Episode 325 - The Global Reset For Print: A Conversation with Dario Urbinati, CEO, Gallus

In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Marcus Timson welcomes back Dario Urbinati, CEO of Gallus Group, for a timely and far-reaching conversation about the structural changes reshaping print, packaging and the wider industrial economy.

Two years ago on this podcast, Dario predicted that the market was not simply going through a temporary downturn, but entering a more fundamental reset. In this follow-up discussion, he explains why he still believes that this is happening now - and why the old pre-2019 model of global stability, easy growth and predictable supply chains is not coming back.

The conversation explores the long-term macro forces behind this reset, including demographic decline, labour shortages, geopolitical fragmentation, inflation, supply chain disruption and the end of the old globalised operating model. Dario explains why these are not cyclical challenges, but structural ones, and what that means for converters and label printers trying to plan for the future.

Marcus and Dario also discuss what the most successful print businesses are doing differently, why mindset matters as much as machinery, and how technology must now be viewed not only as a productivity tool, but as a resilience tool. Key themes include modularity, smart connected printing, workflow, total cost of ownership, operational flexibility and long-term investment security.

Dario also reflects on the thinking behind Gallus’s System to Compose strategy and why modular production environments may be increasingly important in a more volatile world.

A thoughtful, realistic and ultimately optimistic conversation about what print businesses need to do now to adapt, invest and grow.

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