This biggest and the only B2B international exhibition in the region is scheduled to be held from February 27- March 1, 2007 at Dubai World Trade Centre. Dedicated to signage, graphic imaging and screen-printing, the exhibition is organized by International Expo Consults.

As an industry benchmark, the exhibition brings together thousands of industry professionals from across the globe, to share products, designs and ideas. In addition to serving as a meeting point for leading international manufacturers, suppliers and the regional buyers, the show attracts industry analysts, key decision makers and consultants, as it showcases not only the diversification in products and technologies but also the opportunities created by diversification of world’s fastest growing markets across the Middle East and the Asian subcontinent.

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This premier trade show will be held from April 11-14 at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. Sign suppliers and distributors exhibit sign industry products, services and technologies to a vast audience of sign manufacturers. The annual event, which alternates between Orlando, Fla., and Las Vegas, Nev., ranks on Tradeshow Week magazine's prestigious top 200 list as the 125th largest trade show in the U.S.

The advent of digital print imaging has increased the popularity of the event and it is expected that there will be more than 1,700 booths 22,000 audience.

For more details, visit: www.signs.org     

The third edition of the specialised trade show in retail industry is unfold from April 16-18, 2007 at Expo Centre, Sharjah, UAE by providing an exclusive opportunity to meet over 4000 retail industry decision makers from the Middle East. The exhibiting products here are store design, shop fitting, store equipment, building technology, communication and information technology, retail signage, graphic imaging, visual merchandising, P-O-P, P-O-S, security systems, anti-theft alarms, exhibition stand construction, design events, retail franchising etc.

The visitors expected to join in this revolution are interior designers/consultants, supermarkets/hypermarkets/department stores, speciality retailers, brand managers/brand marketers/account managers, importers/distributors of shop equipment and fixtures, FMCG importers/distributors, retail real estate/shopping mall developers and managers, advertising agencies/exhibition organisers etc.

For more details, mail to: retail@expo-centre.ae     

The event, which is held from May 1-3, 2007 in NEC Birmingham will be a platform for discover, compare and contrast new as well as existing products and services. There will be over 250 top industry suppliers all in one hall at the same time. The event also gives an opportunity to see, touch and experience materials and equipment in person. Live demonstrations and cheaper price of the products will be an added advantage.

For more details, visit: www.signuk.com     

The 12th edition of IISS ’07 will be held from June 1-3, 2007 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai by offering visitors a platform to source all their needs and see the latest technological developments. The show will provide an unparalleled opportunity for the manufacturers and distributors to showcase their existing range and launch new products.

This will be an opportunity for everybody, who like to exhibit products in front of their target audience in an exciting, one-to-one marketing environment. And the show will be a promise for every one to achieve new market breakthroughs, joint venture deals, new supply contracts, distributors accords and major new product exposure.

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Reed Exhibitions has determined to engrave the name of their entire six visual communication trade shows in the hearts of trade enthusiasts and so they bring them under a new, short and catchy name, ‘Viscom’ with their respective countries. Accordingly, ‘Visual Communication France 2007’ will be unveiled as Viscom Visual Communication France 2007, happening from September 26-28, 2007 in Porte de Versailles in Paris. Its European version 2008 is now known as Viscom Europe.

These trade fairs, which are held every year, were known under different names till 2006 such as Prosign and VisCom in Germany, Sign in Spain and Visual Communication in Italy and France. The organisers hope that the new name will enable the brand to look at the market from another angle.

Organised by Asian Screen Printing and Graphic Imaging Association (ASGA), Printing Technology Association of China and China Screen Printing and Graphic Imaging Association (CSGIA), ASGA 2007, will be held from September 26-29, 2007 at Beijing Exhibition Centre, Beijing. The show will unveil attractive events like global summit forum on screen and digital printing presented by the world famous professional experts, the 4th ASGA fine print competition and the 13th ‘Ever bright cup’ CSGIA golden mesh screen print competition.

For more info, visit : www.csgia.org     

The Specialty Printing & Imaging Technology Expo (SGIA ’07) will be held from October 24-27, 2007 at Orange County Convention Center, Orlando Florida. Dedicated to screen-printing, digital printing, embroidery, sublimation and pad printing, the show will be a big crowd puller.

The show will help to connect the global community by sharing ideas, insights, and innovations. Through workshops, seminars, symposiums and conferences, the expo will also help to develop relationships that build better business.

For more details, visit: www.sgia.org     

The event, which gives prominent place on trade and educational conference, will be held from November 29-December 1, 2007 at Atlantic City Convention Center, One Ocean Way, New Jersey, USA. In addition to its outstanding educational programme, it is the sign industry’s premier buying show, providing exhibit hall attendees with unprecedented year-end bargains on products and supplies. On-site registration, exhibits, seminars, and workshops will be under one roof. The exhibition will be the biggest and best buying show in the sign industry.

For more details, visit: www.ussc.org     

SGIA ’06 was a great success, this year. It is the place for maximizing the technologies and opportunities, as specialty graphics community is moving ahead at a fast pace. Being at the center of the specialty imaging marketplace, SGIA ’06 gave attendees the opportunity to immerse themselves in the latest industry trends, and to search out and find new, better ways to create innovative products for their customers. Here’s a detail about the same.

This year’s edition of SGIA ’06 witnessed the participation of some of the biggest names in the industry. Printers are using multiple technologies to achieve client goals, and the expo captured this trend nicely. The wrap display was buzzing with activities all through the shows with its daily demonstrations from exhibitors like 3M Graphics Market Center, Avery Dennison Graphics Division, Oracal USA, MACtac/Morgan Adhesives Co and Arlon Inc, who consistently drew crowds and sparked entrepreneurial imaginations.

The 58th SGIA ’06, annual convention and exposition also witnessed the battle for excellence, where more than hundred companies were in competition to win the Golden Image Awards. This year Tarun Print Tech from Mumbai won 15 awards in different categories.

Moving forward was a theme that reverberated throughout SGIA ’06; from the specialty areas such as the vehicle wrap area and digital workflow pavilion to the keynote address by Joe Calloway. The hundreds of new products introduced at the expo included inks, digital flatbeds, roll-to-roll and hybrid printers, media, sublimation products and directto- garment approaches. Building up customers’ know-how was a recurring trend at the digital workflow pavilion and vehicle wrap area.

"Most of the attendees at the digital workflow pavilion have experience in digital imaging and are interested in the newest technologies and media products being used," said Sid Lambert, with Gold Sponsor Roland DGA Corp, who was an educator at the pavilion.

Major manufacturers from the document printing and photographic sectors are taking a more active role in specialty graphics, bringing added expertise and broad viewpoints. In the past, most technology users joining the SGIA community could be described as imagers in search markets. Today, more of the technology users joining SGIA are marketers in search of imaging capability. This ever-expanding mix of interest and experience contributes to creative, problemsolving nature of specialty graphics. With 598 exhibitors and over 21,000 in attendance, SGIA ’06 shattered all records. SGIA ’06 was about more than equipment, networking and consumables. It was about ideas that spell big profit. This was one occasion where being overwhelmed was a good thing as most of the attendees found what they need today and figured out what they might need tomorrow. And their thrill of digital flatbed capabilities continued, with looking and finding technologies to cultivate new and existing markets.