Blogs

Every printing company sets a sales budget, but a number doesn’t explain how to win. Here’s how to turn the budget into a roadmap.

The past few years have seen strong growth by acquisition. The fundamentals of that trend are still in place going into 2026.

Here’s a look at how holistic, life cycle-focused packaging strategies can deliver real sustainability gains.

2026 is the year printing and packaging companies must move from AI tools to strategy, readiness, and owned capability.

We explore AI versus human roles in simple versus complex sales, showing why harmony, not replacement, is the future.

Here are some AI tools available that could be beneficial to printing companies, enabling growth in marketing, operations, and beyond.

As PRINTING United Expo takes Orlando next week, there’s a lot to be excited about. Paul Bobnak shares his plans for the show floor.

The Anstadt Co. looked to new folding carton printing opportunities in digital packaging print technology for growth.

While the handling of a physical product is already a proven method of establishing a strong connection, adding print embellishments can take that connection to a new level. By enhancing a printed product, a fuller sensory experience can be achieved, leading to a deeper impression on the consumer.

All now or some now plus potentially much more later: If the choice arises in the sale of a business, the seller must choose carefully.

Here’s how one sale of a business went from the buyer’s first introduction to the seller to a signed letter of intent in just six days.

Package and label manufacturers without sufficient investments in current technology are significantly disadvantaged in the M&A marketp

When fully integrated and trusted, your MIS can deliver the clarity you need to lead with confidence.

Direct, Global Graphics’ latest class of software, is a new graphics pipeline that sends data directly to the printhead electronics instead of writing to disk, significantly reducing image processing times, easily handling large volumes of data, and accelerating the time to print.

The new Label Automation Suite from OneVision can work in concert with the SCREEN Truepress Jet L350UV+ to offer both outstanding quality and throughput, enabling the label printer to access faster production times and maximum throughput. PRINTING United Booth 11553.

How consumers are shopping for goods in the e-commerce age and their feelings on packaging’s environmental impact.

PRINTING United Expo 2024 has showcased a plethora of innovative solutions for printing and converting operations, including those spotlighted by EngView Systems.

An exploration of color trends including the impact of a collective yearning for colors inspired by nature, calmness, travel, and nosta

NAPCO Research analyst Cory Francer explores the data behind why converters should care about sustainability.

Here, I dive into some of my top tips for solving delamination problems in multilayered flexible packaging.

Pouch market revenues are poised to reach $306.72 billion by 2034.

Tom Lang, digital products manager for Inkcups, shares step-by-step guidance for direct-to-object printing candy tins.

Packsize and EFI announced their collaboration on the world’s first on-demand box system that integrates full-color printing on boxes using a single automated solution.

The Nozomi, an ultra-high-speed, single-pass direct-to-board printer, has met Fogra’s PSD standard, which recognizes industrially oriented, standardized procedures for digital print products. This includes reduced waste, higher quality and overall sustainability. PRINTING United Booth 8233.

In his latest post, NAPCO Research analyst Cory Francer explores efficiency challenges for converters and their customers.

NAPCO Research uncovers trends driving package printers, converters, and brand owners toward increased adoption of digital technologies

Digital printing has made package personalization more accessible. Using the technology can help make converters better partners for CPGs.

As PRINTING United Expo continues to buzz with excitement, GTI Graphic Technology is attracting attention with its PDV D50 LED desktop viewing stations, designed to meet the stringent ISO 3664:2009 viewing standard.

Trying to achieve a shared visual appearance between products printed on different media with different printers can be challenging. That’s where good color management can make all the difference.

As a printer, making sure your customer is happy is a top priority. Print buyers — your customers — care about what the final product looks like and if the correct colors have been printed. And that is one of the biggest reasons G7 is important.

GEW partnered with several local colleges in the UK to retrofit a double-decker bus to turn it into a mobile STEM workshop for kids.

A proposed Washington state bill was amended to include a ban of all printing inks and paints that use chlorinated pigments.

New offerings from INX are meeting the needs of corrugated printers and converters head-on, with new ink sets that complement single-pass printing technologies, a new water-based primer and formulations that reduce overall printing emissions. PRINTING United Booth 10555.

With Color-Logic software now distributed as an option with the Xerox Iridesse™ press, designers, agencies and more can be trained to fully utilize the press's metallic capabilities and produce a variety of embellishments. PRINTING United Booth 10564 and 12345, 12541.

The value Augmented Reality brings to all forms of print is significant.

Augmented reality is one of the biggest technology trends right now, and it’s only getting bigger as AR-ready smartphones and other devices become more accessible. This holiday season marketers are leveraging the technology to drive both consumer engagement and purchases … and in some cases it is blended with print.

Printing and packaging industries benefit from influx of digital printing platforms across commercial, in-plant, packaging segments.

The invitation-only event offers insights into what industry leaders should do to improve and optimize their business.

When it comes to teaching package design, one thing there is no shortage of is opinions. But when you get to the marketplace, how much are opinions worth? At the end of the day, it's the consumer's opinion that counts. How is the student supposed to get exposure to that kind of knowledge?

MacDermid Graphics Solutions has become the first flexographic plate manufacturer to partner with Digimarc. Through the newly established partnership, Digimarc's traceability technology will be further expanded into the flexographic printing market.

Fujifilm is offering five new products designed to meet the needs of packaging producers including water-washable plates for flexible packaging, a cold-cure UV system and an enhanced plate processor. PRINTING United Booth 8220.

The partnership will result in the HP Indigo Digital Pouch, a system that allows HP Indigo customers to expand their offerings in product packaging. A new lamination solution, included as part of the new offering, is promoted as a sustainable option in packaging. PRINTING United Booth 10141 and 6407, 6416.

New from Xeikon is a solution to help printers enhance and increase the range of the labels they produce — including the generation of a tactile layer, which has become “de rigueur” in luxury product markets and provides access to more profitable applications. PRINTING United Booth 9344.