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November 07, 2022 – “The math is easy,” said Robert Cook, President and COO of DNI, when asked about his recent purchase of the Canon varioPRINT iX sheetfed production inkjet press. “After we calculated the ROI on adding the Canon varioPRINT iX to our floor and considered the advantages it brings to our customers, it was an easy purchase decision.” DNI, headquartered in an 80,000 sq. ft. facility in Nashville, TN, opened its doors in 1984 and provides omni-channel critical customer communications, transactional, trans promo mail, targeted direct mail, and fulfillment solutions to over 2,000 customers across a wide array of industries including insurance, healthcare, utilities, transportation, and the public sector. DNI assists their customers in the full buying lifecycle, from customer acquisition to electronic presentment for online bill pay and everything in between. In addition, they offer full omni-channel marketing to enhance campaign results through their unique DNI360 …
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With September now behind us, we have fully transitioned from summer into fall and the long-awaited return of Hunkeler’s Innovationdays is now just 6 months away. The 14 th annual Innovationdays — originally scheduled for 2021 — will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland from February 27 to March 2, 2023. For those not familiar, Innovationdays is a biennial international print industry event hosted by Hunkeler, a leading manufacturer of paper handling and print finishing solutions. Innovationdays brings together industry professionals and technology leaders from around the world in an intimate atmosphere to showcase cutting-edge technology in the high-performance digital print space from each stage of the value creation chain — from software to finished product. Innovationdays 2023 visitors will see an exhaustive range of production inkjet press technology coupled with new advancements in post-press automation. They’ll also see interdisciplinary collaborations on end-to-end solutions from …
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In the October Newsletter Have you heard the news? The Designer's Guide to a New Generation of Inkjet is now available. Make sure you have the latest edition of this valuable inkjet resource on your bookshelf! Plus, we've got more exciting resources for you this month. Scroll down to learn how Pel Hughes is evolving their print offerings with the Canon ProStream, get registered for upcoming thINK Academy live classes, and download the new white paper on using inkjet for premium applications. Also, tell us what you want to see in 2023 - all in the October 2022 Newsletter …
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Meet new thINK Members from Pel Hughes October 11, 2022 — “Don’t screw it up,” Brian Hughes, Pel Hughes president, replied with a laugh when asked about the wise words of wisdom his father Vic left him regarding their family’s print business. Brian is the third generation to lead Pel Hughes, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and he intends to grow the business just as his parents did. “The family business began in 1954 with my grandparents Pel and Alice (pronounced ‘Elise’) Hughes,” Brian explained. “When my parents took over the business in 1969, they grew it from a small commercial print and mail shop with only three employees to one of the largest Gulf South full-service direct mail marketing providers with more than 65 employees today. This growth came despite many challenges, including the floods from Hurricane Katrina. Brian continued, “My dad didn’t tell me how to run the business; he showed me. I worked alongside him for over 20 years and saw him use obstacles as …
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The massive disruption to our printing and digital delivery business in March of 2020 has had lasting effects on many areas of our businesses, especially for print service providers (PSPs) and in-plants. And it hasn’t mattered whether you are in the commercial, transaction, direct mail, book, label, packaging, wide format, or industrial verticals of the print and digital delivery markets. All industries have been impacted over time by variable work requirements (remote and hybrid working methods), the reduction or lack of skilled and unskilled labor, paper and ink shortages, and variable workloads coming through the print and digital delivery production environment. This encompasses risk to those providing goods and services to the market in digital and print output. The current environmental and supply chain risks create challenges that can be exacerbated by business and operational processes, catapulting an organization into a high-risk zone. Some of these risk accelerators include …