Inkjet & Digital Printing
Graphintro and Serigraph are transformed into a new graphics show
Tuesday 26. February 2008 - Fira de Barcelona creates graphispag_digital, a direct access to innovation in graphics
Fira de Barcelona, in collaboration with the Graphispack Association, is launching a new show graphispag_digital which will unite technology, creativity, innovation and training for graphics communication professionals and user sectors. With over 450 firms represented at 160 stands,
graphispag_digital will showcase the latest in digital graphics technology, software and printing, digital printing and screen printing equipment. The first show, to be held from the 18th to the 21st of February 2009 in the Gran Via exhibition centre, expects an audience of 15,000 visitors.
The new graphispag_digital show comes from the fusion and transformation of Graphintro and Serigraph, dedicated to graphics solutions and to screen, pad and large format digital printing, respectively, held for the last time in 2005. To be held every four years, it will alternate with Graphispag, the major Spanish graphics industry show, which will be held again in 2011.
According to the director of Fira de Barcelonas graphics shows, Xavier Pascual, “this new event will give a global view of those products and applications related to digital graphics technology and screen printing, which have a faster evolution and shorter depreciation periods than the large printing equipment and machinery exhibited at Graphispag”. Pascual explains that graphispag_digital will be included as a trade sector each time Graphispag is held, “so that, with both shows alternating, we can see the latest technological advances every two years and, therefore, update equipment and work processes of many graphics companies”.
graphispag_digital will feature firms from the following areas: machinery and equipment for medium and large format digital printing; machinery and equipment for screen and pad printing and other printing systems; prepress; materials for printing -vinyl, paper, substrates, inks and consumables-; machinery and equipment for finishing and converting; tables and cutting plotters; publishing and digital communication equipment and systems; graphic design: software, equipment and accessories; equipment and service for advertising and signage; equipment and materials for photography companies; and service companies and associations. graphispag_digital will also be a space for learning and exchanging information about applications, technology and new business opportunities for the graphic communications sector. Printing experts, graphics technicians and designers will participate in the shows various sessions and conferences, organised in collaboration with sector associations.
Likewise, graphispag_digital will recover the “Punto d” space from Graphispag 2007, in order to inform about graphic design realities and possibility related to associations, training, culture and publishing in Spain with the participation of sector organisations, companies and schools. This space will feature interesting examples of the countrys best graphic design. It will also host the exhibition and awards ceremony of the Marco de Oro Awards, which recognise the best screen, pad and digital printing work done in Spain during 2007 and 2008.