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Jos Geboers, chief technology officer, The Compliers Group, says printing electronically will bring new features in the packaging industry because the empty package still will contain information of the product and the use of the product. Where do package printers fit in? “In the future, printers will be able to print electronic circuits on all kinds of substrates, even paper,” he says. “The [presses] will be highly sophisticated machines [not only because of the currently used inks], but many organic materials will form the electronic circuits.” He adds, “I do not see the complete impact yet, but you can imagine that it will create a completely different world in the industry.”