At the Seiko Instruments Open Week 2022, Stephanie Rohn and Jens Heermann from Seiko guide editor Morten B. Reitoft on the different technologies, partners, and products. It was a fascinating tour. Enjoy!

Kevin Neureuter is the Director of Sales with manroland sheetfed USA and explains here why the Roland 700 Evolution series is a good fit for customers. He explains that the color pilot, the level of automation, and the undeniable growth in packaging are a good fit for manroland. As we are visiting Keystone Paper & Box, who recently invested in two machines - Kevin Neureuter is very convincing talking to. Enjoy!

And the Walkthrough continues - so enjoy :-) LinkedIn Profile: Eric Frank https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-frank-838a6b10/

In this walkthrough, Eric Frank shows you a straight 7-color B1 offset press with a coater setup for an extended color gamut - and the new speed record holder with 22,000 sheets an hour. Listen and learn as Eric Frank takes you through the machine!

When BOBST entered the digital label printing market, it was in a startup partner MOUVENT, which was later fully acquired by BOBST and now sold as a BOBST product. In this film, Jonathan Grebenyuk gives you a great walkthrough of the LB702 - enjoy!

The BOBST DM340 Hybrid label press is, by all means, a great machine, and in this film, you'll see Fabrizio Gaudenzi operating and explaining the machine. Enjoy the walkthrough!

Mark Andy presents three machines at LabelExpo Europe 2023, and who better to present the machines than Phil Baldwin, European Sales Manager for Mark Andy. You will learn about the technology as we walk through the booth, so stay tuned!

It's not every time you get a walkthrough by a board member and VP from KURZ - but ladies and gentlemen - here it is :-) Markus Hoffmann knows his business and gives you a tour through all the business areas KURZ covers - super interesting. Enjoy!  

In this walkthrough, Richard Neeft from Komori gives Editor Morten B. Reitoft updates about the new G37 - including some basic learning (always good to be updated) and information about how it is to operate Komori. Enjoy!

In this almost 30-minute long walkthrough of the new AGFA SpeedSet 1060, you will learn a lot. According to specialists like Sean Smyth and Jeff Wettersten, it is super interesting technology and a machine that will be a game-changer in the digital packaging industry! Enjoy the walkthrough with Matt Brooks from AGFA and Editor Morten B. Reitoft.

This walkthrough gives an early view of the new Xeikon Idera, a digital corrugated cardboard printing machine. Daniel Velema is the VP of Corrugated & Solution Services at Xeikon. He is responsible for developing the Idera, so who better to ask about the ideas developed into what is among the first presentations to the public. Enjoy the walkthrough :-)

Converting, inserting, trans promo, mailings & more are returning to professional players who invest in the latest technologies rather than end users supporting themselves. Higher output and more efficient machines with higher reliability result in higher quantities on the belt. So running speeds of up to 20k /h matter, and a precise and reliable output at the end of the lines is critical. Good talk with Thorsten Jost, the Director of Sales Mail Solutions, Winkler + Dünnebier (W+D).

Steffen Franzisi is the CEO of Kohlhammer Druck in Germany, and this is his first visit to Innovationdays. He is very impressed with the event, mainly how automated the post-press/binding is becoming.

VR Print operates its business from Durban, South Africa, and visiting the company was an inspiring experience. Today the company, managed and owned by CEO Hilton Janse van Rensburg, is an all-digital printing company. However, in February, VR Print will receive its first Nilpeter FA-Line machine. Normally INKISH visits printing companies with new equipment already installed. In this video, we talk to Hilton about the market, the expectations, and what made the company choose to add Flexo capabilities to its production. Enjoy!

Route 1 print is an amazing printing company based in the UK. In this film, Sarah Kilcoyne-Guilliam explains what they do and, in particular to how they work and use Coreprint from Vpress. The film was shown during our Learn With Us – inkjet event.

At EFI Connect 2022, we did two films with Vice President of Marketing Rick Salinas from Duplo USA. Both are to be found on INKISH, of course. This film demonstrates two cutting solutions that Duplo USA presented - exciting, and as always, great to learn!

Editor Morten B. Reitoft has enjoyed talking to Volker Selg many times. This time, we discuss what Dr. Hoenle offers in hot air, IR, conventional UV, and LED UV. As always, it's super interesting!

Interview with Hönle about the necessity of having quality lamps but also reliable quality measurements when using UV curing and drying, particularly when you want to secure the quality output of digital and conventional printed products. Good overview and introduction to this german based company that has been in the business for many decades.

Sometimes the sheer size of an organization makes you breathless, and SunChemical, as one of the largest ink- and varnish suppliers in the world, is just interesting to learn about. Here at IST UV-Days 2025, we got a chance to talk to Product Manager, Volker Linzer, who happily shared his views - dig in.

Though Hunkeler Innovationdays only starts tomorrow, Monday, February 24th, INKISH has already intensively covered it. Over the weekend, we had the opportunity to film some of the major OEMs to give you more information and a bit of behind-the-scenes footage from some of the exhibitors. Here, we have Volker Leonhardt from Müller Martini. There is an impressive booth with three application lines. The first we discuss is a roll-fed saddle stitch line that combines Hunkeler, Stahl, and Müller Martini to make saddle-stitched products at high speed, with variable page count and finished format. The second and third lines end with a sorting line, so the books made on the Heidelberg Jetfire 50 don't end up in the same pile as those made on the HP Advantage 2200. From both printing devices, the paper is processed with the Hunkeler Plowfolder solution that folds and stacks the paper into book blocks that are then transported into Müller Martini perfect binders. Both lines combine their output to the trimmer - and voila - a line for web-fed and sheet-fed solutions is presented. Quite nice :-)

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/volker-leonhardt-5b887419/

In days were data are essential, SpencerMetrics is the company that delivers beyond - and in this interview with Pat McGrew, you get further inside in what their solution can do. Enjoy!

At Printing United 2025 in Orlando, Morten B. Reitoft from INKISH meets with Vihal Sahay, VP Sales of SpencerMetrics, on the final day of the show, a day Morten describes as when you finally have time to catch up with friends and talk in a more relaxed way. Vihal smiles and agrees, noting that although the last day has been calmer, it has still been busy and full of meaningful conversations. Morten begins by highlighting something that has always impressed him: the value of the data SpencerMetrics provides and how customers depend on it completely. Vihal nods. Their customers can’t live without their data. If a report doesn’t show up, or if the system skips a refresh, they immediately hear from them asking where their data is. Having been in the data analytics and performance management field for many years, SpencerMetrics has earned a strong reputation for precise measurement, deep integration, and consistent delivery of actionable insights. But this year marks a major new chapter for the company with the introduction of artificial intelligence. “We have to embrace AI,” Vihal says. “For decades we’ve been connecting multi-vendor, multi-technology production environments. We collect data, display it on real-time dashboards, and provide detailed analyses. But we discovered that most users only utilize about twenty percent of all the data we make available.” The reason, he explains, is time. Customers are managing production, staff, scheduling, and client demands, and they don’t have hours to dig through reports. So, the company decided to let AI do the analysis for them. That innovation comes in the form of Q, SpencerMetrics’ new AI assistant. “All the user needs to do is ask,” says Vihal. “Within seconds, Q delivers insights based on the data. You can ask something like, ‘Why isn’t my press running at full capacity?’ and Q might answer, ‘Because your bindery is behind schedule.’ It can analyze uptime, identify inefficiencies, or perform complex data reviews that used to require an analyst.” Morten comments that it’s like having an instant data consultant built into the system, and Vihal agrees. AI can’t replace human oversight, but it dramatically reduces the time required to reach actionable conclusions, turning information into real decisions within seconds. According to Vihal, existing customers were the first to show excitement. From the moment the show opened, they were asking if Q was ready. They’d seen the press release and wanted to test it right away. Q will be available as an optional add-on, rather than part of the base package. Mid-level and advanced users are already planning to integrate it, while others are evaluating how it could fit their workflow. Interestingly, the AI introduction also drew many new visitors to the booth. A lot of people said the data looked fantastic but admitted they didn’t have the time or expertise to analyze it. When SpencerMetrics demonstrated how Q simplifies that process, it completely changed their perception, and they could suddenly see themselves using it. As the conversation wraps up, Morten notes that the show appears to have gone very well. Vihal smiles, saying it’s been very busy and very successful. The company is thrilled with the response and excited for what’s ahead.