LeadingPRINT: The Podcast APTech

Daniel Dejan has been an evangelist for the power of paper and print for the span of his career. With more than 40 years of design, production, print buying and on-press experience, Dejan is always ready to share his knowledge of the successful and effective marriage of print and paper. In this podcast he and Thayer talk about the history, current state and continued importance of print - everywhere! 

In this episode, Thayer talks with Andy and Julie Plata, Co-CEOs of
American Printer, and the OutputLinks Communications Group. Andy and Julie have long served the industry, first as printers, service providers, analysts and now media providers. They share their insights into our changing industry and what it will take for businesses to thrive into the future. 

Rick Neumann is Vice President Operations at IWCO Direct and newly elected to the Association for PRINT Technologies board of directors. In this session he talks with Thayer Long about his company,  the viability of direct mail as a major marketing channel and his own journey in this industry. 

In the first podcast of 2021, Thayer chats with Peter Gunning, CEO of Nettl and Julie Shaffer, of APTech. We first heard from Peter during the April 2020 LeadingPRINT Summit and in this podcast, he discusses how the COVID crisis impacted business in the U.K. and his plans to expand the Nettl network into the U.S. 

In the final podcast of 2020, Thayer chats with Donna Covannon of Xeikon, a digital press manufacturer that rolled out its first color digital press in 1988. Xeikon serves the commercial print and label industries with dry toner and UV inkjet presses. They discuss the importance of manufacturers supporting their clients and look at trends for 2021 and beyond. 

In this episode, Thayer Long talks with Tanzima Habib, a PhD scholar at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) whose research is in the area of 2.5D printing and visual appearance workflow management. This is a fun and not-too-technical discussion and you'll learn about iccMAX and the future of color management.