Graham Saunders · Managing Director CAB Holding · Kyocera has made inkjet accessible for everybody
CAB Holding is a South African printing company with locations in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elisabeth and Durban. The company originates from a more commercial background, but has, with digital print, also expanded into the transactional market. Instead of just printing statements, the company also adds a newsletter to the statement. By folding, perforating, and gluing the paper, they deliver digitally printed statements that are mailed without the need for an envelope. In this episode, Managing Director Graham Saunders speaks with Jean Lloyd of INKISH about the Kyocera investment and how it has impacted the go-to-market strategy for CAB Holding. Enjoy!
Landa Considerations by Morten B. Reitoft
This week will be remembered as the week that probably changed the world a bit again. Landa has applied for court protection against bankruptcy, and within two weeks, we will all know what will happen to Landa, its patents, employees, and, perhaps more importantly, its customers. Will some take over the company? Or will Nanography, as another name for inkjet (plus,) go into the memories of the past? Here are some of the considerations I have, which also include EcoLeaf and Highcon.
Richard Askam · Executive Producer · Print Island
He is confident. He is a fantastic speaker. He is a great moderator, and now he can add Executive Producer to his curriculum vitae. Richard Askam got involved with the printing industry when he invented the name campaign for Coca-Cola, which boosted his reputation as a specialist in people - and he is. Askam is charismatic; he lives on a stage and enjoys being the center of conversation. Now, it's time to delve deeper into the industry, as The Print Island went live on July 1st. With evangelists in Australia, Singapore, Dubai, Belgium, the UK, and the US (and I probably forgot some countries), Print Island will bring perspectives from many different sources. We are excited to follow the development of the site. Best of luck!
www.theprintisland.com
K&B Cartotecnica CBC Perspective
Italian with Italian, English, German, and Spanish subtitles.
This time, your hardworking INKISH team visits Cartotecnica in Turin, Italy. We are visiting a mid-sized family-owned company that, like many others, started in commercial printing and is transitioning towards packaging. As always, the hospitality in Italy is exceptional, and we are introduced to Lorenzo Berruto, the next generation of Berrutos running Cartotecnica. The company operates two Koenig & Bauer presses. It has also invested in an iPress 106 die-cutting machine, as well as two folding/gluers, also from Koenig & Bauer, known as Omega. But the story is, of course, also about how Lorenzo Berruto got involved in the company and his view on the future - he is optimistic - so dig in and enjoy.
Keva & Matt Sonderen · Sonderen Packaging
An hour's flight east of Seattle, you find the city of Spokane. Friendly people, stunning nature, and then, of course, Sonderen Packaging. Sonderen Packaging is today led by Keva and Matt Sonderen, siblings with extensive experience and a strong belief in the company's and the market's future. We are there because Sonderen decided to acquire a new Manroland Evolution 700-series offset printer—and, of course, we had to see it, and learn about why they chose to work with manroland. Sonderen have worked with manroland for years and yet they, of course, compared with other suppliers before investing in the new machine - but service, quality, delivery - well - all the boxes ticked in favor or manroland - and today it produces at high speed, high quality, with short setup time - and the service they get is great. But check out the film yourself and enjoy :-)
Arctic Paper