Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. This spring has been a busy time for our industry. There have been many great trade show and Aaron has returned from FESPA in Cologne, Germany. Aaron will give you a full rundown of what he saw over there to catch you up on the latest trends in the industry. We will also have Dave Pomeroy from NBM on the show to give us a preview of the upcoming B.I.G. Show in Indianapolis. There is a ton of exciting stuff at that show and he will give us a sneak preview. We will also have Jeff Brown from the ISS Shows on to give us the final recap of ISS Nashville as well and preview ISS Orlando. Even if you could not make it to the show, you will feel like you were there.
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Industry Trade Show Updates
Jeff Brown – ISS Group Show Director
ISS Nashville – Jeff, we just wrapped up Nashville. What’s your assessment of that show?
ISS Orlando – Next up is Orlando on Sept 10-12. How’s that show shaping up?
You’ve got one more show this year after Orlando (Ft Worth, Oct 15-17). Plans well underway I imagine?
Dave Pomeroy – NBM Vice President, Publishing and Markets
NBM Arlington – Dave, Arlington is just in our rear view window. How do the folks at NBM feel about that event?
NBM Indy – You’ve got a big one next week. Beyond 2RG’s live broadcast, give us a little update on that show.
What else do you have on tap for 2015?
FESPA
Terry: So Aaron how was your trip to Germany for the FESPA Show
Good trip, lots of walking and German Beer
- Story about walking from Hotel
- Story about the Grolsch Beers
Terry: So tell us about the show, what did you see there?
Massive show, took up 4 big halls and was jammed pack.
- US Companies there likeStahls, M&R, HP and Brother and then the usual Japanese companies we know here. Roland,Mimaki,OKI and Epson
- Epson showing a new F9200 Sublimation printer, Dual CMYK
- Aeoon was there with their own booth and Kornit had a huge booth.
- Saw a new DTG company called Polyprint – Making big claims about speed and low cost.
- Coolest machine was an automatic weeding machine from an Italian Company called Galileo. Pretty amazing but cost $160K
- Chemica had a cool product where it was a 2 color vinyl, kind of an outline that expended when heat pressed.
- SEFA had the first auto release swing away press I had ever seen.
- Silh coming to market with some new Sublimation Paper
- Sawgrass showing the new 24” printer
- Big shake up with Chromaluxe and a chinese company that was their trying to knock of their metal panels
Terry: So anything major happen over in Germany while you were there?
The was a train workers strike for just a day, but we never rode the train so didn’t really affect us. The Taxi’s are a bit crazy though.
Shows
- ASI Chicago – 7/15 to 7/16
- NBM Long Beach – 7/23 to 7/25
- Embroidery Mart – 8/7 to 8/8
- NBM Philly – 8/28 to 8/30
- ISS Orlando – 9/10 to 9/12
- NBM Denver – 10/2 to 10/3
- ISS Ft Worth – 10/15 to 10/17
Other News/Events
- Complete Screen Printing Business Course – Workhorse Products in Phoenix – July 25-26
- Complete Screen Printing Business Course – Atlas Screen Supply in Chicago – August 8-9
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