Mike Horsten

Karis Copp is a U.K.-based journalist and communications specialist. With a background as a writer and editor in the print industry, she writes about print and technology news and trends, reports on industry events, and works with businesses to help them tell their stories and connect with their customers. Follow her on Twitter @KarisCoppMedia.

Dan Marx, Content Director for Wide-Format Impressions, holds extensive knowledge of the graphic communications industry, resulting from his more than three decades working closely with business owners, equipment and materials developers, and thought leaders.

Agfa – with a 150+ year history in imaging technology, and experience in printing technology in particular – has a pertinent story to tell to the surfaces industry. At TISE, it will present its digital printing solution for laminate surfaces.

For business owners and production managers from across the printing spectrum, new technologies can serve as idea factories. Whether the core areas addressed by companies in the functional/industrial segment are in printed electronics, manufacturing, décor, or medical, the promise of new printing platforms, new inks, or other systems and technologies can be mind-boggling. But moving from the idea factory to a real-life production environment requires consideration and strategy.

In recent years, opportunities in backlit signage and silicon edge graphics (SEG) have exploded due to advancements in the necessary inks, equipment, and substrates and increasing creativity applications for the format. Is this upward trajectory set to continue?

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