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Six ways to future-proof your business against regulatory risk
How can printers anticipate regulatory change and retain profitability?

Regulatory changes for printers
Stay on top of the forthcoming regulatory changes that may affect your business.

Digital textile microfactories create resource efficiency
Dr Thomas Fischer, from DITF, Europe’s largest textile research centre, on analysing inputs and outputs for agile, sustainable, just-in-time fashion products.

Kornit waterless technology: innovation in DTG and DTF
We speak to Kornit Digital’s Scott Walton about the company’s unique waterless printing technology and how it’s answering today’s manufacturing and sustainability challenges.
Alberto Masserdotti on the creative products that have inspired him
The FESPA Board member discusses the creative flair and inventive use of technology that attract his attention.

FESPA Print Census 2023: shaping the future
Graeme Richardson-Locke, FESPA Head of Associations and Technical Lead, on why the reach of the third FESPA Print Census will be bigger and more inclusive than its predecessors – and how you can help.

Restart your engines: Adobe’s new Print Engine version 6
We speak to Mark Lewiecki, Product Manager for Adobe’s PDF Print Engine, about how the newly released version 6 will help to make wide format printing more reliable.

The hazards of rare metals in printing
Metals such as lithium and cobalt have been mined for batteries using child labour in dangerous working environments. How can printers keep supply chains clean?

Innovations in textile printing: transparency and traceability
Speaking at the FESPA Global Print Expo 2022 in Berlin, Debbie McKeegan, FESPA’s Textile Ambassador, explains how new innovations and ways of thinking are helping Europe’s textile industry become more sustainable.

Celebrating talent in the Associations Pavilion at FESPA Global Print Expo 2022: Slovakia and Greece
The Associations Pavilion at the FESPA Global Expo 2022 in Berlin (31 May–3 June) will give members the opportunity to showcase samples of their work both digitally and screen printed. Visitors to the Messe Berlin will learn how diverse applications were printed and finished by members from 16 countries, including Greece and Slovakia.
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Meet new FESPA Board member Alberto Masserdotti
Alberto Masserdotti, head of digital printing pioneer the Masserdotti Group in Italy, celebrates his appointment to the FESPA Board.

Mike Scrutton, Adobe: digital print workflows and manufacturing benefits
We speak with Mike Scrutton, Adobe’s Director of Print Technology and Strategy, about how digital technology has helped to keep print relevant in the modern world.

The future of predictive maintenance
Durst’s strategy of using AI to fix printer problems before they arise should eliminate production down-time and open the way to the ‘smart factory’ of the future

Meet the Digital Squeegee
Michelle Moxley, Innovation Director at M&R Printing, explains how the Digital Squeegee and digital hybrid printing can enhance and embellish DTG work.
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Revolutionising retail: customer experience, personalisation and print
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on retail but it may have only sped up existing change.

A common language for printing?
Dr David Penfold, Edgerton Publishing Services – formerly Senior Lecturer at the University of the Arts (London) and Visiting Fellow at Nottingham Business School – on standardising printing terms.

How Printing SA’s new member benefits can help your business succeed
Four experts discuss how, in the wake of the pandemic, the organisation has raised its game to help members.

PIFSA – Celebrating a milestone of 110 years
Printing SA's CEO, Dr. Abdool Majid Mahomed looks back on the federation's history, future and how it has remained relevant.