Amazing Growth in 2018 and it doesn’t seem to stop · Sagen de Jonge · CEO · Tilia Labs

Sagen de Jonge is CEO of Tilia Labs – a company that we have already covered a few times here on INKISH.TV. We met him at Albelli in The Netherlands recently and asked him about the very nearby future. It seems that the company is busy and not resting on their laurels. With a 100% growth in 2018 and an appetite for more in 2019, we look forward to following this exciting company.

Listen to Sagen de Jonge here.

First, Labelexpo in Chicago, then PRINT 18 after that, and about two weeks after that, we’ll be going to SGIA in Las Vegas.

Absolutely. We’re often developing on the go. We can’t get that much work done when we’re traveling at shows, but we have a few releases coming up. We’re doing a new release of our product, Griffin. We’re going to be doing a release of a brand new product, we’re scheduling for towards the end of the year, probably, and we have Tilia Cloud coming up, and we have another version of Phoenix.

Business has been very good. The growth this year has been our best growth year ever. We were 30% growth last year. This year, we’re projecting 100% growth, so it’s been a very good year.

Well, we have high goals for 2019. We’re actually talking about it as phase two of our company for 2019.

Up until now, we’ve been 100% a remote company, and that’s the first change that we’re looking to make. We’re looking to establish an office, and we’re looking to hire a number of key people that we haven’t focused on up until now, and we’re really excited about the opportunities that it’s going to bring. That’s why we think that’s going to be the next phase in our company.

I think there’s an unexplored demand. I think there’s also, in our case, we’re just starting, I think, to really get our brand out there. In the last year, there’s been a big change in the number of people that are coming in that I’ve seen know our brand, but I think we’re still at 1% of our potential for how many people that could be maximizing the work they’re doing with products that we have to offer.

The reason people should invest in our software is efficiencies. There’s all kinds of new challenges these days with shorter turnarounds, with faster devices, and everything. If a company wants to be profitable, increase their margins, they have to increase their efficiencies and increase their substrate savings. These are all things that we can really help with.

En Why Tilia Labs chose to be acquired by ESKO · Tyler Thompson · Solutions Director · Tilia Labs

Why Tilia Labs chose to be acquired by ESKO · Tyler Thompson · Solutions Director · Tilia Labs

There are always two sides to a coin, so in this Interview, editor Morten B. Reitoft talks to Tyler Thompson, Solutions Director and former co-owner of Tilia Labs. In the interview, we talk about what ESKO's acquisition means to existing Tilia Labs customers, but also how this will benefit Tilia Labs by being part of a large and exciting company. In the short-term, few changes. In the long-term, we believe that the Tilia Labs technology will find its way into ESKO packages and many more exciting things. Time will tell!

En De En Es Fr Nl Pt George Folickman · Fast Forward · Esko · Tilia Labs · Big Bottle of Water

George Folickman · Fast Forward · Esko · Tilia Labs · Big Bottle of Water

Before coming to Tilia Labs, I began my career at Esko. Focused on the CAD and CAM side of the Esko business. At the time, one of the biggest challenges that was always prevalent in when we would call on these customers is like: layout creation. Back in 2018, a small startup company started coming up on the radar: Tilia Labs. We started hearing about them from our companies. And something that was really unique about what they were doing is that they were incorporating this cost aspect to lay out an imposition. But once digging into a little bit further, I realized that it's not just throw items onto a sheet or nine up on a carton on a press sheet and go. There's a lot more ways that we can optimize that. And really actually save a converter a lot of money. That was really new and interesting and exciting for me. Back in 2018 I kept following the company. Eventually met Sagen, the CEO. Thought he was a really interesting and exciting kind of younger energy in this industry. From there, it just kind of took off. I joined Tilia Labs in 2019. I joined with my colleague Tyler Thompson. We came over to really establish their sales organization. Their direct sales here in North America. I saw some recent stats that say on average, the prepress person is spending about 15 minutes on imposition per job. I think most people think of it as a necessary evil. Obviously, there's a lot more to it. She walked into my office and I had a glass of ice water sitting on my desk. And she had seen this glass of ice water there like a couple of days in a row. How many times do you refill this water glass? And I looked at her and I was like: I don't know, once a day, maybe. Whenever I'm thirsty. And two days later, I get this very, very large box from Amazon. And she brings it into my office and says, go ahead and open this up, it's for you. Inside is like the world's largest water bottle that I have ever seen in my life.

En Helping printers estimate faster, plan smarter, and manufacture profitably by Tyler Thompson

Helping printers estimate faster, plan smarter, and manufacture profitably by Tyler Thompson

Reliance on human decision-making for planning and imposition is becoming complex and unsustainable. Tilia Labs is leveraging AI technology to drive a revolution in preproduction, helping printers estimate faster, plan smarter, and manufacture profitably.

En Sagen De Jonge · Over The Skype · Tilia Labs

Sagen De Jonge · Over The Skype · Tilia Labs

In this 'Over the Skype' session, I have the pleasure of talking to Sagen De Jonge from Tilia Labs. Tilia Labs have, in few years, got a lot of recognition from the market for their imposition/planning tool Phoenix. In this session, we talk about AI, API, and how Phoenix help printing companies to become more efficient. As with all our ‘Over the Skype’ interviews, quality is limited to bandwidth, web-cams, and ability to literally LIVE mix the conversations. However, it works, and with Over the Skype, we will bring you more than 20 exciting people, and angles on the industry as it is right now. Enjoy!

En Sagen De Jonge at the INKISH NON-EVENT 2019 · Copenhagen

Sagen De Jonge at the INKISH NON-EVENT 2019 · Copenhagen

INKISH hosted for the first time ever our NON-EVENT. The Non-event is celebrating the people that have been in front of the camera, or been supporting INKISH during the past years. This is a new recurring event, and the idea is to give space for the people we have featured to connect in a new way. We invited 150 people, and 32 decided to join us. Our guests came from Japan, Canada, USA, UK, Belgium, Sweden, and Denmark - and we are confident that next year, even more, will come. We asked most of our participants to talk LIVE during the dinner - and here is Sagen De Jonge from Canada. Sagen De Jonge is one of the two owners of Tilia Labs, one of our favourite companies to cover on INKISH. Tilia Labs have reached star-recognition for their Phoenix imposition/planning software, and we were so happy when Sagen De Jonge and Scott More announced to come to our Non-Event. Enjoy!

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Increased Productivity using CERM and ESKO ·...

Increased productivity is extremely important - and yes, CERM and ESKO play an enormous role with the Sicialian label producer Auroflex. Still, the business is developed around a quality and passion for supporting the Sicilian wine, food, and luxury products industry. But Auroflex does many things that are a bit out of the standard, for example, an annual design competition, where designers are invited to challenge Auroflex - and all the designs are produced to show what's possible - and as Fabio Butera tells INKISH, this develops a close relationship between Auroflex and the designers, that eventually will make some of the most complex and interesting design. Auroflex produces labels in both flexo, digital, and offset. The most important reason for investment in print technology is from Nilpeter - an offset/flexo hybrid machine - by all means, an amazing company, and see how CERM and ESKO are used in planning, pricing, color management, and, of course, inspection - in tightly integrated solutions - merging beauty with efficiency - love it.