In this talk, Golan Landsberg shares how his dual roles—leading R&D at HP Indigo and serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Israeli Army’s Search and Rescue Unit—shape his perspective on teamwork, crisis response, and conflict resolution. Drawing on firsthand experience from global earthquake missions, including rescue efforts in Turkey, he illustrates how disasters transcend politics and can momentarily bridge deep-rooted conflicts between nations. He highlights the intensity of field rescues: racing against time, working in harsh environments, and making impossible decisions to save lives. These challenges reveal universal lessons that also guide innovation in his professional life: the importance of a clear mission (“knowing your North Star”), the necessity of perseverance, timing, adaptability, and the power of dedicated teams. He compares the urgency and improvisation needed to rescue survivors from beneath rubble with bringing cutting-edge products to market under tight deadlines. Ultimately, the talk suggests that just as saving strangers in foreign lands can temporarily heal tensions, applying the same resilience, empathy, and problem-solving in our personal and professional spheres can create opportunities for understanding and progress.

David Zwang has been in the industry for a long time and continues to be 'everywhere' :-) And this time in the BOBST Open House in Alpharetta, Georgia. In this almost ten minutes long interview, we get to know a few of the many roles David Zwang has covered in the past years - but for now, enjoy the interview where you get different perspectives!

As with so many companies, Grafisk Maskinfabrik or GM started 40 years ago in the current Director Uffe Nielsens parents' kitchen. Today GM is a recognized supplier of roll-based finishing equipment for digital and flexo labels, both under their own brand and an OEM supplier. Recently GM has moved to a new headquarter where the company now enjoys both a larger showroom and new and modern facilities with space for growth. In this Conversations, Director Uffe Nielsen talk to Editor Morten Reitoft about the history, the current situation, and the future. Great story - so please enjoy.

Martin Overgaard Hansen is the relatively new CEO of Glunz & Jensen. The company has deep roots in the pre-press industry, producing equipment for high-quality plate-making. With administration and R&D in Denmark and production in Slovakia, the company is in a restructuring mode where the company is scaled to meet the future's needs. Martin Overgaard Hansen comes from outside the printing industry and has the tough job managing the restructuring. In this INKISH Conversation, we get a great insight into how the company sees itself and its future role.

Sustainability is one of the most critical topics in the global printing industry these years. Global warming is a severe challenge to everybody, and while companies, individuals, and governments work on solutions to reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere, more things influence global temperatures. Henrik Svensmark is an Astro Physicist at DTU Space and has for years researched how solar flares influence cloud formation, which also has a huge impact on global warming. In this unusual presentation (for being in the graphic arts industry), Henrik Svensmark guides our audience through the research and the ideas they are pursuing. Great presentation and the INKISH team is happy that we can bring this interesting research to our audience. Thank you Henrik Svensmark.

Giovanni Vitale, international sales director for SD Italy, points out the versatility of the manufacturer’s Augusta F150R PRO. Distributed in the U.S. by Graphco, the hybrid CNC cutting and plotting system is ideally suited for wide-format rigid and architectural signage applications up to six inches in thickness.

Pat McGrew from Inkish interviews Giovani Vigoni from Esko at LabelExpo about their partnership with CERM. Giovani explains that both companies share the goal of helping converters speed up their time to market so they can serve brand owners more quickly. The integration between Esko’s and CERM’s products enables this by streamlining processes and improving efficiency. He notes that as more label producers expand into folding cartons, the collaboration between Esko and CERM is helping make that transition easier. By having the systems already integrated, companies can add folding carton production alongside labels without major disruptions. Giovani says the partnership allows both companies to bring more value to the market and support customers as their needs evolve.

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In this 24th episode of Print Sample TV, your host Pat McGrew for the very first time has a few complains. Not about the quality of the Plockmatic binders and the samples, but more because both the creative and the "more boring" sample lacks Call-to-Action or more precise information about how to get a hold on the nice people from Plockmatic. However, when you look at the Pizza Recipe booklet the company has produced, your appetite grows - not sure if it's for Pizza or a new binder, but as usual; Watch, Like, and Share!

In this Get Work Done session, Scott Peterson and Thomas Olofsson from Tecnau give you insight into the world of digital binding - focusing on their Cut Stack products. Cut Stacking can be used for products like postcards, posters, and other flat products, but it can also be used for producing book blocks. Tecnau also presents the inline integration with Canon, so all in all a great overview of Tecnau solutions, and of course, spiced with great conversations and loads of humor :-)

Koenig & Bauer is mostly known for their offset presses and the almost only offset supplier capable of delivering VLF-sized offset presses, particularly for the packaging industry. With the focus on the packaging segment, it's only natural that Koenig & Bauer, over the past years, have developed binding technology and acquired companies to support their mission, and in this Get Work Done session, Mario Gerber gives the audience a super insight into the strategy and the products! Enjoy!

Jordi Giralt is a relatively new CBO with German KAMA. KAMA is more than 125 years old, and as Jordi Giralt explains in the Get Work Done session, the inventor of creasing/scoring - and being one of the first offering folding/gluers, it makes sense. In this session, Jordi Giralt and Editor Morten B. Reitoft talk about the unique products and, therefore, also the value proposition KAMA offers.

Hunkeler has worked with digital print post-press for 41 years and has so many installations that it has almost become the de facto standard in digital post-press. Marco Kunz explains the Starbook Plow Folder in this presentation, and Hans Gut shares about the company's roll-based finishing solutions. Super great chat around the presentation with good insights! Get Work Done is for sure a good headline for what Hunkeler delivers!

Meccanotecnica is probably one of the leading companies in thread-sewn books. In the Get Work Done session, Giulia Sinatra gives our audience a super insight into why thread-sewn books are great and how their technology supports the business!

MBO did what we liked the most - involve customers showing MBO Cobo-stacks cobots at work at customer Kohlhammer. It's super interesting to see, and as it's not a DEMO but real live production, you see the changeover, how little operator invention is needed to serve four folding lines. Afterward, Dietmar Schrimm gives an overview of the technology, and we talk about why some of the digital solutions are very popular in the US and not so much in Europe - we believe it's mainly because people don't know about the opportunities and mainly know MBO for its folders. But an interest Get Work Done session - we are sure you will like!

Books of one is super interesting, and the company Schmedt focuses entirely on books. With their technology, customers can easily make case-bound/hardcover books - interesting for photo book producers and commercial printing companies interested in getting into hardcover book production. This is a LIVE demo from Schmedt, and Constantin Schmedt gives you great insight. Super interesting - the entire process is presented here! Enjoy!

In this Get Work Done session, Bryan Takano, Yasuo Taketsugu, and Naresh Bedi give us a view into the engine room at Horizon, showing their new MiniCABS binding solution, AGVs, and robot arms. It is great to see, and if seeing is believing - you certainly get it here!

This is one of the things we like the MOST about the industry - passion! Gershon Alon is the Head of HP PrintOS, and when we asked Gershon Alon a question, it became the longest answer on INKISH ever - and into an episode of its own. Gershon Alon talks about how PrintOS, being vendor agnostic, enables PSPs and developers to integrate any API/SDK allows software into the heart of PrintOS, which is excellent. This is an opportunity for PSPs and other software suppliers to utilize services through the HP eco-system. Still, it also allows you to offer your customers services that would require more user interfaces and, eventually, more complex work. But listen to this exciting answer - and make up your mind yourself!

This is a super fun workflow walkthrough by Gershon Alon and Diego Diaz. Enjoy!

In the second interview with Gershon Alon, we go a little deeper into what Production Beat is. One of the most important changes is that Production Beat is vendor-agnostic. You can add any machine to Production Beat and measure everything - machines with HP technology and even legacy hardware, as HP offers readers and sensors. Super cool!  

In the first of two interviews with Gershon Alon, we ask him what differentiates the normal interpretation of workflow/automation, and how HP sees it. This interview is supposed to lead up to our second interview, where we talk about Production Beat, but also to understand the four pillars Bob Raus explains in the interview we did with him - also from the HP PreDrupa event in Indianapolis. Dig in!

In this 'Over the Skype' session, German Sacristan from Keypoint Intelligence share his insights about the printing market. Many good subjects. More interesting is the conversation about how printing companies should become relevant - but listen for yourself. 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!

At Printing United Expo in Orlando, Wayne from INKISH sits down with German Sacristan, Principal Analyst at Keypoint Intelligence, to discuss global print market trends and the insights Keypoint provides to the industry. German explains that Keypoint Intelligence is a global research and consulting firm primarily focused on the printing industry, headquartered in New Jersey and with offices in the UK and Japan. “We do market research, consulting, and printer testing,” he says. “Our clients range from OEMs and print service providers to paper merchants and finishing companies.” He adds that while many know Keypoint for its market reports, fewer realize the company also performs device testing—mostly on low- and mid-production printers—through its dedicated Cambridge testing facility in the UK. When discussing market conditions, German notes that the U.S. and Western Europe are experiencing print volume consolidation, as more print buyers move online. “That work is shifting away from small copy centers toward high-volume digital production,” he says. “Smaller PSPs are outsourcing more to reduce risk and avoid large capital investments.” By contrast, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East/Africa markets remain more fragmented. “There, smaller PSPs are still thriving,” German explains. “They continue to invest in compact production printers, and online print adoption is slower. The offset crossover point to digital also differs because of lower ink costs in those regions.” Turning to the U.S., German observes that tariffs and rising costs—including materials, shipping, warehousing, and postal rates—are reshaping the landscape. “The price of print is increasing,” he says. “But instead of competing only on cost, printers need to emphasize value. Position print strategically within marketing and communication campaigns, and customers will pay more when they see the return on investment.” He agrees that convergence—printers branching into labels, packaging, or textiles—is real but not new. “Printers have always sought variety,” he says. “If they can expand their portfolio and cross-sell to existing customers, they will.” German concludes on a balanced note: “Print remains sustainable. Offset volumes are declining, but digital print continues to grow. The key is to identify where print fits best in the communication mix and keep demonstrating its value.” Wayne wraps up the conversation by recommending Keypoint Intelligence’s reports. “They’re detailed, data-driven, and honest,” he says. German smiles and replies, “That’s what we do—tell it like it is, and show where the opportunities still exist.”

Gerald Glaas talks to us about innovation in the development, design, and manufacturing of rotary tools, modules, and specialty machines widely used in film, foil, packaging, nonwovens, and paper converting industries.