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Jeff Wettersten works as an analyst with Keypoint Intelligence and gave his analysis on the packaging market - and was very direct that the AGFA SpeedSet 1060 is nothing but a gamechanger about the market needs now, but even more important in the future - Speed, Quality, and no need for changeovers are important KPI's of the new machine - Editor Morten B. Reitoft got a chance to talk to him after his presentation!

Building a machine like the AGFA SpeedSet 1060 requires a lot of people - and here we got a chance to talk to Michael Prosser. In the interview, he explains his role and how the team works together.

In this interview we talk to one of the owners of Realisaprint.com, Rafael Mari. Realisaprint delivers online print in France, North Italy, and Spain, with plans for even more countries. The entirely digital company decided to become a launch customer with Ricoh on their new Pro Z75 inkjet printer. In this interview, we discuss digital print, finishing, and how Realisaprint came to the Pro Z75 decision.

Nothing like friendly competition between the UK, Germany, and France being the most important markets for Ricoh in Europe - and seriously, all markets are important :-) In this interview with Jean-Manuel Jenn from Ricoh France, we learn more about Ricoh and how the market develops. Enjoy!

In the Ricoh PRO Z75 launch introduction, Sander Sondaal talks about partnerships and how important it is. Rafael Mari - one of the two founders of Realisaprint, joins the conversation and confirms how important a partnership is - and - well, listen and learn!

Today, Ricoh officially launched the new PRO Z75 to the market - a B2+ size water-based Inkjet printer. An amazing machine focusing on the Commercial print space, but with its print on substrates up to 600 microns, is also interesting for packaging printers. With 1200 x 1200 DPI and the ability to print up to 4500 sheets an hour, Ricoh has taken a huge step into the cut-sheet market with a machine that can compete with offset and toner-based printing. In this walkthrough, Sander Sondaal gives you an idea about how the machine has been built up and works - also with space for expansion in the future. All-in-all a super nice introduction to the PRO Z75. Thank you for having INKISH on-site with Realisaprint in Contes to learn and document :-)

Always interesting to understand a technology about the market it addresses - and in this interview, we ask whether the Pro Z75 addresses the existing toner market, the competition in the inkjet space, or even the offset space. Listen to Sander Sondaal to learn his perspective on this :-)

Delivering a new and very anticipated machine is interesting, and in this interview with Sander Sondaal from Ricoh Europe, you will get insights about the journey. Why did it take longer time than anticipated? How does Sander see this in the market - which will also be dived deeper into in a separate film on INKISH - but listen, and enjoy! Soon we will also have the walkthrough we refer to in this film :-)

In this interview with Sander Sondaal, Editor Morten B. Reitoft asks questions that explain how the machine delivers. From the B2 sized drawers to options with pallet feeding, to the print technology inside the PRO Z75, and also for whom the machine is for. During the day you can see samples, more details of how the machines work, and more - so stay tuned!

Lars Komogowski was one of the speakers at the FEFCO Technical Seminar 2023 in Lyon, and in this chat with Editor Morten B. Reitoft, he explains how heat and steam need to be better controlled. Not only to lower energy consumption but also to improve the quality. Interesting to learn about.  

Maybe the headline was a bit "catchy" - as the headline from Strip to Print said. Nevertheless, Will Crabtree does have a colorful career and has, despite this, been able to grow his company into almost 40 employees at a rapid pace, and this is what he talks about here at the NON-EVENT23 - enjoy!

The last presentation at this year's NON-EVENT23 was with Pat McGrew, who, based on chats with a couple of printers, gave an outlook for 2024 - with many good questions from the audience. Enjoy the presentation. Soon, you will also have an outlook for 2024 by editor Morten B. Reitoft - and as we are entering into a drupa year - much to expect :-)

At the NON-EVENT23, we combined presentations with fireplace chats - and Matteo Cardinotti from BOBST Firence was the first to enter the fantastic scenery in front of the huge fish tank at the Blue Planet in Copenhagen. Super nice conversations with interesting takeaways, but listen for yourself - only on INKISH :-)

The second attendee at our NON-EVENT23 was CEO Christoph Gamper from DURST. Talking about beacons, motivations, and even a question of whether Christoph Gamper hates losing. Once again, a super nice fireplace chat with a fantastic backdrop.

Thursday morning, our NON-EVENT attendees were welcomed by Head of Communications Marcus Thomasfolk from VW Sweden - and what a presentation. People who know the term 'Gamification' also understand how powerful it can be used to shift behaviors. This was really interesting, so dig in and learn :-)

Erik Norman is the President of SwissQprint America, and besides that, he is also a VERY nice guy to talk to, which you can hear in this interview we did with him at PRINTING United. At the show, we spoke about technology, quality, ROI, repayment time, and how important it is to work with trustworthy people. We really like the SwissQprint technology - and combining all of the above with excellent technology - is absolutely worth exploring, right?

Samba print heads from Fujifilm are probably the best-known in the industry, and of course, we had to talk to Stefan Steinle from Fujifilm about printheads - so here we are :-)

SpeedSet 1060 is probably the fastest inkjet printer on the market right now - and still water-based and in high quality - with more than 11,000 B1 sheets an hour - beat that! Obviously, Matt Brooks and his AGFA team are proud of the effort, and judging from the samples and the plan to push the machine to market, why not? It's super interesting to see how inkjet technology keeps evolving and narrowing the gap between analog and digital - I'm looking forward to seeing the machine!

It is always good to meet friends at events, and Dan Brunton is no exception. With Dan Brunton's knowledge, industry experience, and being a fifth-generation publisher, we are not surprised to meet him at FEFCO. Everybody at FEFCO knows him, and in this short interview before the opening session at FEFCO, we talk briefly about the industry. Enjoy!

It was great meeting Michelle Reed at FEFCO. The two-year-old start-up SendMePack is a super interesting business that, instead of recycling boxes, re-use boxes to do good for the environment and save customers money. The idea is simple, yet we can imagine much work to pick up fine boxes and reuse them with other customers. Returned boxes are checked, sorted, and made ready for the next round - which was supposed to be one extra time, but often many more. The second project is on its way and is used by brands with high returns - i.e., the fashion industry, but listen to Michelle Reed to get the story. Enjoy!

Victor Naumann works with the customer life cycle, essentially everything from service to fully managed plants. It was a super interesting conversation, and amazing that being a world leader allows you to deliver service levels - on, well, all levels :-)

One of the surprises we got at FEFCO was that this vast industry seems to lack industry standards - and that's where OpenPack comes in place. With their software platform, they enable communication across different brands and devices - and despite still being a startup, the industry has onboarded with OpenPack - and it seems to be a huge benefit for the industry. We agreed with CEO Dr. Stefan Uebelacker to do an online session about their software and what they offer shortly to give more insights about their solution - super interesting to learn about!

Talking to engineers and understanding the technical challenges you must overcome to have a finished product is always interesting. Peter Pötzl is at FEFCO as he will be speaking about controlling heat, steam, and electricity - or, in short, the consumables of a working corrugator. Interesting to learn and also to understand that this is something that many converters can do better to optimize production and the product and optimize energy consumption for the better. Listen and learn!

Nils Gottfried is one of our recurring guests who always brings interesting news to the industry. BHS is among the world's largest producers of corrugators, and since the company announced the Box Plant 2025 strategy, everything they do turns around the plan - and part of that is to add printing capabilities to the line of products and services BHS offers. In this interview, Nils Gottfried talks about the new monochrome print bar that can be added to new and existing corrugators, enabling black print. This opens up many new opportunities, and that is just among the things we talk about - watch/listen - and enjoy!