Matt Crawford - New President and CEO of Onyx Graphics
Onyx Graphics has announced the appointment of Matt Crawford as the company’s new President and CEO replacing Kevin Murphy, who is retiring this July. Matt Crawford has worked directly with Kevin for the past ten years and has over 20 years at the company in various roles. As the new President and CEO, Matt is responsible for developing and growing Onyx Graphics’ strong position in the digital wide-format print industry.
“I am excited to announce Matt as the new President and CEO,” said Kevin Murphy, President and CEO of Onyx Graphics. “Matt has proven his value in growing Onyx business across the globe year over year. He has extensive Onyx knowledge and experience and is well-known in the industry. I know he’ll continue to drive Onyx Graphics in this new capacity with the same vigor that saw him become the director of product marketing in 2020.”
Over the past two years, Matt has been responsible for developing and delivering Onyx products, including the company’s new subscription software. Before this position, Matt served as the Americas regional general manager and as a territory sales manager for the Central North America region. Matt’s experience with Onyx products and services spans over 20 years. Matt holds a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University.
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.
