Xerox announced the Xerox Adaptive CMYK+ Kit for Xerox Versant®, the print market’s first adaptive technology kit that adds seven specialty colors to an existing production press, enabling instant digital print enhancements. The kit transforms a four-color Xerox Versant® 180 Press into an 11-color Beyond CMYK press capable of creating a million color hues and shades by adding gold, silver, white, clear and fluorescent colors of yellow, magenta and cyan. Digital enhancement of print is projected to be a $25 billion market¹, but access to that opportunity usually requires a capital investment in a new press with the ability to print Beyond CMYK. The Xerox Adaptive CMYK+ Kit for Versant gives print providers the ability to simply swap out toners to print colors and enhancements that increase profitability and deliver higher margins without needing a new press.

This is no ordinary time for commercial printing. Extreme uncertainty created by no-one-knows-what’s-next tariff policies has dampened sales, inflated operating costs, and squeezed profit margins across the industry. Meanwhile, transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things, and smart robotics redefine what’s possible and widen the gap between top performers and everyone else. Results from the PRINTING United Alliance State of the Industry Survey (SOI) show how challenging business conditions have been for the 83 commercial printers who participated. Through the first three quarters of 2025 and on average, sales increased just 0.3%, operating cost inflation ran ahead of price increases 3.9% to 2.1%, real (inflation-adjusted) sales, a measure of production, declined 1.8%, and pre-tax profitability was flat or down for 72.3% of respondents. Conditions are described as “troubled waters, with tariffs and rising costs all over the place,” and “confusion and economic uncertainty, which are causing clients to delay or defer projects and reduce run size.” Commercial printers surveyed broadly agree that the challenges of 2025 will continue in 2026. Specifically, 61% are most concerned about increasing sales, 52.4% about maintaining profitability, and 51.2% about the economy. Persistent cost inflation, particularly labor and substrate costs, losing work to print alternatives, and uncertainty created by Washington.

We are extraordinarily proud to announce that Atlantic Printing & Graphics in Tabor City, NC has been officially certified as a Zero Waste facility. This status is verified by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) through their TRUE Zero Waste Certification Program. Atlantic Printing & Graphics achieved this by diverting more than 90% of its waste from the landfill for the most recent 12 months at the time of certification. We are also proud to be the first packaging company to achieve a Zero Waste Certification through the TRUE Program at GBCI. It’s inspiring and incredibly motivating to set this standard and chart the path for ourselves and for the entire packaging supply chain.