A Chinese-owned company is (surprise, surprise) set to be one of the newspaper stars of the country’s printing trade show next week. You know it as Goss International.
The launch of the new Magnum Compact is set to be a highlight of China Print 2013, an exhibition which boasts more than 1000 stands. The press is a new-generation iteration of the company’s top-selling Community… but with automatic plate-loading and slide-apart compact towers evocative of the revolutionary FPS system for larger circulations.
The eighth Beijing International Printing Technology Exhibition, China Print 2013 runs from May 14-18 at the New China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing. Some 1,268 exhibitors from 28 countries and regions are registered to occupy 19 halls – 11 of them built temporarily on the car park for the event – and more than 160,000 m2 of stand space, 60 per cent more than last time.
The sheer scale is some indication of the seriousness with which global vendors are now taking the Chinese market. Both Heidelberg and HP have stands of more than 3000 m2, KBA is among those with more than 1000m2 with Komori and Shanghai Electric Printing and Packaging Machinery Group – which includes Goss and Akiyama – close to that. Muller Martini has booked 600 m2 for the event.
More than 100 visitor groups from over 30 countries are expected, including India, Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines.
May 14– China Print Summit 2013: New Tech and Biz Models Would Impact the Future of China Printing Industry;
May 15– 2nd Asia G7 Summit – Global Printing Standardization, Asia Print Meeting; China Print Awards, and The 2nd Digital Printing Forum;
May 16– Printing China 2013, and Print China 2015 Press Conference.
See the exhibition floor plan (click on individual halls to download interactive plans showing the names of exhibitors.