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Five Years Ago in the Seybold Report: February 25, 2019

Five years ago in the Seybold Report we were sharing some big news about Xerox. Here are the first few paragraphs from the lead story in the issue.


On February 5, 2019 Xerox senior executives spent a few hours in the morning telling investors and, by extension, the world how the company plans to spend the next few years. The company also unveiled its latest corporate slogan: Made to Think. All of which made us think it was time to share the latest on Xerox with readers of this newsletter.

In this article we present highlights from the various presentations made that day along with a summary of how the company’s stock price has been doing, how various analysts have reacted to the company’s latest plans, how the legal fight with Fujifilm Holdings over the failed 2018 merger is going, and, of course, an Our Take.

The Investor Day presentation lasted about three hours and 17 minutes. Xerox recorded it and has made it available online as a Webinar. To access the recording, please visit https://webinars.on24.com/xerox/Investor2019.

The Latest Slogan: Made to Think
The press release for the Investor Day in February explains the origins of the new slogan thusly: “With a history of designing breakthrough technologies, Xerox is ‘made to think.’ We are taking a disciplined approach to creating the next generation of innovative technologies and intelligent
work solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs,” says John Visentin, Xerox’s Vice Chairman and CEO.

“By simplifying our operations, instilling a culture of continuous improvement, investing in growth areas, and capitalizing on new and adjacent market opportunities, we anticipate we can achieve flat to growing revenue by 2021, while driving continued annual adjusted earnings per share expansion, including at least four dollars of adjusted earnings per share in 2020, and delivering over three billion of cumulative free cash flow over the next three years,” Visentin adds.

New: the drupa 2024 next age Forum

Recently we spoke with Frank Tueckmantel, one of the people involved in designing and running the new drupa next age (dna) trend forum and program for drupa 2024. We talked about the initiative, what it offers, and how people can get involved.

Frank, who is working with Deborah Corn on this initiative, says dna came about because Messe Düsseldorf GmbH wanted to develop and offer a turn-key solution for potential drupa 2024 exhibitors who cannot afford the larger booths as well as a related presentation program. To help keep costs low for exhibitors, the drupa dna booths will be simple 10 x 10 square meter spaces and will be clustered in groups of four (see image below). Frank says the goal is to have (at most) 50 or so exhibitors for the dna section, and the company has already sold about half of these spaces.

In addition, Frank and Deborah are working on a slate of presentations, panel discussions, and interviews to take place on the dna Stage, which will be in the same exhibition area in Hall 7.0 as the dna exhibit area. The idea behind this forum, he explains, is to provide dna exhibitors and others a 20 minute span of time (per presentation) on stage to talk about their products, services, solutions, and so forth.

Frank adds there will be a strong emphasis on face-to-face interaction between exhibit area visitors, speakers, and exhibitors. “Face-to-face marketing is all about visibility and trust. Moreover, in-person interaction fosters engagement. For this reason I am honored and excited to work together with drupa on the 2024 drupa dna program, hopefully engaging with many of the attendees that will participate in the largest get together our industry has to offer.”

The themes for drupa dna exhibits and presentations include Additive Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, New Materials, Platform Economy, and Predictive Maintenance. Other dna themes include Printed Electronics, Remote Services, New Business Models and Process Design. Overall, the emphasis will be on showcasing what is new, upcoming, and transformative.

There is still time for interested companies to register for participation at the dna forum – and there are several ways to get involved as an exhibitor, sponsor or speaker. Company representatives interested in learning how their companies can take part in drupa dna as sponsors or exhibitors should contact Benedikt Salmen from the drupa team (SalmenB@messe-duesseldorf.de). Anyone interested in speaking should contact Deborah Corn (deborah@printmediacentr.com) or Frank Tueckmantel (tuecki@mac.com) as soon as possible.

PGSF and Electronics for Imaging Announce 2023 Box Design Contest Winner

Pittsburgh, PA – June 12, 2023 – The Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) (www.pgsf.org) and Electronics For Imaging (www.efi.com) have announced the winner of the inaugural Packaging Design Contest.  This year’s contest was open to any college student studying Graphic Arts with a focus on packaging.  More than 40 entries were submitted representing eight universities. 

“EFI is proud to sponsor the Box Design contest in conjunction with the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation to inspire and reward future graphic designers in digital printing creation for corrugated products.” said Liz Logue, VP Corporate Development, Inkjet Strategy for EFI. “The student submissions were all well designed and thought out. Ultimately EFI chose Alex Woon’s box design, from the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, who showed creativity in designing a unique look for a wine carrier while making best use of digital printing’s design capabilities.

Alex’s design was for Grace Wines of Berkley, California and when assembled holds several bottles and looks like a gothic church. In addition, the graphics for the package include a spot varnish/clear coat of braille (see image below).

“Designing for the PGSF box competition was a great opportunity, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to participate! This project was exciting — I had the chance to put my all into an idea that has great meaning to me. The design itself reflects the cross-disciplinary and accessible work I strive to create. In having this work publicized, I hope to inspire a more diverse, equitable, and accessible future in our industry.”

The contest winner receives a $500 prize from EFI and will have their design printed on an EFI Nozomi Ink Jet press.

More information about the scholarship foundation and its other contests can be found at www.pgsf.org/2023-student-design-contests

About the PGSF

The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation is a not-for-profit, private, industry-directed organization that dispenses technical and college scholarships and assistance to talented youth interested in graphic communication careers. The mission of PGSF is to promote the graphics industry as a career choice for young people and then to support them through their education process.

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