Shanghai International Advertising,
Print, Pack, Paper Expo
- Melting pot of Advertising, Print, Pack and Paper world


Recently concluded, 16th Shanghai International Advertising, Print, Pack, Paper Expo (APPPEXPO) attracted huge participation from world over. Held from July 2-5, 2008 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, the fair was a big event representing the four industries collectively on one stage. The four-day event was jointly organized by World Expo (Group) Shanghai; Modern International Exhibition Co Ltd; Printing & Printing Equipment Industries Association of China (PEIAC); Shanghai Printing Trade Association; Shanghai Packaging Technology Association; Shanghai Gray Exhibition Co Ltd; The Flexographic printing branch of China Printing Technology Association; Shanghai Research Institute of Printing Technology; and Shanghai Express Printing Association.


More than 1000 top exhibitors, among which over 800 of them from the advertising industry occupied over 100,000 square meters of exhibition space at the show. And over 400 exhibitors from the print, pack, paper industries occupied more than 40,000 square meters. Over 20,000 buyers, agents from more than 100 countries and 100,000 buyers and professionals from China alone gathered in Shanghai for the international communication and cooperation.

Notable dignitaries present at the event included Yu Zheng, member of the 10th CPPCC National Committee, former minister of Light Industry, director of China Machinery Industry Association, chairman of Printing And Printing Equipment Industries Association Of China; Jiao Yang, director general of Administration of Press and Publication of Shanghai; Liu Xiaokai, deputy director general of The Printing Management Department of Press & Publication; Dai Liu, board chairman of Shanghai World Expo Group Co Ltd; Li Xinli, deputy director general of Administration of Press and Publication of Shanghai; Wang Demao, vice chairman of Printing And Printing Equipment Industries Association Of China; David Gossack, chief commercial officer at the Commercial Section of the Consulate General of the United States of America in Shanghai; Ken Von Wald chairman of Int’l Sign Association; Luc Steegmans, vice chairman of Europe Sign Federation; and Vinai Silapasiliporn, chairman of Asia Sign Association.


As the fair was one of the industry’s biggest event held in China, the mammoth exhibition area was clustered into different halls. The halls W1 and W2 were International halls; W3 and W4 were Printing, Engraving & Printer Machinery halls; W5 was Exhibition, Display & Commerce Facility hall; E1 was Sign Equipment and Products hall; E2 and E3 were LED Illuminating & City Lighting Equipment hall; E4 was Printing and Packaging Machinery & Materials hall; and E5 was Printing & Packaging Machinery & Materials hall, and Printing & Packaging Products Trading Hall.


Sign India 2008 concludes with a grand success

The recently concluded Sign India 2008 – Indoor & Outdoor Advertising Exhibition, organized by Business Live held from June 27-29, 2008 at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, turned out to be a successful event. All the major brands participated in the exhibition and Sign India 2008 emerged as the winner in terms of business generated to the exhibitors.


The show has witnessed a very good turnout of visitors from all over the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerela and also from rest of India, Sri Lanka and Dubai. All the visitors were overwhelmed to see numerous players of sign industry under one roof.


Successful Image Today 2008

The 15th international exhibition for indoor and outdoor advertising - Image Today 2008 concluded on a successful note. Organized by Buysell Interactions, it was held from July 25-27, 2008 at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai.

All the exhibitors were over-whelmed with the potential visitors who thronged the venue on all three days of the expo. Concurrent events for photography, videography, mobiles, and laptops & office equipment were also held at the same venue. All these events attracted over 40 thousand visitors from all over the India and overseas, including Sri Lanka, South Africa, Dubai and Singapore.

At the show, all the exhibitors put their best foot forward - Pioneer Polyleathers promoted their indigenously manufactured “PIONEER FLEX”; Lipi Marketing launched Mimaki dedicated UV flatbed printer and FLORA – UV roll-to-roll and flatbed Spectra Nova 256 solvent printer; Digi Sign Trading introduced two new model XAAR printers of Korean standard and offered a new scheme of selling 20 XAAR model printer with attractive and unbelievable price range (a special limited offer only for the expo which received a tremendous response); and Cadd Centre displayed their wide format input/output solutions and colour plotters.

The live demonstrations of digital printing equipment at the Graphic Technologies Sign Park, Printek Innovation, Unisign Digiprint, Asha Advertising stalls were crowd puller. Also, Crystal Digital solutions, Mehta Cad Cam Systems, Futuretek Machines demonstrated their engravers and routers on various medium.

The next edition of this Signage & Advertising expo will be held under the banner “SIGN TODAY 2008” from September 5-7 at Codissia Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore to target the Kerala market.

For further information, contact Buysell Interactions Pvt Ltd at: info@buysellint.com


viscom frankfurt 2008
– reviewing applied advertising technology

Examples of applied advertising technology will be on show at the demonstration area at viscom frankfurt 2008. The show will be held as this year’s International Trade Fair for Visual Communication from October 30 to November 1 in hall 3.0 of the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre. The organizers, Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH, are expecting 200 international exhibitors and 7,500 visitors from 30 countries.

In an area of 200 sq m, viscom is all set to provide its visitors the visions of latest trends and techniques. The array of topics that would be covered in the fair include ‘Processing of aluminium composite panels’ by ALCAN Composites - Alcan Singen GmbH; ‘Textile processing techniques’ by Karl Gröner GmbH and the LOGO; GmbH on ‘Light box design’; and ‘Decorative and figure design’ by Malerei & Werbung Alfred Werker. Whereas the FOLIATEC Böhm GmbH & Co Vertriebs KG will give demonstrations on ‘Installation of autoglass films.’ MADEIRA Garnfabrik Rudolf Schmidt KG will demonstrate ‘Embroidery on textile advertising media’, and the Deutsche adp will be showing 'Car wrapping'. Another theme on display at the demonstration area will be the ‘Processing of Acrylic glass’.


A guide to wide format printing - Graph Expo

Graph Expo 2008, the largest graphic communications exhibition and conference will be held from October 26 - 29, in Chicago’s McCormick Place. At this year’s show more than 600 exhibitors, including the industry’s top wide format manufacturers and suppliers, will showcase a full range of graphic communications equipment across 450,000 sq ft of exhibit space. With three months remaining before the show, this year’s wide format offerings have already surpassed last year’s space.

“Wide format imaging has emerged from being a specialty segment to a fully integrated, vital and growing element of both Graph Expo and the graphic communications industry,” said Ralph Nappi, president of the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC).


Sign & Graphic Imaging Middle East 2009

International Expo Consults has announced 11th annual Sign and Graphic Imaging Middle East at Dubai Airport Expo from February 15-17, 2009. The show will showcase latest products and

Angie Mountford, general manager; Marcello Baretto,marketing manager; and Jennie Chacko, project manager, from International Expo-Consults LLC at their stand in Shanghai show.

emerging technologies within the industries of advertising, architectural hardware, banners & posters, digital imaging, electronic message centre, graphic imaging industry, large format printing, photo imaging & printing, sign substrates/ equipment and signage, etc. SGI is the biggest show of Dubai in terms of space occupied, exhibitors and leads that generate business more than US $ 800 million. During the last edition, the show witnessed 300 exhibitors representing 28 countries. Among them some new participants from South Africa saw great endeavours at the fair. Around 90 percent of the last year’s participants confirmed their participation this year too.

With its US$ 100 billion retail market and its emerging retail trends, Dubai is known for its perpetual growth rate. Local industry in the city offers tremendous opportunity across all segments of signage, digital, retail and advertising industries.