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Meet Creators of Branded Environments and Wayfinding Signage at ISA Sign Expo

February 10, 2025 by Editor

The Society for Experiential Design (SEGD) will hold two full-day educational programs concurrently with the 2025 International Sign Expo, April 23-25 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The SEGD is a community of graphic and exhibition designers, fabricators, architects, media developers, creative technologists, teachers and students who design experiences that connect people to places. The co-located …

Organizers of drupa 2028 Announce Shortened Event

October 22, 2024October 17, 2024 by Editor

To meet the changing preferences of drupa attendees, the 2028 drupa global trade fair for printing technologies will be two days shorter than the drupa 2024 was. The 2024 edition of the drupa trade fair for printing technologies ran 11 days from May 28 to June 7 and attracted visitors from 173 counties to displays in 18 exhibition halls in …

PrintSmart Summit Provides Deep Dive into Artificial Intelligence

March 7, 2024 by Editor

Print-business leaders who want to learn more the implications of AI for the print industry may be interested in the line-up of presentations planned for the PrintSmart Summit 2024 on Tuesday, May 7 at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland. The PrintSmart Summit is being held in conjunction with two other events: Americas Print Show 2024 (May 8-9) and the …

2024 Drupa Preview: 11-Day Global Trade Fair for Print Technologies Starts May 28

March 3, 2024 by Editor

The printing industry is alive and changing. Commercial print-service providers have used digital printing technologies to forge new business models and develop new products and services to replace the declining demand for high volumes of printed magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and marketing collateral. Some printing firms are bringing new interactive-print capabilities to omnichannel marketing or getting into industrial segments such as …

Nine Macrotrends Affecting Printing Businesses in 2024

February 9, 2024 by Editor

In a keynote presentation at the 2023 Printing United Expo, Lisa Cross, Principal Analyst at NAPCO Research, discussed 9 printing-industry macrotrends culled from recent NAPCO surveys of commercial print businesses, sign and display graphic companies, and print buyers and influencers. Some of the trends Cross highlighted included: Below is a quick summary of key points. To see more specifics, click …

PRINTING United Expo 2022 Exceeds Expectations

November 20, 2022November 3, 2022 by Editor

PRINTING United Expo 2022, Oct. 19-20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, was the largest live event in the graphic arts and printing industry since 2019. The expo drew registrants from 121 countries and was deemed a success by attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and partners. “I’ve truly never seen this amount of engagement from a show.” said Mark J. Subers, president, …

ISA Sign Expo 2022: Back to the Future

May 31, 2022 by Eileen Fritsch

For an independent B2B journalist like me, trade shows are a great place to have quick, face-to-face meetings with multiple sources and clients within a few short days. So I was delighted to attend he International Sign Expo 2022 held May 4-6 in Atlanta. It was the first in-person trade show I had attended since October, 2019. Like Rip Van …

Virtual Event Explores Opportunities in Specialty, Custom, and Industrial Printing

September 7, 2021 by Editor

The Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech) will host Unbound, a one-day virtual event and online trade fair for opportunities in specialty, custom and industrial printing. The Unbound event will be held November 16, 2021 from 10:00 am-3:00 pm EDT. There is no fee to attend. “Print is more than ink on paper and it’s more than a medium that conveys …

Virtual drupa Features Conference Area, Exhibition Space, and Networking Plaza

March 23, 2021 by Editor

Preparations are well underway for virtual drupa, April 20 to 23. 2021. Like the live drupa event, the online drupa will explore the future of printing technologies and markets. Exhibitors and experts will address questions such as: What changes can we expect in the future? How will global changes and megatrends affect the printing business? What recent and emerging innovations …

PRINTING United Digital Experience Highlights Growth Opportunities

November 13, 2020October 20, 2020 by Editor

Registration is now open for the online PRINTING United Digital Experience Oct. 26 – Nov. 12. There is no charge to attend the three weeks of live, guided programming, educational sessions, and panel discussions. Attendees can also view product launches, get 24/7 access to the Exhibitor Product Showcase and virtual booths, and speak with exhibitor reprensentatives. Insights from leading analysts, …

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