FuturePrint Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What if a single set of shared principles could align printers, brands, material suppliers, and recyclers on a faster path to low‑carbon, circular print? We sit with HP’s Carlos Lahoz to map a practical route from belief to measurable change, grounded in a nine‑principle Sustainable Print Manifesto that is already reshaping how companies brief suppliers, plan R&D, and report p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Marcus Timson is joined by Nova Abbott , Claire Goodchild , and Sarah Goodchild   – the creators of the documentary Clean Slate: Rethinking Events . Drawing on decades of experience across global exhibitions, brand events, and live experiences, the trio explore a hard truth about the events industry: while events are temporary by design,...

Send us Fan Mail In this FuturePrint Podcast episode of 2026, Marcus Timson is joined by Dr Simon Daplyn , Product and Marketing Manager at Sun Chemical , to take stock of where industrial inkjet is heading - and why the next phase is less about “print” and more about manufacturing outcomes. Simon reflects on 2025 as a year where momentum began to translate into implementation, particularly in pac...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, we speak with Franziska Valerie Hagenauer , founder of FVH Lab , a nature-inspired design specialist working at the intersection of biomimicry, AI, computational design and digital fabrication. Franziska will be speaking at the forthcoming FuturePrint AI for Industrial Print Conference, Jan 22, which is a part of FuturePrint Industrial P...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, we speak with Oliver Beck   of Thieme , one of Germany’s most established family-owned manufacturers of high-end industrial screen and digital printing systems. Based in the Black Forest region, Thieme has long been recognised for its deep engineering expertise and close collaboration with industrial customers. Oliver explains why Thieme...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Marcus Timson catches up with Joanna Stephenson , Managing Director of Think B2B Marketing , to explore how packaging, consumers and print are changing – fast. With nearly 30 years’ experience across Dow Chemical, Sun Chemical, LINPAC and now her own specialist agency, Joanna shares a rare, 360-degree view of the packaging value chain –...

Send us Fan Mail In this FuturePrint Podcast episode, we speak with Rainer Stricker ( WeldTone ) and Mikael Boedler ( Inkatronic ) about a fast-emerging application for industrial inkjet: UV insulation coatings for EV battery and electronics components . Rainer explains Weldtone’s background in functional adhesives and insulation coatings , and why the next generation of EV architectures (includin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, we speak with Alexander Hinterkopf , Managing Director of Hinterkopf , one of the world’s leading suppliers of printing and forming technologies for cylindrical packaging. Founded in 1962 and based near Stuttgart, Hinterkopf has built its reputation at the intersection of printing and container manufacturing - supplying systems for alumi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, we explore an exciting new collaboration reshaping the future of industrial inkjet. Fabio Tallarico of Seiko Instruments GmbH and Jan Janhsen of Fraunhofer IPA join us to discuss how their organisations are working together to advance functional printing, high-viscosity jetting, and inkjet-based manufacturing. Following the closure of Se...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Marcus Timson is joined by Nathan Safran , Vice President of Research at PRINTING United Alliance , for an in-depth exploration of the biggest forces reshaping the global print industry. Safran shares findings from the Alliance’s latest research—covering AI adoption, automation, convergence, economic signals, and where PSPs are creating new value. Key Themes Discu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, host Frazer Chesterman speaks with Victor Perraudin , Research and Development Engineer at Ardeje Printing , a specialist developer of industrial drop-on-demand inkjet systems. Founded in 1997, Ardeje Printing has grown alongside the digital printing revolution, focusing not on graphics but on bespoke industrial inkjet solutions where pr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we dive into one of the most significant – yet often misunderstood – transformations underway in global retail and packaging: the shift from traditional barcodes to next-generation QR codes powered by GS1 . Our guest, Camilla Young , leads this programme for GS1 UK and has rapidly become one of the most compelling voices in the space. With a commercial background s...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Frazer Chesterman speaks with Jim Raymont , Director of Sales at EIT 2.0 , and PK Swain , Chief Operating Officer, to explore the critical role UV measurement plays in modern industrial inkjet manufacturing. As EIT 2.0 prepares to exhibit at FuturePrint Industrial Print Munich, the conversation goes deep into the practical realities of c...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Ed sits down with Anna Tobler , CEO of Ergosoft , ahead of her participation at the FuturePrint AI for Industrial Print Conference in Munich this January. Anna shares her journey from a career in IT and financial services to leading one of the print industry’s most respected software companies, known globally for its RIP technology acros...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Marcus Timson is joined by Dr Peter Brown , Chief Commercial Officer, and Jamie Jeffs , Director of Industrial Instrumentation at 42 Technology – a UK Cambridge-based consultancy that bridges bleeding edge technology and real-world manufacturing. Together, they demystify what AI really means for industrial print and packaging, with a par...

Send us Fan Mail In this FuturePrint Podcast episode, host Marcus Timson reconnects with long-time partner and industry voice Marc Graindourze of Agfa to explore where industrial inkjet really is in late 2025 – and what comes next. Graindourze starts by defining industrial print in simple, concrete terms: print that becomes part of the product, not just a label or message. Using décor laminates as...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, we welcome back Nils Gottfried — FuturePrint Partner, Ambassador and Sales Manager at BHS Corrugated . With more than 30 years of experience across offset, gravure, colour management, wide format and industrial inkjet, Nils offers a uniquely broad perspective on the transformation of industrial printing. Nils shares his career journey fr...

Send us Fan Mail In this FuturePrint Podcast episode, Marcus Timson is joined once again by Amir Raziel , Head of Strategy at HP Industrial Print , for a wide-ranging conversation about where print is really heading as we move into 2026. Drawing on almost 20 years at HP across operations, sales, product marketing and strategy, Amir revisits his well-known framework of five key transitions – from A...

Send us Fan Mail Printing clean, durable artwork on the edges of a finished book sounds like magic—until you see how the right heads, inks, and control systems make it routine. We sit down with Martin Letzner and Thomas Amrein of Matti Technology to unpack how their single pass, head-agnostic approach delivers vibrant colour on three edges at up to 4,000 books per hour, straight to pallet with no...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, FuturePrint’s Elena Knight speaks with Geert De Proost , Director of Market Intelligence & Product Partnerships at Esko , about the accelerating drive toward digital, data-led and low-waste packaging workflows — and why sustainability is now a compliance essential rather than a voluntary goal. Geert explains Esko’s role across the packaging value chain, suppor...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, FuturePrint speaks with Mark Boyt , one of the print industry’s most experienced and respected analysts, now Principal Analyst at Keypoint Intelligence . With more than four decades in print across 3M, Xerox and now Keypoint, Mark brings a unique, long-view perspective on how technology, culture and economics shape the sector’s evolution. Mark discusses the slow b...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Frazer Chesterman is joined by Luca Rovacchi , Innovation Business Development Manager at Habasit , part of the wider Moovimenta Group . Luca shares the story behind one of the most intriguing new technologies to enter the digital print ecosystem – the Habasit Smart Printing Belt , an innovation that could fundamentally shift what precis...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, host Ed speaks with Ulrich Buckenlei , founder of Munich-based Visoric , about how gaming technology, AI and XR are transforming industrial training and manufacturing. Ulrich explains how his background in military helicopter simulators led to Visoric’s core mission: taking real-time 3D game engines and using them to build photorealistic...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, we speak with Martin Burns , Business Development Manager for Nazdar’s OEM Ink division , about how the company is driving innovation across the fast-evolving world of industrial inkjet. While many in the industry know Nazdar for its global ink portfolio, the OEM division operates differently—functioning as a specialist R&D partner f...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Marcus sits down with Bas Buser , one of the most respected voices in plasma surface treatment and global printing applications, to explore why plasma has become a critical enabler for industrial inkjet. Bas explains the remarkable story behind Plasmatreat , founded over 30 years ago when Christian Buske pioneered Openair-Plasma , allowing plasma activation outsid...