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KBA President Claus Bolza-Shunemann on the company transformation, packaging, and partnerships

Published: February 5, 2013

KBA President Claus Bolza-Shunemann talks to Eric Vessels about their changing strategic direction responding to the changing nature of the industry as well as their offerings in the packaging segment and recent partnerships.

Brenda Kai, on the mission and role of EDSF

Published: February 4, 2013

Brenda Kai, Executive Director of EDSF, talks to Cary Sherburne about the mission of the organization and it's expanding role in the industry.

Fujifilm's Jeffery Nelson on New Equipment Solutions in Wide Format

Published: January 31, 2013

Jeffery Nelson, Business Development Manager with Fujifilm, talks to Richard Romano about new equipment offerings in the wide format space.

Kate Dunn Gives Her AppForum 2013 Takeaways

Published: January 31, 2013

Digital Innovations Group President Kate Dunn shares her PODi 2013 takeaways.

Frank Romano Showcases a Great Direct Mail Piece from Jaguar that Incorporates Dimensional Printing

Published: January 30, 2013

Frank joins us from Boston where he shows some interesting direct mail pieces that feature dimensional printing that makes them more compelling. The point? You can't do this kind of thing and get this kind of impact on The Internet!

Rab Govil Summarizes His Day Two AppForum Keynote

Published: January 30, 2013

Rab Govil, President of PODi, gives a summary of his second day keynote speech at the 2013 AppForum. He talks about how to create a new business or product line.

Pat Walker of 4walls about wide format digital wall coverings

Published: January 29, 2013

Pat Walker, President of 4walls, talks to Richard Romano about how they came to create a company dedicated to digital printing and wide format printed wall coverings.

Caslon GM Dave Erlandson on PODi AppForum 2013 Day One

Published: January 29, 2013

Dave Erlandson, General Manager of Caslon, Reports from the first day of the PODi AppForum 2013 in Las Vegas.

Roger Gimbel on Xerox Premier Partners

Published: January 25, 2013

Roger Gimbel of Gimbel & Associates talks to Cary Sherburne about what Xerox Premier Partners is and how it is helping printers be successful in a difficult industry environment.

Ricoh's Jason Dizzine on helping customers with continuous improvement

Published: January 24, 2013

Jason Dizzine, Director of Marketing at Ricoh, talks to Cary Sherburne about how they are leveraging internal quality control programs to help their customers.

Frank Romano Goes Back to the Future of Inkjet Printing

Published: January 23, 2013

This week, Frank gets his hands on an old issue of Graphic Arts Monthly and finds some interesting early information on inkjet printing including what the 1979 industry thought about the applications.

Kent Buescher of US Press on Surviving in a Consolidating Industry

Published: January 22, 2013

President & CEO of US Press Kent Buescher talks about how the printing industry is shrinking and what printers need to do to survive the shakeout, including 1:1 marketing, mobile, and other technologies.

Kevin Karstedt of Karstedt Partners on digital printing in the packaging segment

Published: January 21, 2013

Kevin Karstedt of Karstedt Partners talks about their experience with digital printing specific to the packaging segment of the industry and the tools they've developed to help printers.

Dennis Killion of xpedx on weathering the downturn through diversification

Published: January 18, 2013

Dennis Killion, Director of Marketing of xpedx Graphics, talks to Cary Sherburne about challenges in the industry and what they are doing to help their customers weather the downturn through diversification.

Ricoh Director of Production Field Marketing Annette McCrary on Digital Literacy Through Media

Published: January 17, 2013

Annette McCrary, Director of Production Field Marketing at Ricoh, talks to Cary Sherburne about their new program called Digital Literacy Through Media.

Frank Interviews RIT Student Nick Gawreluk

Published: January 16, 2013

Frank talks with Nick Gawreluk, a 4th year RIT student, about his upcoming degree in Media Sciences, where he sees the industry going in the future, and his experiences doing co-ops with industry vendors.

Joanne David of Ultimate Technographics on Imposition and Automation for Finishing

Published: January 15, 2013

Ultimate Technographics President & CEO Joanne David talks with Cary Sherburne about the how imposition and automation integrates with the finishing side of the printing process.

Van Son Inks John Bendowski on wide format inks

Published: January 14, 2013

John Bendowski, Vice President of Van Son Ink, talks to Eric Vessels about bringing their wide format ink offerings to North America and what is driving demand in wide format among commercial printers.