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OneVision® is one of the world's leading manufacturers of innovative software solutions for PDF automation in printing, publishing, and media. Vittorio Paolucci mentioned that their solutions cover most pain points in various market segments throughout the workflow process. One Vision is so impressed with HID. They have had a lot of traffic and interest on their stand, good-quality targeted customers looking to automate their processors.

Super interesting conversation with Head of Sales Sacha-Vittorio Paolucci from OneVision - a company specializing in high-level automation. In this interview, we get to understand how and why OneVision is interesting to talk to regardless of the size of your company - but meet them at Innovationdays in Lucerne - soon :-)

In the corner of Canon's gigantic booth, you find a small yet fascinating corner featuring programatic print - which, in essence, is also referred to as the Omni channel. We got to talk to CMO Sabine Rittmeyer from the retail chain POCO. Poco uses the Omni Channel to drive traffic to their outlets and give users an experience when shopping - listen and learn!  

At the IST UV-Days, Sabine Geldermann joined a panel discussion with Stéphane Royère (KURZ), Sebastian Stange (Koenig & Bauer), and Tim Sterbak (IST Metz) under the headline 'One year to drupa.' It was a great debate with many interesting views about sustainability, supply issues, digital transformation, packaging, etc. And in this interview, INKISH got the chance to talk to Sabine Gelderman, following up on both the panel debate and her expectations for the upcoming 2024 edition of drupa. Enjoy!

Imagine having a podcast with a great colleague about things you really like. Then think about having a job where you identify talent and companies that might be perfect fits for an organization that, in 50 years, has become one of the leading US companies? That's what Rusty Pepper does + much more. Editor Morten Reitoft starts with a question about being critical of some of the things that are said and heard in podcasts - and that also opens up for an interesting conversation. Dig in :-)

Hello, everyone! This is Morten from INKISH. Today’s episode is a bit different from what we usually do. I’m excited to talk to my good friend, Rob Ens, from Toronto, Canada. Welcome to INKISH, Rob! Thank you, Morten. It’s a pleasure to speak with you. Likewise, Rob! It wasn't too long ago that we met in Düsseldorf at Duba. It was great you could come and see me, even though I was a bit stressed. That was one of the main reasons I went—to see you in action. And it was worth it! Recently, you reached out to me after I announced my plans to visit Ukraine next week. I'm going there to cover a story about a printing company, Faktadruk, which was deliberately bombed by the Russians on May 24th. Seven Heidelberg operators were killed, and more than 20 people were injured. Seeing the devastation on CNN and other major networks, it's a miracle more people didn't die. You mentioned this resonated with you because your family has roots in Ukraine and faced similar hardships after World War I and before World War II. I’d love to hear your story. But first, can you share your thoughts on the current situation in Ukraine? I usually avoid discussing politics online, but here we are. I support Ukraine. I have many Russian and Ukrainian friends, and I love them dearly. However, my family lost their land and privileges in Ukraine, and many family members died during the Bolshevik Revolution. So, I deeply sympathize with the Ukrainian people. They want to live in peace, and I believe they deserve our support. I bring this up because I, too, have Russian friends. Most of them now live in Denmark, the USA, or Canada. Of course, I still have connections in the industry in Russia. I believe that most individuals are not to blame for the war. In my opinion, which is political, Vladimir Putin bears most of the responsibility for the tragic events in Ukraine. There are similarities to the Bolshevik era you mentioned, which was around the 1920s, right? It was around 1919. My family kept detailed records and even wrote a book about it. The story feels different when read from a distance. Let me tell you a bit about the background. This book, housed in the Mennonite Archives in Winnipeg, was partly written by my great-grandmother when she came to Canada. I hadn’t read it until the war broke out, and it was an emotional experience. My great-grandmother wrote in factual terms about their hardships. Mennonites, originally Germans living in Ukraine, were pacifists invited by Catherine the Great to farm the land. They thrived peacefully for over 100 years. My great-grandfather, a learned teacher and lay preacher, was tragically killed by bandits during the revolution, which targeted landowners. The family faced immense hardships, including typhus brought by occupying soldiers. Despite these challenges, my great-grandmother's resilience shone through, seeing even the foggy day of her husband's funeral as a blessing for its safety. Hearing these stories makes us appreciate our fortunate lives today. They remind us of the resilience and hope that can emerge from the most difficult circumstances. Do you still have distant relatives in Ukraine, or did your entire family leave or disappear from there? Most of our direct relatives left Ukraine. An aunt who visited in the 1970s, whose husband had been sent to a Siberian gulag, initially thought our life in the West was staged because she couldn’t believe our prosperity. This underscores how fortunate we are to live in a part of the world with security, education, free speech, and other freedoms. That’s why I decided to go to Kharkiv, despite the risks. Faktadruk is one of the largest printing companies in Europe, printing schoolbooks for all of Ukraine. When the Russians attack such a significant institution, it’s a deliberate attempt to undermine Ukrainian culture and education. Ukraine is a vast country, as big as the entire Midwest in the US. Covering this story is essential to highlight the impact on the printing industry and the resilience of the Ukrainian people. Your heart drives you, Morten. You consistently seek the truth, which is why we admire you. I believe you’ll uncover important stories that can’t be orchestrated. I received a message from a Ukrainian woman who hopes I’ll see some of Kharkiv’s beauty despite the war. Documenting the damage to the printing company and its importance to the industry is crucial. Rob, do these family stories still resonate with your family, or do they fade over time? I’m the one reviving these stories. My cousin, a historian, and I keep history alive, ensuring we understand both sides. My uncle shared insights about the challenges wealthy landowners face, emphasizing the need for benevolence. Thank you for sharing your story, Rob. After my trip to Ukraine, I might call you again to share my insights. I’d love that. Stay safe, and I look forward to hearing from you.

RPI has operations in the US and Europe, and partners in Australie able to deliver consistent digital print globally down to the copy of one. We met with Joris Kuper, Account Manager New Sales, RPI Europe, at the recent Online Print Symposium in Munich. Great story.

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.

A few days before Rosemarie Breske Garvey and her team headed to Indianapolis to be part of DSCOOP, we visited Blooming Color in a sub-urban in Chicago - and it's super great to see Rosemarie Breske Garvey again. The last time we met was at DSCOOP Rockies in Denver, and now, I guess you understand that we are visiting a very dedicated businesswoman working with HP. A few days before our visit, the LAST offset press was removed from the site - and the digital transformation is complete. We are visiting Blooming Color because they use Ultimate Tech Impostrip and Bindery in the company, and with an increasing number of orders of one, the Ultimate Tech software has become a cornerstone in the company. Enjoy the film, and GREAT visiting this super smart company. Long live Commercial Print.

Great to talk to the newly appointed sales director for Komfi, shedding some light on their newly built business strategy that will emphasize more the worldwide rollout of their product portfolio through direct representation and also new partnerships. We learn that they see a bright future and growth for print embellishment, for which they offer a great array of solutions. Exciting to hear that this Chech company is establishing itself even more as one of the go-to brands for digital and traditional printed products. It's exciting go-to

In this film, Rolf Scmidtke from Kurz discusses sustainability and how the entire life-cycle solution is developed. For now, in the northern part of Europe, later - enjoy!  

Though HP didn't bring an Advantage T2200 to Indianapolis, you could still learn a lot - on the product site, they released a plus pack that enables the press to run colors at 800 feet per minute, the same speed as monochrome - so with that said we got an opportunity to learn more about the print heads that are rather unique to HP. But rather than having me explain these, here is Rolando Martinez - enjoy!

Canon has one of the largest booths at PRINTING United 2026 in Las Vegas — and even with 9,600 square feet, Rolando Martinez says they still couldn't bring everything. Morten B. Reitoft meets Rolando to look at just how broad Canon's production portfolio has become, spanning toner, sheetfed inkjet, continuous-feed inkjet and an increasingly extensive range of wide-format technologies. In wide format, the Colorado XL takes Canon's UVgel technology into a completely different production class with an 11-foot hybrid platform, while Arizona and the DigiTech Texas platforms cover flatbed applications, automation and even robotic handling. But much of the conversation focuses on production inkjet. The new varioPRINT iX1700 fills an important space between high-volume toner and Canon's faster sheetfed inkjet platforms. For commercial printers looking to move more work from toner — or begin shifting offset applications into inkjet — it provides another step on the production ladder. At the other end is the varioPRESS iV7. The B2+ inkjet press isn't physically at PRINTING United, but Canon is demonstrating its capabilities through an interactive experience. For Rolando, the iV7 illustrates how dramatically inkjet has evolved: quality is increasingly comparable with offset, while productivity is now moving into territory traditionally associated with conventional presses. And toner isn't standing still either. Canon is showing the second generation imagePRESS V900 II, demonstrating that development continues across both technologies. The result is an increasingly broad production portfolio where printers can choose technology based on volume, turnaround time, applications and economics rather than simply deciding between “digital” and “offset.” Competition remains strong, and Rolando welcomes it. But Canon clearly believes that as commercial printers continue moving work toward digital production, having technologies that span from toner through B2+ and continuous-feed inkjet puts the company in an interesting position. And Morten has one prediction: one day every offset printer may also have a varioPRESS iV7. Rolando doesn't seem to disagree. Watch Morten B. Reitoft's conversation with Rolando Martinez from Canon at PRINTING United 2026 in Las Vegas.

RolandDG is one of the leading companies in the printing industry for large format, contour cutting, and machines that extend the boundaries of what's possible. See for yourself at www.argosinspirationdays.com in Brussels

Roland DG has always been considered a work-horse and in the upper segment of their segment and at Argos Inspiration Days we got the chance to talk to Business Development Manager Jeroen Kooij from Roland DG Benelux. In this short film, you can the amazing products and what opportunities i.e. the VersaUV offer printing companies and their customers.

Think about it. A family-owned ink manufacturer more than 250 years old and still on the top of the development curve. In this interview with Roland Schröder from Huber Group, we get some interesting background about the Munich-based Huber Group, and not only do we see and learn about the company, but also why UV inks are increasingly interesting, as the LED-technology becomes more and more capable. Roland Schröder shows a magazine printed on a web-offset press where the gas heating has been replaced with LED-UV. Super great result, and shown as it explains why the higher price on UV inks isn't a problem if you look at the entire production process - but don't take my word for it, listen to Roland Schröder - Super cool guy :-)

Business goes well in Switzerland, according to CEO Roland Eicher. With his company placed in beautiful Lucern, he has changed his business from a purely offset printing company to an almost entirely digital printing company today. Besides print and binding for his customers, Eicher Druck also operates as a binding partner for several other Swiss companies. Roland Eicher is at The Finishing First event to learn and invest in new technology - and the deal has been signed - a new Horizon Stitchliner MK III is on its way to Switzerland!

Nouvelle stratégie commerciale chez Roland DG où ils ciblent plus qu'avant le marché d'entrée de gamme. Lorsque ces débutants et adoptants grandissent et doivent adapter leurs machines et vitesses de production actuelles, Roland a tout ce dont ils ont besoin pour soutenir leur croissance. —— New commercial strategy at Roland DG where they are targeting the entry-level market more than before. When these beginners and adopters grow larger and need to adapt their current production machines and speeds, Roland has everything they would need to support their growth.

Roger Popovec talks about US converter DRG Technologies' experience integrating CERM's workflow software into its production of labels, tags, and flexible packaging across multiple sites and the productivity and efficiency gains brought to the company.

At IGAS, we saw more robots than ever before at any tradeshow. Henrik Christiansen from Cool Graphics is a well-known robot/cobot specialist in the printing industry. In this film, he walks us through several different types of robots and explains when it's called a cobot and when it's called a robot. What is the difference between an AMR and an AGV, and why two arms instead of one? We also get a view of the different types of grippers, so in short, a guided tour of the different types of robots and how they are utilized in our industry. GREAT - so watch it :-)

Autonomous mobile robots are easy to notice. They move pallets, reels, and materials around the production floor without anyone pushing a pallet jack. But according to Paul van der Horst, the robot itself is only the visible part of the solution. At Loupe Americas in Chicago, Wayne Beckett meets Paul on the HP booth to talk about AMRs — Autonomous Mobile Robots — and why the real value comes from the intelligence behind them. A printing press may be producing faster than the finishing equipment downstream. A cutter may suddenly be occupied. A binder may stop. A pallet may need to be removed immediately so the press can continue running. Production never follows a perfectly fixed sequence. That means material handling can't either. The system continuously monitors what is happening across the shop floor, creates transport tasks, changes priorities in real time, and decides where material should go next. If a finishing station isn't ready, the pallet can be moved to an intermediate location, tracked, and automatically delivered when capacity becomes available. The AMR performs the physical movement. The software makes the decisions. Integration with MIS data, production priorities, cameras, and live shop-floor information allows the system to react to what is actually happening rather than simply following a predetermined route. Wayne has already seen the technology operating at BlueTree, which Paul describes as a flagship installation. The company started with just two robots, but quickly expanded the fleet as the benefits became clear. And there is another important part of the story. Employees were initially concerned that robots might replace jobs. Instead, the AMRs removed many of the tasks people disliked most — transporting heavy pallets, fetching materials, and repeatedly walking across the production floor. With skilled labor increasingly difficult to find, automation can therefore become as much about retaining people as replacing manual processes. In this INKISH film, Wayne Beckett talks with Paul van der Horst about AMRs, intelligent material flow, bottlenecks, MIS integration, BlueTree, labor shortages, and why successful robotics isn't really about moving things from A to B. It's about knowing exactly what should move — and when.

German language with English/German subtitles Richard Müller is the production manager of one of Europe's largest online printing companies, Saxoprint. We were invited by Horizon to see how robots are used along with Horizon's BQ series of binding machines, and the result is a solution that requires a minimum of operator intervention. Amazing to see, but in this film, we try to cover the full story of how automation has become increasingly important in digital and analog production. We also published an article on INKISH.NEWS about SAXOPRINT (In English) - you can read it here: https://inkish.news/article/MTMyOQ== -- add on --- our friends from Printmedianieuws found inspiration in the article above and the film published on INKISH.TV, and wrote this follow-up article in Dutch - you can read it here, requires a premium subscription!

Wayne has an interesting chat with Robin Asmuss from Mercedes Benz. Robin is responsible for the selection of internal paint for Mercedes and explains why UV curing so so important to them.

Large format press manufacturer swissQprint are demonstrating a wide range of large format applications using UV curing. Roberto talks about how business is growing in this market and the wide range of solutions his company can offer.