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Posted March 7, 2017
Hall 1: CO2 laser cutters, CNC routers: an entire hall (in other words, more than at any other expo in the world (probably 100X more than at DRUPA).
Hall 2: the Chinese Hall had more flatbed cutters; several booths FILLED with different sizes and shapes of laminators; and endless booths of wide-format and desktop-sized UV printers, solvent printers, and textile printers. Many brands are new: companies which did not exhibit in previous years.
Hall 3: the International Hall: AGFA, dilli, Durst, efi VUTEk, Epson, Mimaki, Roland , and Mutoh. Lots of Chinese brands of large-format printers: JHF, Gongzheng, Handtop, Teckwin, and lots of other brands. Several brands I have never noticed before: Yameike, Yotta and more. Lots of flatbed cutters: iECHO, JWEI and more. Ink companies: Jetbest, Sam Ink, Sun Chemical (SunJet DIC), and many more. Many booths of printable materials: HEYtex, a.berger and dozens of Chinese brands.
Hall 4: has miles of booths of inks and printable substrates.
Hall 5 and Hall 6: signage, everything from LCD, LED to traditional signage. North Hall (at north entrance). This is now a full hall. Last year was mostly textile printers but now has everything: as filled with printers as Hall 2 and 3. What is new? This is the question we are asked the most often. Once the expo opens tomorrow, we will be visiting an ink booth which may have a remarkable new ink.
Posted January 3, 2017
The team at FLAAR Reports will be evaluating, reviewing, and writing reports on six special topics during 2017.
To learn which aspects of inkjet printing we will be studying during 2017, see the entire list and description via this link:
Posted January 3, 2017
Dr Nicholas Hellmuth and video photographer Erick Flores, both of FLAAR Reports, will fly to Dubai to document this significant annual printer and signage trade show.
Dr Nicholas and Erick will also visit Dubai Garden Glow, a remarkable visual experience (which is within walking distance of the SGI expo). Dubai is worth bringing your entire family and definitely your business colleagues in wide-format inkjet and signage.
SGI 2017 is capably organized by IEF, Falak Holdings.
www.SignMiddleEast.com can provide more information, plus you can look at FLAAR Reports from recent years.
Examples of what we experienced at SGI Dubai in the recent four years. FLAAR is one of the few international consultants who literally cover “the WORLD of wide-format inkjet", literally around the world. |
Posted November 18, 2016
We have been attending trade shows around the world from many years now; ISA is one of the shows we go to every year. ISA has a great mixture of lectures, educational sessions, and a variety of products on the floor. So if you are a sign shop owner, distributor or manufacturer, this is where you can get the most out of a trade show.
For 2017, ISA will be held the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. The expo is April 20, 21, and 22; April 19th is for educational and networking events.
http://signexpo.org/about-the-show/faqs/
In 2017, ISA will be partnering with CPP Expo (Collaboration in Production Packaging); which covers inkjet, digital, flexo, hybrid and wide-format applications.
FLAAR Reports will be exhibiting, so be sure to drop by our booth #605, we hope to see you at the show and follow FLAAR Reports with the hash tag #FLAARatISA2017 and join us as we develop news about the large format printer industry.
Posted September 6, 2016. Updated September 26, 2017.
FLAAR has attended Sign Istanbul every single year for every year this decade.
We go for many reasons: first, because this is the premier signage and wide-format inkjet printer event in the junction of Europe and Asia. Second: we know most of the major distributors in Turkey and have many friends in the inkjet printer, ink, media, cutter, and laminator industries in Turkey.
There is a waiting list of FLAAR Reports review editors who all want to visit Turkey and help Dr Nicholas at Sign Istanbul. So each year we bring two of us: Dr Nicholas and an assistant Review Editor (since there are so many printers, inks, media, cutters, etc to study).
Posted Aug 26, 2016
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September 7, 8, and 9, Johannesburg, www.AfricaPrintExpo.com
Dr Nicholas will be lecturing and/or on the panel for co-located events two days, and will be at the co-located trade shows all three days.
We look forward to seeing you in Johannesburg.
Posted Aug. 26, 2016
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UV printer brand PR releases claim their printers can print on ceramic tiles. WOW, so you print on ceramic tiles and find later that all the ink falls off.
Printing on ceramic tiles is dubious with UV-ink unless you have the chemicals for coating and the knowledge and equipment to heat-set after printing. Since ceramic tiles are a major product for decorating architecture, it is a good investment to attend Tecnargilla ceramic tile expo every two years.
You can hire Dr Nicholas to walk-the-floor together with you, or, if you can’t get to Italy that week, you can order the FLAAR Reports which use 2014 to prepare for 2016, plus the FLAAR Reports on the 2016 expo when it is finished.
Consulting with Dr Nicholas is also available at Glasstec, one week before Tecnargilla.
Posted August 8, 2016
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Over and over again manufacturers of UV-cured printers claim that their printers can print on GLASS and CERAMIC TILES.
Yes, you can even print on water (as the Russian printer booth team does every year). But… will the ink adhere to the glass or ceramic tiles?
If UV-cured printers can so easily handle glass and ceramic tiles, why are there entire international glass printer trade shows and ceramic printer trade shows where between 80% and 90% of the featured printers are not using UV-cured ink?
GLASSTEC 2016 |
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Consulting should be reserved and covered in advance ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Once you are signed up we will send you the FLAAR Reports in preparation.
If you wish to start with just the FLAAR Reports, you can purchase them, and then if later you also wish consulting, the purchase price of the reports can be a credit towards the consulting fee.
If you wish to start with just the FLAAR Reports, you can purchase them, and then if later you also wish consulting, the purchase price of the reports can be a credit towards the consulting fee.
Posted June 10, 2016
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Check our feed on Twitter, Facebook and all our printers sites about us in FESPA Mexico 2016. #FLAARatFESPAMexico |
Two members from FLAAR staff will attend FESPA Mexico 2016 on late August. There will be FLAAR Reports based on what we find at the exhibition.
If you are interested in consulting write This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or if you wish to order any of the upcoming FLAAR Reports.
Updated May 11, 2016.
Posted April 7, 2016
Four from FLAAR Reports attended ISA 2016 in Orlando. Lots of people visited our booth there.
Write This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you wish to order any of these special FLAAR Reports.
Printhead by Printhead brand |
LED vs |
Size, shape, structure |
UV Cured PrinterTRENDs 2016 |
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Which Printheads are in which brand of UV-cured printer. |
Which brands, which models, of UV-cured printers have LED or Mercury curing systems. | How many kinds of UV-cured printers were at ISA By brand, and by Model. |
There will also be comparable FLAAR Reports on printheads of textile printers, textile printer TRENDs, etc. We have comparable reports for textile and UV-cured printers at APPPEXPO 2016 in Shanghai and FESPA 2016 in Amsterdam.
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Here is the FLAAR team who work on printer and signage trends around the world. |
ISA 2017 will be at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. The trade show is April 20, 21, and 22; April 19th has educational and networking events.
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