When Print®19 open the doors in a few days, it will be the 51st show under the Print/GraphExpo show, but it will also be the last. From 2020 APTech has joined forces with Tarsus in forming a new global event named Brand Print. In this Interview, APTech President Thayer Long talks over both Print®19, Brand Print, APTech, and how he also sees the future. Enjoy!

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.  

BHS Corrugated is one of the largest and most influential and innovative companies in the corrugated industry globally. Founded as a state-owned company and later taken over by Engel's father, Paul Engel, and his friend, Edmund Bradatsch, it soon became a strategy to own and control the entire value chain; Managing Director Lars Engel shares some of the learnings and considerations on the journey. BHS Corrugated has become a tremendous success, and besides the fantastic business story, the company also has a vast CSR responsibility that plays a role with both employees and people directly or indirectly influenced by the company. Super story!

High quality and industrial reliability require excellent materials and media. Paola Tiso takes the time to guide us through some of the different types of transfer papers that SAPPI brings to this market. High fashion, sports apparel and even skiing gear get their “skin” through some of these applications.

In this 'Learn with Us' session Policy Advisor Laetitia Reynaud from INTERGRAF explain the legislative processes in the European Union. She also explains how INTERGRAF have influenced legislation to support printing companies. A truly great presentation about a quite hard to understand the subject served in a very nice and easy way to comprehend. Thank you!

In this Print Sample TV edition, host Pat McGrew shows several samples sent to her from Mouvent/BOBST. BOBST delivers products and services in many different segments in the market, from print to finishing and everything in between. In this edition of Print Sample TV, you can see samples printed with white ink - and it looks stunning - and, of course, labels on various substrates, and as you know - labels are a sticky business. See you!

Three years ago, CEO and Founder Peter Vogt took the chance and established his company LabelHub. In this interview, Peter Vogt tells about the journey identifying the need for easy re-ordering of labels - due to the changes in demand from more often and short-runs, to minimize hands-on. LabelHub is a SaaS solution that enables label printers and their customers to manage a greater part of the production faster and smoother. Enjoy! LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petervogtdk/

We find Labelhub on the Screen both at LabelExpo, and for a good reason. Labelhub was shortly after its first release discovered by Charlie Brown from Screen As Charlie Brown says in this interview and presentation, Labelhub serves a very simple need, namely, to automate the re-ordering process and fill up the machines. Peter Vogt is the founder and CEO of Labelhub, and with a background in the label industry and in IT, Labelhub is developed with strong domain knowledge. Enjoy the story - a bit long, but spoiler alert - you will see how easy Labelhub is to use, and you will see the fantastic Screen label press :-)

LabelExpo Europe 2019 is one of the leading events in the printing industry, and of course, INKISH covers the show. The Daily show reports are our way of sharing the instant moment of the show, and during the next weeks, you will get insights from exiting industry leaders. You can expect interviews with Sagen De Jonge from Tilia Labs, Tyler Thompson also from Tilia Labs, Wim Fransen from Enfocus, Fabian Prudhomme from Chili-Publish, Kim Beswick from Memjet, and many more - stay tuned for the next video tomorrow :-)

LinkedIn Profile: Lorenzo Patrini - ACM https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzo-patrini-809763286/ La Franceschina Antonio - ACM https://www.linkedin.com/in/la-franceschina-antonio-92a1a54/ Andrea Belloli - Asahi https://linkedin.com/in/andrea-belloli-a38412146/

Kyocera is, of course, a well-known name in the printing industry - but being a supplier of sheet-fed inkjet presses is relatively new. In this film, Marcel Ebbenhorst from Kyocera talks about the TASKalfa 15000 printer and why this is something a printing company should be looking into. The film was made as part of our Learn With Us Inkjet event, so recorded remotely - but still really interesting - dig in!

Kyocera - dans le secteur de l'imprimerie - est un fournisseur de presses à jet d'encre à feuilles. L'imprimante TASKalfa 15000 existe depuis un certain temps déjà et connaît un certain succès sur le marché avec de nombreuses unités vendues. Nous abordons les attentes et les nouveaux produits pour 2024 avec eux et apprenons qu'une nouvelle machine est en route. Le TASKalfa 55000 sera le nouveau venu sur le marché et une nouvelle proposition à haute vitesse et de haute qualité qui sera dévoilée lors de la Drupa. On en parle.

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.

Anish Shah has for years been working with Solimar Systems for. At Hunkeler Innovationdays, Shah explains how they address workflow/automation across the Middle East and Africa and why it's an interesting market. Enjoy.

Jacques Michiels in conversation with Konstantinos Spyropoulos finding out about the expansion strategies they have in mind for Overprint MIS. Bel develops and delivers Overprint, an end-to-end modular print MIS, featuring open architecture, seamless connectivity, product customization, and user-intuitive workflow.

Printbox is a Polish-based IT company increasingly making a name for itself in the large digital print space with its open architecture solutions and API connectivity. PSPs are increasingly considering the possibilities of what Web2Print software can offer them for photo products, calendars, photo books, and more. We find out. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/konradchmielewski/

Good to see Mikael Wennerberg again - and for those who don't recognize his surname - you are right, Mikael got married and got a new surname. But we are here to talk about Konica-Minolta and their exhibition at Sign, Print & Promotion in Helsinki. At the show, they show the most recent top-of-the-line toner machine Konica-Minolta AccurioPress C14000, capable of respective 120 and 140 pages per minute depending on what configuration you choose. As Mikael Wennerberg works with Industrial Print I also get a chance to talk to him about the KM-1e. But listen for yourself! Enjoy!

At PRINTING United INKISH delivered a vast number of interviews. One of these interviews was with Senior Vice President Erik Holdo from Konica Minolta. A very smiling and happy Erik Holdo talks over some of the new solutions presented by Konica Minolta and MGI. One of the things Erik Holdo talks about is the very thin UV-varnish on the MGI JetVarnish 3D One, the new packaging printer 675i enables printers to do short-run packaging with aqueous-print, and of course, we also got the chance to touch upon the AlphaJET. Enjoy the interview.

Grand stand chez le sponsor platine du salon et plein de solutions à voir chez Konica Minolta. Julien Aussant nous en dit plus. --- Large stand at the show's platinum sponsor and lots of solutions to see at Konica Minolta. Julien Aussant tells us more.

Solutions pour aider les clients, de la petite série à la production élevée en format B2+ : Konica Minolta est omniprésent sur le marché de l'impression numérique et de l'ennoblissement, notamment dans les domaines de l'impression commerciale, du packaging et de l'étiquette, et Régis Ruys en est responsable. Il nous explique les raisons pour lesquelles ils participent au salon à Lyon et comment il voit l'évolution du marché en France. Enjoy.

Komori is one of the leading manufacturers of offset printing machines. Still, in this film, Marketing Manager Peter Minis explains how Komori is working on improving productivity by using smart technology called 'Autopilot.' Automatic setup for print, improved and higher consistency in quality, and many interesting options for higher productivity. But listen for yourself to the interview, and as usual, enjoy!

In Dutch with English subtitles Many Dutch-speaking people among the specialists, visitors, and solution providers present at HID 23 in Switzerland. So it's about time we did a nice interview in Dutch. Meet André Hilkens, Manager of Komfi Europe. Komfi connects management ensures integration options with the most known printer providers and that you can work future-proof with an investment in your lamination solution. The well-known slogan also applies here: to measure is to know the costs must be transparent and can be called up at any time, including post-processing. Veel Nederlandstalige mensen onder de specialisten, bezoekers en aanbieders van oplossingen aanwezig op HID 23 in Zwitserland. Hoog tijd dus dat we in het Nederlands een leuk interview brengen. Maak kennis met André Hilkens, Manager van Komfi Europe. Komfi connect management verzekert de integratiemogelijkheden met de meeste gekende printeraanbieders en zorgt ervoor dat je futureproof kan werken met een investering in een eigen laminatieoplossing. Ook hier is de gekende slogan van toepassing, meten is weten, de kosten moeten transparant en op elk moment kunnen afgeroepen worden, ook in de nabewerking.

Komfi is a well-known and 100% family-owned business in the Lamination & UV coating space. In this film, Jacques Michiels has a good talk with Jana Slováková, daughter of the founder and taking care of global sales and marketing. Based in the Cech republic and serving customers' demand globally, they are showing some novelties like the laminator with dual processing units, the normal lamination, and the one for structuring the surface by embossing using a special roller applying surface effects on demand. Jana Slováková shares how Komfi was and can deal with the worldwide shortages of materials and how they delivered on promises in the last couple of years. Financial stability and stock production have been key.

No question that the COVID-19 has influenced all companies in the global printing industry, but Koenig & Bauer has, despite a lower order intake, a strong belief in the future. In this Conversation, Koenig & Bauer Sheetfed CEO, Ralf Sammeck, shares his views on where he sees his company in the future.