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At Labelexpo Guadalajara, CERM is present to showcase its growing commitment to the Latin American market, particularly Mexico. Steffen Haaga, representing the company, shares that this is his fourth visit to the country but the first time exhibiting at the show in Guadalajara. Previous visits revealed a vibrant and promising market, encouraging CERM to invest further and establish a stronger presence. Mexico has proven to be an exciting and significant region for the labels and packaging sector. With a large and growing population, increased demand for consumer goods, and a strong retail presence, the country offers substantial opportunities for companies like CERM. Some of the company’s largest and most impressive clients are based in Mexico, including Etiflex, a massive 500-employee printing facility in Mexico City, which stands out as one of the largest single-plant label operations. The conversation also touches on CERM’s recent acquisition of Swedish-based Omikai, a cloud-based MIS company. This strategic move is not just about expanding market reach but also about accelerating CERM’s technological development. Omikai’s advanced cloud architecture and highly capable team are expected to fast-track CERM’s cloud roadmap by several years. The synergy between the two companies is strong, both culturally and technically, making the integration a natural fit. Looking ahead, CERM sees significant potential in Mexico and across Spanish-speaking markets. With increased demand for automation and digital transformation in printing workflows, CERM is responding by building local capacity, including hiring support and implementation specialists in the region. The expectations for Labelexpo and beyond are high, driven by a belief in the region’s growth and a clear vision for supporting that growth with advanced solutions.
Language: Spanish · Subtitles: Spanish/English At Labelexpo Guadalajara, Nilpeter presents its latest advancements in flexographic printing technology. Martin, the global marketing director, introduces the company's newest press—the FB-Line. Released last year, this machine combines the strengths of previous models like the FB Classic and FA-Line, offering enhanced performance in both 14- and 17-inch widths. Designed as a hybrid of proven features, the new FB-Line reflects Nilpeter’s ongoing commitment to innovation in flexo printing. Flexography remains the company’s core focus. While Nilpeter also engages in other areas, the emphasis is clear: Flexo is the future. This message is prominently displayed at the stand, underscoring the company's dedication to advancing technology and supporting its global customer base. The Mexican market is especially important for Nilpeter. With a long-standing presence in the region, the company notes that Guadalajara has the highest number of Nilpeter press installations worldwide. This strong foothold drives continued investment and outreach to further build relationships and expand the client base. Nilpeter is widely recognized for its high-quality engineering and production standards. The company manufactures its equipment at state-of-the-art facilities, ensuring precision, durability, and reliability. Customers who invest in Nilpeter machines benefit from a trusted legacy of performance and support. The objective at Labelexpo is clear: to generate new business and develop projects beyond the exhibition. While immediate sales are a key goal, establishing long-term connections remains just as important. As the conversation at the stand concludes, a clear message is left behind—flexography is central to Nilpeter’s identity and to the future of the printing industry. LinkedIn profile: Martin Fjordlund Teilberg Interviewer: Nayelli González Menéndez · Revista El Impresor
Language: Spanish · Subtitles: Spanish/English At Labelexpo, the team stops by one of the most impressive and visually striking stands at the show—Kurz's stand—where they meet with Andrea López. She warmly welcomes the visitors and expresses the company's excitement about participating in such a significant industry event. Kurz, known for its expertise in graphic enhancement, is showcasing its full portfolio of solutions that aim to make printed materials more beautiful and impactful in the market. Andrea shares insights into what Kurz presents at the expo, including their wide range of dies for various design enhancements—from micro and nano textures to high-security features like holograms and VOID technologies tailored for the pharmaceutical sector. The stand highlights aesthetic and functional security innovations, offering tools for traceability, counterfeit detection, and customer engagement. With years of experience in the market, Andrea explains that Kurz divides its security offerings into two main areas: physical appearance, which includes simulated holograms and enhanced finishes, and deeper security layers like invisible inks and barcode scanning for full product traceability. These solutions allow brands to monitor where and how their products are bought and used, offering a comprehensive 360-degree approach to packaging and labeling. She emphasizes the importance of finishing touches in label design—what Kurz calls "embellishment"—which help products stand out on the shelf and invite consumers to look closer. With a wide selection of foils in various colors and patterns, Kurz offers brands the tools to differentiate themselves and create a strong visual identity. As the expo starts, Andrea notes the strong attendance and expresses optimism about connecting with existing clients and new potential partners. She invites everyone to visit stand E71, where the Kurz team is ready to share their innovations and welcome visitors throughout the event. Interviewer: Claudia Mendoza Angeles · Revista El Impresor
Language: Spanish · Subtitles: Spanish/English At Labelexpo, the team reconnects with Ricardo Rodríguez, Commercial Director of Domino Printing Mexico, to explore the latest in digital label printing. Ricardo shares insights on Domino’s robust presence at the event, highlighting a growing industry filled with innovation, technology, and expanding demand. Domino Printing showcases its Digital Printing division, featuring advanced systems, including a four-color roll-to-roll digital press and high-resolution single-color printers like the K600 and the new K300. Designed for small-batch, variable label printing, these machines offer impressive speeds and precision—ideal for today’s dynamic packaging needs. Ricardo emphasizes two key trends shaping the label market: digital printing and the increasing importance of QR codes and personalization. He also addresses an industry-wide shift, as upcoming regulations by 2027 will require a transition to two-dimensional codes, such as barcodes and QR codes. Domino’s technology is equipped to meet this demand, providing smart, efficient, high-quality solutions. With over 27 years of presence in Mexico, Domino continues to lead with innovation and customer-focused service. Throughout the expo, visitors are invited to explore their full range of solutions and consult with a multilingual team ready to assist in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Interviewer: Claudia Mendoza Angeles · Revista El Impresor
Language: Spanish · Subtitles: English/Spanish At Labelexpo Mexico, INKISH speaks with Andrés Tamez, General Manager of Advisors and Consultants in Color Consultants and Solutions, as the company celebrates its 15th anniversary. Andrés showcases a comprehensive range of color management solutions tailored for the graphic arts and printing industries. From Pantone color guides and light booths for accurate color evaluation under various lighting conditions to precision measurement tools that provide exact color coordinates, the stand covers the full spectrum of color control. Andrés also demonstrates advanced systems for press calibration, including fully automated solutions that control ink levels directly from a console, reducing waste, setup times, and manual adjustments. With tools for every stage of the production process—from design inspiration to final print—his team offers cutting-edge, efficient, and intelligent solutions that improve color consistency and press performance. The booth reflects a deep commitment to innovation, quality, and customer-focused service in the ever-evolving world of color technology. Interviewer: Claudia Mendoza Angeles · Revista El Impresor
Language: English · Subtitles: English/Spanish At Labelexpo in Guadalajara, Morten from INKISH speaks with Duane Pekar, CEO of Mark Andy, about the company's rapid evolution and growing commitment to the Latin American market. Duane highlights the importance of service and local presence, announcing the establishment of Mark Andy Mexico through a new partnership that brings service, parts, and print supplies under one roof. This move strengthens their support for both flexo and digital technologies in the region. With modular press designs and retrofit options, Mark Andy is helping customers in emerging markets transition to digital printing while maintaining flexibility and scalability. Duane also discusses global market dynamics, emphasizing how Mexico offers a level playing field among international manufacturers and has become one of the company’s top five growth markets. The conversation underscores Mark Andy’s global strategy, dedication to customer growth, and ability to adapt to local needs through innovation and strategic partnerships.
Language: English · Subtitles: English/Spanish At Labelexpo in Mexico, INKISH speaks with Dave Telken, Senior Vice President of Mark Andy Print Products. He reflects on his 40-year journey with the company and its evolution from a small, family-run business to a global printing technology leader. Dave shares how Mark Andy’s customer-first, consultative approach has remained at the core of its values, emphasizing transparency, trust, and long-term partnerships. Now leading the division responsible for consumables, parts, and pressroom equipment, Dave explains how Mark Andy is a one-stop shop for print businesses, offering everything from doctor blades to anilox cleaners with competitive pricing and global logistics support. He highlights the company's strategic expansion into regions like Mexico and Europe with local warehouses and sourcing to ensure better service and pricing. With a strong focus on global growth, Mark Andy is positioning itself to support customers in the U.S. and Europe and across Latin America, Africa, and Asia, solidifying its presence as a trusted partner in the ever-evolving print industry.
In this interview, Managing Director Jokin Iruretagoiena Osoro explains some of the advantages of investing in ETI equipment, which allows converters to buy substrate and add features like adhesive themselves. ETI is from Canada and is 25 years old. Besides making the technology to produce selvadhesive and other products, ETI also creatively finds solutions to reduce consumables, saving money for the converter, being more environmentally friendly. Osoro also says that ETI is pretty much alone in the market but expects further competition in the future because what they do is so smart and valuable, he says :-)
Language: Spanish · Subtitles: English/Spanish At Label Expo 2025 in Guadalajara, Siegwerk presents its latest innovations in sustainable ink solutions. Jonathan, the Color Management Specialist for Latin America, shares how the company is advancing in washable inks, water-based inks for food applications, and digitalization tools that support greener printing processes. With a strong focus on sustainability, Siegwerk is bringing German-developed technologies to the Latin American market, including Mexico, Colombia, and Guatemala. The company is expanding its eco-friendly offerings beyond offset printing into flexography, reflecting a broader industry shift toward more responsible practices. With dedicated specialists, engineers, and compliance experts, Siegwerk ensures that all products meet rigorous standards, particularly for food-safe applications. Their presence at the expo highlights a commitment to innovation, quality, and environmental care, inviting attendees to explore how sustainable inks can transform the future of packaging. Interviewer: Claudia Mendoza Angeles · Revista El Impresor
Leopoldo Bravo Camposeco manages the DURST business in Mexico and the rest of Latin America - a huge market with great potential. In the interview with Editor Morten B. Reitoft, Camposeco discusses the opportunities, how DURST delivers value from software to hardware, and helps customers develop. Great chat - check for yourself :-)
The Danish Flexo press supplier, Nilpeter, was showcasing their new FB series at LabelExpo - a machine built on the successful FA series. In this chat with Global Marketing Manager Martin Fjordlund Teilberg, we talk about the emerging market, the importance of being present, also at tradeshows like LabelExpo even though Teilberg also talks about customer acquisition cost - but a great conversation - dig in!
In this film, we walk through the BOBST Novacut, a die-cutting machine in several configurations. Area Sales Manager Cody Call shares his vast knowledge with Editor-in-Chief Morten B. Reitoft. The film explains, among other things, how the three paper-handling systems work—all doing a fantastic job but also coming at a price. It's a great walkthrough; we hope you like it!
In this film, we walk through the BOBST Visionfold machine—an entry-level folding/gluer that enables customers to produce high-quality boxes with fast setup and medium speed. Edward Ziemba explains the features to Editor-in-Chief Morten B. Reitoft as they go through the machine. Enjoy!
When you contact Infinity Foils and Phillip Guillaume, you get stamping forms made of bronze or brass or hot or cold foils for analog and digital equipment. We got a chance to talk to Guillaume at the BOBST Open House in Santa Fe Springs, and as always, it's great to talk to people who know the market and products and help customers with opportunities.
It must be super exciting for Rob McCann, as he is moving from the US to Switzerland with his family to start a new position with BOBST—namely, the Tooling Director. In this interview, Rob McCann talks about how IoT is not just nice to have but a must to have. We, of course, also ask about how he will be bridging services, tools, new machines, etc., together as the entire ecosystem seems to be more and more integrated. Super interesting interview!
At the BOBST Open House today (November 6th, 2024), we got the chance to talk to Owen Koehler from Böhlerstrip - and if you are in the packaging business, you most likely know the company for being a very competent supplier of knives used for the die cutting forms. Here we learn about the different brands and when customers use the various products. Super interesting, and I must admit, an area that we didn't know much about, but that makes it just even better listening to Owen Koehler.
Klaus Lammersiek has a background with HP and Scodix, and both will be valuable experiences in his only seven-month-old job as Head of Digital Transformation. Digital transformation is as much about educating and bringing staff forward as creating digital solutions for customers. Of course, digital transformation is not only about digital print but also using digital technology to optimize processes—and, well, become more profitable. It was great talking to Lammersiek!
Pete Dolfis, sales VP (Americas) for Tecnau, walks INKISH through the Stack 1212 cut-sheet stacking solution for B2+ format digital print output. The streamlined machine reduces manual handling and requires no guillotine cutting. It's ideal for applications such as letters, books, brochures, postcards, and posters!
In the middle of our presentations from Standard Finishing at PRINTING United, we suddenly see Rosemarie Garvey from Blooming Color. Of course, we ask her for a short statement about Horizon; as we know, Blooming Color focuses on HP, Horizon (sold by Standard Finishing), and Ultimate - so listen to her words here.
At PRINTING United, we got to look at the new Horizon BQ300 - perfectly explained by Paul Steinke. The BQ300 is still a one-clamp solution but still manages 500 books an hour and has been updated to be integrated with the I.C.E. IoT solution from Horizon + a few other interesting things - but listen to Paul Steinke :-)
Johan Laurent from Standard Finishing gives us a presentation of the Stichliner MK V, which was introduced as a web solution only - but at PRINTING United, we get to see the sheet module that makes the stitching solution capable of both web and cut sheet. The Stitchliner has many super interesting features, i.e., individual scoring of every sheet in a book block, variable stitch length, and much more - and fast - not to forget. But listen to Johan Laurent and learn from the master :-)
Kyle Pucci, imageXpert's director of application engineering, says the JetXpert Print Station is an all-in-one inkjet development tool that handles drop-watching, prototype printing, and print. The technology won a 2024 Pinnacle Award.
Screen has long been recognized as one of the leading Inkjet printer OEMs in the market. At PRINTING United, we got the chance to talk to VP of Marketing Mark Schlimme about their continued focus on web-fed Inkjet printing and how the new Truepress JET S320 fits the bill as a machine that can be used as a backup for the popular 520 series. It was great listening to Mark Schlimme, so please enjoy!
Self-proclaimed “women-in-print champion” and visionary Lisbeth Lyons Black talks with INKISH’s Mark Vruno about her first two years at the WIP Alliance. An important new membership initiative kicked off last month.
At PRINTING United, we got to catch up with Holly Steedman from IST Intech. IST Intech is owned by IST Metz, known for its UV solutions for many different types of printing presses, and IST Intech is a UK-based company that focuses on integration partners. So IST Intech is more about a special solution that can be used, not only in the printing industry but in any industry, utilizing LED-UV. IST Intech also entirely focuses on digital print solutions. In this interview, we learn how IST Intech and the Business & Technology Development Director get more and more customers in the American market. Holly Steedman is always interesting to listen to, and you will also often see her speaking at various conferences - so stay tuned!
In this film, Holly Steedman from IST Intech shows us how to control LED-UV lamps. Controlling the lamps will save energy and extend the lamp's expected life span. Still, combining the above with having lamps controlled to the PDF printed may even open up entirely new opportunities. It's super interesting to learn, and as Steedman explains, the technology is already available in many of the lamps supplied by IST but not utilized in the controller software that can have been developed by other people—smart!
Robert Lugg works for the company GIS. GIS is deeply involved in digital inkjet development and delivers hardware and software. As laymen, we often talk about Inkjet as a single and straightforward technology, but it really consists of various elements from the controller, to the driers, to ink, to the ink supply system, to the printhead, and probably many more things. GIS delivers software and ink-supply systems to Inkjet partners, and at PRINTING United, the software that turned the IST Intech lamps on/off, as you could see in the episode with Holly Steedman (IST Intech), was developed by GIS. Listen to Robert Lugg here, and learn :-)
In this interview, we talk to Tom Piere from FourPees and focus on the progress of Atomyx, which we covered in Gent earlier this year. More partners have been unboarded, and even the first paying customers are now onboarded. The company looks pretty confident when listening to Tom Peire in this interview. For those who don't know Atomyx, this is a platform that is built to seamlessly connect web applications and services, so you can have one brand of MIS coupled with a Web-to-Print solution of another brand, coupled with a Workflow system from a third brand and so forth. This is without intense IT investments. This obviously requires that the OEMs enable this functionality, but more and more customers have already done so, and more are on their way. Tom Peire announced a couple of new partners in this interview - enjoy!
Mark's quest for American exhibitors or stories allowed him to talk to Elie Khoury, who talked about a jam-packed show. Alwan Color Expertise shows a spectrometric color management system that enables a printer to match print output with a reference image/color - interesting!
Mark's quest for American exhibitors or stories allowed him to talk to Elie Khoury, who talked about a jam-packed show. Alwan Color Expertise shows a spectrometric color management system that enables a printer to match print output with a reference image/color - interesting!
The interview features Morten B. Reitoft from INKISH speaking with Bruno Müller from Müller Martini about the significant transformations the company has undergone over the past 35 years. Bruno Müller discusses the evolution from his early days in the newspaper division to adapting to major shifts in the industry, particularly the decline in newspaper production and the rise of digital printing technologies. Bruno highlights the company's focus on listening to customer needs and adapting its culture, products, and strategies to market demands. He emphasizes the challenges of managing spare parts for older machines, which were not originally designed to last as long as they have. This has necessitated a shift in the company's approach to production, moving towards modular designs that use common components to streamline operations and reduce complexity. The interview also touches on the recent acquisition of Hunkeler, describing it as a strategic fit that complements Müller Martini's strengths and enhances its product offerings. Bruno Müller notes the importance of evolving business models in response to digital technology advancements, which is crucial for staying relevant and competitive in the printing industry.
In this interview, Pat McGrew talks to Dr. Frank Schaum from Heidelberg about the JetFire. The JetFire is the first Inkjet product launched in collaboration with Canon, and it came as a huge surprise to most at Drupa—even considered the most interesting news at the entire show. Now it's time to listen to Dr. Frank Schaum in his conversation with Pat McGrew!
Tom Baker is responsible for selling MBO post-press equipment in the UK, and he explains in this film that things are pretty OK. The Cobo Stack has also been a success in the UK - but dig in and listen for yourself!
The first time we met Brett Stow was during the planning of our trip to Minneapolis. Still, as there was a snowstorm in Minnesota, we didn't get the chance to meet each other in person, but that changed at Drupa, where we got the chance to meet at two booths of companies represented by Brett Stow—namely KAMA and Perfecta. In this interview, we met with Stow at the Perfecta booth, to discuss how the products fit into an American context—enjoy!
BST is a well-known brand in more than just the printing industry; they provide various inspection systems that ensure printers deliver what's expected. Though a competitive market, Global Sales Director Sajid Malik explains that BST has a huge market share—also because of its long history. Interesting insights!
