Business Management - Industry Trends

Readers were interested in a range of topics last month, from wide-format to conference coverage, but the subject that outdistanced them all was outsourcing.

The Konica Minolta User Community Prokom Conference 2019 focused on structural changes facing the printing industry, and the traits that are required of companies to evolve and adapt in order to lead the industry forward.

NAPCO Research surveyed marketers that purchase or influence decisions regarding sign and display graphics to uncover buyer needs, purchasing criteria and areas of opportunity.

Robert C. Tapella was initially nominated by President Donald J. Trump for the position in June 2018, and then re-nominated in January 2019.

Former Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobson has joined Siris, a private equity firm that recently acquired EFI, as an Executive Partner. Jacobson will collaborate with the firm’s investment team and Executive Partners to help evaluate potential investment opportunities for Siris as well as help oversee the operations of its portfolio companies.

At one of the most successful In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conferences in recent history, consultant Howie Fenton reported his preliminary data from the ongoing IPMA 2019 survey.

In just under a year, drupa 2020 will start at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany, on June 16. With 1,800 exhibitors from more than 50 nations, the 11-day event's motto is “embrace the future”.

The purpose of the Graphic Communications Workforce Coalition will be to coordinate the efforts of all organizations representing the broad scope of the graphic communications industry for creating awareness, recruitment of new people into the industry, providing a framework for apprenticeship and training programs, and the retention of the existing workforce.

At the annual conference for the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association, six Kodak customers claimed 13 awards, out of a total of 73, recognizing their exceptional print achievement across multiple categories.

Revealed last week during the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference, the Best of Show winners in the In-Print 2019 contest shared some interesting similarities.