This webinar from FESPA Insights focuses on production floor automation in the print industry, featuring experts Mark Boyt from Keypoint Intelligence and Peter de Pauw from Enfocus.
The discussion reveals that 47.2% of print operations have not implemented any automation, often due to lack of knowledge, fear, and perceived investment costs. The speakers emphasise that automation primarily addresses speed challenges, as modern presses are no longer the bottleneck – prepress operations are. They present a compelling case study of Three Motion, a Belgian wide format company that successfully scaled from a garage startup to a leading production facility through strategic automation implementation.
Key insights include the importance of starting small with automation, mapping out processes to identify bottlenecks, and working with certified integrators. The speakers demonstrate practical examples like automated background removal and cut path generation that reduce job processing time from 45 minutes to 3 minutes. They address common misconceptions about automation costs, showing entry points as low as 500 euros annually, and emphasize the quick ROI potential. The discussion concludes that automation allows creative staff to focus on design work rather than file fixing, ultimately enabling companies to take on more work without expanding headcount while improving accuracy and reducing manual errors.
By watching this webinar you will gain a clearer view of where automation can have the biggest impact, how to approach adoption in a commercially meaningful way, and what the next stage of production-floor automation looks like for the print industry.
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