A happy Peter Harper, GM of the Visual Industries Suppliers Association and both Ken Pobjoy and Stan Kilpin of Image magazine were delighted with the turnout on the first day of the Gold Coast show.
This is the first year where the VISA organisation has organised the show independently of any external contractors.Chatting to a broad range of exhibitors it was stated several times that this was the first year that the exhibitors themselves got behind the show and seriously added their own marketing efforts to that of VISA, hence the increase in numbers of delegates.
Congratulations to VISA as well as Ken and Stan from Image for a good show. It bodes well for the future of this tradionally small Queensland show and the investment that VISA have put into it to date.
The queues to register at 10am and all the way through to midday were pretty long and the exhibition aisles were humming with activity.
Several new products were on show including the first showing of the Gerber Solara Ion by Spandex; the new Roll to Roll attachment from Oce for the Arizona GT; the new Neo printers from Advanced Sign Supplies.
Further announcements will be made regarding the show's attendance, product news as well as individual success stories.
Attendance at the adjoining seminars improved also with the some clever choices of speaker and topics by the organisers.
A pictorial view of some of exhibitors at this year's show, in alphabetical order (apologies to those exhibitors not featured here).....
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Well known Paul Szep from Advanced Sign Supplies with the new Neo machine from Russia |
Anitech as always put on a good show, the Dgen textile printer being demonstrated here |
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AVS provided vinyl education as well as 3M product with their wrapping demos on the well used cow |
Bannershop were waving the flag in an impressive manner |
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Celmac have become very significant Roland dealers and stated this loudly |
Ezy Taper showed off the powerful and versatile Ezy Taper machine |
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Graphica Technologies from New Zealand made their appearance with some excellent laminating solutions. |
Halifax Vogel, media supply house extraordinaire and a regular at the VIIE shows |
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IDS Displays point of sale products were well received |
Well known Image magazine guys Ken & Stan were keen to talk about their new acquistion, On Demand magazine |
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DGS Mimaki and Qld distributor Power Digital teamed up to show off the latest from Mimaki |
Oce's key exhibit was the Roll to Roll attachment for the Arizona 250 GT. It can be retrofitted and costs only 30Gs. |
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Omnitech Mutoh booth was dominated by the ValueJet which provided stunning value - no pun intended |
Power Digital's atttractive Zoe was proving her worth on the Dye Sub side showing off the company's vast array of product. |
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Ricky Richards are omnipresent at the VIIE shows and Matt Evans was there to give advice and present the company's huge range of media |
Roland DG had 3 stands, one each dedicated to new equipment, rental and training. Scanvec Amiable did some great demos on the training side. |
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SAS Signage are soon to open a Qld branch in order to bring their unique service levels and products to Qld customers |
Sign Essentials had a prominent position and put on an excellent show of their Roland products as well as their many other offerings. |
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Sign Sheet Distributors have taken a very public stance these last couple of years and here again they were very visible with their Alupanel as well as a broad range of other media. |
Spandex took huge pride in showing off their Gerber Solara Ion, a machine that has a rosy future due to some very clever engineering as well as patented ink technology |
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Sublimation Systems keeps a low profile generally but when John makes an appearance with his Dye Sub products, he does it very well. |
An interesting addition this year were the interviews, a forum for the suppliers to highlight their special offerings. |
VISA/Image Magazine
www.visa.org.au
www.imagemagazine.com.au
