PODi's 2013 AppForum Sponsorship List Continues to Grow

PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, has confirmed more top technology companies will sponsor the 2013 AppForum conference, January 28-30 at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas. HP joins Finch Paper and FUJIFILM as the newest Silver Sponsor. Bronze Sponsors now include AccuData, EFI, locr maps, Pageflex and Page Technology, along with Avanti and PrinterPresence. The show is anchored by Gold Sponsors Canon, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Xerox and XMPie.

 SILVER SPONSOR HP: HP Graphic Arts offers one of the most trusted and diverse portfolios of digital printing solutions, combining superior quality with timesaving operation and proven reliability. The organization has been a long-time supporter of PODi and the AppForum, and continues to lead the industry forward.

SILVER SPONSOR FINCH PAPER: Sheldon Spicer, Director of Digital & Corporate Accounts for Finch Paper LLC says, “Finch Paper is delighted to participate as a sponsor of the PODi AppForum. With innovative, customer-tailored products and value-added services like FIT Color Management and Workflow Services, Finch is helping customers achieve better color across all print technologies — fluid, ink and toner — and improve their ROI one page at a time. PODi offers Finch the exciting opportunity to share the news that Finch is thinking beyond paper.”

SILVER SPONSOR FUJIFILM: FUJIFILM North America Corporation’s Director for Product Marketing Commercial Graphics, Peter Vanderlaan says, ”We're pleased to be able to sponsor and participate in this year's PODi AppForum. Our industry continues to change rapidly - both in terms of the technologies being used and in how printers are actually doing business - and events like this one offer all of us the latest information on best practices for today as well as incredible insight on what the future may hold.”

BRONZE SPONSOR ACCUDATA INTEGRATED MARKETING: A leader in database and integrated marketing services, AccuData offers data resources, powerful analytics and database technology to increase direct marketing ROI. Their client list includes the printing, agency, energy/utilities, travel/hospitality, financial services, healthcare, ecommerce, retail and telecom industries.

BRONZE SPONSOR PAGEFLEX: States Leslie Wengenroth, Director of Marketing at Pageflex, “Pageflex always looks forward to participating in the PODi AppForum. It's one of the most important events in our industry, giving attendees access to a range of valuable information that will help them to grow their businesses. Pageflex is pleased to be part of this special event, and proud that our solutions can help attendees to achieve the types of results they learn about at the AppForum.”

BRONZE SPONSOR EFI: EFI provides digital print solutions, integrated from creation to print, to deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. Executive Member EFI has been participating in AppForum and promoting the growth of digital printing and PODi since the beginning. EFI offers digital controllers, superwide digital inkjet printers and inks; UV wide-format inkjet printers; industrial inkjet systems; print production workflow, Web-to-Print and management information software; and corporate printing solutions.

BRONZE SPONSOR LOCR MAPS: First time AppForum sponsor locr maps is an international company based in Germany. locr maps is the leading supplier of geo data, personalized and individualized street and city maps for over 100 countries. locr maps can be created for print or online use, in large volume for personalized cross-media campaigns, for photo books, tourism or cartographic projects.