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January 2025 Issue of Photo Imaging News Published

In this issue we conclude our review of IPIC 2024, featuring What I Wish I Knew When I Was Starting Out In This Business; and continue our review of the IMI Digital Textile Manufacturing Technologies conference. We begin coverage of the IMI Europe 2024 Inkjet Summer School with the Inkjet Academy, which is a comprehensive introduction to inkjet printing. Phototalk focusses on Dscoop India’s Print Future 360 Meetup in Mumbai: A Catalyst for Print Business Growth.

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This month’s Brief News.. has been expanded with many interesting items and the Upcoming Events section continues to grow as we have recognized that many of our readers have added signs to their printing business.
Brief News of the Photofinishing Industry includes:
• “The EU’s new Digital Product Passport (DPP): everything you need to know”
• One of the first implementations of the DPP in the EU will be a “battery passport”
* The upcoming U.S. Improving Disclosure for Investment Act will affect printers who produce financial documents
Cloudprinter.com has opened a new facility in Lviv, Ukraine
• What are legacy IT systems, and how do they hold organizations back?
• Kodak Moments’ new “Let Your Home Tell Your Story” campaign and a new Edge Order Station
• Comprehensive solutions that will integrate the Kyocera Belharra aqueous inkjet photo printer with Imaging Solutions’ FastCut finishing module
• The global 3D printing market is projected to grow from $27.52 billion in 2024 to $150.2 billion by 2032
• Digital reader outfit PocketBook has designed what’s billed as the world’s first ePaper color poster/art display
• How will AI affect our perception of imagery in the long term?
• Switzerland-based SwissQprint has launched a new generation of large-format flatbed printers
• Kyocera Document Solutions UK has identified five key trends it believes will be prevalent in the print industry in 2025
• Kyocera Document Solutions is the first company to establish technology for upcycling PET film
• MPIX, a division of Miller’s Professional, posted on Instagram that they are accepting reprint orders at no cost for those who have lost their MPIX prints or photo books
• Smartphoto group has acquired System Insight Holdings
• Best Practices Guide: Closing the Gap Between Generative AI’s Promise and Reality.
• Digital photography opportunities are growing in Africa as 4G connectivity expands and low-cost 4G devices make access possible for more Africans
• McKinsey reviews the evolution of SaaS – the global SaaS market was worth about $3 trillion in 2022
• The latest version of Alimpix Photo Kiosk Software
• “The State of Mobile Strategy: 3 Steps to Overcome Fragmentation”