Business Management - Industry Trends

Digital’s rise as the primary communications tool has had unintended consequences in paper usage. In the world of marketing communications, paper has achieved a certain cachet. The perception among designers and their high-end brand clients is that paper should be used to convey that something special is happening.

The demand for vehicle graphics is growing, but those who print them don't always get everything right. In a session at the SGIA Expo, Kim Magraw, national operations manager of Super Graphics, detailed some of the most common mistakes people make when printing fleet graphics and offered ideas on how to avoid them.

On the opening night of the 2018 SGIA Expo, attendees gathered at TAO Nightclub in Las Vegas to celebrate the launch of PRINTING United. Here's a glimpse of the action.

OKI showcased their commercial and digital transfer printers during PRINT 18.

SGIA Expo 2018 — the last before launching its PRINTING United trade show with NAPCO Media in 2019 — brought more than 24,000 people to the Las Vegas Convention Center October 18–20.

The proposed price changes will take effect Jan. 27, 2019, if approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The proposed prices would raise mailing services product prices approximately 2.5%.

As the final SGIA Expo enters its second day in Las Vegas — it will be reborn in 2019 as PRINTING United — there is no denying that at this show, there is something for everyone.

Just as there has been consolidation in the printing industry due to M&A transactions, consolidation is occurring in offset pressrooms across the country. Smart printers are increasingly weighing the distinct advantages of investments in highly productive and automated sheetfed offset presses that can, in many cases, replace several existing older machines to build more streamlined…

New in-plant research examines the equipment in-plants have added over the past two years, what they intend to install and how successful some of those markets have been for them. The report reveals an intensifying transition to digital technologies, including inkjet.

Harvey Levenson evaluates the future of printing industry recruitment and diversity. He discusses whether it will be an attractive industry for men and women in the future and what changes he believes it will go through.