The Cape Town Book Fair 2009
We met a lot of new people and were able to spread the word on how digital print can be of benefit to them. There was a lot of interest in self-publishing. It's great that Mega's in a postion to be able to help these people realise their dreams of producing a book, without having to sell their houses for finance!
Some pics of our stand at the show:
The Cape Town Book Fair 2008
The Cape Town Book Fair 2008 was held from the 14th to the 17th June at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. I haven't seen official attendance figures yet, but it seemed to be very well attended in spite of the public holiday on the Monday and the resultant long weekend.
We met a lot of new people and were able to spread the word on how digital print can be of benefit to them. There was a lot of interest in self-publishing. It's great that Mega's in a postion to be able to help these people realise their dreams of producing a book, without having to sell their houses for finance!
Some pics of our stand at the show:
Drupa 2008
Mike and Adrian were fortunate to have been invited by Xerox and their local agency, Bytes Document Solutions, to attend DRUPA in Dusseldorf in June 2008.
The event is the biggest international print and packaging expo, and is held only once every four years. It's known as the "Olympics" of the printing trade!
The show was expected to draw approximately 500 000 vistors. Over 2 200 exhibitors from every corner of the globe had their wares on display, covering everything relating to print, from software to web presses to paper suppliers to finishing equipment.
It was a fantastic opportunity for us at Mega to view the very latest technology - once again "thanks" to Xerox and Peter Walton from Bytes for giving us the chance!
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Océ Open House 2007 - Germany
Adrian was
invited to attend the Océ
Open House at the Océ facility in Poing, near
Munich, Germany. Held from the 5th to 9th of March 2007
and billed as “Europe’s biggest digital printing
fair”, more than 5 800 individuals from 90 countries
attended.
It was a very well produced and organised show, and a
fantastic opportunity to view the latest digital printing
and finishing equipment, workflows and personalisation
software in action.
They had 63 full printing lines set up and running. I
think the most impressive for me was the “9000”
line, which is reel-fed and prints up to 1515 personalised
pages per minute. Together with the Sigma Binder, sheeters,
tensioners, conveyer system and three-knife trimmer, it
truly is “paper in one side and a book out the other”.
The "9000"
digital line.
Paper in one side,
books out the other... |
Unwind unit and sheeter
for
the Oce 6250 |
The South African
delegates |
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IBM On Demand Books Conference - Colorado
Mike and Adrian
were invited to the IBM Headquarters in Boulder, Colorado,
for a two day conference on digital print. It was quite
a small group (about 40 people) and consisted of a series
of presentations by American printers and various experts
on printing, finishing and software.
The trip got off to a bumpy start (for Mike) when he was
told at Cape Town International that he would not be able
to pass through Heathrow on a temporary passport, so it
was last minute rebooking of flights. He got to the hotel,
had a shower and went straight into the seminar, after
33 hours of flying!
Delegates from all
around the
world. We were the only South
Africans! |
Adrian not letting a
bit of snow
get in the way of a Sunday braai |
The conference venue
at
the Boulderado Hotel |
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Cape Town Book Fair - 2007
We had a stand
at the 2007 Cape Town Book Fair. The show attracted more
than 50 000 visitors and nearly doubled in size compared
to the 2006 show.
We wanted to do something a little “out of the ordinary”
and enlisted the services of Melanie Rigby to do some
body painting. The model, Phoebe, certainly attracted
attention!
The stand before opening |
Mike, Adrian, Phoebe
and Glendor |
Phoebe and friends
at the Juta stand |
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