Ipex 2010 Press releases

One of print’s biggest social highlights of the year, the Official Ipex 2010 party, looks set to entertain over 2,000 exhibitors and visitors from the graphic arts world at Birmingham’s famous Oceana nightclub on Monday 24th May, from 21:00 – 02:00.

How can printers win more business without slashing prices? What’s the best way to improve cashflow? How can print companies grow in a recession? These are just some of the questions ‘The Print Coach’ Nick Devine will ask a panel of experts from both inside and outside the print industry in a new series of six audio programmes, called ‘Ask the Print Experts’. The first session focussing on ‘How to Grow in a Recession’ is available for download now via www.printersprofitzone.com/ask-the-print-experts

To further support exhibitors during the final preparation stages for Ipex 2010, the organisers have launched a marketing template system which allows exhibitors to customise up to 500 pieces of various Ipex-branded marketing collateral. The new web-to-print system, developed in conjunction with RedTie Ltd, provides visitor invitations, promotional flyers, posters, stickers and advertisement artwork, which can all be personalised, printed and delivered to users’ premises for free.

Land O’Lakes, FL and Birmingham, UK—March 2, 2010—Xplor International, the worldwide electronic document systems association, today announced that Xplor UK & Ireland, in conjunction with BAPC (British Association for Print & Communications), will host an educational conference track during Ipex 2010. Featuring a combination of industry experts, leading-edge users, analysts and vendors, the six sessions will provide a combination of information sharing, real-life experiences and solutions focused on the latest technologies, strategies and thought leadership for the digital document industry.

Almost 150 lithographic technology companies from across the globe will take over one third of the 60,000m2 of Ipex 2010 net floorspace when the international exhibition opens at the NEC, Birmingham, UK, from 18th – 25th May, 2010. All major offset manufacturers will have a major presence at the show, including Goss, Heidelberg, KBA, Komori, manroland, Mitsubishi, Presstek, Sakurai, Ryobi, Shinohara, UPGroup and Shangahi Electric.

Leatherhead, UK, 16 February 2010. “Printers should not sell printing”, says Prof Frank Romano ahead of an Ipex 2010 Great Debate exploring how printers should be selling print. Instead, printers should sell solutions to their customers’ promotion and marketing problems. “Print is a commodity because all printers have great quality and great service, so the major differentiator is price. Solutions are a profit opportunity because they emphasise value-added services, like database, creative, and fulfilment.”

The Ipex Advisory Committee has selected John Crosfield as the seventh ‘Champion in Print’, in recognition of his role in pioneering the Autotron automatic register control and colour scanning technologies, which he developed with his team at Crosfield Electronics.

With the launch of the Printers’ Profit Zone, The Great Print Debates and the Knowledge Centre, the Ipex 2010 organisers are offering a comprehensive and interactive learning programme which will equip printers with practical business solutions and free expert advice on topics such as increasing sales and profit, raising capital, finance, education, marketing, print buying and the environment.

For the fifth time, the cosmopolitan city of Birmingham will host the international Ipex 2010 exhibition which will take place from 18th - 25th May 2010 at The NEC, Birmingham, UK. To ensure visitors can plan their visit to Ipex as effectively as possible, the Ipex organisers have teamed up with the Birmingham Convention Bureau (BCB) to launch a dedicated website about the Ipex exhibition in Birmingham: www.ipexinbirmingham.co.uk

George Clarke celebrates his 25th anniversary with Heidelberg and attends Ipex 2010 as the show’s president next May. So just who is George Clarke?