The Inkjet Conference (TheIJC), the world’s largest industrial inkjet event, has announced that its inaugural USA event will take place April 12-13, 2018 at The Westin O’Hare Hotel in Chicago. With over 40% of the exhibition space already booked, the organizers are looking forward to bringing a unique mix of technical and educational presentations, as well as networking opportunities, to America. Over 300 attendees are expected – including OEMs, suppliers, developers, engineers, chemists, researchers and brand owners. TheIJC was developed by the European Specialist Printing Manufactures Association (ESMA) and Digital Direct Technologies, in partnership with drupa. The first European conference was launched in 2014 and since then has experienced continuous growth in both individual attendees and the number of companies who come to learn and network about the advances in industrial inkjet.
“TheIJC had to build its reputation, but it proved very quickly that the ‘platform’ concept worked very well. It combined the networking arena populated by exhibitor tabletops with two presentation tracks,” said Peter Buttiens, CEO of ESMA. “The number of exhibitors and delegates has grown over the years and the current European edition will feature three presentation tracks and 80 exhibitor stands. Now approaching 500 participants, we’re prepared for the expansion of this concept. They key strength of the conference remains education about all aspects of inkjet technology, combined with excellent networking and business opportunities,” Buttiens added.
Attendees to TheIJC U.S. can expect expert presentations – from both industry and academia – that explore how inkjet technology affects the manufacturing processes of today and tomorrow. “For inkjet engineering and inkjet chemistry, it’s TheIJC”, said Steve Knight, Co-founder of TheIJC. “We aim to broaden the understanding of the wide range of topics that make up inkjet – and our guidelines to exhibitors are to cover a technical topic to an audience of a different technical or scientific background. We’ll hear about the latest printhead developments, about ink components and finished ink, lab equipment for measurement and analysis, curing and drying systems, software electronics and integration, and vision systems for inspection and verification of digitally printed images. It’s really a wide focus at TheIJC. As manufacturing industries from packaging through to 3D printing adopt inkjet, the requirements to understand the core technology become paramount to the successful implementation of this disruptive technology. ”
Registration for exhibitors and call for technical papers are currently open. All interested companies and research institutes should contact the organizers at info@esma.com.
The Inkjet Conference debuts in the United States this April
