FuturePrint Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Sustainability isn’t just a trend, it’s embedded in people’s businesses. It’s a prerequisite. In this episode, Frazer chats to Steve about his experiences in Print, Packaging and Retail , where he believes sustainability is heading and the future of printing. Steve has worked with a variety of world renowned companies across the globe, sharing his knowledge and experience far and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint podcast Frazer talks to Roberto Campos, Project Manager at People and Technology , and Ali Eranpurwala , Head of Inkjet at Seiko , about the symbiotic relationship between the two companies.  Roberto and Ali stress the importance of post-sale aftercare service, which is vital to customers who don’t want the expense of replacing machines but inste...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Frazer Chesterman speaks with Claudia Rivinius , Marketing Director at the STI Group, who talks about their ‘Sustainability Scorecard’ which provide 6 simple guidelines to creating the most sustainable products. Subscribe to the FuturePrint podcast now Visit the FuturePrint website Visit the EcoPrint website Visit the STI Group website C...

Send us Fan Mail Pete Saunders is the Global Director for Digital Business at Sun Chemical, an important leadership role with responsibility for digital business for one of the largest manufacturers of ink in the world. In this discussion we talk about development of digital printing, the role ink has to play in the journey of innovation for new printing technologies. Pete is an industry pioneer a...

Send us Fan Mail Exactly one year ago, Isabelle joined the print industry - to move it forward for the better. Isabelle is Sustainable Business Officer at HelloPrint, the online marketplace for customized print, which is active in 13 countries all around Europe. Being in the middle of the value chain of the print industry, she aims to collaborate with HelloPrint's partners, in order to achiev...

Send us Fan Mail Mingming Guo is the newly appointed Director of Imaging Technology at Inkcups, which is one of the leading US developers of machinery and technology for direct-to-shape printing with both pad printing and inkjet technology. In this episode, we talk about her experience in inkjet over the years and what it has taken for Mingming to reach this leadership position for Inkcups. While...

Send us Fan Mail Jenny May is Client Services Manager for CarbonQuota . The business was initially launched to help the packaging and print sector do a lot more in sustainable production because 'it’s a sector that has a tendency towards greenwash to protect its interests'. Jenny is responsible for the development of sustainable relationships with all CarbonQuota clients and serves as th...

Send us Fan Mail Nancy Janes has had a long career in innovation with HP before making the decision to have a career break and reassess her life and career. In this episode, Marcus and Nancy discuss her background, her time in print both with HP and the various innovative and global roles,  and now in her new position as UK&I MD for Hahnemühle FineArt - Paper. Subscribe to the FuturePrint podc...

Send us Fan Mail In the first EcoPrint special episode of the FuturePrint podcast, Frazer sits down with Beate van Loo-Born following her highly-popular presentation at the FuturePrint Leaders' Summit in June 2022. Sustainability is one of the biggest problems we face in the 21st century. Beate, Master in Sustainability Leadership and current Head of Global Business Management at SIX Financia...

Send us Fan Mail Rachael Hunt is Head of Marketing and Business Development for Visual Print and Design , a leading business serving the wide format marketplace in the UK. In this podcast, Marcus talks to Rachael about marketing, adaptation, and how Visual Print has navigated the COVID crisis and came out stronger and more successful than ever. Rachael is one of the Printing Charity ’s Rising Star...

Send us Fan Mail Sustainability is now top of the agenda and it is the issue of our times. In this podcast, we talk about the background of the launch of the EcoPrint Summit which takes place 6-7 June 2023 in Geneva, following the first iteration of EcoPrint which took place in Berlin in 2012. In the period (of a decade) since, sustainability is no longer regarded a side issue but a hugely importa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Frazer sits down with Nicola Posarelli from Italy about his family business, Esanastri . Nicola explains what his printing business does, working with markets that include automotive and leather goods. He also discusses his vision for the growth of Esanastri, expanding into markets such as decor and incorporating digital printing into their processes. Frazer and N...

Send us Fan Mail This week, David Arnaud, Product Marketing Director at Bobst, chats with Frazer about the key features of Bobst’s product development for the Corrugated Packaging Industry, how the packaging landscape has changed over the last few years, and how e-commerce has made a difference to corrugated sector.   Frazer asks David about Bobst’s vision for the future, the challenges his custom...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Frazer chats with newly promoted Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bentley, Commercial Manager of Integration Technology , about the internal changes within the business and their big vision for the future.  They discuss her 14-year career and her passion for the company, the technology, and her interest outside the business - Formula One . L...

Send us Fan Mail With one week to go until FuturePrint TECH: Digital Print for Manufacturing gets underway at the Møller Institute in Cambridge, FuturePrint’s Frazer Chesterman and Cindy Cooper join Karis Copp to give an overview of the event’s purpose, agenda, key themes, and outstanding speaker line-up. Find out more on the agenda and speakers at https://FuturePrint.events ! We hope to see you t...

Send us Fan Mail Scott MacMillan is the Group Operations Director at Fujifilm Ink Solutions Group & Chairman of Fujifilm Sericol India . He has led the operations for Fujifilm Ink Solutions Group for the past 3 years and joined not long before the start of the COVID crisis. He was instrumental in leading the manufacturing operation by navigating the many unprecedented challenges the business f...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Karis Copp speaks to Jill Geens, owner of In. Druk . Jill talks about being an ‘accidental creative’ after feeling out of place on a scientific education path and going on to pursue art. When passion for her design roles waned, she took the decision to be her own boss, and a journey into print began. In. Druk focuses on working with fema...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan Perring joined the print industry over a decade ago as he became editor of the Print Monthly Magazine and was also a key part of the team who launched the Print Show in the UK. Since then, for the past three years, he has become General Manager of the IPIA and Chairman of the BAPC , two leading UK associations that serve the print industry. Brendan has been super successfu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Frazer talks to Holly Steedman of Integration Technology about the adoption of LED in new applications and how the current economic and political climate is driving this forward.   Frazer and Holly explore the new world of LED inks and why adoption of this technology has been so slow. They discuss the current problems facing many countries around the world and the...

Send us Fan Mail Karl Forbes is Xaar 's Group R&D Director and, in his newly created role, heads up a 75-strong development team. Bringing together the engineering skills from across FFEI , Megnajet and Xaar’s printhead business, Karl and his team are ensuring Xaar delivers on its development roadmap and are enabling sustainable growth for its inkjet customers. In this discussion, Marcus...

Send us Fan Mail With the PRINTING United Expo in Las Vegas just around the corner, Frazer speaks to Mike Horsten and Matt Brooks from Agfa , to discuss the recent acquisition of Inca Digital Printers by Agfa and the broad range of technology that Agfa now offers to the market and which they will be showcasing at the expo.  Frazer, Mike and Matt talk about the changing trends of high-speed inkjet,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Tom Molamphy who is based in Portland, Oregon speaks to Frazer about the inkjet developments he saw at the recent Label Expo event, the different applications for UV- and water-based inks and some of the key areas American printers are making investments in. Tom Molamphy is the Sales & Technology Manager North America for Inkjet Inks at Siegwerk.  He holds bac...

Send us Fan Mail In the second part of our interview with Axel Bohlmeier of Koenig & Bauer Kammann with thoughts on the forthcoming K Show in Düsseldorf, Frazer and Axel discuss the process of decorating on plastics, how different machines can decorate different shapes, and what this means for the future of printing on plastic products.  Plastics have always been a very important part of Kamma...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Karis Copp sits down with Marcus Timson, co-director of FuturePrint, in an honest discussion about Marcus's own mental health journey. The COVID lockdown period had a huge impact on mental health. According to the Independent, the UK Government’s CORSAIR study, which ran from April 2020 to April 2022, anxiety and depression...

Send us Fan Mail Sustainability isn’t just a trend, it’s embedded in people’s businesses. It’s a prerequisite. In this episode, Frazer chats to Steve about his experiences in Print, Packaging and Retail , where he believes sustainability is heading and the future of printing. Steve has worked with a variety of world renowned companies across the globe, sharing his knowledge and experience far and...