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During the pandemic, more than 1,300 people from around the world tuned into The Crown Pub every Tuesday and Thursday for weeks and months. Not only did the virtual event create long-lasting friendships, but it also became a learning place. Kelvin Bell from V-Press was one of the initiators of the event, and it was great catching up with him here at the Innovationdays - for the first time in person! Two other frequent "flyers" is Mark Stephenson from Fujifilm and Brendan Perring from IPIA.

Hunkeler Innovationdays is about digital print and finishing, and though the emphasis is on inkjet, you also find toner machines. Canon brought their V1000, which according to Marc Bärtchi, has a lot to offer - double-sided banner print and print on structured papers, to mention a few of the features. Enjoy!

BW Papersystems didn't exactly exhibit at Hunkeler Innovationdays, but yet Felix Krüger from BW Papersystems decided to come and check out the opportunities for their newest Questec cut/stacker. We met with Felix Krüger at the Drewsen Spezialitypapierer in Hall 1 at Innovationdays, as Drewsen is the first customer for the machine capable of cutting and stacking at a staggering 400 meters per minute down to 40 GSM - simply amazing!

A great third day of Innovationdays with a continuous wealth of learning. Talking to PSPs, vendors, specialists, and even a friend from Keypoint Intelligence. Don't say we are not bringing the world into your living room :-)

Jean Lloyd has been in the industry for a long time and has become an industry-recognized specialist in the past years. In the film, we talk about digital packaging and why converters choose to go to Innovationdays, though there is little packaging and equipment to see. But tune into this film, and learn :-)

Trends and changes in ways of producing print can also be spotted by looking and talking to the suppliers of solutions processing them, like (photo) book printing. The changeover from offset technology to the benefit of Inkjet and digital printing techniques is a fact, according to Jens Krüger from Digibook technology. Let’s meet this Swiss company supplying keen solutions for hard- & softcover products. Digital production seems the way to go, and with not many players in the medium range, Digibook feels they make a strong case. We find out together.

In this short interview, Editor Morten B. Reitoft asks HP's Yale Goidis about curing and bonding/pre-treatment to optimize print and speed. Interesting observations!

RISO might be a new name to some, as it was for me. They are an established name, mainly when people are looking for productive printing in the transactional space of our industry. Their HQ is based in Lyon, France, and Franz Castel brings us up to speed on why one should not forget to look into their Inkjet offerings. Always good to learn and connect with different players in the field.

Drewsen Spezialpapiere is an almost 500 years old paper manufacturer based outside Hannover in Germany. At Hunkeler Innovationdays, Eyvaz Tayan takes the temperature of the digital market as the company develops paper to fit a customer's need. Interesting story, and please also soon see our documentary from Drewsen Spezialpapiere on INKISH.TV.

The rebirth of Crown Van Gelder papers. After a few restless weeks, it is now officially a fact Crown Van Gelder is back in business! Today at 15:00, INKISH was invited to the Crown Van Gelder booth at the Hunkeler Innovationdays in Switzerland to hear and cover what went on at the Dutch Paper producer. It’s GOOD NEWS, so let’s find out together. Enjoy! LinkedIn Profile: Rodney Jansen

We enjoy our Bonjour format, inviting different people into exciting chats about the industry. We welcome Giulia Sinatra and Jacob Hededam Hummel from Meccanotecnica and HP to this morning's session. Of course, we talk about print and technology, but we also talk about how to make the industry more attractive to young people. Really a good morning show, so enjoy :-)

Christoph Müller runs the customer experience center at Müller Martini's headquarters in Zofringen in, Switzerland, but at Innovationdays, he is presenting the company's binding lines. In the short interview, he explains how he tests papers and binding when not at Innovationdays to help customers maximize their investment. Enjoy!

In this series of Coffee Breaks from Italian book-of-one software developer Bronte, Pat McGrew talks about the importance of workflow automation. Enjoy!

Andrea Erdmann is the Program Manager of CareAR and part of the Xerox digital experience team. Driving business transformation and emphasizing streamlining and improving the customer service experience are high on her agenda. Remote agents will guide customers with augmented reality features, and remote solving of problems is becoming mainstream. Great new services that are really making a difference when adopting an automated and connected strategy with your chosen partners. Improving on uptime and, in the meantime saving on CO2 emissions is a bonus. We are all for it.

Hunkeler can do “Books of 1”, so let's look at their new Book Sorting Module. Benjamin Locher, product manager, explains to us some of the important advantages of this particular module at the end of the impressive new Starbook plow folder line. As NEXT LEVEL AUTOMATION is the motto and dominant theme of the Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023, we see how they practice what they preach.

Tony Michiels is the founder and owner of Argos, known for their LED-UV coaters and web cleaners - they are exhibiting their newest and latest UV-coater on Canon's booth at Innovationdays. In this film, we learn why the machines are now sold under the Plockmatic brand and whether it's possible to have a double-sided coater. Learn!

Komfi is a well-known and 100% family-owned business in the Lamination & UV coating space. In this film, Jacques Michiels has a good talk with Jana Slováková, daughter of the founder and taking care of global sales and marketing. Based in the Cech republic and serving customers' demand globally, they are showing some novelties like the laminator with dual processing units, the normal lamination, and the one for structuring the surface by embossing using a special roller applying surface effects on demand. Jana Slováková shares how Komfi was and can deal with the worldwide shortages of materials and how they delivered on promises in the last couple of years. Financial stability and stock production have been key.

Innovationdays have become a significant event for almost all companies and visitors the event is an overwhelming show of equipment, meetings, people, old friends, and so many inputs, that at least your INKISH team has no problems falling a sleep after busy days - and often followed up by dinner parties, meetings, etc. in the evenings. Day 2 was great and we interviewed quite a few people - many already published on INKISH.TV - so tune in, and enjoy!

Xerox was one of the first OEMs to provide cut-sheet inkjet. In this film, we talk to Billy Stojanovski, Senior Marketing Executive, Xerox, about the Baltoro platform and why it's an important asset in the Xerox portfolio and its customers.

Beyond CMYK and many people at the Xerox booth makes the people we talk to very happy, obviously. Andrew Gunn talks about the Xerox Iridesse platform, and we realize it may be the only CMYK+ machine on the show floor. Enjoy!

When we met Simon Cooper from Solopress for the first time three years ago, his company Solopress had just invested in their first HP T-250. Now three years later, Cooper visits Innovationdays for the first time and is excited as it seems that Solopress will be the first investor in a new Müller Martini binding solution again. Great to meet people face to face.

Second day at Innovationdays in Lucerne, and another Bonjour ready to be presented. Today's Bonjour is with Sr. Director Marketing, Jennifer Kolloczek from Canon, and Bryan Takano, Market Promotions at Horizon International. A nice, relaxed, and casual format where we talk technology, market, business, and all with a smile and a bit of fun. Enjoy our Bonjour and all the interviews.

Featuring the Screen Truepress Jet520HD+, serving the commercial print markets. Truepress uses the new ink SC+ in the shown configuration to enable high-quality commercial printing on offset-coated papers. Also present is the “new to be” packaging-focused Truepress PAC 520P high-speed, water-based inkjet system for paper packaging substrates. It is located a bit more hidden in the back of the booth but was elegantly brought to our attention by Hiromi Kitagawa for us to see. It’s not out yet and still under development, but we got a chance to see it up close & personal, and now so do you. The Truepress PAC 520P is coming to fruition, and it uses Screen’s new Truepress ink NP, specialized pigment inks that comply with appropriate food-safety guidelines and regulations for paper packaging. The PAC 520P will be introduced to the market later this year.

In the '10 Minutes Coffee Break' at Bronte's booth, Francesco Crotti hosts a short interview with different people. The first is with Editor Morten B. Reitoft, talking about the necessity of automation in book production. Always fun to be the person being interviewed; during the following days, you will see industry specialists from McGrew Group, HP, and Hunkeler.