The Africa Print Expo, held last week at Gallagher Convention Centre, attracted 5274 visitors from 38 countries. The top countries with visitors outside of South Africa included: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Congo and Ghana.
Visitors could see new products and business opportunities in commercial digital printing, labelling, packaging, encapsulating and laminating, branding, binding and graphics, as well as other cutting edge technology.
Exhibitors had positive feedback about the event:
‘It was a really good event. Decision makers and technically-savvy people came through, and it was a really refreshing show,’ said Gary Stockenstroom, Canon South Africa.
‘It was important for us to create brand awareness for Kyocera entering the production market and for us to continue with the momentum that we created at drupa. We launched our second cut sheet device, the 55000c, and we also had a lot of interest from other companies who believe they need to diversify. It was a very good turnout. We got a couple of good leads and we’re happy with the outcome of this expo,’ said Heidie-Mari Middel, Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa.
‘The show was awesome, we had a lot of interest about the machines we had on our stand and it was nice to see colleagues from other companies, but also see what other businesses are doing and the new technologies that are coming out,’ said Kitty Mhlongo, Kemtek.
‘It was very encouraging. There were some good leads that came through. We’re quite happy with the turnout and the quality of the visitors,’ said Ken Bezuidenhout, NSI LABEL.
‘It was a great show and the foot count was amazing. The leads were also of great quality. Members that we interacted with during the show told us that they’re feeling optimistic about what the future holds. We’re very happy and we met with FESPA and we’re going to continue to do big things with FESPA. The show is a great platform for the industry,’ said Abisha Katerere, Printing SA.
‘It was great and we had a great turnout. We had the ‘Mini Me’ campaign, which showed workflow automation. And of course we did it in a fun way to try and have an interactive session with customers,’ said John Panton, ColorFlow Solutions.
‘This was the first time we exhibited – what a wonderful experience. The main objective of exhibiting was to get more leads to grow our company and we did that,’ said Jill Cupido, Central Crossing.
‘The show was phenomenal. It was our first show and it was way more than what we expected. It also exposed us to quite a few of the SADC countries – we had a lot of interest from visitors in Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. We brought some nice, unique and innovative POS items to the market and that piqued visitors’ interest,’ said Garry Babich, Hookei SA.
Judges visited each stand at the expo and judged the stands according to criteria based on design, staff friendliness and professionalism. The results are as follows:
Africa Print Small Custom Stand:
Winner: Central Crossing.
Second: Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa.
Third: XL Solutions and ZK Digimax.
Africa Print Small Shell Scheme:
Winner: Guangzhou Yinghe Electronic Instruments Co., Ltd.
Africa Print Medium Custom Stand:
Winner: Printing SA.
Second: Agfa.
Africa Print Large Custom Stand:
Winner: Canon South Africa.
Second: NUtec Digital Ink.
Third: Fortune Africa.
Africa Print Mega Custom Stand:
Winner: Sign-Tronic.
Second: Kemtek Imaging Systems.
Third: Ghongzheng South Africa.
Sign Africa Small Shell Scheme:
Winner: LBY Africa.
Second: ColorFlow Solutions.
Third: Nantong Weiduo Display Equipment Manufacture Co.
Sign Africa Small Custom Stand:
Winner: Haining Jinmao Warp Knitting Co., Ltd.
Second: Lamin8 Films.
Sign Africa Medium Custom Stand:
Winner: ORAFOL South Africa.
Second: Titanjet.
Third: National Screen & Digital Supplies.
Sign Africa Large Shell Scheme:
Winner: Rexx Screen & Digital Supplies.
Sign Africa And FESPA Africa Best Large Custom Stand:
Winner: iPlastics.
Second: CNC Professional Machines and Engineering and Kolok.
Third: Maizey Plastics.
Sign Africa Best Mega Custom Stand:
Winner: Stixo Signage Supplies.
Second: Roland DG stand and Roland Speedwrap stand.
FESPA Africa Best Mega Custom Stand:
Winner: Mimaki.
Second: Allrich.
Third: Chemosol.
AFRICA PRINT EXPO
+27 11 568 1894
www.africaprintexpo.com
