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Pedro Jacques de Sousa of DGI: my 30-year passion for print
The International Executive Director of Digital GraphicsGroup International (DGI), talks about almost three decades in print, growing businesses into new markets and the importance of networking.
A sustainable shopping list
Nathan Swinson Bullough, co-owner and Managing Director of UK based Imageco, on the firm’s sustainability journey.
Wide format lenticular printing
How the ability to produce eye-catching 3D or ‘moving’ pictures is within reach of ever more printers.
Digital textile printing and sustainability
In the third part of our series on sustainability in different print sectors, we spoke to Micol Gamba at EFI Reggiani.
Our return from COVID in Portugal
Paulo Dourado, Director, Communication and Image Office at Apigraf in Portugal, explains how the pandemic proved printing is an essential “industry of industries”.
Towards the mass customization of one
The holy grail in mass customization is to produce unique customized products at the price of a single mass produced unit. Paul McKinlay at Cimpress, the global mass customization company and parent of brands like Vistaprint and Pixartprinting, explains.
After COVID: a printing renaissance in Italy?
Enrico Barboglio from FESPA Italia on how printers are recovering from the COVID-19 onslaught and why the future still looks bright.
Graphic arts: how will COVID-19 affect the industry’s future?
John Morent, owner of POP Solutions, foresees the death of deregulated capitalism and the hyper-consumerism it encourages, and asks how FESPA members can work together to forge a brave new world.
Confronting the COVID-19 crisis
How are printers handling the onslaught of COVID-19, what will the consequences be for the industry, and are there any lockdown silver linings?
Why has Israel been the source of so much innovation in inkjet?
A country with fewer than nine million inhabitants, far from the big markets of North America, Europe and Asia, still manages to be a global printing innovator.
Fast fashion, sportswear and sustainability: closing the circle
Debbie McKeegan, FESPA Textile Ambassador, talks about the innovations within textile printing, new techniques for sportswear production and why sustainability can be prone to greenwashing.
The idea factory in Bangkok: industry leaders at the FESPA Global Summit 2020
Keynote speakers identified the biggest print trends to come in 2020 and explain how new partnerships prosper at the summit.
Bringing texture to life: haptics for UV digital imaging
Jan Seguda, Team Manager Product Management at ColorGATE, says that in a visually over-stimulated world, more consumers will seek out tactile experiences in their printed products.
Sweet smell of success: strawberry-scented graphics on the London Underground
Club FESPA spoke to VGL about the Reading-based firm’s win in the Posters category at the 2019 FESPA Awards.
A sign of things to come: Murat Kurdu of General Formulations
Murat Zekeriya Kurdu, Managing Director of General Formulations EMEA, looks at the future of signmaking and outdoor wraps.
Health and safety: are you doing enough?
Printers must ensure that they are protecting employees from trips, slips and hazardous chemicals. But are your processes fit for purpose?
Personalised photo products: four steps to success
There are big opportunities in this rapidly growing sector, says Zsolt Racz, Vice President, Business Development, at Printbox in Poland.
How to capitalise after a trade show
Trade shows aren’t just an opportunity to meet face to face with fellow printers – here’s how visitors can make the most of exhibitions after the event.
