We count half-a-dozen and half as many more companies with an interest in the news media industry... but PrintEx15 remains one of the few production events on the Australian calendar this year.

And it's usually a great 'meet up" for friends and colleagues in the inky side of the industry... plus those suppliers who are to be found "in the aisles".

The 75 separate exhibitors include newspaper and heatset press makers KBA and manroland, mailroom systems provider WRH Global Australia (Ferag), and a handful of digital printing systems makers, two of which (Agfa and Screen) are also involved in newspaper prepress.

Here's the full list, with the organisers' proviso that there may be more (they hope): 180 Group, AC Print Finishing Machinery, Accura MIS, Agfa Graphics Oceania, Australian Printer Magazine, Australian Wrapping Company, BJ Ball, Bottcher Australia, Canon Australia, Cardboard Tubes, Celmac, Chili Publish, Colour Graphic Services, CTI Colour Printers, Currie Group, D.S.M. Kalker Superstitch Wires, Dataform Paper Processing Australia, DES, Dolphin Worxs, Dynamic Graphics, EFI, Epson Australia, Esko-Graphics, Fuji Xerox Australia, Graph-Pak, Gulmen Engineering, Hewlett-Packard Australia, Hexicom Software, Hilton Laminating, IQ Australia, JCI Applications, Jet Technologies, Kayell Australia, KBA Australasia, Kleentek, Kodak (Australasia), Konica Minolta Business Solutions, Kurz Australia, Label Line, Label Print Systems, Lamination System, MakerBot, manroland Australasia, Megara, Minipack International, Mir Aus, Morgana Australia/Ferrostaal Australia, Neopost Australia, Neopost Australia, Objectif Lune , Optimus M.I.S., Pelikan Artline, Pent Net, Photo Electronic Services, Printcost, Printing Industries Association of Australia, Quote & Print Software, Renz Australia, Ricoh Australia, Rilecart Binding Supplies, RISO from Imagetec, Rotary Engineering, Screen GP Australia, SEAGA Group Australia, Shann DPM, Social Printing, Spicers, Starleaton Digital Solutions, STH Wire Industry, Talk Graphics, Tharstern Australia, Trimatt Systems, Venus Hartung, Whirlwind Print, Workflowz and WRH Global Australia.

PrintEx15 runs from May 13-15 at Sydney Showground.