EVENTS - THE PRINT SHOW / NEWS 18 www.signlink.co.uk Issue 253 - June / July 2024 Industry members hot to trot at Hospitality Day Braving the great British weather, 30 attendees including large manufacturers, resellers, trade printers, and paper merchants, flocked to Cheltenham Racecourse for The Print Show’s first Hospitality Day of 2024. Some guests enjoyed more success than others but the real reward of the day was the chance to network and mingle with new and existing industry contacts in a relaxed environment. “Like any event, it’s getting people there which is the toughest challenge and thankfully all 30 of our guests arrived,” joked Chris Davies, event director of The Print Show, adding: “The day was very well received, and everyone had a fantastic day out.” “A few of the lucky ones even picked a couple of winners, sadly that wasn’t the case for me. Many of our guests commented on how great it was to catch up with other industry professionals, some they had never met or not seen for ages.” Following the event, guests took to LinkedIn to share their enjoyment and to thank The Print Show for its hospitality. Sam Cawthorne, marketing communications lead at Kyocera Document Solutions, commented: “Thank you for a wonderful day. Definitely getting a Fedora next time. Lovely to meet everyone.” Chris Matthews, head of digital press solutions at Fujifilm Graphic Communications, also commented: “Thanks for a great day at the races! It was good spending time with the Print Show team and all of your guests.” Echoing these comments, Andrew Simmons, director of product development at Soyang Europe, added: “Thank you for a great day. Good to catch up. Very enjoyable.” Following the success of Cheltenham, The Print Show is preparing to host more events throughout the year. The Print Show hosted its first hospitality day of 2024 at Cheltenham Racecourse Exhibitors go big for The Print Show 2024 Following the success and positive reaction to The Print Show 2023, businesses have been confirming their presence early with a number increasing their space. By the end of the 2023 exhibition many exhibitors had already committed to the 2024 show including Resolute, VB Media, Venture Banners, The Online Print Coach, and Trade Embroidery. Since then, Solopress, eProductivity Software, Result Clothing, Graphtec, Route1Print, Morgana Systems, AccuraMIS, Colyer, Opus Binding and Foiling, Vivid Laminating Technologies, and more have all confirmed their presence at The Print Show 2024 with many increasing the size of their stands. Vivid has committed to its biggest-ever stand at the show with a 208sq m space located near the back of Hall 17 in the NEC in Birmingham. Premier Paper Group will be exhibiting again with a stand at the entrance to the show where it will be on hand to speak to customers and visitors about its ever-expanding range of different products for print and signage. Resolute, which specialises in direct-to-film printing for textiles and promotional products, has also increased the size of its stand taking a 120sq m space. Following a meeting with show organisers, InkTec Europe confirmed its return to the show with a 40% larger stand in order to showcase its latest technology in DTF, UV DTF, and dye-sublimation. Returning to The Print Show after exhibiting in 2023, Fujifilm has taken the largest stand (at the time of writing) with 240sq m space. Chris Davies, event director for The Print Show, comments: “It’s fantastic to see so many exhibitors are signing up early for this year’s show which really demonstrates the confidence and quality the show has accrued over the last few years. “Thanks to the quality of customers at the 2023 show and the many product releases due to take place in 2024 it’s great that businesses have increased their stand spaces to accommodate for all their new machinery and the volume of customers expected at the show.” Many exhibitors have taken larger space for the 2024 exhibition in September By Carys Evans & David Osgar
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