The NEC in Birmingham will host The Print Show 2023 on Tuesday, 19 September.
The event will be held in Hall 17 at the venue for three full days, until Thursday, 21st September. It was first launched in 2015 in order to fill the gap in the UK market for an event focusing on commercial printing.
Exhibitors include Fujifilm UK (UK), Liyu UK (UK), Konica Minolta Document Solutions (KDS), Morgana Laminating Technologies InkTec Premier Paper Group and Vivid Laminating Technology, among others.
Event director Chris Davies said: “Over the seven exhibitions we have done The Print Show has continued to grow and grow, attracting around 100 exhibitors at each show. We’re still adding businesses to our floor plan, but we are set to fill far more space than ever before as we’ve now removed unneeded areas in order to better support our exhibitors.
“This year has a host of new exhibitors, as well as businesses which have collaborated and built on the success of last year’s show.”
The theme of the 2023 event is ‘Print Without Barriers’, which organisers at Link Exhibitions said refers to print not only being ink on paper, but a diverse medium and an excellent route to market.
This year will also see the return of the Gala Dinner, which Davies said would be “a great way to chat and celebrate with exhibitors and visitors, especially as we haven’t held an evening function at The Print Show since 2017”.
“I’m also looking forward to seeing people attending the Knowledge Zone as I think it’s a perfect way for visitors of various backgrounds to learn about topics and trends that affect everyone,” he added.
This area was revamped, and there will be a variety of speakers who will discuss topics such as growing sales, being green, and diversifying products and your workforce.
Morgana will also be launching two new cutting machines.
InkTec will focus on showcasing a complete line of DTF products (direct-to film), including a 600mm Printer, compact shakers, air purifiers, high-quality Inks, cold and hot peel PET films and hot-melt Powder. A new 3.2m LED-UV Jetrix roll-to-roll printer will be showcased by the business.
Also on the show floor will be print machine resellers such as Graphtec, Encore Machinery, Your Print Specialists, Colyer, Perfect Bindery Solutions, Aurora, D&K Europe, and Ashgrove Trading.
Software companies like Accura MIS PrintIQ Wildcard Software Zaikio Flex4 Digital Specs XMPie will be in attendance, as well as Accura MIS.
Trade printers such as Route 1 Print, Solopress and Tradeprint, VB Media Venture Banners, Trade Embroidery and Baker Labels will also be on hand, along with paper merchants Elliott Baxter Group (and PG Paper), which will showcase its relaunched Trucard label.
Finally, the show will see various prizes handed out via its Golden Ticket draw and at a new attraction for this year – the daily ‘Cash Grabber’, a Crystal Maze-style capsule where visitors can challenge themselves to grab as many light objects as possible in order to be in with a chance to win real cash near the end of the day.
Golden Ticket prizes this year, meanwhile, include a £1,000 TUI voucher to be spent on a break, as well as £500 Amazon vouchers, and a variety of luxury hampers.
Many of the exhibitors will also be running competitions and giveaways, with Flexpress giving away 500 copies of Steve Wenlock’s new book, Finishing First – How a small commercial printing company can outperform the market, The purpose of this book is to assist printers in achieving success.
Fujifilm will offer attendees the chance to refresh their social networking profiles by offering them a professional headshot. Baker Labels has fun activities like a basketball competition. Perfect Colours gives visitors a chance to win Apple AirPods and an iPad.
Visit theprintshow.co.uk for more information and to register.