The second FuturePrint Virtual Summit will be taking place from October 12th to October 16th. Profile Recruitment is a FuturePrint Virtual Summit Content Partner, and we caught up with Dorinda Gibbons Director, Profile Recruitment, to discuss the special ‘Next Generation’ panel and the company’s focus for the future.

The second FuturePrint Virtual Summit will be taking place from October 12th to October 16th. It will be welcoming back ACTEGA, a manufacturer of specialty coatings, inks, adhesives, and sealing compounds with a focus on consumer product packaging and printing applications. ACTEGA is a FuturePrint Virtual Summit Content Partner. We caught up with Anthony Carignano, Technical Director, Marketing of ACTEGA’s new technologies incubator located in Rhode Island, USA, to discuss the solutions the company will be highlighting during the upcoming event.

Following the success of the first FuturePrint Virtual Summit which ran 2-4 June, the second FuturePrint Virtual Summit has gained an exciting array of Content Partners eager to share news, views, insight and technological innovation at the second instalment of the virtual event.

The second FuturePrint Virtual Summit will be taking place from October 12th to October 16th. Epson is a FuturePrint Virtual Summit Content Partner, and we caught up with Phil McMullin, Sales Manager Pro Graphics at Epson UK, to discuss what Epson will be bringing to the table at the Summit, and what might be next for print events.

With continued uncertainty surrounding in-person gatherings and mixed messages from governments, virtual events are a permanent fixture. In this article, Marcus Timson opines on the merits of virtual and what to expect at next months FuturePrint Virtual Summit.

Compack is introducing an online solution that enables brand owners to compare and choose suppliers who provide on-demand custom packaging services for both primary and secondary packaging.

This article by Richard Darling appeared in this months issue of the excellent Specialist Printing Worldwide Magazine. Thank you to the team for permitting its republication.

Elon Musk famously shared his thinking around innovation and how he deploys first principles with great success. He focuses on an indivisible problem, a so called first principle. This rigorous process is grounded in Aristotelian thought and given further credibility from the world of physics. In essence, it means isolating the problem first, then designing a solution second. Its brilliance is in its simplicity, yet humans, and in particular humans from the inkjet world don’t always follow this logic.

CMYUK has signed a multi-million-pound exclusive contract with TAYA Groups to supply its Kavalan PVC-free banner range into the UK and Ireland.

Kavalan is set to become an industry game-changer that will seriously disrupt the traditional PVC banner market. Kavalan replicates the look and feel of PVC, has the strength of PVC, and welds like PVC but unlike traditional PVC it is specifically designed for responsible end–of–life–disposal.

Kavalan is phthalate-free and features a biodegradable coating. Also, it weighs up to 50% less than traditional PVC banner, which significantly reduces carbon emissions during transportation.

FuturePrint Virtual Summit organisers are delighted to announce that Dr Jonas Ridderstråle will deliver one of the opening talks to Days 2 on Leadership and Adaptation!

Dr Ridderstråle is one of the world’s most influential and respected business thinkers and speakers. Since bursting onto the international scene with the bestselling book Funky Business, co-authored with Kjell A. Nordström, Jonas has remained at the forefront of management thinking. Global Gurus, the research company has ranked him as one of the World’s Top 30 Management Professionals and placed him in the top 5 in Europe.

The second FuturePrint Virtual Summit will be welcoming back Hymmen, an inkjet manufacturer most well-known for decorative surface and flooring technology. Hymmen is a FuturePrint Virtual Summit Content Partner, and we caught up with Anke Pankoke, Head of Marketing, Hymmen, ahead of the upcoming event.

Sarah Winterbottom, Business Development Manager, Josero, and Izabella Ivanovici, Specialist Recruitment Consultant, INV Recruitment, announce the initiation of Women in Sign and Graphics UK, a new initiative that aims to inspire, encourage and promote women in the industry, and are extending an invitation to celebrate the launch by attending a special event taking place at The Sign Group, Leeds, on December 3rd.

Inca Digital is well known as a leader for high quality, high-speed wide-format digital inkjet printing machines for point of sales applications. The Onset has led the way in this sector as the best of class for many years. Now, their strategic attention is focused on a far more challenging and arguably exciting sector, packaging. In this interesting interview, we talk to Matt Brooks of Inca and Richard O’Neill from Tinmasters about the needs for printing technology in metal packaging printing and what is needed from digital to meet the expectations of an almost entirely offset lithographic dominated market.

Following on from the success of the first FuturePrint Virtual Summit which took place 2-4 June, the next edition takes place 12-16 October. Leading digital print manufacturer, HP, has confirmed they will be participating as Content Partner with a focus on corrugated packaging.

Ahead of the Future of Business Webinar on July 21st, Mike Seaman of Raccoon Events discusses how COVID-19 has affected the events industry, why he doesn’t believe digital and hybrid events are the future, and his positivity about the recovery of live events.

Ahead of the Future of Business Webinar on July 21st, Madeleine Cole of Venture Business discusses the effects of COVID-19 on exhibitions and events, the benefits of flexible working and the culture change that is needed to facilitate it, and the digital and hybrid events of the future.

Ahead of the Future of Business Webinar on July 21st, we spoke to Richard Boon of Webmart UK, about some of the effects of COVID-19 on business, what that will mean going forward, and the importance of finding the right balance and embracing change.

GIS and SAKATA INX will work together on specific projects, leveraging SAKATA INX’s ink expertise and access to large end-users and major OEMs, and GIS’s expertise in providing complete workflow solutions for industrial inkjet applications.

In this article, as shops begin to reopen their doors Mike Horsten takes a closer look at SEG’s which have become a key element of retail displays.

First, what does the acronym SEG stand for anyway? It's “Silicone Edge Graphics” and not like the Wikipedia page says the “Society of Exploration Geophysicists”. First what does the acronym SEG stand for anyway? It's “Silicone Edge Graphics” and not like the Wikipedia page says the “Society of Exploration Geophysicists”.

Water-based pigment inks for inkjet printing have gained traction as high-performing, environmentally friendly, safe, and cost-efficient inks. Agfa’s Marc Graindourze, Business Manager Industrial Inks, explains their use for industrial applications.