Inkjet Summit Attendees Pick Sponsor Award Winners

From the left, Mark Subers, Printing Impressions; David Pesko, nGage Events; Mark Levin, Business Segment Manager for Publishing/PageWide Web Presses, HP (Received Award for Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Book Segment); and Philip McKay, nGage Events.

From the left, Mark Subers, Printing Impressions; David Pesko, nGage Events; Jonathan Edwards, VP Inkjet Business Development, Xerox (Received Award for Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Direct Mail Segment); and Philip McKay, nGage Events.

From the left, Mark Subers, Printing Impressions; David Pesko, nGage Events; Vahaaj Khan, VP, Commercial Imaging Group, Kodak (Received Award for Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – General Commercial Segment); and Philip McKay, nGage Events.

From the left, Mark Subers, Printing Impressions; David Pesko, nGage Events; Mike Herold, Director, Global Marketing for Inkjet Solutions, Ricoh (Received Award for Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Transaction Segment); and Philip McKay, nGage Events.

Canon Solutions America accepts the "Company to Watch For" award. From the left, Mark Subers, Printing Impressions; David Pesko, nGage Events; Michael Poulin, Director, Product Marketing, Production Print Solutions, Canon Solutions America; Tonya Powers, Manager, Marketing – Graphic Arts Segment, Production Print Solutions, Canon Solutions America; and Philip McKay, nGage Events.

From the left, Mark Subers, Printing Impressions; David Pesko, nGage Events; Robert Kashan, CEO of EarthColor (Award recipient for Best Overall Contributing Attendee); and Philip McKay, nGage Events.

The 2016 Inkjet Summit, held in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., last week, was a major success for both attendees and sponsors — and several of those sponsors received awards for their excellent presentations.

The Inkjet Summit is an invitation-only, hosted summit designed for senior managers and business executives from print providers and corporate enterprises who are looking to develop strategies, understand their options and make major investment decisions around production inkjet printing technology. The Inkjet Summit was packed with non-stop activities: keynotes, user panel discussions, case studies, peer-to-peer networking and more, providing a near constant flow of practical information.

In the case study presentations, vendors highlighted companies that have or plan to install production inkjet solutions. Attendees were given the chance to pick the best case study presentations, and the winners were revealed at an awards ceremony on the final night.

They included:

• Canon Solutions America: "Company to Watch Out For" award
• HP: Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Book Segment
• Xerox: Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Direct Mail Segment
• Kodak: Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – General Commercial Segment
• Ricoh: Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Transaction Segment
• Overall Best Contributing Attendee: Robert Kashan, CEO, EarthColor

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Be sure to watch Mark Michelson's PI Xchange Interview with leading industry consultant Marco Boer that was held on location at the Inkjet Summit. In the interview, Marco Boer discusses why the production inkjet market is growing at a 27% CAGR, how its rapid adoption is altering the industry landscape in terms of new mass-customization product applications, and what market impact new sheetfed inkjet presses debuting at drupa will have for small- and medium-size print shops.