There are lots of reasons to be in New Orleans the week of October 9-13. One of them is the SGIA show, which will be at the New Orleans Convention Center, just down the street from the Doubletree Hilton.
What can you see at SGIA? There will be a lot of exhibitors there displaying wide-format products, including a number of APDSP vendor members. In addition there will be several educational tracks that may interest reprographics businesses.
First, the products:
KIP (booth 145) will be exhibiting eight products, including the 900 Series of high demand color print systems. Click here for more info.
HP (booth 1029, 1045) will show off their wide-format printers, including the DesignJet line, the Latex line, and the Scitex line.
Image Access (booth 3822) will be showing its new WideTEK 36ART Fine Art Scanner, as well its other wide-format scanners.
Canon Solutions America (booth 2435, 2525) will exhibit their imaging products.
Dietzgen/Magic (booth 2211) will exhibit its Magic, Museo and JetSet brands of large-format media products. Click here for more info.
Drytac (booth 3325) will exhibit a number of products, including their new SpotOn Synth Paper for PageWide XL. Click here for more info.
Quality Media and Laminating Solutions (booth 3345) will be exhibiting a number of products, including their new Kala AppliKator Flat-Bed Mounting Table. Click here for more info.
That's just a small sample of the exhibitors showing wide-format products at SGIA. In fact, it's easily worth a two-day visit.
Education
Among the interesting educational offerings at SGIA will be Wide-Format 101, a half-day session on Monday, Oct. 9, that will introduce attendees to wide-format color applications and business opportunities. Learn more about that by clicking here.
The Graphics & Sign Track, which begins on Tuesday, Oct. 10, also would be worthwhile for a reprographics professional. Courses in that track include Selecting and Printing Backlit Fabrics; Inkjet Banding: Identification and Root Cause Analysis; and Inkjet Special Effects for Value-Add. Learn more about that track by clicking here.
Free Passes
Many exhibitors are offering free passes to the show. Click here for a list of them, and links to request them.