DPGshow 2006 Wrap up

Convergence Approach on Digital Printing

As the centerpiece closing the business activity of digital printing in the first half of the year, DPGshow 2006 was held from 18th to 21st, May at Indian Hall of COEX in Seoul, Korea. With the theme, “Convergent Approach on Digital Printing, the 3rd annual digital printing show was recorded as ‘unrivaled success,’ according to the organizer of DPGhsow. The DPGshow 2006 was served as the leading function of spreading out the current state of digital printing industry and coming up with a new marketplace.

DPGshow Creating a Powerful Brand Name
This year’s event drew large crowds and boasted more exhibitors than the previous show. The exhibition attracted 12,267 attendees and showcased 58 companies demonstrating the newest and cutting-edge technologies in the digital printing, textile printing, and imaging graphics etc. Held together with DPGshow, Photo show was visited by 47,480 attendees. Totally, two shows attracted nearly 60,000 visitors during four-day show.

Despite of its two-year history, the DPGshow has kept a secure position in home and foreign countries. On the first stage of organizing the show, the organizer has widely promoted the ‘DPGshow’ brand name, which is the acronym of Int’l Digital Printing Graphic Design Show to worldwide market. Due to its easy pronunciation, the title of the show could be easily recognized by a great number of foreigners.

Many home manufacturers selected the DPGshow as the place, which can increase the total sales of products by launching the new products during the first half of the year. To put spurs to the development of exhibitors, the DPGshow 2006 brought up much more developed aspects of digital printing industry. In other words, the show was dedicated to present a variety of business areas under the title ‘Convergence Approach on Digital Printing’.

Displaying A Variety of Digital Printing Applications Including Wide Format Printing.
For digital printing application areas, the most significant area is the wide format printing. The greatest number of wide format-related products was also exhibited for this year show. Especially, more than 10 different types of wide format digital printers were announced to the show audience. Unlike the previous show, the number of wide format digital printers incorporating into echo solvent-, UV Curable-based inks were remarkably increased and many attendees were delighted with the quality and quantity of small-sized flatbed printers as well. Moreover, the flatbed printer, which can print on the textile materials, was shown up for the show. Students from five universities produced and showcased colorful artworks applied by textile printing technology. An exhibitor said that we adjusted and fixed the date, in which a new product was launched with our contracting foreign company for the show. Unlike the previous show, many small sized flatbed printers, which used textile printing inks, were introduced.

Providing a Business Marketplace Together with Photo show
Held with Photo Show for the same show day, DPGshow 2006 was a sure to convey reliable and useful messages, and provide a business marketplace to those who are involved in digital printing community. Selected four digital printing areas with high market prospect and held with Photo Show, the DPGshow 2006 was dedicated to changing and transforming the show sectors. All of show sectors including digital printing output system, inks, media, finishing works and applicable areas were integrated into the digital printing industry. And digital printing input and design field were involved in imaging production and graphic design industry. Like the last year show, digital textile printing industry was given much more weight as show sector. Additionally, digital image printing industry, which was newly introduced this year, contributed to the success of the show. Along with the show, there should be two different seminars available at the show. One of both titled “Creative Suit Solution on Desktop Computer” is about enhancing works productivity of digital printing technology. And another seminar’s title is Color Management for Digital Printing Specialist”. More 100 attendees took part in the educational programs. And many visitors paid a great attention on special programs including a Digital Artwork Showcase, a DTP special and a Mutil-Printing Shop, which were all the time crowded with a large number of attendees for the show day. The DPGshow has already started to make up for the next year show right after finishing the 2006 show. The organizer of DPGshow has concluded the show has not completely shown the trend that a wide format digital printing applied on a variety of industries including photo, textile, and books etc., even if it has been three years since the first show. For the next year show, the organizer plans to show diverse show sectors to attendees through active show promotion in homo and foreign industry.