I was thinking about something Frank Cannata shared with the team at The Cannata Report the other day. He was speaking to a dealer who has…
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Y SOFT EMPLOYEES HELP MAKE FACE SHIELDS FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL
by Scott Cullen March 27, 2020Y Soft in the Czech Republic has been working on creating face shields for medical use. A large number of Y Soft employees regularly engage….
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: MORE LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
by Scott Cullen March 26, 2020Because of social distancing and sheltering in place, many of us have been forced to adapt and learn how to do new things. For example, I finally…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
HP INC. AND PARTNERS MOBILIZE 3D PRINTING TEAMS TO BATTLE COVID‐19
by Scott Cullen March 26, 2020HP Inc. and its global digital manufacturing community are mobilizing their 3D printing teams, technology, and production capacity to help…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
IMAGENET CONSULTING OFFERS 3D PRINTING SERVICES TO HOSPITALS
by Scott Cullen March 26, 2020ImageNet Consulting has joined Ultimaker’s initiative to provide 3D printing services to hospitals experiencing shortages of needed medical…
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I was looking forward to traveling to Dusseldorf Germany in June for my first drupa conference. The plan was for The Cannata Report to publish a…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
HP ANNOUNCES GLOBAL AVAILABILITY OF NEVERSTOP LASER TONER TANK
by Scott Cullen March 25, 2020HP Inc. has announced global availability of HP Neverstop Laser, the world’s first toner tank. “As business people shift to work from home, they need…
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SHARP’S MIKE MARUSIC REVEALS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING DEALERS IN 2020
by Scott Cullen March 25, 2020At our 34th Awards & Charities Dinner in November, long before the current COVID-19 pandemic, we asked thought leaders from various segments…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
EPSON RELEASES NEW MEDIA FOR COLORWORKS C3500 LABEL PRINTER
by Scott Cullen March 24, 2020Epson has introduced new Epson Label Media designed for the ColorWorks C3500 on-demand color label printer using DURABrite Ultra pigment ink…
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These are trying times from a business and a personal perspective. Last week we published best practices for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
KOFAX CONTROLSUITE NOW AVAILABLE FOR SELECT BROTHER DEVICES
by Scott Cullen March 24, 2020Brother International Corporation has announced a partnership with Kofax, providing Kofax ControlSuite, an embedded solution on select Brother…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
CANON U.S.A. CHAIRMAN YOROKU ADACHI TO RETIRE END OF MARCH
by Scott Cullen March 24, 2020Canon U.S.A., Inc. has announced that Mr. Yoroku Adachi, the company’s chairman and CEO, is retiring. His last day of work will be March 31, 2020…
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JOHN SCHWEIZER REVEALS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING DEALERS IN 2020
by Scott Cullen March 24, 2020At our 34th Awards & Charities Dinner in November, long before the current COVID-19 pandemic, we asked thought leaders from various segments of…
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MARS INTERNATIONAL’S RAJ THADANI ON THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING DEALERS IN 2020
by Scott Cullen March 23, 2020At our 34th Awards & Charities Dinner in November, long before the current COVID-19 pandemic, we asked thought leaders from various segments…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
CANON MEDICAL BEGINS DEVELOPMENT OF COVID-19 GENETIC TESTING SYSTEM
by Scott Cullen March 20, 2020Canon U.S.A., Inc. has announced that Canon Medical Systems Corporation (Canon Medical) announced the start of development of a rapid…
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Breaking News, Business & FinanceOp-Ed & Commentary
BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: MORE BEST PRACTICES AND COMMENTARY ON COPING DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
by Scott Cullen March 20, 2020This is our final Business as Unusual post until next week. The following best practices and commentary were shared with us earlier this week. We…
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MARCO’S DOUG ALBREGTS IDENTIFIES THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING DEALERS IN 2020
by Scott Cullen March 20, 2020At our 34th Awards & Charities Dinner in November, long before the current COVID-19 pandemic, we asked thought leaders from various…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: MORE BEST PRACTICES AND CHECK-INS FROM DEALERS ON CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE COVID-19 ERA
by Scott Cullen March 19, 2020David Byrne and the Talking Heads were right, this ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around. And that musical interlude brings us…
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SUPPLIES NETWORK’S SARAH CUSTER ON THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING DEALERS IN 2020
by Scott Cullen March 19, 2020At our 34th Awards & Charities Dinner in November, we asked thought leaders from various segments of the industry—OEMs, dealers, software…
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The ITEX Education & Exposition (ITEX) trade show, set to be held on April 14 and 15 in Orlando, announced today it has been postponed due…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: LIFE AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
by Scott Cullen March 18, 2020This is the second installment in our ongoing series of Business as Unusual. On Monday I reached out to various dealers and companies to…
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Op-Ed & Commentary
BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: THE CANNATA REPORT MONITORS THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON OUR INDUSTRY
by Scott Cullen March 17, 2020Last Monday I flew to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia to interview Deb and Joe Dellaposta of Doing Better Business (DBB) for our monthly CR…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
EFI NAMES NEW EX KODAK EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & GM
by Scott Cullen March 16, 2020Electronics For Imaging, Inc. has named printing technology executive Evandro Matteucci vice president and general manager, Building Materials…
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You can access The Cannata Report’s March 2020 issue PDF as prompted toward the upper left-hand corner of the thecannatareport.com’s…
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Op-Ed & Commentary
FRANKLY SPEAKING: ANOTHER SOURCE FOR WIDE FORMAT INKJET CONSUMABLES
by Frank G. Cannata March 12, 2020For the last four years we have attempted to make our audience aware of the looming importance of industrial print. We have explored this from…