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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Product Strategy: SCREEN Americas at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Ken Ingram at SCREEN Americas talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video

Product Strategy: Scodix at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Mark Nixon at Scodix talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video

Product Strategy: Plockmatic Group at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Jan Marstorp at Plockmatic Group talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video

Product Strategy: Xeikon at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Dimitri Van Gaever at Xeikon talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video

Product Strategy: Canon at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Thomas Hofmann at Canon talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video

Product Strategy: Ricoh at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Mike Herold at Ricoh talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video

Product Strategy: Ultimate TechnoGraphics at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Julie Watson at Ultimate TechnoGraphics talks about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video

Product Strategy: Harris and Bruno at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Juan Soto and Alessandro Bufalari at Harris and Bruno talk about emerging trends and product strategy at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023. Watch Video

Start the Presses!

The Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Mass., has more than 30 different letterpress models. Six of them are in the museum's Studio, where members can use them to create letterpress projects. MoP Director of Operations Mitchel Ahern took up the challenge of printing on all six in under 4 minutes—a world record. Watch Video

Warren Werbitt Talks with Fujifilm’s Mark Stephenson About Embellishments

This week Warren talks with Mark Stephenson of Fujifilm Europe about embellishments and Taktiful and WhatTheyThink's new and exciting survey that will produce the first-of-its kind study on specialty ink usage in the printing industry. (To take the survey, click the link below the video.) Watch Video

Hunkeler’s Hans Gut on Smart Logistics Solutions

David Zwang talks to Hans Gut, Chief Marketing Officer for Hunkeler, about the company’s new Smart Logistics Solutions, which helps to quickly move on-demand printed materials, such as book blocks, from press to finishing equipment, tracking and monitoring where each job is and where it’s going. Watch Video

Hunkeler’s Hans Gut on Digital Web Finishing

David Zwang talks to Hans Gut, Chief Marketing Officer for Hunkeler, about digital web finishing. Hunkeler’s digital web finishing products initially served the transactional print market and has expanded into book production, launching next-generation solutions for automated book block production. Watch Video

Hunkeler’s Patrick Treyer on the Cut-Sheet Finishing Market

David Zwang talks with Patrick Treyer, Area Sales Director for Hunkeler, about Hunkeler’s recent introductions for the cut-sheet finishing market including DocuTrim, a new line supporting the transactional and transformational markets that features dynamic perforating. Watch Video

Paul Strack Previews the NPSOA Annual Conference

Paul Strack, President and Owner of CustomXM, talks to Eric Vessels about his membership in NPSOA, and being the master of ceremonies for their upcoming annual conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Watch Video

Hunkeler’s Matthias Anaheim on Next Level Automation

David Zwang talks with Matthias Annaheim, Head of Marketing for Hunkeler, about the theme of this year’s Hunkeler Innovationdays: Next Level Automation, and how Hunkeler equipment needs to connect to a variety of different systems often within a single printing plant. Watch Video

David Gardner Previews NPSOA Annual Conference

David Gardner, President of Boyd's Direct, talks to WhatTheyThink's Eric Vessels about his membership in NPSOA and previews the upcoming annual conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Watch Video

Next Level Automation at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Stefan Hunkeler kicks off the Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023 event happening this week in Lucerne, Switzerland. Hunkeler Innovationdays is the place to see “next level automation” from over 100 exhibitors covering digital printing, software, finishing and related processes. Watch Video

Daniel Erni on the Future of Hunkeler

Daniel Erni talks about his new role as CEO of Hunkeler and the company's vision for future innovation. Watch Video

Frank Looks Out

Frank talks about the WhatTheyThink Printing Outlook 2023 report. He traces a continuum from a 2000 RIT report projecting the industry from 2000 to 2020 and notes that the industry is now on a trajectory that will see growth for the next 20 years. There is meaningful data and commentary about the industry. Watch Video

Ricoh Partners with Taktiful and WhatTheyThink on Landmark Digital Embellishment Study

Eric Vessels of WhatTheyThink speaks with Kevin Abergel of Taktiful and Mark Little of Ricoh about their partnership on a new and exciting survey that will produce the first-of-its kind study on specialty ink usage in the printing industry. (To take the survey, click the link below the video.) Watch Video