Kevin Karstedt

Digital4Packaging (D4P) is a forum to present ideas concerning the fast-charging application of a range of digital technologies that are transforming package printing. Kevin Karstedt, CEO of Karstedt Partners LLC, began his career in the “digital” world of packaging in the mid 1980s. His firm has worked with consumer product companies from the Fortune 1000 and 100 lists, package printers and converters from all market segments, and suppliers of products and services targeted at the packaging marketplace. The company has published a number of industry reports and is one of the foremost thought leaders regarding technology innovations for packaging and packaging graphics. More information about Kevin can be found at Karstedt Partners LLC

As editor-in-chief of Packaging Impressions — the leading publication and online content provider for the printed packaging markets — Linda Casey leverages her experience in the packaging, branding, marketing, and printing industries to deliver content that label and package printers can use to improve their businesses and operations.

Prior to her role at Packaging Impressions, Casey was editor-in-chief of BXP: Brand Experience magazine, which celebrated brand design as a strategic business competence. Her body of work includes deep explorations into a range of branding, business, packaging, and printing topics.

Casey’s other passion, communications, has landed her on the staffs of a multitude of print publications, including Package Design, Converting, Packaging Digest, Instant & Small Commercial Printer, High Volume Printing, BXP: Brand Experience magazine, and more. Casey started her career more than three decades ago as news director for WJAM, a youth-oriented music-and-news counterpart to WGCI and part of the Chicago-based station’s AM band presence.

The material and labor shortages that marked 2021 aren’t going away anytime soon. The news isn't all bad, though. Here is an exploration of what 2022 will unleash for the package printing market and how PSPs can stay competitive.

The webinar will explore the overall packaging landscape and general package types. Our expert panel discusses the general difference between commercial printing and packaging printing and what synergies and opportunities commercial printers already may have in this space, as well as types of packaging, market forces driving package printing, range of common substrates and inks in use.

Karstedt Partners, LLC has partnered with Michael Ferrari of Ferrari Innovation Solutions to deliver specialized reports to help brand owners evaluate digital printing technologies for packaging and labels.

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