News FESPA 2015: GLOBAL Expo Attendance Up 17% FESPA 2015 Global Expo (May 18-22, 2015) drew its largest total audience ever, with 43,775 visits to Koelnmesse over the five days of the show, an increase of 17 percent compared with the previous flagship FESPA event in London in 2013. The combined event attracted 23,137 individual (unique) visitors, with the majority electing to stay at the show for more than one day, resulting in the highest ever revisit rate for any FESPA event. The event played host to more than 750 exhibitors under four distinct event brands: FESPA 2015 (screen, digital and textile printing); FESPA Fabric (garment printing and decoration); European Sign Expo (non-printed signage), and Printeriors (printed interior décor). FESPA 2015 Global Expo also offered visitors an Educational Hub, Sign Hub, Wrap Cup Masters vehicle wrapping area, 3D and Industrial Print Showcases, a gallery of FESPA Awards entries, and the new Printeriors conference. FESPA CEO Neil Felton commented: “This was the most colorful, most comprehensive FESPA event we have ever delivered, and printers from all over the world touched down in Cologne, ready to discover their universe of print. This record attendance is an unmistakable signal of the renewed energy, optimism and engagement of our global community of suppliers and service providers.” MyPRINTResource.com/10071490 Jessup Manufacturing Partners with 360 Digital Imaging Solutions Jessup Manufacturing Company has announced a distribution partnership with 360 Digital Imaging Solutions. “We are thrilled to work with 360 Digital Imaging Solutions to bring Asphalt Art and other unique wide format media to the California market,” said Rob Jessup, president and chief executive officer of Jessup Manufacturing Company. “360 Digital’s breadth of line and reputation for service make them an obvious choice for the growing California market.” MyPRINTResource.com/10239258 Digital Signage Poised for Growth Driven by more flexible, interactive content that helps organizations be more “cutting edge,” digital signage will experience strong growth over the next two years. New survey results from International Data Corporation (IDC) show nearly 82 percent of companies currently using digital signage are “very satisfied” with the technology. “The signage market is undergoing significant transformation,” said Keith Kmetz, vice president of IDC’s Imaging, Printing and Document Solutions research. “Current digital signage implementations are producing significant value by enabling content that is changeable and interactive for its target audience. This new level of communication is an effective broadcast medium that will continue to increase in usage.” MyPRINTResource.com/11473320 EFI Celebrates 10 Years of Strong Commitment to Industrial Inkjet Providers EFI is marking the 10-year anniversary of its acquisition of VUTEk. The deal, completed on June 3, 2005, moved EFI from focusing only on digital production and print MIS workflows into the industrial inkjet space—an industry segment that continues to be one of the best-performing parts of the global graphic arts and printing market. When EFI first announced its plans to acquire VUTEk, EFI CEO Guy Gecht praised the Meredith, NH-based company as “the best acquisition to enter the market,” adding that “its UV applications bring interesting advantages to our customers.” “Ten years later, the significant success we have seen with our VUTEk, Jetrion and Cretaprint products definitely validates our decision to enter the industrial inkjet market,” Gecht said. MyPRINTResource.com/10005156 SGIA Releases Industry Survey Reports SGIA released the 2015 Specialty Graphics Imaging Industry Benchmarking Reports to all survey participants and SGIA members. “These reports provide a valuable snapshot of our industry as it is today, and give business owners key information they need to make the best decisions for their businesses,” said Dan Marx, SGIA’s VP of Markets and Technologies. “The data highlights the dynamic nature of the industry as a whole by highlighting conditions and trends.” Collected from the 2015 Specialty Graphics Imaging Industry Surveys issued earlier this year, the reports reveal statistical trends and industry data among five imaging communities: graphics and sign; garment decoration; graphics installation; industrial imaging, and suppliers, manufacturers and distributors. MyPRINTResource.com/10008052 6 Wide-Format Imaging | July 2015 MyPRINTResource.com
Wide-Format Imaging July 2015
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