The Key Point Blog

09/12/2022
Carl Schell

Which large-scale technology providers are on the list?

The mega dealers are “mega” because they are a well-diversified bunch. Sure, success is evident simply by studying financials for a few minutes, yet each company has its own story on how they surpassed $100M in annual revenue—and then some. Even if the mega dealers started life as traditional copier dealers, they have all embraced technology beyond print with solutions such as security cameras and EV charging stations. Many are striving for that holy grail-like 50/50 split between print and managed IT, with a strong desire for the latter to exceed the former shortly after achieving that even goal.
09/06/2022
Jean Lloyd & Tanya Sherman

Company’s latest digital press to launch at Labelexpo Americas

Jean Lloyd, Principal Analyst of Keypoint Intelligence’s Color Digital Labels & Packaging Advisory Service, welcomed Konica Minolta Senior Vice President of Product Management Dino Pagliarello to our Interview Insights series to share his views on the AccurioLabel 400.
09/06/2022
Greg Cholmondeley

Another win for the book production industry

Racami recently released a press release about acquiring the Canon Solutions America (CSA) Conveyance platform, which automates commercial printing and book manufacturing processes. We discuss here the implications this will have on the market as well as the details of the Alchem-e Books suite.
09/02/2022
Mark Davis

Taking medicine to new heights with 3D printing

If you needed an organ transplant, would you accept a 3D-printed organ? This is a question from a recent Keypoint Intelligence poll, and the results are quite surprising.
09/01/2022
Tanya Sherman

Keypoint Intelligence once again partners with Big Picture Magazine on important PSP survey

In a joint web-based study with Big Picture Magazine and Keypoint Intelligence, print service provider owners and employees identified emerging solutions, strategies, and technologies in an adaptive response to pandemic-driven market shifts and industry trends. We discuss here some of the key findings from this survey and their effects on the market.
08/30/2022
Tanya Sherman

Speaking on customer-first initiatives and sustainability

Jean Lloyd, Principal Analyst of the Color Digital Labels and Packaging Advisory Service for Keypoint Intelligence, hosts and interview with Eastman Kodak CEO Jim Continenza, who shared his insight into his unique approach to embracing innovative transformation.
08/26/2022
Eve Padula & German Sacristan

Promoting the value of print to cut through the digital clutter

Today’s marketers have more options than ever before for reaching their customers and prospects, but print is often playing a secondary role to digital marketing. We discuss here the top-level findings of a recent Keypoint Intelligence survey of 201 print buyers in the United States.
08/22/2022
Lindsey Naples

Consumerism may be changing, but the need for it remains firmly planted in our lives

Change is expected in a digital landscape—with 65% of B2B companies across all industries fully pursuing transactions online in 2022. We discuss here how to best make use of e-commerce as well as the benefits of utilizing Keypoint Intelligence's UVERCE® application.
08/19/2022
Greg Cholmondeley

How the eye perceives color is crucial to the print industry

Recently, a team of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory realized that the science that forms modern concepts of how humans perceive color is wrong. We discuss here the basis of color theory as well as some solutions as to what we should do now that we know.
08/18/2022
Kris Alvarez

Mixing things up, one biodegradable straw at a time

Keypoint Intelligence's US lab has been examining and testing a variety of competitive biodegradable straws using a slew of equipment from saltwater fish tanks to time-lapse imaging and monitoring software to drop-in thermometers and bio pellets.