Short-run printing showcase Print World set for Nov 22 – 24 in Toronto
Print World, the only show in North America with an exclusive focus on shorter-run printing, will open Nov 22 – 24, 2008 in downtown Toronto. Now, the fourth largest trade show in North America, Print World will welcome all the major industry suppliers, including Heidelberg, Xerox, Canon, Presstek, KBA, Fuji, GBC, Hewlett-Packard, Konica Minolta, Gandinnovations, Oce, Ricoh, Xpedx, 3M and more.
Two attractions will make their debut this year: UPEX and an International Pavilion. UPEX is a worldwide marketplace for pre-owned printing equipment and comes to North America for the first time as a special show feature. It’s been a popular part of other international shows including IPEX in Birmingham, England; IPEX South Asia in New Delhi, India; and Gulf Print in Dubai, UAE.
England’s Nyland Graphics, SM Graphics and Atlas Machinery (UK) are already exhibiting, with more expected. The International Pavilion is a special marketplace showcasing manufacturers and suppliers from around the world. Many will be exhibiting for the first time in North America, including a prominent press manufacturer from China.
Print Software Theatre and Design City return
The Print Software Theatre and Design City will, once again, be two of the show’s major attractions.With state-of-the-art audio and visual equipment and 900 square feet of presentation space, the Theatre will feature the latest software tools for image editing, page layout, illustration, Web design, prepress production and estimating. Adobe returns as the main sponsor and will host several sessions each day. Launched in 2004, the Theatre’s hourly drop-in seminars are free to all visitors and run all three days.
Also returning is Design City, a special “show within a show” for graphic design tools, software and services. Industry-leading exhibitors include Cascades, Tembec, Pearson, APP Canada, QuarkXPress, FSC Canada, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, M-Real and Shutterstock.
Another special attraction is the Professional Seminar and Workshop Series, featuring some of North America’s top print experts. Sessions are geared to both large and small print shops and deliver practical information on management, sales and other critical areas.
More than 200 exhibitors expected
The show currently has over 200 exhibitors (300 companies) occupying 125,000 square feet of space at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Close to 10,000 industry representatives, printers and graphic arts professionals attended last year’s show. Thousands of quick printers, in-plant and corporate printers, print-on-demand shops, prepress shops, digital printers, print brokers and forms distributors are expected to attend this year, as well as larger printers interested in short-run work.
Show officials have limited the size of offset presses on exhibit to 29” (4-up to 6-up sheet size) and smaller.
More information: www.printworldshow.com. Tel: 905-625-7070. Fax: 905-625-4856. Email: info@printworldshow.com.