The impact of the crisis on events has been stark, sudden and may be long-lasting.

Whether recovery is U shaped or V-shaped, once the health challenge is solved, it is difficult to know whether the world of events will ever be the same again?

In Part 2 of ‘Managing the Crisis’ we discuss how we can meet the challenges of marketing for companies in the Print Industry with the postponement of key exhibitions and conferences like FESPA and DRUPA? And with a view to the future we ask how the industry can work together in a more collaborative way to help us kick start business?

Meteor Inkjet Ltd takes digital printing of labels, packaging and books to a new level with the launch of eLab Pro, a scalable industrial inkjet RIP solution in a complete, plug and play package.

An extensive report ‘Decorative Inkjet’ has been launched and made available written by Richard Darling and with contributions from Carsten Brinkmeyer of Hymmen. To download your free copy of the report then download here.

The report addresses the economic reality of inkjet in particular compared with rotogravure for inkjet printing of papers in the wood decoration sector. This, Richard Darling of Ricoh believes is essential in order to succeed at gaining acceptance by the major manufacturers in this area. This article features an excerpt from the report.

Innovation NEWS : UV curing innovator Integration Technology Ltd has introduced a high-power portable UVC rapid sanitiser to its newly-launched Portable-UV range.

Target applications include ambulances and blue light services, buses, aircraft and cruise ship cabins, train carriages, and other public transport, and hospitals, schools, offices, and hotel rooms. Find out more…

For all of us we are now facing the most unprecedented period of time. National Governments have adopted different approaches to dealing with the crisis with mixed success and we expect businesses to be the same. We are using this time to plan our next move, whilst watching and waiting until business returns. In the few days running up to our webinar and discussion which is planned for the 30th April – we asked our FuturePrint partners how they each plan to face the challenges that lie ahead for us all with a particular focus on the ‘Future of Print’ in this enlightening two part article – Managing the Crisis and Rebooting your Business.

Leading Graphics Arts PR and Marketing business, The Bespoke Group, has collaborated with FuturePrint Virtual Summit 2-4 June as its consulting partner and will organise the event’s daily ‘Breaking News’ broadcast.

Jenny Matthew is the Event Director of Sign and Digital UK. In this interview, Jenny speaks to Karis Copp about returning to Faversham House, the current trends that are influencing next year’s show, her passion for visual communications, and how digital innovation can enrich the events industry.

On April 13, Len Lauer, CEO of Memjet, passed away unexpectedly at his home in La Jolla, California. He was 62 years old. Lauer was named the CEO of Memjet in 2010 and assumed the role of Chairman in 2012. All at FuturePrint and FM Future wish Mr Lauer’s family and the Memjet team strength during this especially difficult time.

The variety of inkjet applications has exploded in the last 5 years, with inkjet being used as the key part of many different manufacturing processes. With an ever-widening choice of print heads to suit application needs of print speed or droplet size, it is the ink chemistry and surrounding print process that then defines the key design inputs to the final production machine. It has, therefore, become more and more important to able to test for materials suitability at a feasibility stage of any substantial R&D project and that learning is catalysed by innovative use of commercially available laboratory-scale equipment. In this article, we explain why it is important to prototype early in a project and gives some examples of what we’ve done at DoDxAct.

Ricoh Additive Manufacturing technology is used to provide 40,000 face masks for the NHS in the UK to help the fight against COVID-19. The rapid prototyping facility helped design effective protection but which also fits comfortably avoiding cuts and bruising allowing the professionals to do their job effectively.

Rosie Whitelock is Managing Director of book printing business Bonacia and founder of Women in Print UK. In this interview, Rosie speaks to Karis Copp about leading and growing a business, how Bonacia champions young writers and entrepreneurs through publishing, the importance of a fun company culture, and why she founded the initiative Women in Print UK.

In this interview, Karis Copp talks to Steffen Ohr who is Vice President, Innovation at Sihl, a producer of media for digital printing. In this interview, Steffen talks about how Sihl serves its varied customer base with its innovative media solutions, the future of digital inkjet in packaging, Sihl’s environmental responsibility, and the future of the business.

UK Innovator Inca Digital has officially joined as a FuturePrint partner joining 10 other leading print tech businesses in this growing community dedicated to the development of advanced print technology. 

In response to the current crisis the world is experiencing, FM Future announces the first FuturePrint Virtual Summit (2-4 June 2020).

Free for all attendees and participants, the objective of the summit is to provide an online platform to connect the international print industry, to facilitate knowledge sharing, valuable networking, product and service updates and provide the inspiration and support to stimulate business during and beyond this very challenging period.

GIS announces the latest release of its industrial print Atlas Graphical User Interface (GUI) software, offering significant usability and functionality with interface options and language packs.

Richard Darling has a strategic business development role at Ricoh Europe. He manages a whole range of industrial inkjet initiatives with customers plus some of Ricoh’s own strategic equipment development projects and partnerships. Through the years Richard has contributed to some game-changing innovations across several sectors. Dedicated to digital and inkjet developments, he questions the way things have traditionally been done, identifying and dismantling barriers to introduce inkjet wherever it gives practical, operational and economic benefit.

Sabine Geldermann is the Director of drupa, the world’s largest print trade fair, and Global Head of Print Technologies at Messe Düsseldorf. In this interview, Sabine talks about her career trajectory that led her to become drupa’s first female director, the challenges and opportunities in the industry today, the decision behind the postponement of drupa 2020, and what we can expect from drupa 2021.

There is no questioning the popularity of PVC. It is a hugely successful material. Why? Because it is tough, durable, and it is easy to work with and you can print onto it easily. It isn’t a difficult material to manufacture so therefore, it is easily standardised. What you see is what you get! However, the main benefit of PVC is economic: It’s cheap and widely available. But according to Kavalan, it really doesn’t have to be this way.

PRINTING United was a big success last October in Dallas. Part of this success was in achieving the unity suggested within the title of the event. NAPCO Media and SGIA combined really effectively to achieve a sell-out event and a buzzing show centred around the theme of convergence. But what next? We talked to Executive Vice President of Business Development, Frank Tueckmantel, whom we have known for many years of his plans in his new role at NAPCO Media, the sector ahead of the events move to Atlanta as the team take the event format onto another level.