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NPES • pg. 22 October 3 – 6, 2010 McCormick Place Chicago, IL USA SHOW DAILY NEWS BRIEFS By Mark Vruno R
BO KNOWS PRINT: Former pro ball player Bo Jackson (above) is a highlight of Xerox’s special marketing keynote today at 9:00 a.m. in the McCormick Place Grand Ballroom. The event is free to all GRAPH EXPO attendees.
Printing Impressions is holding its Gold Ink Awards and Hall of Fame gala banquet. It begins with a reception tonight at the Hyatt Regency McCormick at 5 p.m.
Muller Martini is presenting a seminar on "Becoming a Player in Photo Books: What do you need to know?," Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. in Room N427bc in McCormick Place South.
Sustainable Forestry Initiative presents “Chain of Custody Certification: Good for Your Business and Good for Our Forests” with speaker Jason Met- nick, Senior Director, Market Access and Label Use for SFI. The event is free to all attendees today at 12:30 p.m. in Room S403ab, McCormick Place South.
Canon Business Solutions is offering a free presentation to show visitors, “Selling Customized Communi- cations” Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in Room S403ab, McCormick Place South.
Printing Industries of America (Booth 3661) is offering attendees an arsenal of resources to unlock success, including a free poster, “The Value of Print,” which conveys the message that print is one of the most effective forms of communication.
twitter.com/graph_expo: When you're at GRAPH EXPO, please use has- tag #graphexpo when tweeting anything about the show.
emember how much fun show-n-tell was when we were kids? Industry tradeshows are a lot like performance-enhanced, high-tech versions of that old school game— produced on a mega scale for
grown-ups. And this week, on the southeastern shores of the great Lake Michigan, the words of a Native American say- ing ring true: “Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me and I will understand.” Engaging demonstrations are, after all, the strengths of GRAPH EXPO’s 500 exhibitors, each of whom is vying for the attention of attendees walking the floor. As the 2010 edi- tion of North America’s largest printing exhibition opened yesterday morning, McCormick Place began to fill as the world’s graphic arts community commenced its annual autumnal migration to Chicago. But something is decidedly different this year.
A tale of two technologies “This is a digital show,” proclaimed InfoTrends’ Jim Hamilton at Saturday’s EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK confer- ence. Indeed, entering the hall feels different for many people, as the massive Heidelberg presence is absent front and center—replaced by a different “H”: Hewlett-Packard with its T300 inkjet web press. This year’s GRAPH EXPO
A Sea of Change at GRAPH EXPO D
id someone say, “change?” Even after just one day of
walking the floor, attend- ees can definitely see change—a sea of change, if you will — at the 2010 edition of GRAPH EXPO. The annual trade show is,
Ralph Nappi: One Ralph Nappi
after all, a microcosm of the chang- ing printing industry, which continues to evolve before our eyes in North America and globally. The Official Show Daily publication had a conver- sation the other day with Ralph Nappi, president of the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) and NPES, about what’s new at this year’s show. Show Daily: Tell us what is differ- ent at GRAPH EXPO 2010.
thing we’re very excit- ed about this year is the News Print Pavilion’s debut, which is aimed at newspaper production executives on the web- offset side. We are seeing more and more conver- gence of newspaper and
commercial print, so it made sense to dedicate space on the show floor to the latest trends and technologies within the newspaper printing and publishing industry. We started with a 5,000-square foot area, which sold out relatively quickly. So now it’s more than 6, 000 sq. ft. with some 25 companies—and that doesn’t include the dozens of exhibitors, such as the KBA, manroland and Muller-Martini,
which serve that segment and are
located nearby, but outside the pavil- ion’s perimeter. Show Daily: We’ve heard the buzz that there are more co-located industry events planned around GRAPH EXPO
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Program...........page 22
Printing Industries of America Gala Night ..................................... page 24
Automation: The New "Buzz" Word ..................................... page 26 Exhibitor List ........................ page 30 Floor Show Map ................... page 32
GRAPH EXPO: Show-n-Tell on Steroids! MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2010
Digital and offset print blend on show floor
is smaller, to be sure—but it’s not so much the scaled-back size that is striking. It’s more the tone. “For the first time in a strong way, the industry is going
digital,” observes Udi Arieli, product management direc- tor for EFI PrintFlow. “Intelligent workflow automation is needed because it can increase profits and allow all printers to be more competitive.” EFI is positioned to the right of HP, with Xerox to the left, flanked by Xante. Situated behind HP are Oce, then Kodak, creating good traffic and quite a buzz with its own inkjet web, called Prosper. Ricoh and Canon are next.
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