The Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner
We are pleased to announce that we are working in partnership with Inkish to spread the sustainability word. Founded in 2014 Inkish is media company dedicated to the printing industry, with outlets across the globe. It delivers stories and content for readers around the world, with critical views and insights about the latest advances in technology. The company’s services range from classic industry articles and interviews, through to books, webinars, films and Inkish.tv, the Inkish online TV channel. Inkish’s stated goal is to “cover the industry better than our competition”. Having a global network of partners helps here because it makes Inkish the only company in such a strong position to draw on contacts and activities from everywhere. So as you can probably tell, we’re pleased to be part of it.
Our partnership with Inkish came about through our participation in one of the most remarkable industry events we have participated in for many, many years. The Inkish Non-Event is an invitation only event that brings together around 80 people from different countries and positions in the print media industry supply chain. Each year the event has a different theme, and this year’s was urbanisation. The presentations at the Non-Event are few, but they’re deliberately thought provoking, so there’s not a supplier pitch or rehashed case study in sight. The focus is on conversations and networking, but that doesn’t begin to describe what makes this gathering special.
At the 2026 event we heard from Rune Veile a Danish architect about his work in urbanisation. Rune’s company, Urban Power, works with a range of clients developing projects in anticipation of a growing Danish population and rising sea levels that will reduce the potential for built areas. 30% of CO2 emissions in Denmark come from the built environment. The Danish government restricts the amount of CO2 emissions a building can have so increasingly wood is the preferred building material. Functional integration whereby a small city is built in a very small area, along with clever reworking of redundant structures is a way to get overall emissions down. The printers and manufacturers in the audience were spellbound and their conversations continued over lunch and dinner.
The same was the case with the presentation of Amolia’s work. Basically Amolia collects waste textiles and banner and display material and turns it into new products. We’ll give you a more detailed description of this remarkable company in the next blog.
So just two presentations, two dinners and lunches and much footfall back and forth talking to each other, plus a little awards ceremony. That’s about what the Inkish Non-Event comprises. But the tangible is far less important than the intangible, in industry events as in so much else. It’s at events like this that ideas are born and partnerships forged, formal or otherwise. If you’re lucky enough to get an invitation for next year, don’t hesitate to say yes. You can find out more about Inkish here: https://inkish.tv/about/.
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This article was produced by the Verdigris Project, an industry initiative intended to raise awareness of print’s positive environmental impact. This weekly commentary helps printing companies keep up to date with environmental standards, and how environmentally friendly business management can help improve their bottom lines. Verdigris is supported by the following companies: Agfa Graphics, EFI, Fespa, Fujifilm, HP, Kodak, Miraclon, Ricoh, Unity Publishing and Xeikon.
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