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Sur le stand d'Agfa, nous avons rejoint Dominique Hariot et sa bête. C'est un véritable animal de production qui est mis en avant, entre autres, sur le marché de la PLV, et Dominique nous la montre en laisse.

Première mondiale à C!Print et devant les caméras d’ INKISH. Le constructeur belge bien connu dans le monde entier pour ses solutions innovatrices nous présente sa dernière création, le Perfect Stack. Beaucoup de clients, dont Amazon, cherchait à accélérer la production, tout en étant hyper flexibles et automatisés afin de répondre au marché toujours croissant de l'impression à la demande de livres. On vous présente la nouvelle solution et leur vision sur le marché actuel par leur responsable des ventes France, Olivier Beynac. Interview à ne pas manquer!

Frederic Pambianchi est le Directeur Général France de Koenig & Bauer. Il nous présente leur portefeuille qu'ils apportent et proposent sur le marché européen et en particulier en France. Dans cette interview très sympathique, nous parlons entre autres du cycle de vie d'une boîte en carton et de l'importance de leur rôle dans l'agenda "Green". INKISH mesure l'envie et la motivation en France d'investir dans les technologies nécessaires pour rester compétitif et pertinent.

Koenig & Bauer has a strong market position in France, and with the company's continuing focus on both digital and VLF, CEO Frederic Pambianchi is happy with the development. The partnership with Durst on the folding carton and a strong focus on the company's developed Rotajet has many advantages. Pambianchi explains how the partnerships allow interesting conversations with converters and PSPs - a nice interesting insight into the Koenig & Bauer world and something to learn from. We did two interviews with Pambianchi, one in English and the second in French - soon to be online.

Agfa recently sold its offset division, and in this interview, Editor Morten B. Reitoft asked Head of Textiles and Global Press & PR Mike Horsten from Agfa whether this was a bold move. You can hear the answer, but Reitoft also pushes back Horsten on the difference between iterations and bigger strategic moves, which drives the conversation into a chat about diversity, digital, and sustainability. Enjoy!

Ludovic Martin is one of the most recognized independent web-to-print specialists, not only in France and Europe but recognized many different places. At C!Print, we got a chance to talk to Martin about the web-to-print market, its development, and what the French graphic arts industry can offer customers outside France. Great story!

First day - what to expect? Well, C!Print in Lyon is live, and your hard-working INKISH team starts speculating about the expectations for the day. Enjoy, and check out the interviews we will be doing on January 31st and February 1st.

At the Seiko Instruments Open Week 2022, Stephanie Rohn and Jens Heermann from Seiko guide editor Morten B. Reitoft on the different technologies, partners, and products. It was a fascinating tour. Enjoy!

Imagine serving millions of people yearly. Imagine consolidating numerous printing entities across a state and developing a print service provider printing more than 140,000,000 pages annually. Going from fast photocopiers to an up-to-minute modern print facility using Ricoh Inkjet, binding equipment from Tecnau, and all tight together using Solimar software - but more importantly, brilliant people like Mike Lincoln and Gilbert Gomez. Meet them in our film from Colorado State.

When BOBST entered the digital label printing market, it was in a startup partner MOUVENT, which was later fully acquired by BOBST and now sold as a BOBST product. In this film, Jonathan Grebenyuk gives you a great walkthrough of the LB702 - enjoy!

At the BOBST Open House, we met with Manufacturing Director Mike Thompson from Thomco. A considerable part of Thomcos business is tape converting, but the company needs to invest in inkjet-based print technology to further its product offerings. Not only for printing on tape but also to offer labels to the company's customers.

David Walden is the Plant Manager for PrimeSourceOPC out of North Carolina and, of course, influences the decision process when investing in new equipment. At the BOBST Open House event, he explains some of the KPIs when choosing equipment. But listen to what he says, and learn :-)

Sometimes you meet skilled people. Sometimes you meet successful people. You sometimes find funny people, and with John McLaughlin, you got all three - this was fun. An exciting company based in Canada and a current customer of the BOBST Mouvent LB702 and LB701. Enjoy!

The BOBST DM340 Hybrid label press is, by all means, a great machine, and in this film, you'll see Fabrizio Gaudenzi operating and explaining the machine. Enjoy the walkthrough!

Being a trade printer serving thousands of customers requires excellent flexibility. At the BOBST Open House event in Alpharetta, Will Prettyman from WISE explains what they are looking for before investing in new technology. When Will Prettyman says 'capabilities,' it shows how crucial fast setup time, automated setup processes, and the high quality of a hybrid press is - and well, it's always great talking to experienced people!

The BOBST Open House in Alpharetta is, of course, about presenting technology to potential customers. It's about selling. But for the attendees, it's also about asking questions that can avoid future investment mistakes, and during Dean Haertel from BOBST's presentation, I overheard a very interesting question. The question was how BOBST avoids stitching issues. Stitching can be seen when multiple printheads are clustered in a print bar and can either leave a tiny white line or a line of double print. The question came from Jodi Westphal from Western Shield Label & Packaging. Stitching is handled by BOBST in a smart and simple way, but this we will explain in INKISH.NEWS.

Technology Sales Director Nigel Tracey talks with Editor Morten B. Reitoft about several different topics in this interview. How is BOBST perceived by its customers? How does BOBST communicate so many types of products? What about sustainability? In this interview you get the real answers in a nice and openminded conversation - we are certain you will like this!

Michael Mullen started his business in Sacramento, California, four years ago; fortunately, the startup turned out great. With two toner-based label printers, Mullen is now considering inkjet and maybe even a Hybrid. Here is his story on INKISH, filmed at the BOBST Open House event in Alpharetta in December 2022. Enjoy!

TLMI represents converters, substrate suppliers, and vendors in the label printing industry and uses the BOBST Open House event to support BOBST as a member and to serve and recruit new members. Listen and learn from Dale Coates, Engagement Director with TLMI.

David Zwang has been in the industry for a long time and continues to be 'everywhere' :-) And this time in the BOBST Open House in Alpharetta, Georgia. In this almost ten minutes long interview, we get to know a few of the many roles David Zwang has covered in the past years - but for now, enjoy the interview where you get different perspectives!

At the INKISH NON-EVENT '22, Vice President Sandra Wagner from Koenig & Bauer shared the story about how a 205-year-old company can become a modern and agile player in a digital time. The feedback on her presentation from the audience at the NON-EVENT was really positive, not just for the content and the presentation, but also the fact that the openness Koenig & Bauer has when it comes to sharing - everything aligned with the Industry 4.0 mindset - thanks to Sandra Wagner, and enjoy the presentation that we live-streamed during the event December 1st, 2022.

A few months before the NON-EVENT took place, on December 1st, we asked Pat McGrew to interview four editors about their views on the future. The result is four great interviews with Dan Brunton from UK-based Brunton Business Publications, Janet Maitland and Stephanie Gaddin from the Australian-based Image publishing group, Alexia Rizzi from Italian-based Stratego Group, and finally, Tony Curcio, Editor for Graphic Arts Magazine based in Canada. Four exciting and very different views on the future - and, of course, all to learn from! Thanks to Pat McGrew for doing these interviews.

He could see on satellite photos that Russian troops were being prepared in Belarus. A plane was canceled as the cabin crew and pilots refused to fly to Ukraine. He was under the impression that a war in the 2020s would be a cyber war. He and his team hoped for the best but planned for the worst. Here is the story about managing a global software company being attacked by Russia. Very emotional, very good, learn! LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martijneier/

Sustainability is one of the most critical topics in the global printing industry these years. Global warming is a severe challenge to everybody, and while companies, individuals, and governments work on solutions to reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere, more things influence global temperatures. Henrik Svensmark is an Astro Physicist at DTU Space and has for years researched how solar flares influence cloud formation, which also has a huge impact on global warming. In this unusual presentation (for being in the graphic arts industry), Henrik Svensmark guides our audience through the research and the ideas they are pursuing. Great presentation and the INKISH team is happy that we can bring this interesting research to our audience. Thank you Henrik Svensmark.