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New Year; New Initiatives

Each new year brings predictions about which market trends will accelerate over the next 12 months. Here are some predictions about digital printing:

1. As brand managers and consumers continue learning about the personalization and customization possibilities of digital printing, the demand for all types of digitally printed products will continue to grow.
2. In firms that serve global brands, flexo, offset, and screen printing presses will continue to be consolidated in facilities equipped with a mix of short-run digital presses, digital production presses, super-wide digital printers, and wide-format flatbed inkjet printers.
3. Sign shops and small print firms that serve local businesses will also adopt a mix of cut-sheet digital presses, roll-to-roll inkjets, flatbed printers, direct-to-garment printers, and computer-driven finishing and fabrication equipment.

One key to making these consolidated, hybrid printing shops profitable will be highly automated workflows that can...

Just when you thought the local sign codes have settled and your sign customers had legal permits in their hands, along comes the long arm of the law — at least the couple of fingers that handle code enforcement. It may seem like this happens every year. But if a local code was just amended, or if there were no issues recently raised, why would there need to be more changes?