Domino announces key appointments for digital printing solutions’ corrugated team

Matt Condon leads Domino's digital corrugated team

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Domino X630i digital ink jet corrugated press

After diversifying into the corrugated sector in June 2020 with the launch of its X630i digital ink jet corrugated press and AQ95 aqueous ink set, Domino digital printing solutions recently announced three key appointments to strengthen its dedicated corrugated team. The team, led by Matt Condon, will support the sales drive of this press in Europe, North America and Canada, and includes two experienced new appointments and a new role for Dale Rawhoof.

Domino has a long history of developing and manufacturing digital ink jet technology, introducing its first ink jet printers back in 1978. After launching into the label printing sector in 2012, Domino is now a digital ink jet press enterprise. The recent introduction of the X630i single pass corrugated press marks Domino’s first step into the digital corrugated box printing sector.

Leading Domino’s digital corrugated team is business development manager, Matt Condon. With ten years’ digital printing experience performing product management and oem manager roles, Matt is pleased to lead Domino’s move into this new sector. Matt says, “Domino has had a lot of success with its digital label printing technology over the years – taking that experience and knowledge and supplementing it with these two individuals with a wealth of experience in the corrugated sector will very much help us move forward into this new market segment, both in Europe and North America.”

Ben Ginesi joins Domino as the European sales manager for digital corrugated packaging, after spending 18 years at HSG, where he held various senior positions. With significant production knowledge in digital corrugated ink jet, Ben is looking forward to presenting Domino’s X630i to the UK and European commercial markets. “I’m delighted to be embarking on a new career chapter with Domino,” says Ben. “It’s a growing sector and my role is to help support Domino’s customers’ understanding of what can be achieved with both long and short run applications. Domino’s culture, one of education and dedication to its customers, coupled with its expertise in digital ink jet makes the company a perfect match for me.”

Lloyd Kent joins Domino as senior sales manager for corrugated, digital printing North America. With over two decades’ experience in the corrugated sector, Lloyd has held senior sales positions at EFI, HP and Bobst, where he was responsible for sales of digital and traditional corrugated printing equipment. “The X630i is a new and impressive machine, and the technology incorporated within it is already proven in the digital label printing sector, where Domino has a substantial presence,” says Lloyd.

With over 31 years of combined experience with applications, project & product management in Domino’s digital printing North America division, Dale Rawhoof moves to become the technical product manager for Domino’s corrugated division. Dale says, “I am excited to be involved in moving Domino into a new market segment and working with new customers using the proven Domino Generation 6 ink jet technology.”

Matt concludes, “Lloyd and Ben both offer extensive knowledge of the corrugated sector, and Dale has been with Domino for many years – his understanding of our digital printing technology will also be crucial to our future success.”

2023 promises an interesting ride for print in India

Indian Printer and Publisher founded in 1979 is the oldest B2B trade publication in the multi-platform and multi-channel IPPGroup. While the print and packaging industries have been resilient in the past 33 months since the pandemic lockdown of 25 March 2020, the commercial printing and newspaper industries have yet to recover their pre-Covid trajectory.

The fragmented commercial printing industry faces substantial challenges as does the newspaper industry. While digital short-run printing and the signage industry seem to be recovering a bit faster, ultimately their growth will also be moderated by the progress of the overall economy. On the other hand book printing exports are doing well but they too face several supply-chain and logistics challenges.

The price of publication papers including newsprint has been high in the past year while availability is diminished by several mills shutting down their publication paper and newsprint machines in the past four years. Indian paper mills are also exporting many types of paper and have raised prices for Indian printers. To some extent, this has helped in the recovery of the digital printing industry with its on-demand short-run and low-wastage paradigm.

Ultimately digital print and other digital channels will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future. For instance, there is no alternative to a rise in textbook consumption but this segment will only reach normality in the next financial year beginning on 1 April 2023.

Thus while the new normal is a moving target and many commercial printers look to diversification, we believe that our target audiences may shift and change. Like them, we will also have to adapt with agility to keep up with their business and technical information needs.

Our 2023 media kit is ready, and it is the right time to take stock and reconnect with your potential markets and customers. Print is the glue for the growth of liberal education, new industry, and an emerging economy. We seek your participation in what promises to be an interesting ride.

– Naresh Khanna

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