Above: Chris Lynch and Yasuyuki Matsumoto (Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia)

FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia and FUJIFILM Australia hosted a joint drupa party for its Australian partners and customers at Vino’s Weinbar in Düsseldorf.

“We are very happy to welcome and host our distinguished customers and partners from both sides of the FUJIFILM business,” said Troy Neighbour, division manager for graphic systems at FUJIFILM Australia.

FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia general manager of graphic communications Solutions, Chris Lynch gave a short speech to guests at the event.

(See highlights in Sprinter’s photo gallery).

“Welcome to Düsseldorf! Friends, customers, suppliers and partners thank you very much for being here with us this evening. On behalf of FUJIFILM Business Innovation and FUJIFILM Australia, we would like to welcome you to drupa 2024. This is the 90th anniversary of FUJIFILM and our heritage is in imaging and very much rooted in the graphic communications business – it is great to be here among like-minded people whose businesses and lives are connected to print,” Lynch said.

“The theme of our booth at drupa is ‘Discover The Difference’ and having 90 years of heritage in the print business – being involved in the analogue side plates, ink, film, CTP and from the very beginning of digital – we have something to bring to the business that we think is different. We have a rich heritage and we have a legacy of fantastic customers who we have worked with for many years and many of you are here with us tonight.

“We wanted to start this drupa – which in my opinion is the most important drupa there has been for quite some time by enjoying an intimate time with those people who are invested in FUJIFILM. We cannot do anything alone – we are nothing without our customers and together we achieve success with an ecosystem that includes partners, third parties and even competitors. The reason why I feel this is the most important drupa there has ever been, having missed the last two, is because when there is a lack of knowledge, a lack of understanding and a lack of sharing, people tend to feel isolated and they go their own way. And one of the great things about the print industry, in my 35 years of being in it, is actually we are greater together, we learn more, we learn faster, and we build better relationships by working together and understanding the challenges that face the business and overcoming them.

“Our mission at FUJIFILM is make more smiles in the world – and in the print business there are many obstacles and challenges and in particular over the last eight years there has been an absence of us coming together, there has been lots of change – many businesses have disappeared as well as mergers and acquisitions and we need each other more than ever. Overcoming obstacles and challenges and finding value from innovation and new ways of doing things and opening up new markets for your customers we bring smiles to people’s faces. Cheers to drupa 2024.”

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