Into Packaging
Scodix’s Eli Grinberg talks about how digital embellishments are a perfect fit for packaging—and can help commercial printers enter the packaging market. Watch Video
Product Strategy: W+D’s Brook Spaulding on Dynamic Envelope Conversion
W+D’s Brook Spaulding talks about how the ability to custom convert envelopes on the fly is a game changer for direct mailers. Watch Video
Product Strategy: Graphic Whizard’s Max Allen on Digital Die-Cutting
Graphic Whizard’s Max Allen talks about Graphic Whizard’s new highly automated digital die-cutting solution designed for longer digital runs. Watch Video
Frank Gets Branded
European consultant Eddy Hagen has researched and produced an excellent report on brand colors: “Project BBCG: a Better Brand Color Guide.” It should be required reading for anyone working with Pantone and specialized color systems. Frank the discusses brand colors in the context of the Pantone system. Watch Video
Product Strategy: Printing and Mailing Integration with Capital Mailing Equipment
Troy Shatus of Capital Mailing Equipment talks about the latest industry trends, such as the increased demand to be able to print on as many different kinds of papers as possible, as well as integration of new printing equipment with mailing and binding equipment. Capital Mailing Equipment offered solutions that will address these demands and more. Watch Video
Product Strategy: Kirk-Rudy’s Jim Williams on Digital Envelope Printing
Kirk-Rudy’s Jim Williams talks about the evolution of envelope printing and how the company's FireJet envelope printer has been a game-changer for customers. Watch Video
Product Strategy: Tecnau’s Scott Peterson on Overcoming Supplies and Labor Shortages
Tecnau Product Marketing Manager Scott Peterson talks about how Tecnau’s versatile and easy-to-use finishing equipment helps customers address supplies and labor shortages. Watch Video
Product Strategy: Muller Martini’s Andy Fetherman on the Finishing “Smart Factory”
Muller Martini President and CEO Andy Fetherman talks about how Muller Martini’s automated, “smart factory”-based finishing workflow helps overcome the challenge of finding bindery employees. Watch Video
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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