# Chuck Slingerland, Vice President of Sales and Service, Barberan Corrugated North America Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-think-factory-podcast-6380151/chuck-slingerland-vice-president-of-sales-and-service-barberan-corrugated-north-america Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-think-factory-podcast-6380151/chuck-slingerland-vice-president-of-sales-and-service-barberan-corrugated-north-america.md Podcast: [The Think Factory Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-think-factory-podcast-6380151) Published: 2026-03-09T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/thethinkfactory/2606668 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/209805/2606668/thethinkfactory/2026_03_06_18_50_59_6fdc0e91-d21d-4ec5-b5fd-04bb3fc45972.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-think-factory-podcast-6380151/episodes/chuck-slingerland-vice-president-of-sales-and-service-barberan-corrugated-north-america Duration seconds: 2231 ## Resource In this episode, Chuck Slingerland, Vice President of Sales and Service for Barberan Corrugated North America, shares his journey from packaging manufacturer to equipment supplier—and how that perspective helps him guide companies investing in digital print technology. He discusses the evolution of single-pass digital printing, Barberan’s engineering-driven approach, and how advancements in speed, software, and ink are reshaping corrugated packaging, metal decoration, and retail graphics. Chuck also explains how manufacturers evaluate ROI, why uptime and service matter as much as print quality, and where the next wave of innovation in digital printing is headed. Disclaimer ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-think-factory-podcast-6380151/episodes/chuck-slingerland-vice-president-of-sales-and-service-barberan-corrugated-north-america/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-think-factory-podcast-6380151/chuck-slingerland-vice-president-of-sales-and-service-barberan-corrugated-north-america.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.