Meccanotecnica is probably one of the leading companies in thread-sewn books. In the Get Work Done session, Giulia Sinatra gives our audience a super insight into why thread-sewn books are great and how their technology supports the business!

Jordi Giralt is a relatively new CBO with German KAMA. KAMA is more than 125 years old, and as Jordi Giralt explains in the Get Work Done session, the inventor of creasing/scoring - and being one of the first offering folding/gluers, it makes sense. In this session, Jordi Giralt and Editor Morten B. Reitoft talk about the unique products and, therefore, also the value proposition KAMA offers.

In this Get Work Done session, Bryan Takano, Yasuo Taketsugu, and Naresh Bedi give us a view into the engine room at Horizon, showing their new MiniCABS binding solution, AGVs, and robot arms. It is great to see, and if seeing is believing - you certainly get it here!

Koenig & Bauer is mostly known for their offset presses and the almost only offset supplier capable of delivering VLF-sized offset presses, particularly for the packaging industry. With the focus on the packaging segment, it's only natural that Koenig & Bauer, over the past years, have developed binding technology and acquired companies to support their mission, and in this Get Work Done session, Mario Gerber gives the audience a super insight into the strategy and the products! Enjoy!

Books of one is super interesting, and the company Schmedt focuses entirely on books. With their technology, customers can easily make case-bound/hardcover books - interesting for photo book producers and commercial printing companies interested in getting into hardcover book production. This is a LIVE demo from Schmedt, and Constantin Schmedt gives you great insight. Super interesting - the entire process is presented here! Enjoy!

In this Get Work Done session, Scott Peterson and Thomas Olofsson from Tecnau give you insight into the world of digital binding - focusing on their Cut Stack products. Cut Stacking can be used for products like postcards, posters, and other flat products, but it can also be used for producing book blocks. Tecnau also presents the inline integration with Canon, so all in all a great overview of Tecnau solutions, and of course, spiced with great conversations and loads of humor :-)

MBO did what we liked the most - involve customers showing MBO Cobo-stacks cobots at work at customer Kohlhammer. It's super interesting to see, and as it's not a DEMO but real live production, you see the changeover, how little operator invention is needed to serve four folding lines. Afterward, Dietmar Schrimm gives an overview of the technology, and we talk about why some of the digital solutions are very popular in the US and not so much in Europe - we believe it's mainly because people don't know about the opportunities and mainly know MBO for its folders. But an interest Get Work Done session - we are sure you will like!

Hunkeler has worked with digital print post-press for 41 years and has so many installations that it has almost become the de facto standard in digital post-press. Marco Kunz explains the Starbook Plow Folder in this presentation, and Hans Gut shares about the company's roll-based finishing solutions. Super great chat around the presentation with good insights! Get Work Done is for sure a good headline for what Hunkeler delivers!

The new HP Latex 630 has had great acceptance in the market, as Jorge Domínguez from Digital Market and David Salabert, commercial director of DPI's digital supplies, tell us. They have already sold several units of the equipment launched here during C! Print Madrid, so it looks like a winner. ___ La nueva HP Latex 630 ha tenido gran aceptación en el mercado, tal y como nos cuentan Jorge Domínguez de Digital Market y David Salabert, director comercial de consumibles digitales de DPI. Ya se han vendido varias unidades de los equipos lanzados aquí durante C! Imprime Madrid, para que parezca un ganador.

Talking to Ripu Bakshi, Commercial Director Hexis Graphics Spain Hexis Graphics Spain unveiled new films (chrome, textiles, window tinting, and sun protection). At the stand, we were with Ripu Bakshi, Commercial Director, and Marine Guelaia, Product Manager Hexperience, who showed us the latest interior design and wrapping developments allowing us to comfortably work with vinyl. ___ Ripu Bakshi Director Comercial Hexis Graphics España Hexis Graphics España dio a conocer nuevos films (cromados, textiles, tintado de lunas y protección solar). En el stand estuvimos con Ripu Bakshi, Director Comercial y Marine Guelaia, Product Manager Hexperience quienes nos mostrarón las últimas novedades en torno al interiorismo y el wraping que permiten trabajar de manera muy comoda el vinilo.

Realisaprint.es guarantees the lowest prices in the printing market; how? We asked Aroa Rodríguez, Head of Marketing Spain, who commented that they achieve this by investing in quality equipment so that their clients have a good profit margin. Realisaprint.es garantiza los precios más bajos en el mercado de impresión, ¿cómo? Le preguntamos a Aroa Rodríguez, Responsable de Marketing España, quien comentó que lo logran invirtiendo en equipo de calidad para que sus clientes tengan un buen margen de ganancia. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aroa-rodriguez-gonzalez-02675124a

Last day at C!Print Madrid 2023 - last Bonjour. Nayeli and I look back on a very good show so far, a very good turnout, and a great vibe in the hallways. Visitors and exhibitors seem happy that they decided to come, and so do we! linkedin.com/in/jacquesmichiels-benelux linkedin.com/in/nayelli-gonzález-menéndez-6952a764

Exclusive NEON effects in large format products are one of the KPIs and the new product that SwissQPrint shows at the fair. Jorge Suberviola Freire, the Spanish GM brings us up to speed.

Grupo FB is the main go-to partner for Brother graphical equipment in Spain and Portugal. We find a very witty and likable Francisco Fandos, the CEO. They brought, among other things, their latest novelty, the new latex L640 inkjet printer, and here we see Francisco explaining and passionately talking about his company. Nice conversation.

Roland DG, one of the leading manufacturers of large format printers, showed for the first time in Europe the VersaSTUDIO BN2-20 desktop printer/cutter, which, according to Mark Artigas, Sales Director Roland DG EMEA, innovation is key with this launch that improves the versatility of the previous model that was the company's best-seller. Roland DG, uno de los principales fabricantes de impresoras de gran formato,mostró por primera vez en Europa la impresora/cortadora de sobremesa VersaSTUDIO BN2-20, que de acuerdo con Mark Artigas, Director de ventas Roland DG EMEA la innovación es clave con este lanzamiento que mejora la versatilidad del modelo anterior que fue el más vendido por la empresa. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-artigas-roig-182b1614/

Eurotecma Maquinaria is the Happy Japan distributor in the Iberian region. We spoke with Félix Cutillas, a businessman who has been in the embroidery business for 20 years. During the exhibition, he presented ultra-fast equipment that offers a speed of 1,500 stitches per minute. We like embroidery. Eurotecma Maquinaria es distribuidor de Happy Japan en la región Ibérica, platicamos con Félix Cutillas, un empresario que lleva 20 años en el negocio del bordado, durante la exposisión presentó un equipo ultra veloz que ofrece una velocidad de mil 500 puntadas por minuto. Nos gusta el bordado.

Raúl Sanahuja, in charge of Corporate Communication, PR, and social media, said that Epson Ibérica seeks to change processes, technologies, and vision in the printing sector with its new motto "ReThink your style." Raúl Sanahuja, encargado de Comunicación Corporativa, PR & Social Media platicó que Epson Ibérica busca cambiar procesos, tecnologías y visión en el sector de la impresión con su nuevo lema "ReThink your style".

Digidelta International is the Mimaki distributor. Mimaki launched the UCJV-330 printer worldwide, a more sustainable piece of equipment that can work with any type of material, as explained by COO Armando Mota Da Silva, who highlighted that with a printing speed of 28 square meters per hour, this is (once again) revolutionizing the market. Digidelta International es el distribuidor de Mimaki. Mimaki lanzó a nivel mundial la impresora UCJV-330, un equipo más sustentable que puede trabajar con cualquier tipo de material, según explicó el COO Armando Mota Da Silva, quien destacó que con una velocidad de impresión de 28 metros cuadrados por hora, esto es (una vez más) revolucionando el mercado. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/armando-mota-da-silva-3708971b/

Good talking with Joan Casas about how the Spanish market perceives their new product launches. Fujifilm is launching several European novelties and unveiling them to the Spanish audience here in Madrid at the C!Print show. We delve into topics such as ROI, sustainability, and strategy that they see fit for the Spanish region.

Fujifilm is showing both their POD solutions as their large format equipment at C!Print Madrid. Alfonso Garcia gives his take on the POD portfolio on their booth.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-gomez-291649145/

Digital Market is an Andalusian company that distributes HP equipment led by Jorge Domínguez Garnés, who, in an interview, showed us the new sustainable innovations that HP has on offer. ----- Digital Market es una empresa andaluza distribuidora de equipos HP liderada por Jorge Domínguez Garnés, que en entrevista nos mostró las innovaciones sostenibles con las que cuenta HP.

The second “Bonjour,” our morning edition today, is in the good company of our friends from the C!Print organization. We enjoyed hearing from Florent Zucca, marketing manager for all C!Print shows, and Mónica Calvo, responsible for the Madrid edition. What is their view on the changing and challenging times they and their clients face and that they see developing here and in the rest of Europe? Good insides as they are also a kind of a barometer for the health of the sector. ___ El segundo “Bonjour”, nuestra edición matutina de hoy – antes de la inauguración de la exposición – está en buena compañía de nuestros amigos de la organización C!Print. Tenemos el placer de escuchar a Florent Zucca, responsable de marketing de todas las ferias de C!Print y a Mónica Calvo, responsable de la edición de Madrid. ¿Cuál es su opinión sobre los tiempos cambiantes y desafiantes que enfrentan y que ven desarrollarse aquí y en el resto de Europa? Buenos informationes porque también son una especie de barómetro de la salud del sector.

World Premiere here at C!Print Madrid. At 13h00 sharp, the new HP Latex 630 large format printer was presented and arrived on the market. Fernando Núñez Olarte, Regional Business Manager Large Format Printing of the Iberian region, said in our interview that it is aimed at small businesses and printing shops who want to introduce white ink to their service portfolio and become more profitable. ___ Estreno Mundial aquí en C!Print Madrid. A las 13.00 horas en punto se presentó y llega al mercado la nueva impresora de gran formato HP Latex 630. Fernando Núñez Olarte, Responsable Regional de Negocio de Impresión Gran Formato de la región Ibérica, afirmó en nuestra entrevista que está dirigido a pequeñas empresas e imprentas que quieran introducir la tinta blanca en su cartera de servicios y ser más rentables.

Christian Menegon, HP Indigo’s global business development manager who joined Indigo in 1995, has been at the forefront of digital technology’s evolution in the label industry for nearly three decades. He discusses HP Indigo’s new V12 and 200K presses.

As mentioned a couple of times, CERM did some super nice panel debates from their booth, and James Brennan was in a panel with Stuart Morrison from Screen and Dennish Ebeltoft from Springfield. It is great to hear how solutions are actually integrated.  

Jules Lejeune, celebrating his 25th anniversary as managing director of the self-adhesive label association FINAT, talks about recent challenges faced by the European label industry, sustainability regulations, and the European Label Forum.

We were supposed to have an exclusive walkthrough of the 200K at LabelExpo, but as HP asked it to be rescheduled at the last minute, we couldn't change our program - so Editor Morten B. Reitoft gives you a short update. Link to the INKISH V12 film from Israel you can find here: https://inkish.tv/inkish-video/v12/

At the CERM booth, many panel debates took place. Unfortunately, we could only cover a few, and one of them was with Dennis Ebeltoft from Springfield. In that same session, Stuart Morrison from Screen Europe attended and talked about how Screen has also developed interfacing to solutions like ABG and, in this case, CERM. With its 350UV, Screen has become a well-known and well-used inkjet solution in the label industry, and when you hear about the collaborations, it only seems natural. Dig in!

Theurer.com is one of many exhibitors at LabelExpo Europe 2023, and though everybody is suffering from the heat, the mood is high. Managing Director Tobias Theurer finds time to talk to INKISH and gives us some background of the company, but also how the MIS/ERP solution has developed from being 'only' an invoicing and quotation system to a system able to so much more - integration, workflow, imposition, and with growth and presence in many markets Theurer.com predicts a bright future - we were happy to finally catch up with Theurer in person, super nice :-)

Mark Andy’s Mexico sales manager talks about the Mexican label market and how nearshoring is helping growth to stimulate growth. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenjiro-celaya-kobayashi-58a47366/

Brazilian press manufacturer Etirama has launched its new SPS3 flexo press at Labelexpo Europe 2023. With a 350mm web width, the machine runs at up to 150m/min LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronnie-schroter-ab1b7a89/

Jordi Quera, VP of sales and marketing at Zonten Europe, discusses why semi-rotary offset technology can compete with digital in the short run and its increasing popularity in the European market.

CERM's booth at LabelExpo was busy. Not only with demos and meetings, but a considerable percentage of the booth was reserved for panel debates where attendees could listen to different customers' stories about CERM. Editor Morten B. Reitoft attended one with Marco Oude Nijeweme from the Dutch label printer Eshuis and got the chance to talk to him after the debate. In this session, the topic was planning. Nijeweme explained how CERM helps them optimize job planning and even how scheduled maintenance and rush jobs can add to the planning, which dynamically changes to realities and SLAs. Interesting story to learn from.

Christoph Gamper, CEO of DURST Group, is always interesting to speak to. In this interview from LabelExpo Europe 2023, we talk about Hawkeye - Durst's AI technology and how LabelExpo is different from a show like drupa. When we talk to Gamper, he is one of the few CEOs who have no fear of discussing issues like the value of a trade show or the organizer's flaws. Liberating is the word that comes to mind. Christoph Gamper will be one of the guests at our upcoming '23-edition NON-EVENT in Copenhagen. Enjoy!

Our Conversations are popular and for good reason, as you get the opportunity to get closer to the person behind the high-level management position. Editor Morten B. Reitoft can talk to the new Tarsus Group Managing Director, Jade Grace, in this film. You will learn what Jade Grace does when she is not working, but more importantly, learn about some of the considerations about expos, her own job, ambitions, and the future of tradeshows. Super nice conversations.

Label Expo Brussels DID deliver on all parameters (except internet speed and temperature). Still, a very good show, and here in the morning of Day 2, James Quirk and Morten B. Reitoft share their views on the first day and expectations for the third. INKISH will only cover two days here, but still, that gives you thirty interviews - almost all online as you read this!

Commercial manager Lizzie Bentley talks about IST Intech’s LED curing technology and the company’s recent rebranding from Integration Technology Ltd.

Mike Barry discusses the new technology being launched by Domino at Labelexpo Europe, including the European debut of its N7310 inkjet press and new inkjet integration module.

Dennis Ebeltoft participated in one of several CERM pane debates during LabelExpo. His company, Springfield, decided years ago to be a 100% digital label Converter, and he speaks about how they have built up workflow around CERM, ABG, Screen, and ESKO. Ebeltoft also explains how they started with several Indigo's and how moving to inkjet with the Screen 350UV and an integrated ABG finishing line today allows the company to operate print and finishing with only one operator. Enjoy!

This session was nothing but super great, as Michael Bradley from Printvis did an excellent demo and involved Scott and Hugh (customers) in the presentation. Built on Microsoft Business Software makes PrintVis capable of almost everything, and though it can do much, the upgraded Microsoft UI makes the system look and feel smooth as butter. Great presentation! LinkedIn Profile: Michael Bradley https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bradley-50a0926/ Scott Carritt https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottcarritt/ Hugh Cleveland https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughcleveland/

Leland Morgen takes us through the Durst Lift solution with ease and confidence. Leland has experience working with multiple ERP/MIS solutions, and during the presentation, it feels that Durst Lift is 'home' and, therefore, an answer that he can easily vouch for. Lift differs from other solutions, as almost the entire user interface is shared with customers, who can view orders, specify quantities, proof a project, and essentially do everything from a browser. Lift customers can use Lift for all types of job, but no question that Lift is developed with the product that Durst deliver in mind! LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lelandmorgan/

In the last session of our #LearnWithUs, we meet Craig from PrintIQ in the US. The US is a relatively new market for the New Zealand-based MIS developer, but according to Craig C. Powell, America loves PrintIQ. After a presentation and overview of PrintIQ, we get into the more interesting part of this session, where we see how PrintIQ addresses different topics differently from the other solutions - but see it for yourself - PrintIQ also looks like a nice software to consider :-) LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigpowell/

Getting into the hands of Dataline is a safe experience. Covering all aspects of the process, from estimations, planning, web portals, APIs, invoicing, and ERP functions, to mention just a few of the features that make Multipress from Dataline a safe choice. In the presentation, you will see how even complex jobs like hardcover books are calculated, how quick quotations are fast, still comprehensive, and integrated into the entire flow of an order into the production. Dataline is working on extending its presence in the market and has today more than 10,000 users in Europe, but even see other continents as potential play-grounds :-) Enjoy this REPLAY session! LinkedIn Profile: Robert Hartman https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-hartman-a0561618/ Christoph Krohn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophkrohn/

arifiQ started as an estimation tool in times when estimation took a while. Their claim was a quotation in less than a minute, and not only has arifiQ developed into a full MIS system, but calculations are now instant and offer an interesting approach to pricing, for example, an InDesign plug-in enabling the designers to get quotes based on the design, format, number of pages directly in InDesign - and even ordering directly as well. arifiQ can also make an estimate based on an uploaded PDF, where arifiQ takes the size and number of pages and matches this to a product - and return an instant price. The ideas are solidly based on in-depth knowledge of being printers themselves. The Swedish company started with domain knowledge and added programming to the solution - now globally available, also integrated into HP PrintOS and many other OEM workflow solutions. Enjoy the presentation! LinkedIn Profiles: Eva Rosén https://www.linkedin.com/in/eva-ros%C3%A9n-69375520/ Carina Karlsson https://www.linkedin.com/in/carina-karlsson/

CERM is by far one of the most thought-after MIS/ERP solutions among label converters - and as we have visited Converters who work with CERM, there is a reasonable reason for the choice. The demos are excellent, the software solves the challenges Converters have and then supports the product, and now the integration to Microsoft Power BI is giving customers options like never before. In this webinar, CERM has decided to focus on the BI functions and the 18 standard reporting tools provided in the optional solution. Fran Boey has a background in the BI-World, and guides us smoothly through how reports can be created, giving customers THE overview! LinkedIn Profile: Fran Boey https://www.linkedin.com/in/fran-boey-951a08169/ Steffen Haaga https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffen-haaga-2b4942/

Omikai is a Swedish Browser-based MIS solution and is a one-solution fits all MIS solution. All updates are applied to all customers, requirements accepted by the development team are delivered to all customers, and with a flexible pricing model, Omikai fits all types of customers. In the demo, CEO and Founder Mathias Erlandsson showed us the flow in Omikai, which includes changing variable data as an end-customer in an uploaded PDF, pricing, integration to various solutions, planning, shipping, etc. A great presentation :-) LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathias-erlandsson-aa780b15/

The Rogler platform is the only solution that specifically mentions the integration of robots and AGVs, and also the only solution where planning is mentioned as one of the most important features. The Swim Lane overview is excellent, and Hannes Rogler explains how AI is used to plan jobs in the best way utilizing the equipment to its max. A few hiccups because of some technology issues, but reach out to Hannes for more information! LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannes-rogler-b74869130/