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FESPA EMEA Summit

November 24, 2010 all day – Istanbul, Turkey

A gathering of the EMEA region brand implementation community - carefully crafted to engage, inspire and inform corporate customers, agencies, printers and sign-makers and suppliers to this group.

Organized by Duncan MacOwan | Type: summit

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The World Wide Survey 3 in partnership with InfoTrends - congratulations Andrew Akers!

We just wanted to congratulate Andrew Akers from SignsByTomorrow who recently won an iPad having been picked at random from the entries into FESPA's World Wide Survey 3. In partnership with InfoTre…

Tagged: fespa, print, fespa2010, survey, infotrends

Started by Rob Older in Sample Title 1 day ago.

golden sign 2 Replies

Hi , did anybody have experience with this printers http://www.goldensigncn.com/sdp/310165/4/

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Started by jure lovric in Sample Title. Last reply by devi parsad shukla Aug 29.

using HP SCITEX FB6100 2 Replies

Hello, there is anybody who use this kind of machine in our comunity? We intend to buy next time our first UV machine and HP FB6100 could be one of our choice but unfortunately there is nobody to kn…

Started by Doru Ursu in Sample Title. Last reply by Kris Wong Hsui Hong Aug 24.

HP Latex Printers

Hi there, I am a user of the L25500, L65500 and the LX800. Would like to discuss with other users of these printers to share on the usability and issues with them. So far i am experiencing problems w…

Started by Kris Wong Hsui Hong in Sample Title Aug 24.

Blog Posts

What's going on?

There has always been a very dynamic aspect to wide format digital based on the wide variety of technologies applied to the market to produce a range of applications from fine art prints to billboards. If asked to characterize the wide format digital printing market now I would say it is hot, crowded, and competitive, with still a lot of potential. The recent post-FESPA survey, conducted in July after the FESPA-Munich show, presented a good chance to take the temperature of the wide format marke… Continue

Posted by Tim Greene on August 5, 2010 at 2:33pm

Social Media and Wide Format Print – Worthwhile to connect?

If you are reading this blog post you already know some of this but it bears scrutiny and maybe you can show it to your boss to help prove that you are not just wasting your time.
As James Matthews-Paul wrote earlier this week there are now more than 500 million active users of FaceBook
and more than 75 million active users of Twitter. Social media is hot for B2B communications because companies around the world are looking for new ways to access customers and prospects in the most direct an… Continue

Posted by Tim Greene on July 28, 2010 at 5:02am

The rise and multiplication of social networks: relevance, commonality and monkey business

It will probably come as no surprise to read this month’s statistics from The Nielsen Company (via the BBC) about use of social media platforms, and to find out that Facebook is still on the ascendant. 500 million users are signed up to the internet’s largest network, equalling some 7.1% of the world’s population; half of them, or 3.55% of all the planet, logs in on a daily basis.

What’s also interesting is how much time we spend on Fa… Continue

Posted by James Matthews-Paul on July 26, 2010 at 8:36am

How FESPA both innovated and motivated

FESPA 2010 was a reassuring moment of motivation for an industry which has undergone a wide range of subjective and objective questioning since the financial markets were plunged into cold water. Processes, suitability for purpose, variety of applications, the environmental challenge and the lack of young people in the industry are all subjects that need addressing, and FESPA’s mixture of debates, presentations, summits and seminars seemed purposed to do just that.

… Continue

Posted by James Matthews-Paul on July 19, 2010 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

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Display Talk: Digital holds its own against the heavyweights of artistic print

The blog 'Digital holds its own against the heavyweights of artistic print' was originally featured on Display Talk. The use of print in fine art is nothing new. Andy Warhol brought the technique of screen-printing to a mainstream audience with…

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Andrew Akers (Signs by Tomorrow) - Winner of an iPad having been picked at random after entering the FESPA World Wide Survey 3 in partnership with InfoTrends.

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The World Wide Survey 3 in partnership with InfoTrends - congratulations Andrew Akers!

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The World Wide Survey 3 in partnership with InfoTrends - congratulations Andrew Akers!

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Any printer who embraces innovation and create innovative print for their customers. You can nominate yourself or nominate someone else! A select few, will be featured on fespa.com and FESPA World Magazine.

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