Packaging Impressions

Deborah Corn, host of Podcasts from The Printerverse, welcomes Jeff Gibbard and Sarah Ohanesian, co-founders of Super Productive, for a conversation about how different brains show up at work, and what that means for teams and performance.

AI is changing the way sales teams work, but it's also raising a question that many sales leaders don't talk about enough: Are we using AI to think better or to think less? For sales teams in the printing industry, AI can be an incredible asset. It can speed up research, help prepare for customer meetings, generate ideas for presentations, and uncover angles your team may not have considered. Used well, it saves time and expands what's possible.

Adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the printing and packaging industry varies from company to company, and, as recent research reveals, from country to country as well. As part of a joint research effort, Alliance Insights — the research division of PRINTING United Alliance — and Stratego Group's Centro Studi Printing evaluated and compared AI adoption trends among printers in the U.S. and in Italy. The results were presented during Print4All, July 1-2, in Varese, Italy.

The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) and The Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) are partnering to host IRL: Emerging Leaders Meetup Powered by TLMI LLT and FTA LIFT at LOUPE 2026, inviting attendees to take a break from the show floor and make real-world connections in a relaxed, welcoming environment designed for authentic networking and relationship-building.

The team behind SnapPress. Building a great label press was just the beginning. SnapPress didn’t stop there. At PRINTING United Expo 2026 in Las Vegas, SnapPress will showcase what it has built around the press, all of it driven directly by what printers said they needed to succeed in labels. How much will I actually make on this job? Can I fix or create the artwork? Is this file truly print-ready? What would my competition charge? And when I need help, how long should I have to wait?

Next month, PRINTING United Expo (Sept. 23-25, Las Vegas) will bring more than 70 paid sessions that cover the business of running a printing operation with topics ranging from growing sales, pricing for margin, hiring, and M&A to AI adoption, diversification into promo and apparel, sustainability compliance, workplace safety, and advocacy.

What happens when your customer’s next print buyer is not a person visiting your website, emailing a CSR or calling for a quote, but an AI agent tasked with finding the best supplier and placing the order? AI agents are beginning to move e-commerce beyond answering questions and recommending products. Increasingly, these systems can search for products, compare suppliers, collect pricing, evaluate options and take actions on a buyer’s behalf. For printers, this raises an important question.

This package features a combination of white and gloss to create a tactile feel and raised look. As printing and embellishment technology has developed in recent years, both the cost and complexity of new print techniques have continued to decline. One of the fastest growing segments in packaging and label is the use of textured effects.

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Mark Andy announced it will be the North American distributor for Sun Chemical. Mark Andy, a global provider of printing and label solutions, has entered into a strategic distribution agreement with Sun Chemical under which Mark Andy Print Products will serve as the North American distributor for Sun Chemical inks, coatings, adhesives, and color management solutions serving the narrow web tag and label market.