Nicky Mason, Managing Director, IIR Exhibitions says, “This Mumbai edition of Ipex South Asia 2009 surpassed all expectations. The event featured a wide range of products, accessories and servicesas well as high quality local and international visitors.”
New products that were launched for the first time in India include Canon with the imagePress 1135 with a digital print volume of 150 millions pages per month, Konica MinoltaHPXerox with iGen4 and Docucolour 7002.
Indian companies also made important announcements, Welbound launched its PUR perfect binder, Line-O-Matic offered extended post-press solutions, The Printers House launched their folder – the Orient Xpress 122 and Megabound revealed the CB-310 semi automatic case maker for short run jobs.
Organisers continue the event provided an ideal platform for all concerned to share information not only with major international brands, but with major Indian brands as well. Some of the industry leaders that took part in the exhibition were Canon, Xerox, HP, Kodak, HCL Infosystems/Konica Minolta, Efi, Shuttleworth Business Systems, Kern, Pitney Bowes and Epson.
Also commenting, Jon Johnston, event manager says, “The exhibition offered an excellent opportunity to participate and share information across regions, enabling graphic arts professionals to take full advantage of the very latest technology to help develop their business opportunities.”
He continues, “We were particularly delighted with the success of our VIP buyer programme that ensured over 500 commercially important prospects made their way to the show. This extremely high profile attendance further strengthened the event.”
