Graph Expo 2011 Hailed a Success by Exhibitors, Attendees

On the heels of GRAPH EXPO 2011’s post-show attendance report released last week-which revealed buyers up 7 percent and buyer companies up 12 percent over last year’s show-are just sampling of comments from attendees and exhibitors who spoke out on the quality of this year’s show. Attendees were pleased with the variety of equipment, applications, products and services found across the expansive show floor during the event held, September 11-14, 2011 in Chicago’s McCormick Place.

“The energy and enthusiasm among attendees was contagious throughout the show.”-Kodak

“Once again GRAPH EXPO proved to be a successful show for Xerox.”-Xerox

“EFI invests in areas where print is going, not where it’s been...and GRAPH EXPO is the perfect venue for this.”-EFI

“We were very pleased with the customer activity and our investment in GRAPH EXPO 2011.”-KBA

“GRAPH EXPO 2011 was hugely successful for us.”-HP

“...GRAPH EXPO is the only large supplier event that delivers valuable benefits to both newspapers and commercial printers in the Americas.”-Transcontinental

“No matter what you call it GRAPH EXPO has gone beyond traditional print.” -Xplor International

“The Marketing Pavilion provided a tremendous venue for sharing cross-media success stories, and we expect to hear even more in 2012.”-Easypurl.com

“We had such a great GRAPH EXPO-we could not enter the leads fast enough!”-Grow Socially

“There has been a tremendous amount of new technologies... GRAPH EXPO is where I come to ‘so to speak’ drink from the fire hose.” -JR Reise Consulting, LLC

“GRAPH EXPO’s News Print pavilion focuses on the unique needs and challenges of newspapers.”-The New York Times

“GRAPH EXPO was a very successful show for Xeikon.”-Xeikon

“...our strongest GRAPH EXPO showing to date with strong equipment sales at the show and hundreds of qualified leads.”-MGI

“Our booth traffic was phenomenal and the results were much greater than we anticipated.”-EskoArtwork

Our booth stayed busy throughout the show with attendees actively looking for solutions and new technologies.”-Kern

“In fact it’s been so busy that, compared to every other year, we’ve set a record in badge scans-the most leads from our booth in our history!”-Pageflex

“We had a great show-good vibe, good traffic and we’re already looking forward to next year.”-Rochester Software Associates

“This year we actually wrote several contracts and acquired more qualified leads than ever before...it was the most successful GRAPH EXPO show ever!”-Virtual Systems

Read on for complete testimonials from just some of GRAPH EXPO 2011’s striking “Who’s-Who” roster of top industry suppliers and manufacturers. Reinforcing the tradeshow’s “Embrace Technology” theme, they came to demonstrate their latest and most advanced technologies and services-many making their U.S. debut at GRAPH EXPO 2011.

“We come to GRAPH EXPO to not only show our latest products and solutions, but to talk with customers and learn more about how we can help them solve their problems and grow their businesses,” said Tim Palmer, Vice President, Americas Consumer and Commercial Marketing, Kodak. “The energy and enthusiasm among attendees was contagious throughout the show, giving us four strong days of leads and sales. Given the state of the industry, this year’s event was an ideal opportunity to discuss the growth opportunities with digital and hybrid printing, and how enhanced efficiency in workflow and prepress can improve our customers’ bottom line.”