The latest COVID-19 and the Future of Print ’21 Survey was conducted in October 2020 during the FuturePrint Virtual Summit and attracted 139 respondents from over 20 countries. Results reveal a resilient print technology community that has adapted to the challenges placed in front of it while continuing to innovate amid accelerated change.

The second FuturePrint Virtual Summit, which took place from the 12th to the 16th of October, saw more than 3,900 delegates from over 80 countries register to attend, extending its international reach following June’s successful inaugural event . A month on, FM Future’s Frazer Chesterman caught up with Roland Biemans of LMNS, who hosted sessions on inkjet in manufacturing and interior décor, IPIA’s Brendan Perring, who carried out many of the interviews on the Commercial Print-focused day, industry analyst Pat McGrew, who spoke about transforming your way to more profit, and Karis Copp, who led the Young Guns in Print day, to find out their key takeaways from the second summit. Read on for a snapshot of their conclusions, and watch the wrap up session full for their thoughts in full.

We hear more from Marc Graindouze Business Manager Industrial Inks, Agfa and Inkjet specialist about Inkjet and Water-based pigment inks for printing on décor paper to produce laminates.

Labels and Packaging are currently a key target market for digital technology, and in particular inkjet suppliers.

Being a new(ish) and relatively fast moving technology, inkjet tends to fall foul of the Gartner Hyp-cycle sometimes. Which segments offer the best opportunity and Why? we talk to John Corrall from Industrial Inkjet to find out more.

In this article, Ricoh’s Graham Kennedy explains the thinking behind the new Ignite Innovation Campaign.

When times are tough, often new ideas are affected first. Understandably budgets are tempered, and businesses tend to focus on the here and now. While that may make sense, at Ricoh, we believe that the lifeblood of future growth is innovation. If innovation stops or slows, we restrict our growth potential beyond recovery. In this article, we outline a new programme initiated by Ricoh Industrial Printing that has the goal of helping to bring compelling new inkjet projects to life.

Phoseon UV LED curing products offer improved printing processes for labels and packaging. The intense UV output paired with UV LED flexo inks achieved record press running speeds. Due to the long wavelength range of UV LED, it has the ability to cure difficult inks with reliably higher quality at faster speeds. UV LED inks are available with colors matched to traditional inks for a smooth transition.

Interior decoration makes up the atmosphere, both the look and feel of a space. It's a growing market and one we're excited to explore at Roland. Digital printing technology has driven development and innovation, with fantastic results. Naturally, we initially looked at the interior décor sector through a sign and graphics lens, but there are some limitations on standard sign products; they are simply not designed for the décor sector. We talk to Paul Willems, Director of Business Development and Product Management at Roland DG EMEA to find out more.

The second edition of the FuturePrint Virtual Summit was considered a great success by all who attended, presented, and participated. Replays are now available with access to 79 talks from across the print spectrum.

One of the most interesting talks given at the FuturePrint Virtual summit was delivered by Eviatar Halevi from HP. We caught up with him after the summit to explrore more about Digital Print for Corrugated.

If you missed any of the Bobst sessions at the recent FuturePrint Summit you can watch them here and find out more about their vision of the Future of Packaging !

Following on from part one - Dominiek Arnout about his view that many traditional manufacturing businesses are missing the big picture when it comes to digital print.

After listening to the session from Mutoh and CGS Oris on New trends in Packaging, I wanted to find out more from Heiner Muller about CGS Oris about Direct to substrate proofing, why is there a need for this and why they chose to partner with Mutoh on this new digital machine for labels and packaging?

As always - Mike Horsten from ZEMT provided us with some interesting thoughts on the situation for Digital Print in Textiles - dont forget you can watch this session again if you missed it.

We caught up with Dorinda from Profile Recruitment Ltd to hear her thoughts on the recent Future Print Virtual Summit and the sessions that stood out for her.

We caught up with Shahzad Khan, PhD - Senior Business Developer – Digital Printing of NTS to find out why he was pleased to be invited to join the Future Print Virtual Summit Panel on Integrating Inkjet into Manufacturing.

The second FuturePrint Virtual Summit will be taking place from October 12th to October 16th. ACTEGA Metal Print is a FuturePrint Virtual Summit Content Partner, and we caught up with the team to discuss what attendees of the Summit can expect, with a particular focus on the innovative EcoLeaf technology and why it’s unique.

The second FuturePrint Virtual Summit will be taking place from October 12th to October 16th. DoDxAct Ltd is a FuturePrint Virtual Summit Partner, and we caught up with its founder, Mark Bale, to discuss the panel session he will present and how his consulting activities contribute to the collaborative effort between suppliers in the inkjet market.

Despite the uncertainty we all live with now, one thing remains unchanged. Innovation remains key, albeit with a different focus according to results from the latest COVID-19 and the Future of Print Survey in partnership with Ricoh.

The second FuturePrint Virtual Summit will be taking place from October 12th to October 16th. Memjet, a FuturePrint Virtual Summit Content Partner, is presenting CEO of partner Varioprinting as a featured speaker for Young Guns in Print, a celebration of young leaders in the industry. This article, originally published on memjet.com, outlines what print and packaging means to young people.