All set for Sign Africa 2008
28 August 2008
Practical Publishing is gearing up for their largest event of the year, the international Sign Africa Johannesburg and Africa In-Store Show 2008. It opens from Wednesday, 10 September to Friday, 12 September at the Sandton Convention Centre.
The exhibition includes two halls and also features an exciting new Sign Africa Technology in Africa Conference area, with a host of professional, international, and local speakers already booked for the event.
Last year's Sign Africa Johannesburg and the Africa In-Store Show enjoyed astounding success, showing a 76% overall growth from across South Africa and all over Africa, including Ghana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Botswana, Kenya, Angola, Belgium, Egypt, Mozambique, Swaziland, DRC, Zambia and Gabon.
Exhibitors from other continents included Japan, Switzerland, Germany, USA, China, Taiwan and the UK.
Industry professionals
The exhibition offers attendees the opportunity to see a host of industry professionals exhibiting new products, presenting live demonstrations, as well as workshops and training seminars.
In addition, Sign Africa will be hosting showing practical DVDs from the Live Demo stand in the hall. Books, DVDs and CDs will also be on sale.
Sign Africa caters to sign makers, digital printers, screenprinters, architects, advertising agencies, marketing companies, franchise companies, government corporates, the media and anybody interested in starting a business in the signage industry, nationally and internationally.
Speakers
The Sign Africa Technology in Africa Conference has secured an exciting line-up of speakers including Dr Ross Allen, an international authority on HP inkjet technology, and Dr Nicholas Hellmuth, president of FLAAR Digital Imaging Resource Centre.
Allen is sponsored by Hewlett Packard and will be covering in detail the exciting features and details behind HP Latex Inks.
This new technology offers the performance of solvent inks in commercial print production for indoor and outdoor display but with significantly reduced environmental, health and safety impact. He will be flying in from California in the United States for a single speaking slot on 11 September from 11:00 to 12:00.
Dr Hellmuth will also be arriving from the United States, sponsored by Gandinnovations, to cover the following topics related to wide-format printing: Anatomy of a UV-curable Inkjet Printer: Pros and cons of different kinds of UV printers; Combo vs hybrid vs dedicated flatbed vs dedicated roll-to-roll; Applications & Profit Potential with UV printers: Architectural and decorative materials you can print on with wide-format inkjet; and Digital Photography: How to create better input for Wide-Format Inkjet Output.
Exhibitors
The extensive list of exhibitors includes suppliers and manufacturers of signage, screenprint, graphics, engraving, doming, textile printing, point-of-sale and digital print, which offers visitors to the show the opportunity to see all the latest industry developments and trends.
The Africa In-Store show is designed for the end-users and will include suppliers and manufacturers of all means of visual communication including signage, display, POS/POP, retail design, shopfitting packaging, and indoor and outdoor advertising mediums.
Sign Africa 2008 promises to be a world-class professional exhibition of the signage industry, which will demonstrate the extent and capacity of the industry within its African context.
Sign Africa is sponsored by Avery Graphics and Roland and fully endorsed by the South African National Sign Association (SANSA).
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