Printing Industry Video

Profiles in Print

DCG ONE (Seattle, Washington)

WhatTheyThink traveled to Seattle to visit DCG ONE to learn more about their business, how they operate, and what makes them unique. This film is the 2nd in an ongoing series of Profiles in Print.

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Profiles in Print

Premier Press (Portland, Oregon)

WhatTheyThink traveled to Portland to visit Premier Press to learn more about their business, how they operate, and what makes them unique. This film is the first in an ongoing series of Profiles in Print.

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The Label Factory’s Storm Vaske on Digital Label Printing

In this video sponsored by HP, David Zwang talks to Storm Vaske, CEO of The Label Factory. Originally a flexo label printer, the company has converted entirely to digital and is in the process of adding an HP Indigo V12. Watch Video

EFI Launches End-To-End Digital Printing Workflow for Textiles with Focus on Sustainable Production at ITMA 2023

Debbie McKeegan, CEO at Texintel and WhatTheyThink contributor, talks to Micol Gamba, Product Marketing Manager at EFI, about EFI Reggiani fabric printing solutions. At ITMA 2023 EFI launched new hardware and software solutions that provide end-to-end digital printing workflows for sustainable textile production. Watch Video

Epson Provides Range of Digital Textile Printers, Showcases Printing Metallic Effects at ITMA 2023

Debbie McKeegan, CEO at Texintel and WhatTheyThink contributor, talks to Paolo Crespi, DTF Sales & Marketing Director, at EPSON Italia about EPSON’s range of digital textile printers. At ITMA 2023 EPSON showcased the ability to print special effects including gold and other metallics on its Monna Lisa digital textile printer. Watch Video

Digital Textile Production Goes Mainstream with Kornit Digital at ITMA 2023

Debbie McKeegan, CEO at Texintel and WhatTheyThink contributor, talks to Danny Gazit, Chief Product Officer at Kornit Digital, about the company’s direct-to-garmut and direct-to-fabric digital textile print technologies. At ITMA 2023 Kornit unveiled new platforms to enable more sustainable textile printing and supply-chain management. Watch Video

First Look at the Kyocera FOREARTH Digital Textile Printer

Debbie McKeegan, CEO at Texintel and WhatTheyThink contributor, talks to Sho Taniguchi, Kyocera’s Deputy General Manager, Digital Printing Business Development about the Kyocera FOREARTH Digital Textile Printer launched at ITMA 2023. Watch Video

Mimaki Focuses on sustainability and circularity at ITMA 2023

Debbie McKeegan, CEO at Texintel and WhatTheyThink contributor, talks to Arjen Evertse, General Manager Sales EMEA at Mimaki, about Mimaki’s approach to bringing sustainability and circularity to textile printing. Mimaki used ITMA 2023 to showcase new digital textile printers and new concepts for de-inking polyester textiles. Watch Video

Kevin Cushing Takes His Franchise Expertise to a New Level

Kevin Cushing has a rich heritage in the franchise business, both as a franchisee and a franchisor executive in both the restaurant and printing businesses. During his tenure at Alliance Franchise Brands, he engaged the organization with Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), a unique franchise organization, and now, with Breakthroughs LLC, he is bringing his operational expertise to clients in a variety of industries, including print, as an EOS franchisee. In this interview, Kevin explains EOS, how it works and why it is important to the printing and other industries who are looking to be successful in a dynamic future. Watch Video

Trigon Digipack’s Anil Namugade on Innovative Packaging Solutions

In this video sponsored by HP, David Zwang talks to Anil Namugade, Founder and Director of Trigon Digipack, about how Trigon is leveraging successful and proven platforms to build new innovative solutions for its packaging customers. Watch Video

Frank Rules

Frank takes the measure of the printing industry by talking about rulers. At one time, every print worker had a “pica pole” with them to confirm type measure and specs. Aprons had special slots for the many versions of rulers. Watch Video

Dave Rosendahl and Bill Gillespie on Selling Direct Mail

Dave Rosendahl, President of MindFire, and Bill Gillespie talk at Dscoop about how MindFire is helping its partners learn to sell digitally printed direct mail. Watch Video

B&R Moll’s Kevin Moll on Changes in the Finishing Equipment Market

David Zwang talks with Kevin Moll, VP of Sales of B&R Moll, a manufacturer of postpress equipment. B&R Moll has been seeing strong growth in such diverse applications as folding cartons and greeting cards. Watch Video

Product Strategy: Kornit Apollo Direct-to-Garment Platform

Danny Gazit, Chief Product Officer at Kornit Digital, talks about the Kornit Apollo platform unveiled at ITMA 2023 in Milan. Apollo can decorate up to 400 garments per hour and features automation for loading and unloading. Watch Video

Rootree Integrates Creative Services and Digital Flexible Packaging Production

In this video sponsored by HP, David Zwang talks to Phil St-Cyr, President of Rootree. Rootree is a flexible packaging company that offers creative services to help customers design messaging and branding as well as produce it on its fleet of HP Indigo 20000s. Watch Video

Shawn Irvine on Italic Press’s New Embellishment Offering

Joanne Gore talks to Shawn Irvine, owner of Italic Press, a Toronto-based commercial printer specializing in retail, events, and agency work. The company just introduced Impress, a new type of print embellishment technique. Watch Video

Phoenix Innovate's Long and Interesting Journey with Production Inkjet

Phoenix Innovate and Chris Dubach have had a long and interesting journey with production inkjet. Today, it plays an important and growing role in their production platform, with lots of plans for the future! David Zwang talks with Chris Dubach about his inkjet journey. Watch Video

Canon's Production Inkjet Cut-Sheet Journey

David Zwang talks with Saskia Willems, Product Manager for Cut Sheet at Canon Production Printing. Canon has been producing continuous-feed production inkjet products since 2008. While they had been producing cut-sheet EP presses for a while, their cut-sheet product development journey started in 2010. Watch Video

Unified AR’s Steven Belshaw on Interactive Print

Joanne Gore talks to Steven Belshaw, CEO of Unified AR, an Australian-based augmented reality platform that is focused on direct mail and print. He traveled for 26 hours to attend Dscoop to explore interactive print technologies and opportunities in the US market. Watch Video

Product Strategy: FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group at ITMA 2023

Rachel Li, Segment Marketing Manager at FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group, talks about the advantages of RxD aqueous pigment dispersions from FUJIFILM. RxD aqueous pigment dispersions have a higher pigment concentration to provide higher color strength for fashion, direct-to-garment, home décor, and other textile applications. Watch Video

PressUP’s Vincenzo Cirimele on Digital Web-to-Print

In this video sponsored by HP, David Zwang talks to Vincenzo Cirimele, CEO of PressUP, a web-to-print company based in Rome. The company operates offset equipment, as well as five HP Indigo digital presses. The company is looking to expand its portfolio into packaging. Watch Video

Agfa Offset Solutions Reinvents Itself as ECO3

David Zwang talks with Jonathan Ashton, North America President, of ECO3. ECO3 is not a new player in the market, but it now has a laser focus on offset plates, service, and software. Watch Video