New FLAAR Reports to prepare for Shanghai sign & Printer expo in July

Posted May 9, 2013

We are preparing a new series of FLAAR Reports on "what to expect at Shanghai APPPEXPO 2013 in July." We will issue the first report before the end of this week, and many more in the coming weeks.

Below are front covers of the upcoming reports.

FLAAR to attend the last days of China glass expo

Posted May 3, 2013

FLAAR Reports covers glass printing technology and inks around the world. We will attend the China glass expo in Beijing, flying there from PacPrint and Visual Impact in Australia.

If you wish consulting services during this expo, or if you wish to Subscribe to the wide-format inkjet printing on glass TRENDs report which Hellmuth will research and publish, please contact FrontDesk "at" FLAAR.org.

FLAAR at printer expos in Australia

Posted April 18, 2013

In 2013 Visual Impact will be in Melbourne and co-located with pacprint.

After these two expos in Australia Dr Nicholas will be at Ceramics China expo in Guangzhou and then at ShanghaiTEX.

FLAAR will attend ShanghaiTEX

Posted May 3, 2013

Dr Nicholas Hellmuth and Maria Renee Ayau (Technical Writer for textile printers) will attend ShanghaiTEX all days.

If you wish consulting services during this expo, or if you wish to Subscribe to the textile TRENDs report which Hellmuth and Ayau will research and publish, please contact FrontDesk "at" FLAAR.org.

Consider SGIA printer & signage expo this autumn

Posted April 10, 2013

The exhibitor list for SGIA 2013 in Orlando is anticipated to be a good selection of all aspects of the wide-format inkjet printer work flow. Plus SGIA still has screen printing, especially for T-shirts.

We at FLAAR are looking forward to having a booth at SGIA. We have learned that print shop owners and distributors come to say thank-you for the tips we provide them (and the present tip is that SGIA is worth attending). We do not sell any products at the booth; FLAAR is a research institute dedicated to education.

The FLAAR team looks forward to seeing you there in Orlando.

We will also be at FESPA Digital in the UK, and ShanghaiTEX, and APPPEXPO 2013 also in Shanghai.

ISA 2013 Sign Expo in Las Vegas

Updated April 5, 2013. Posted March 5, 2013.

A healthy exhibitor list for ISA 2013 makes this printer and signage expo a success.

People from all around the world are here: naturally North America but also Mexico, Central America and South America.

Plus Australia, Turkey and dozens of other countries. This is a frankly remarkly international expo.

Still one more day, so be sure to visit.

Our FLAAR Report will be issued tomorrow but will be significantly updated next week. Will cover inks, media, laminators, cutters, printers of all kinds (textile, UV-cured, eco-solvent, RIP software, etc).

The most complete Chinese signage expo: Inkjet + LED + entire signage workflow

Updated March 5, 2013. Posted Feb 18, 2013

Signage products in China are worth coming directly to China to experience. Here the market prices are quite low that fit any budget and often matching the quality of European or American brands (after all, the same factories now make the media, substrates, and even printers of brands in USA, Europe, and even Japan).

Year after year we can see the increase in exhibitors at the fair, as everyone wants to be present in such a great market. That is why if you are interested in expanding the market in your country or increase your workflow APPPEXPO trade show is one of the worldwide trade shows you should attend. We look forward to a healthy exhibitors list at APPPEXPO 2013 in Shanghai thus July 10-13.

FLAAR also provides assistance and consulting services for distributors and print shop owners from around the world who prefer to have a personal guided visit to pertinent booths at APPPEXPO with Dr Nicholas Hellmuth.

Now that Epson has cut-off the world supply of DX5 printheads, the repercussions in the Chinese printer industry needs to be understood (another reason to attend APPPEXPO in Shanghai this July; what if Epson also cuts off supply of DX7 heads!). Or, what if the Chinese can defuse the software blockage that Epson has started to build inside their printheads (to keep even Mimaki from using them?!).

Plus we at FLAAR Reports are interested in evaluating Chinese inks, substrates, printers and cutters and we enjoy interacting with the capable and hard-working wide-format company people of China.

This expo in Shanghai is larger than every expo in USA all year long all put together.

This July expo in Shanghai is larger than every European expo all put together.

What distinguishes the Shanghai expo is that:

• The manufacturers exhibit (not just local Chinese city distributors). This is important, since to attract people from USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America (including Brazil), Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia) they want to meet the actual manufacturers.
• There is a full gamut of manufacturers, at least most of the brand names.
• Four day period (for a really large expo, three days are not enough).

If you wish consulting services with Dr Nicholas at this July expo, be sure to reserve time now, well in advance, by writing FrontDesk "at" FLAAR.org.

Graphispag

Updated May 3, 2013. Originally posted March 5, 2013.

Two years ago Graphispag in Barcelona was multiple times larger than I expected. Actually Graphispag was significantly larger in 2011 than any wide-format printer expo in the identical city, in the identical expo center in 2012.

This year I did not anticipate it will be anywhere near as large as 2011, but it would be nice to be surprised. Unfortunately VISCOM Madrid has collapsed (and is unsure whether it will be held in 2013). If Graphispag is successful this is all the more documentation that some organizers bungle their dis-organization; and other expo organizers are simply better (Graphispag).

But sadly Graphispag 2013 was so much smaller than 2011 that I did not even fly over to beautiful Barcelona to visit. VISCOM Madrid now has decided to open its doors in 2013, but it is too small to see or learn enough to make the cost to attend worthwhile. We may attend VISCOM Duesseldorf.

Graphics of the Americas 2013, Feb. 21-23

Most recently updated Feb 23, 2013. Posted Jan 15, 2013

We hope to see you at GoA 2013 in sunny temperate Orlando, to escape winter blizzards elsewhere in the world.

FLAAR evaluated UV-cured printers, textile printers, flatbed cutters, after-market inks, and diverse other products of the wide-format workflow.

UV-printers, Inks, Textile Printers & Substrates D-PES 2013 is opening in China next week

Posted Feb. 19, 2013

There are a dozen Chinese signage expos. I have enjoyed attending several. But two of these expos are distinctive (D-PES in February; and the even larger APPPEXPO in July).

FLAAR Reports attends D-PES because we can study UV-cured printers, textile printers, all printers with DX printheads, inks, media & substrates, laminators, coaters, and flatbed cutters.

After-market latex ink for all models of HP latex printers

Posted Oct 17, 2012

FLAAR does second inspection of a printshop switching from HP latex into to latex ink from Sam Ink. The printshop owner have lots and lots and lots of HP latex printers, and one by one are switching them to after-market latex ink.

The owners are content with the ink and all-smiles about the money they save. They can get much more business, especially during a recession, if their print costs are lower.

After-market third-party latex ink is now in its second generation from Sam Ink in Singapore. FLAAR Reports recently inspected a print shop in Los Angeles, California, who is happy using Sam Ink for their HP Designjet latex ink printers: HP Designjet L65500 and HP Designjet L26500

You can see this original quality ink at SGIA in the booth of Sam Ink with an HP latex ink printer.

SGI, Sign & Graphic Imaging Middle East 2013, Dubai

Posted Jan. 2, 2013

SGI Dubai (Sign Middle East Dubai) will open Jan 20th and run through January 22nd. Two from us at FLAAR will be there, plus Ryan Crist, who has worked with FLAAR on international projects in the past.

Sign & Graphic Imaging Middle East 2013 is the largest printer trade show in this part of the world. SGI Middle East really covers the entire Middle East (in part because Dubai is such a popular travel destination for shopping).

In past years we tried to cover this expo with just one person, but since SGI Dubai is the first major printer expo of the year, we really need two people, so Pablo Martinez will join us.

SGI, Dign Midle East, Dubai, is capably organized by International Expo Consults, associated with Falak Holding.