The 2012 SGIA Expo (Las Vegas, October 18-20) showcased the most innovative technologies in the specialty imaging marketplace. The following
results came from the Expo last week at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Total Registrants: More than 22,000
Total Number of Exhibitors: 529
Percentage of First-Time Attendees: 38 percent
Total Size of the 2012 SGIA Expo Floor: Approximately 230,500 square feet.
Registrants from Top Five US States:
1. California
2. Nevada
3. Texas
4. Illinois
5. Arizona
Top Country for Registrants (excluding the US): Canada
Overall International Registrants: 18.5 percent of total registrants
2011-2012 SGIA Chairman of the Board: Gordon Brown, New Vista Image
2012-2013 SGIA Chairman of the Board: Lynn Krinsky, Stella Color
2012 SGIA Expo Platinum Sponsors: Agfa Graphics, Durst Image Technology US LLC (Durst US), EFI, Epson, FUJIFILM North America Corporation
Graphic Systems Division and Hewlett Packard.
2012 SGIA Gold Sponsors: INX Digital International Co, Novus Imaging, Roland DGA Corporation and STAHLS'.
The 2013 SGIA Expo will be held in Orlando, Florida, October 23-25 at the Orange County Convention Center.
2011 SGIA Expo Wrap Up: Big Imaging Evident in the Bayou
The 2011 SGIA Expo (New Orleans, October 1921) showcased the most innovative technologies in the specialty imaging marketplace. The
following results came from the Expo last week at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. For more details, look for the complete Expo recap
online later this week. http://www.sgia.org/events/current_expo/sgia11/
Total Registrants: 16,006 (up 12.4 percent from 2009)
Total Number of Exhibitors: 456 (up 12.6 percent from 2009)
Percentage of First-Time Attendees: 36 percent
Total Size of the 2011 SGIA Expo Floor: Approximately 167,350 square feet
Registrants from Top Five US States:
1. Louisiana
2. California
3. Texas
4. Florida
5. Illinois
Top Country for Registrants (excluding the US): Canada
Overall International Registrants: 2,420
2010-2011 SGIA Chairman of the Board: Michael Mockridge, Mockridge Doming Systems
2011-2012 SGIA Chairman of the Board: Gordon Brown, New Vista Image
2011 SGIA Expo Platinum Sponsors: Agfa Graphics, Durst Image Technology US LLC (Durst US), EFI, FUJIFILM North America Corporation Graphic
Systems Division and Hewlett Packard.
2011 SGIA Gold Sponsors: 3M Commercial Graphics, EPSON, INX Digital International Co and Roland DGA Corporation.
The 2012 SGIA Expo will be held in Las Vegas, Thursday, October 18, through Saturday, October 20, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Visit Us at SGIA; Free Expo Registration for Digital Output Readers
Digital Output Magazine is exhibiting at SGIA'08 (Atlanta, Georgia, October 15-18). We would like to invite
you to visit us at our Booth 2457.
We can offer you special free expo registration (general admission fee is $30) which you can use to register
online at http://www.SGIA.org/VIPpass.
Please make sure to enter Promotion Code 82545 into the registration form.
To learn more about the exposition, please visit: http://www.sgia.org/sgia08
See you there!
SGIA '08 Sponsors are Ready for Innovative Marketplace
Introducing platinum and gold sponsors
Fairfax, Virginia - Sponsors are already anticipating SGIA '08 (Atlanta; October 15-18) at the Georgia World
Congress Center - the trade show that best represents the full range of specialty imaging technology.
This year, EFI VUTEk, Gandinnovations, 3M Graphics Market Center, Hewlett Packard Company, and US Screen
Print & Inkjet Technology are platinum sponsors; and InteliCoat Technologies, Roland DGA Corporation and Sun
Chemical-Specialty Inks Group are gold sponsors.
"All of our platinum and gold sponsors are leaders in the specialty imaging industry," said SGIA President/CEO
Michael Robertson. "EFI VUTEk, HP and Gandinnovations are taking digital imaging to new production levels,
which gives SGIA members access to new and exciting markets. 3M is an innovation leader with a wide range
of effective media solutions for a diverse marketplace. And US Screen Print & Inkjet Technology is on the leading
edge with digital solutions for garment decoration. Together, SGIA sponsors are defining tomorrow's marketplace."
The sponsors agree, citing SGIA Expo attendees as the perfect audience for the full scope of technology - from
advanced high-production digital equipment to the latest direct-to-garment applications.
"We always look forward to the SGIA show to showcase and introduce new products and see customers from
around the world," said Scott Fresener, CEO of U.S. Screen Print & Inkjet Technology. "SGIA continues to bring
in the `who's who' of the industry."
"SGIA is a premier platform for demonstrating EFI's industry-leading innovations in the superwide format market,"
said Chuck Dourlet, Vice President of Marketing at EFI VUTEk. "We have never been disappointed with our
ability at SGIA to have meaningful interaction with existing customers, generate qualified leads and keep tabs on
what is happening with our competition."
"As the market leader in film graphic products, 3M is proud to align itself with SGIA, one of the premier graphic
imaging industry organizations," said Tom Black, Marketing Operations Manager, 3M Graphics Market Center.
"3M believes the benefits of platinum sponsorship are many - including increased opportunities for interaction with
our customers and for providing a key platform for the introduction of our new solutions to the graphics industry."
"SGIA is seen as the biggest show in North America for the sign and graphics industry," said Tom Reilly,
Gandinnovation's Vice President of Marketing and Advertising. "It's very important that we support this show
and are proud to be a member of the Association."
For more information on becoming a platinum or gold sponsor, or to create a custom sponsorship package,
contact Jean Lambert at 703.359.1328 or mailto:jean@sgia.org.
http://www.sgia.org/events/current_expo/sgia08/downloads/c08_sponsorship.pdf
Start Preparing for 2008 SGIA Student Competitions
Fairfax, Virginia -- Now is the perfect time for specialty imaging teachers and students to start picking their best
work for the Academy of Screen Printing Technology's 2008 student competitions. http://www.sgia.org/aspt/
studentawd.html
The Student Screen Printing & Digital Imaging Awards test the imaging capabilities of students in high schools,
vocational schools, technical schools, colleges and universities.
"Any student who plans to enter the graphic communications work force should enter this competition," said
Johnny Shell, SGIA's Vice President of Technical Services. "Not only can students earn international industry
recognition -- a potential boost to their resumes -- they also have a chance to win monetary prizes."
This year, the competition has added a new digital subgroup for each of the categories. Entry categories for
textile substrates include:
* Single-color
* Multi-color: spot color
* Multi-color: index and simulated process
* Four-color process
Students also can submit paper, plastic, glass, metal and wood entries in single-color, multi-color and four-color
process categories. Additionally, the competition also offers a category for original serigraphs on any substrate.
The competition is open to students, as individuals or teams, at secondary and post-secondary schools that hold
memberships with SGIA, FESPA or Asia-Pacific Screen Printing & Graphic Imaging Association.
All of the entries will be showcased and judged at SGIA '08 (Atlanta; October 15-18, 2008). For more information
and to download an entry form, visit SGIA.org, Keyword: ASPT. http://www.sgia.org/aspt/studentawd.html Plus,
see the list of winners for the 2007 student competition. http://www.sgia.org/aspt/studentawd_winners.html
Fairfax, Virginia -- Nearly 45 percent of specialty imagers print on plastics and/or vinyls, according to results of
the "Substrates & Specialties" survey conducted by SGIA.org's Surveys & Statistics site.
"The full report, only available to SGIA members, specifies substrates in much narrower categories," said Alaina
Harris, Business Information Associate. "For example, of the respondents who print on plastics and vinyl, 15
percent said they print on pressure-sensitive vinyl."
The survey asked participants to identify the substrates they use with screen printing, digital imaging and
"other processes." Paper and board substrates accounted for 38 percent of responses and garments/textiles
were chosen 22 percent of the time.
These types of results, said Kerry Gillespie, Gillespie Graphics (Wilsonville, Oregon), provide insight into current
and emerging industry trends.
"I participated so I could get feedback and see what else is going on in the marketplace. The results can tell
me how much is being consumed for projects similar to what my company does. It's information that will feed
later decisions," Gillespie said.
For Selecto-Flash (West Orange, New Jersey) President Joe Shondel, survey results are planning tools: "We
are a mid-sized company, but very focused on our day-to-day sales. Our visibility into the direction of the
economy is limited. Information such as plans to purchase new equipment, salary ranges by company size or
regional demographics help helps us in our decision-making process. The substrate survey results will give us
a feel for where our industry and competition may be heading."
Results for specific substrate-process pairings are included in the full survey report, "Substrates & Specialties,"
available to SGIA members at the SGIA.org Surveys & Statistics site. A summary report posted alongside the
full report is accessible to any visitor. Next up on Surveys & Statistics: "Financial Outlook Survey."
Las Vegas - Océ Display Graphics Systems received the DPI Vision Award for its Arizona 250 GT yesterday.
The award, presented during SGIA ’06, calls attention to the new digital imaging product development most
likely to have a profound and positive effect on the industry.
Product of the Year Winners:
Software & Related Systems - Caldera Graphics: Grand Rip +
Media & Consumables - Caldera Graphics: Ripstop Storm
Presentation Size: Ergosoft/Canon: IPF 5000
Poster Size: Ergosoft/Canon: IPF 9000
Rigid Substrate: MacDermid ColorSpan: ColorSpan 9840UV
Grand Format: Mimaki: JV3-250 SPF
Fabric: Ergosoft/Canon: IPF 9000
Direct Inkjet: Mimaki: GP-604D
SGIA ’06 will bring the capabilities of the latest digital imaging technologies to life with two production lines in
action at SGIA’s Digital Workflow Pavilion on the Expo floor.
Visitors will see images go through the entire process from computer image to finished product. The exhibit’s
production lines, which will be properly ventilated as part of SGIA’s Air Quality Initiative, will run continuously
during Expo hours. Attendees will be able to talk with experts running the lines about the equipment technologies,
processes and techniques in an educational environment.
The Digital Workflow Pavilion will feature equipment provided by SGIA ’06 exhibitors:
o UV-curable printer (Raster Printers Inc.: Booth 5016)
o Solvent inkjet device (Roland DGA Corp.: Gold Sponsor: Booth 2800)
o Wedge welding equipment (Sinclair Equipment Co.: Booth 518)
o I-cut device (Mikkelsen Graphic Engineering Inc.: Booth 522)
o Rigid media products (Alcan Composites USA Inc.: Booth 1970)
o Pressure-sensitive media products (Avery Dennison Corp.: Booth 1122)
o Laminator and lamination films (Neschen Americas/Seal: Booth 4230)
o RIP software and computers (Wasatch Computer Technology: Booth 1570) (Onyx Graphics Inc.: Booth 3724)
o Vinyl media (Value Vinyls Inc.: Booth 4020)
"SGIA ’06 attendees will see digital imaging as a complete process, rather than a group of seemingly separate
technologies," said Dan Marx, SGIA Vice President for Markets & Technologies. "They’ll be able to see how
the elements fit together, and how a digital production process can be a beneficial reality for their operation,"
he said.
Fairfax, Virginia -- SGIA urges members to get their nominations in for the DPI Innovator Award. This award
salutes an outstanding industry veteran, one who has had a strong, significant and lasting impact on
equipment, technologies and/or market segments in the digital imaging industry.
"The DPI Innovator Award is incredibly competitive because of the vast number of industry professionals who
advance this market every day," said Dan Marx, SGIA Vice President, Markets and Technologies.
While only SGIA members may submit nominations, the award recipient does not have to belong to the Association.
But the winner must work, or have worked, at a digital printing/imaging company or one that supplies materials,
equipment or technical consulting services to the digital imaging community.
A committee of SGIA members will judge the competition, and the award will be presented at SGIA '06."We
will look back on this time in history as the Age of Innovation. It's so important that we recognize the innovative
leaders who contribute so much to our development with their vision and enthusiasm," said SGIA President/
CEO Michael
Robertson.
Suppliers & Printers Make Assn’s Books Part of the Team
Fairfax, Virginia SGIA members VUTEk and New Vista Imaging have made this year’s DPI Guide to Digital
Imaging and The Digital Print Sales System required reading, purchasing the books for their staffs.
"We have a few employees new to digital printing, and the glossary of terms [in the ‘2005 Guide to Digital
Imaging’] alone has been a big help in giving them a better understanding," said Gordon Brown, co-owner of
New Vista Image, a digital graphics producer approaching its first anniversary.
Both books target a wide range of readers, says DPI’s Dan Marx, Director of Communications & Service
Development. "For example, the ‘Guide’ is also useful to those already using the technology, but seeking a
deeper understanding of methods, markets, equipment choices and other information."
In the "The Digital Print Sales System," author Terry A. Nagi presents the differences between selling digital
print services and traditional print services. More importantly, he outlines a plan for successfully selling digital
Imaging an easy-to-implement system for closing sales.
"In reviewing ‘The Digital Print Sales System’ and the ‘2005 Guide to Digital Imaging,’ I realized how valuable
both books would be to our sales team and our VP of Sales agreed," said Jane Cedrone, Marketing
Communications & Public Relations Manager, VUTEk. VUTEk produces wide-format digital presses and is an
SGIA ’05 Platinum Sponsor.
"Certainly new members of the sales team have related background in the industry and some many years in the
industry. These books are a great reference guide for both. I’d say they would also be good for our customers’
sales forces."
