Reflecting on 2024: A milestone Year for IBIS
and seasonal greetings from the team
As we near the end of 2024, we want to take a moment to celebrate our achievements, express gratitude, and share an exciting outlook for 2025.
Our Legacy: 25 Years of Innovation
This year marked a major milestone - 25 years in business! For over a quarter of a century, IBIS has consistently pushed the boundaries of digital finishing solutions. Our award-winning Smart-binder continues to evolve, offering:
- Enhanced productivity with glue binding
- Advanced smart connectivity
- Superior handling of light-weight paper
Highlights from Drupa 2024
The first Drupa in eight years was a resounding success! We connected with over 200 new contacts, sparking exciting projects and securing new business wins. It also provided a platform for:
- Strategic conversations which have extended partnerships
- A need to plan to refresh and reinforce the Senior Management team
- Strengthened engineering and operational performance
Expanding Integrated Solutions
2024 a record-breaking year for IBIS, with more machines than ever integrated into upstream and downstream automated lines. This achievement reflects significant investments in time and resources, which resulted in:
- Being a key partner in delivering state-of-the-art automated examination manufacturing lines
- IBIS developing specialised lines to handle the digital production of extended content labels
Strengthening our Team
We welcome the following leadership in 2024:
- Karen Stanley replaces Kim Price as Financial Director, bringing expertise from both biotech and construction industries
- Ed Hudson, formerly with Océ and Canon, joined with a mandate to explore future growth opportunities
Looking ahead, we plan to expand further with new roles across engineering, service, and management—stay tuned for updates in January!
Thank You
To our customers, partners, and the exceptional IBIS team: Thank you! Your unwavering support and dedication have been key to our success this year. Together, we achieved the highest number of complex, integrated solutions delivered in our history—a true team effort.
Looking forward to 2025
The year ahead promises exciting developments, including:
- Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne, Switzerland. Here in collaboration with Screen, we’ll showcase a new Smart-binder variant tailored for light-weight paper applications
- Labelexpo Europe 2025 in Barcelona Q3
We’ll also continue advancing downstream automation for the examination and assessment market, while optimizing productivity to meet the demands of higher-speed continuous digital printers.
From all of us at IBIS, we wish you Seasons Greetings and a joyful festive season. Here’s to a 2025 filled with growth, innovation, and prosperity for our customers, partners, and the digital printing community as a whole!