PrintAction Podcast.

Key highlights of Interpack 2026

Thu, 21 May 2026 14:55:00 -0400

In this episode, Dr Abhay Sharma, a professor in the Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, will share his thoughts on Interpack 2026, often considered as the biggest show for packaging professionals. Sharma attended the trade show, which was held in Germany early May. Besides AI-based systems, Sharma also saw several innovative solutions including one from Canada’s own CCL Industries.

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2025 in review: Top takeaways for Canadian printers

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:30:00 -0400

In this episode, B2B marketing expert, Joanne Gore discusses how this year has been for Canada’s printing, packaging manufacturing, labelling, and the wider graphics arts industry as well as shares an outlook for 2026.

The author of Thriving in Chaos: Lessons Learned as a Corporate Marketer, Gore has worked at Delrina, Compaq, DST Output, and Ricoh. She now leads Joanne Gore Communications, a firm focused on driving growth through strategic messaging, lead generation, and social selling.

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Prepress at the centre of it all

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:22:00 -0400

In today’s print landscape, one critical area has undergone a quiet but dramatic transformation: the prepress department. It has become the operational hub for many tasks that were once handled on the press floor. It plays a critical role in the overall efficiency, profitability, and competitiveness of any type of printing company.

In this episode, our tech report columnist and business strategist, Alec Couckuyt, discusses the factors behind this transformation in prepress.

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