Zaikio Blog

We are proud to announce that our partner LEIPA now uses Zaikio Procurement as its sales channel for sheetfed graphic paper.

At the Hunkeler Innovation Days, Zaikio showed how the new Mission Control app provides an overview of all jobs in the print shop - and how the underlying networking enables the seamless interaction of different systems from different manufacturers.

Zaikio starts 2023 with a well-attended print shop software industry conference

At ZaiCon, we want to strengthen the cooperation within the print industry! That’s why we will hold a conference for developers, strategists, and decision makers from software companies and machine manufacturers.On January 17th and 18th in Frankfurt, it’s all about the software-driven future of the print industry. Specifically, there will be presentations on both the tech and business angles of moving print industry software to the cloud with Zaikio. It’s the perfect opportunity to meet, exchange ideas, and network.Click here to learn more about ZaiCon and or here to get your ticket.

Our team comes to Birmingham to talk about Zaikio Procurement and give a sneak preview of Zaikio Mission Control.

Keyline, as a cloud-based MIS, is an essential part of the Zaikio DNA. As we move towards a connected printing industry, we are now making Keyline even more clearly a part of the Zaikio world.

FuturePrint is a dedicated community of UK print industry innovators exploring the potential of new print tech. As we develop software to help print shops digitise their processes and business relationships, this feels like a perfect match.

The printing industry has been facing strong changes for many years now. While the level of sales is largely holding steady, apart from reasonable fluctuations, there are major shifts within the various sectors. The commercial business, for example, is becoming increasingly difficult - more modern media are increasingly outstripping classic commercials. On the other hand, the winners of the change are areas such as packaging and labels, which have been able to significantly increase their share of the total order volume over the past decade. The air is getting thinner for many printing companies in Germany that are already established - a fact that is also reflected in the number of companies that has been declining steadily for years. Every company in the printing industry should ask itself today what direction it would l...

Antalis makes up its mind to digitize customer processes with Zaikio Paper and material orders to be made as easy as possible Zaikio initially to offer customers in Germany access to Antalis  Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is adding Antalis, the leading European distributor of paper and industrial packaging, to its Zaikio Procurement platform. Zaikio, a Heidelberg subsidiary, is an open platform that enables the entire printing industry (printers, customers, brand owners, suppliers, software producers, and equipment manufacturers) to communicate and share data. By joining the platform, Antalis is looking to give existing and new customers digital access to company-specific procurement data. Other partners, such as MIS providers, are also set to benefit from easy access, meaning print shops can operate direct...

Ultimate TechnoGraphics, leader in imposition and finishing automation solutions, and Zaikio, the platform for the printing industry that gathers all market participants in one place and enables better communication and data exchange, are proud to announce the addition of Ultimate Impostrip® Cloud Connector on Zaikio App Store.

Zaikio App Store is now live and open to the public App Store includes all Zaikio integrations First step towards standardized data exchange between connected systems With the launch of the Zaikio App Store, Zaikio has taken a further step towards universal connectivity of the printing industry. The systems connected to Zaikio are now available in the App Store and can be viewed by interested customers.The Zaikio App Store forms the necessary basis for software providers to network with each other and exchange data in the future. With its own product Zaikio Procurement, Zaikio has already been demonstrating since March how MIS providers, print businesses and suppliers can successfully connect via the platform to save time and resources and drive digitization forward.The company based in Mainz (Germany) has already been ab...

Metapaper is the first e-commerce platform for paper and print in Europe. Zaikio is the new digitization platform for the printing industry and connects print businesses with their suppliers.  Metapaper is now connected to Zaikio Procurement and can thus directly process orders from almost all common MIS and ERP systems of printers. Metapaper and Zaikio are both driven by the passion for digitization in the printing industry, so the collaboration was an obvious choice at an early stage in the development of the Zaikio platform.Zaikio networks all parties in the printing industry on an open platform so that they can exchange data quickly and in a standardized way, without the need for any individual integration. This has enabled Zaikio to quickly connect Metapaper with all MIS and ERP solutions already participating in th...