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IR Talks to... Neil Felton, CEO, Fespa
The Covid-19 pandemic has played havoc with the exhibition calendar as we know only too well, but we’re due to see the return of Fespa Global Print Expo this October. I asked Fespa CEO Neil Felton about the show, about the changes that have taken place during his decade at the helm, and about how he sees Fespa developing.
IR Talks to... Kelvin Bell, sales director, Vpress
Earlier this year Web-to-print specialist Vpress partnered website developer Making Websites Better (MWB) to bring out e-commerce solution CloudToPrint, promising printers a ROI within days. Sounds miraculous - so I asked Vpress sales director Kelvin Bell to elaborate on this, and on the urgency for printers to adopt ecommerce in general.
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By Luke Menzies, director, Menzies Law
On a learning curve
Fespa UK and the BPIF are together undertaking a survey to find out what the large-format sector wants in terms of training - and what we can do to stimulate careers within print. You can help, as Fespa UK director Suzi Wilkinson explains.
W2P possibilities and pitfalls
As online product ordering continues apace, should the large-format print sector be doing more to embrace W2P? What are the stumbling blocks to successful implementation and a good ROI? What do suppliers of W2P solutions need to do to help PSPs transition? Here’s what print chiefs have to say in in answer to these big questions.
Consumables considerations
Cost, supply, product development - what’s happening where, and when? We talked to key manufacturers and suppliers for their take on the key issues impacting inkjet inks and large-format media.
Mission: CONTROL
By the end of this year a company called Zaikio hopes connect the whole printing industry through a new holistic platform. Here’s the vision…
Educate and activate
Over to you... Ashley Coker, owner and CEO, Coker Expo www.cokerexpo.co.uk
Earlier this year Coker Expo installed a HP Latex R2000 Plus at its site in Hook, Hampshire, as a prequel to launching Huebox, a new, animated lightbox system, designed to help bring static images to life. Bet that’s piqued your interest - it did mine - so I talked with company owner and CEO Ashley Coker about the diversification, and what part the new HP latex printer is likely to play in Coker’s development.
Doing it for you?
virtual.drupa 2021 will run 20-23 April. But, is this online version going to prove as attractive as the physical event in Dusseldorf and meeting industry mates over a beer in the Altstadt afterwards?