Interviews with Industry Executives, Commentary & Analysis from WhatTheyThink Contributors and other video features.
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
Eric Vessels speaks with David Schmedding, Global Head of Sales & Marketing at Heidelberg, about their presence at drupa 2024 and what to expect from them. David joins us from their “Home of Print” facility in Wiesloch in front of their new Heidelberg Boardmaster Flexo Press, an innovation that will be featured at drupa. Watch Video
Nick Gawreluk talks with John Henze, Vice President Sales and Marketing at Fiery, about the company's plans for drupa 2024. Watch Video
Nick Gawreluk talks to Gabriel (Gaby) Matsliach, CEO of eProductivity Software, about the work and strategic planning that went into preparing for the company's first drupa. Watch Video
In this video, sponsored by HP, Nick Gawreluk talks with David Johnson, President of Taylor Demers, about the company's increased capacity and upgrade of its production inkjet capabilities. Watch Video
WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels speaks with Cal Poly's Colleen Twomey about organizing a student trip to drupa 2024. Six total students will attend and work with WhatTheyThink on the drupa daily as well as network, learn about new technologies, and visit exhibitor stands. Watch Video
In this video, sponsored by Fujifilm, Shaun Holdom, Business Development Manager for Fujifilm, talks about the latest trends he has been seeing among Fujifilm's wide-format customers, including a shift to hybrid devices. Watch Video
WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels spends some time talking to third-year CalPoly Student Kendra Roberson about going to drupa for the first time. Kendra shares what she's looking forward to and what she hopes to learn in her time in Dusseldorf. WhatTheyThink is helping to sponsor six CalPoly students to attend drupa 2024 and will be allowing them to work with our team producing the drupa daily at the show. Watch Video
WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels chats with Brad Kugler, CEO of DirectMail2.0, about their recent acquisition of Who's Mailing What!, a direct mail performance and insights tracking platform that goes back the 70s. They discuss the acquisition and what this will mean for direct mailers trying to enhance and perfect their campaigns. Watch Video
Danny Gazit, Chief Product Officer at Kornit, takes part in our Road to drupa series and previews Kornit's presence at the trade fair. Kornit will be in Hall 4 on stand B45, but will also be shuttling people over to a brand new Experience Center in Dusseldorf during the show. Their focus will be on making new announcements related to flexibility, production, quality, and sustainability. Watch Video
In this video, sponsored by HP, Nick Gawreluk talks with Julie Brannen, Director, Sales & Sustainable Solutions at Monadnock Paper Mills, at Dscoop about Monadnock’s partnership with HP Indigo. Watch Video
David Zwang talks to Lance Martin, VP Product Marketing, Komori America, about new offset, inkjet, finishing, and connected automation solutions they will be showcasing in their and their partner booths. Watch Video
Nick Gawreluk talks with print & packaging analyst Sean Smyth about the significance of this year's drupa and what it personally means to Sean. Watch Video
David Zwang talks with Frank Mallozzi, President IPP, Konica Minolta US, about how the company is poised for continued growth. Watch Video
George Simonian, Dean of Design & Arts Faculty at Ahram Canadian University in Cairo, talks to WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels about the upcoming drupa trade fair, the printing market in Egypt, and what he expects from the first drupa in eight years. Watch Video
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