In this issue we are continuing coverage of IPIC 2025 [The Family Heritage Opportunity; Minilab Parts Swap Meet; Keeping your Noritsu V30 – V50 C41 Film Processor Running].and conclude our reporting on Visual 1st. [The Resurrection of Film: One Tool Among Many; The Creator Economy: The Paradox of Quality and Connection; The Trust Advantage—Using Proven Image Authenticity as Your Competitive Edge in the Age of GenAI; What Terrell Lloyd Knows That Algorithms Don’t] We begin our coverage of Aki Ohno’s Japan Inkjet Technology Fair [Digital Textile Printing: what comes next, now speed, reliability and quality are there] Phototalk has A Brief Report Consumer Electronic Imaging Fair (CEIF) 2026.
Business News covers Kodak Alaris
Brief News of the Photofinishing Industry includes:
• Cloudprinter.com is launching a proprietary Print Fulfillment Centers across the United States and Europe
• WhiteWall is a founding partner of the new Irys app
• “Futuresource Perspectives CES 2026” provides a detailed technology rundown
• Photo Imaging CONNECT (PIC) executive conference, March 1-2, 2026
• Modern Prospecting Techniques for Wide Format and Commercial Printers
• Digital Textile Laboratories PLC, is preparing to go live in a 840 sqm factory with 24 staff
• ePS (eProductivity Software), Esko, and CarbonQuota have launched a world-first integrated solution
• Meta’s New Segmentation Playgrounds AI Reconstructs Real-World Objects from Standard Photos
• “Social Media Trends”from Hootsuit
• Everest Solutions and Imaging has a definitive agreement to acquire Lifetouch Canada
• CADY Acquired Lifetouch High School Photography Accounts in select U.S. Schools
• How to Include Zines into Your Social Strategy” from Dreamstime
• Canon showcased a prototype Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensor
• 68% of Australian IT decision makers believe their executives are overestimating their readiness
• Gartner expects all worldwide spending on AI to reach $2.52 trillion in 2026
• “Await Camera,” which digitally simulates a “on-time-use” analog camera