Interviews with Industry Executives, Commentary & Analysis from WhatTheyThink Contributors and other video features.
Richard Romano talks to Keypoint Intelligence's German Sacristan about the results of a recent "pre-drupa" survey Keypoint conducted. What are the top and persistent industry challenges? What are print businesses' investment plans? And what is their interest in AI? Watch Video
Durst Group's Christian Harder talks to WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels and gives a comprehensive preview of Durst's pre-drupa and drupa activity in Hall 16. They discuss the customer event in Brixen ahead of the trade fair as well as what we can expect to see on the Durst stand A41 in Hall 16. Watch Video
WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels speaks with Massivit CEO Erez Zimerman about their presence at drupa 2024 in Hall 9 Stand A08. Erez highlights the solutions they will have on hand and how 3D printing can enhance 2D print campaigns. Watch Video
In this video, produced and sponsored by Kongsberg, David Preskett, VP EMEA & APAC at Kongsberg, previews the cutting systems that attendees can expect to see when they visit Kongsberg’s stand at drupa 24. Watch Video
Nick Gawreluk talks with Jan Marstorp, CEO of Plockmatic Group about Plockmatic’s plans and presence at next week’s drupa 24. Watch Video
Ken Hanulec, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at EFI, Speaks to WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels and previews EFI's presence at drupa 2024 in Hall 9, Stand A20. Watch Video
WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels speaks with Highcon's Simon Lewis to get a preview of visitors can expect to see in Hall 9. The world premiere of the Beam 3 is among the offerings—along with some other surprises! Watch Video
Riley McNulty, VP of Customer Experience & Consulting at Keypoint Intelligence, speaks to WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels about sponsoring the WhatTheyThink Industry Data section. They discuss what Keypoint does and how contextualizing industry data can help the modern day printer make better decisions. Watch Video
In this video, sponsored by HP, Kevin Abergel talks with Francisco Souza, COO of Brazil’s Forma Certa. Last year, Forma Certa digitally printed 1.3 billion pages, predominantly educational books. The company’s long relationship with HP has helped them manage those page volumes. Watch Video
Tim Murphy, President of Printware, talks to WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels about what they'll be showing at drupa 2024. Printware will have their iJetColor solutions in Hall 16 Stand C03 with their European partners Technomatic. Watch Video
WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels talks with Ultimate Tech's CEO Julie Watson about imposition automation and what to expect from them at drupa in Hall 8B Stand 31! Watch Video
In this video, sponsored by Matik, Nick Gawreluk talk to president Steve Leibin about Matik's road to drupa as a distributor of European converting, packaging, and printing machinery in North America. Watch Video
Nick Gawreluk talks with industry analyst Marco Boer of IT Strategies talks about some of the new and enhanced technologies he expects to see at drupa. Marco says workflow software is something everyone should pay attention to at drupa. Watch Video
As regulatory agencies increasingly are requiring brands and retailers to measure their environmental impact across their entire supply chain, they need data from their suppliers to comply. EFI partnered with an expert in this area to develop a Life Cycle Assessment tool that can be used internally by Nozomi customers in the packaging and display graphics businesses. Kerry Sanders of EFI explains how and why the tool was developed, and what they learned about the sustainability of EFI's single-pass Nozomi direct-to-corrugated printer. Watch Video
WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels speaks with second year CalPoly Student Mira Shupe and gets her thoughts on the upcoming trip to Dusseldorf. Mira is part of a cadre of six students from CalPoly headed to the show and WhatTheyThink is pleased to support this effort financially as well as giving real world working experience to the students while at the Messe. Watch Video
In this video, sponsored by Canon, Rich Reamer, Senior Director, Product Marketing and Planning, Large Format Systems, for Canon talks about some of Canon's recent wide-format product introductions. Watch Video
What was the most important development in the printing industry? Frank says: PDF. It became the way we deliver print jobs as well as being a publication and document format. Watch Video
In this video, sponsored by HP, Nick Gawreluk talks with Andy Cooney, VP, Operational Excellence, for RPI, about the company's evolution and adoption of digital printing. Watch Video
Nick Gawreluk talks with Emily Schultz, Vice President of Sales and Client Services at The John Roberts Company, about the importance of drupa to The John Roberts Company and what she expects to experience at her first time attending the show. Watch Video
Nick Gawreluk talks with Marco Boer of IT Strategies about what he is looking forward to seeing in production inkjet at the show. Watch Video
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