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GraphExpo Show Daily September 14 2015

SHOWDAILY Monday, September 14, 2015 GraphExpo.com McCormick Place | Chicago, IL | USA Co-located Show: All Roads Lead to GRAPH EXPO 15! Crowds flock to experience the hottest technologies, unique new applications, 50+ co-located events, and trending education and networking opportunities Opening day at GRAPH EXPO 15, crowds pour into McCormick Place, to see and explore the industry’s most innovative technologies and products. Taking it to the Mat on Taxes, Trade, and Trolls Michael Ring (continued on page 62) A INSIDE DAY 2 s NPES Chairman of the Board and Gallus Group (continued on page 62) NEWS BRIEFS RR Donnelley presents “Closing the Skills Gap” at 11:30 am in The Hiring Hub: Closing the Skills Gap! (Booth 570). IPMA is sponsoring a special lunch presentation at 12:15 pm featuring the topic “In-Plants Make a Splash” in Room N426abc. PrinterPresence is sponsoring “Search Engine Optimization: 7 Tips for Local SEO & 5 Strategies to Take You Through 2016” in Room S404bc. “Digital Literacy Through Media” is the topic of RICOH Americas’ presentation at 11:00 am at The Hiring Hub: Closing the Skills Gap! (Booth 570). GRAPH EXPO 15: Xerox, Beth Ann Kilberg-Walsh PrintingNews.com/12113753 GRAPH EXPO 15: Konica Minolta, Gavin Smith PrintingNews.com/12113733 New Feature at GRAPH EXPO 15, ‘Materials Matter’ PrintingNews.com/12107109 Idealliance Hosts G7 Summit........................................6 Premier Print Awards..................... 12 Exhibitor List................................. 30 Exhibitor Map.................................32 5th Annual GlobalPrint Media Channel...............................40 NPTA Paper School....................... 56 Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing, Digital Solutions, Michael Ring has a courtside view of what is happening in the industry. He offers his insights in this interview. Show Daily: What is happening in the legislative arena that graphic communication professionals should be aware of? Michael Ring: As printers and their suppliers meet for GRAPH EXPO 15, critical legislation affecting the industry can be summed up in three words: taxes, trade, and trolls. Taxes: Recently the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 636, the America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015. This vital legislation would permanently restore enhanced IRC Section 179 for “expensing,” thereby allowing printers to immediately writeoff capital investment up to $500,000 per year, and spurring much needed economic growth and jobs. The Senate Finance Committee approved their version of “tax extenders” that would also retroactively reinstitute Section 179 at the $500,000 level, but only through the end of 2016. However, the Finance Committee also re-instituted 50% “Bonus” depreciation, for the purchase of new depreciable property, through the end of 2016 as well. NPES is now urging the House and Senate to reconcile their legislation, so that Congress can enact a bill that President Obama can sign into law, which will provide the additional They used to say “all roads lead to Rome,” but this year all roads seem to lead to Chicago—specifically, McCormick Place—as concurrently with GRAPH EXPO and co-located CPP Expo three more industry trade shows converge in the windy city. It’s a timely juxtaposition of organizations and events—a reflection of the fact that new technologies are bringing printers, packagers, product producers, and brand owners closer together, allowing them to explore and forge new relationships with each other. Looking to take full advantage, as well as to experience the hottest technologies, unique new applications, and trending education and networking opportunities—graphic arts professionals crowded the show floors opening day on Sunday. September 13 through 16 sees the GRAPH EXPO and co-located CPP EXPO combo in the South Hall. Across the concourse “neighbors” PROCESS EXPO, InterBev Process, and the International Dairy Show will run September 15 through 18 in the North and East Halls. The two-day overlap is in many ways reflective of the extent to which the markets served by these shows themselves converge. GRAPH EXPO attendees will have full access admission to all five shows, allowing you to “move about the cabin” and attend events and visit exhibitors at each of these shows. This provides an excellent opportunity for printers and prospective packaging producers to look at all the facets of the food packaging process. GRAPH EXPO is of course the premier exhibition in the Americas of digital, offset, inkjet, flexo, gravure, and hybrid technologies, products, and services for commercial, transactional, converting, and package printing, publishing, mailing, in-plant, photo imaging, marketing, and industrial printing industries, while the co–located CPP EXPO serves the converting and packaging materials industry. Along with the 430+ exhibitors demonstrating their hardware, software, products, and services, this year’s GRAPH EXPO show floor features 13 pavilions and specialty sections, including three that are new: Materials Matter, Applications Island, and the Industrial Printing Pavilion. Materials Matter celebrates the essential role that materials play in the print ecosystem. Inside the new 1,200 sq. ft. specialty showcase, multiple substrate manufacturers demonstrate the powerful role that their paper and non-paper substrates play in every print job. By Richard Romano


GraphExpo Show Daily September 14 2015
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