More than 300 leading local and international suppliers will participate at this year’s Gulf Print & Pack, the region’s leading business-to-business exhibition for the print and packaging industry, to be held in Dubai, UAE.

The show will take place from April 13 to 16, at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

The event will be inaugurated and attended by Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, director general of Dubai Information Department, said a statement.

Mike Simmonds, event manager at Gulf Print & Pack, said: “As economies in the Middle East continue to develop, the print and packaging industry is expected to become more robust in the coming years, providing opportunities for international suppliers to grow.”

“Those seeking to grow their business in the region have chosen to launch their products at Gulf Print & Pack to take advantage of the immense networking potential that the show provides,” he said.

OKI Europe Ltd will showcase its award winning portfolio of graphic arts printers at Gulf Print & Pack 2015. The theme of the show ‘The Future of Print is Here’ rings very true within the OKI mind-set as the OKI team believes ‘The Future of Print is Brilliant’ and will be explaining this through demonstrations of the industry’s first five colour, A3 digital LED printer, the ES9541.

The ES9431 colour printer that offers outstanding print quality, high print speeds, low total cost of ownership and unrivalled media flexibility. The ES9431 is the perfect partner for creative agencies and design teams where producing concepts that are as close to the proposed final design is essential for client approval. The ES9431 can also be used as an office printer for day to day office printing, eliminating the need for two separate devices for your office and creative requirements.

Meanwhile, International Distribution Network (stand G90) will be unveiling several new colour management and standardization software products, including the Alwan Colour Hub, which is designed to enable printers to improve colour match, print quality and productivity with a fully automated colour server for all printing devices. Its benefits include: colour and printability enhancement, high-fidelity colour reproduction, standards conformance, efficiency and ROI as well as savings on ink, cost and time.
 
The Alwan Print Standardize allows printers to print to standards and to improve their printing devices colour match, quality, stability and productivity with a fully automated process control and calibration server. If offers consistent and repeatable colours, remote quality assurance monitoring as well as cutting costs and times.

Similarly the new Alwan PrintVerifier enables print buyers and printers to check that proofs and prints meet customer's expectations. It provides effective process, print and brand colour control and reporting. The Alwan HiFi Software Suite which enables brand colour expectations across the supply chain will also be shown for the first time, it added. – TradeArabia News Service