Our industry has been starved of proper trade shows for nearly 2 years. As far as wide format, signage and display, the last show was PrintEx, together with Visual Impact, in August 2019. Visual Impact Gold Coast fell victim to Covid in May 2020. Come September, Melbourne leads the recovery with PacPrint & Visual Impact. Plus, it's the 25th anniversary of the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre - christened by PacPrint 1996!

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 PacPrint 2017 with Visual Impact was the last time the industry got together in Melbourne

In 96 days from today’s newsletter, the Melbourne Exhibition Centre’s doors will open for PacPrint 2021, co-located with Visual Impact and the Labels & Packaging events. Australia will be one of the first countries in the world to re-boot its real-world graphics industry trade fair schedule – the USA will host Printing United in October and a FESPA is slated in Amsterdam, also in October. But September is Visual Impact & PacPrint time!

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2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the MCEC

The PacPrint exhibitor floorplan is already filling up, with several of the industry’s major players already booked in or putting holds on stand areas. Many of these took advantage of the Federal government’s ‘Business Events Grant’ 50% subsidy scheme, designed to kickstart the events and business travel industries post-Covid.

The MCEC has been operating as a Covid vaccination centre and this will continue to the end of 2021, but in a sectioned-off part of the exhibition centre. PacPrint visitors can be assured of the highest Covid-prevantative environment while visiting the show.

The largest exhibitor so far is Currie Group, closely followed by Fujifilm and Konica Minolta. Spicers, Starleaton, Epson and HP also have major areas.

Exhibitors offering wide format solutions including consumables and finishing are:

Aeronaut – CNC & Routers

Alfex – Laser die-cutting

BPG Australia – Wide format media

Colour Graphic Services – Colour measurement & profiling

Currie Group – EFI wide and superwide format printers

Elizabeth Machines – welders, stitchers, finishing

Epson – Broad range of wide format printers of all types

Europoles – Fabric event displays and soft signage

Fujifilm – Wide format printers, flatbed & roll

Hexis – Consumables, films, wrap materials

Hilton Laminating – Lamination technologies

HP – Wide and superwide format printers

Konica Minolta – Wide format printers

Mimaki – Flatbed and roll wide format printers

Multicam – CNC & Routers

Mutoh – Roll, UV and hybrid wide format printers

Pozitive – All types of wide format printers inc SwissQprint

Print IQ – MIS for wide format

Roland DG – All types of wide format printers

Screen GP – Parent company of Inca Digital

Shann DPM - Consumables

Sign-to-Badge – Name bads, ID printers, UV doning, finishing

Spicers – Printers, finishing & consumables

Starleaton – Everything from start to finish

Stick On Signs - Consumables

Trotec – Laser die-cutting, routing

Velflex - Consumables

Wilenco – Flatbed applicators, laminators, printers

This list is sure to grow as PacPrint/Visual Imact draws nearer.

For exhibitors: there are still some great spaces available and the 50% Business Event Grant is still available, covering show costs, promotion, travel and accomodation.

For visitors: Mark your diaries and smartphone calenders! Melbourne is back and a great place to combine business with pleasure!

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