Indian interest in global events like FESPA seems to be peaking with every passing event. The latest FESPA expo registered a record number of Indian delegates. It could be surely said that over 150 delegates from India made their presence felt at the show. Grafica Flextonica, Monochem Graphics, Micro Inks, Indian Chemical Industries and Screen Print India had put up their stalls at the show.


The SPAI delegation of 45 members consisting of dealers, manufacturers, and printers from across the county. Printers formed majority of the Indian visiting team, unlike ealier times when dealers used to participate in large numbers. “It was a wonderful event which every screen printer should if possible not miss. The dynamic world that the industry we are in is all laid out before your very eyes. Its nature and scope are mind-bogging and could positively influence anybody who visit it even casually,” opined a leading ink manufacturer who just returned from Munich.

Fimor Launches Number Of Products

“This year, almost half of our product range consisted of new products, presented to the industry for the first time at FESPA”, says Manuel Zuckerman, Managing Director and Michèle JOLY, Sales Manager of the French squeegee major FIMOR, commenting on the company’s recent successful participation at FESPA 2005. The half-a-dozen products that have just recently seen the light of day include serilor® TEX, a squeegee for textile printing, serilor® MR4 a molded edge squeegee for all applications requiring a higher amount of ink, and finally, serilor® FG, a squeegee with a fiberglass back which has been designed for use in high-speed cylinder presses. The new ‘Key Visual’, a racing car by Courage Competition, who have entered into a partnership agreement with FIMOR, caused a sensation at their stand.

 

Record-Breaking Performance

When curtains came down on one of the largest of screen and digital printing exhibitions in Munich, FESPA 2005 has set some new records of sorts on such events. Undoubtedly, the first record it broke was the record numbers of visitors to the event. According to the event organisers, a remarkable 20,301, visitors came calling.

According to official statistics, a record 121 different countries represented at the event, reflecting FESPA’s unrivalled standing as the premier exhibition for the global digital/screen and large format printing industry. The fact that more than 60% of visitors were from outside of Germany reflects that it did appeal to the worldwide audience in the screen and digital industry. They said that 53% of visitors were from other European countries, whilst 9% were from other continents. The fantastic environment, thanks to the screen and digital technology manufacturers who brought their products to market in Munich, also added charm to the event with many of them launching or announcing new
products, services and businesses. Vendors around the exhibition were buoyant, and visitors left with new insights into technologies and techniques which will help them drive their business forward.

ESPA Exhibition Director, Frazer Chesterman comments: “We couldn’t be more thrilled with what we achieved with this show. The event met the needs of our exhibitors and provided a stimulating learning and buying environment for screen and digital printers.”
The seminars, a first-time feature of FESPA 2005, were also well attended, and the stands were buzzing with activity. The three-day seminar on ‘flock and high density printing’ offered by MHM, which took place parallel to the FESPA event was very well-received by all attending community. Shuttle buses took more than 200 clients to the nearby Austrian Kufstein/Erl company headquarters. It provided visitors to obtain extensive information about the elements of screen printing in all its modern aspects, including the newly designed software which is capable of separating colours for CorelDraw users.

“This is a fast-moving industry with exciting new applications emerging all the time. FESPA 2005 was an international showcase for technical and production innovation, and we left Munich highly motivated to work with exhibitors and visitors to look at how we can
deliver an even better FESPA event in Berlin in June 2007,” he added. The high motivation to work for an even better performance was not limited to the expo director and his energetic team. It seemed that every visitor returned home recharged to do better and faster.

Overall, the show was the number one show for the screen and large format digital printing marketplace. The exhibition offered the perfect opportunity to see the very latest technologies and services available in this fast changing arena.
The show was such a super success that the organizing team under Mr Chesterton ‘left Munich highly motivated to work with exhibitors and visitors to look at how to deliver an even better FESPA event in Berlin in June 2007.” FESPA 2007 will be held in Berlin, Germany from June 5 - 9, 2007. A new digital-focussed FESPA event, FESPA Digital Printing Europe, will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands from May 16 –18, 2006.