Business Management - Industry Trends

Bob Neubauer, the Editor-in-Chief of In-plant Graphics, opened the “In-Plant Breakfast & Wide-Format Discussion," on Oct. 19 at the 2018 SGIA Expo, by presenting the findings of a study conducted by In-plant Graphics and SGIA. The survey covered trends in wide-format installations at in-plants.

Suppose you’d just put on a trade show for the Sign and Display industries in ‘showtown’ Las Vegas, USA and it was a sell-out – needing a wait-list for exhibitors to get onto the floor. Over 25,000 visitors flock to it, it is a resounding hit with many sales conducted and new products released. You’d…

SGIA Expo 2018 brought more than 24,000 people to the Las Vegas Convention Center October 18–20.

Charlie Taublieb, Owner of Taublieb Consulting and Chairman of the Academy of Screen and Digital Printing Technologies (ASDPT), inducted the newest members to the Academy at the 2018 SGIA Expo.

A joint SGIA/NAPCO research study confirmed the boundaries between printing businesses are beginning to disappear. During a Friday session entitled “Charting Industry Convergence,” Nathan Safran of NAPCO Research presented key findings from the survey.

Over the past few days, you’ve probably heard a lot about PRINTING United, but you probably still have questions. Here is what you need to know about what’s happening to the SGIA Expo in 2019 and what you can expect from PRINTING United.

At the Women in Print Alliance breakfast, Kathy Korman Frey, Founder of the Hot Mommas Project, walked a packed room of women from across the printing industry through goal setting and the importance of mentorship.

The typical run length for print contracts has shrunk considerably in recent years, driven by an evolving e-commerce environment in which customization, personalization and on-demand production are increasingly the norm.

Sascha Tietje, Direct Enterprise Accounts Manager at Packsize International, will host a session at 2018 SGIA Expo discussing the future of on-demand packaging.

Yesterday, at Ricoh USA's Booth 3601, Dan Johansen, Marketing Manager at Ricoh USA, discussed some various opportunities, the idea behind Ricoh's interactive and immersive booth and trends in the industry.