Labelexpo Asia 2005 almost under way

Labelexpo Asia 2005, taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Center on 7-9 December 2005 next week, is almost underway and will be over double the size of the last event in 2003. 

The show has attracted all the leading international and Chinese suppliers including Avery Dennison, Basch Group, Esko-Graphics, Dowell Swiss, Focus, Gallus, H-Shine Printing Machine Company, HP Indigo, Jebsen/Gidue, Kocher Beck, Orthotec Wan An (Concorde Precision Technology), Labelmen, Lintec, Mark Andy, Nilpeter, Omet, Rotoflex, Rotometrics, Raflatac, Stork, Shanghai Purlux, Shanghai-Ximin-Taiyo, and Xeikon/Basys - and with visitor pre-registration up 92 per cent expectations are high for an exceptional number of quality visitors from across China and the whole region.

In addition to the exhibition, a seminar program will run alongside the show offering a unique opportunity in China to hear from high profile speakers from across Asia and the globe such as: Mr Shen Haixiang, Chin printing (Group) Corp; Mr Tan Junqiao, Printing & printing Equipment Industries Association of China; Dr Jules P. Farkas, Technical Center, China; Jason Chia, Esko Graphics; Alan Yu, Innovia Films; and David Jones, Alphasonics. The conference will highlight the use and performance of UV flexo and combination printing presses; examine the latest advances in pre-press technology; assess the changing requirements for smart, smart active and intelligent labeling solutions and how they can be achieved; and look into the future with digital printing opportunities. 

Roger Pellow, Labelexpo managing director, said: ‘Labelexpo Asia was launched two years ago in response to industry demand for an event in this high growth region and has become a vital part of the Labelexpo Global Series. The label industry in China is still in its early stages, but as the Chinese printing sector matures (which it will do, as has happened in Europe and the USA), so will the niche Chinese label industry. Labelexpo sees its mission to replicate what happened in the West, and to develop this dynamic market. With global brand owners and the retail sector continuing to achieve high growth in Asia, the Chinese label producer is looking to achieve higher quality, higher performance label solutions that address the needs of brand marketing, retail display and supply chain logistics. At Labelexpo Asia we can address these needs. Suppliers and converters from across China and the world, including Europe and the USA, are coming to do business; research investment decisions; learn about hot topics in the label industry; and meet and talk with leading Chinese industry players.’