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All in Print China 2016 Grandly Held in Shanghai

Friday 21. October 2016 - Under the support and guidance of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People's Republic of China (SAPPRFT), the Ministry of Commerce, Shanghai Municipal Government ,the international influenced All in Print China 2016 has embraced its grand opening ceremony today in Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC)

. As the grandest gathering in the printing industry of China and of the Asia-Pacific region in 2016, All in Print China 2016 has an exhibition area of 80,000m2, and has gathered 724 exhibitors coming from 22 countries and regions all over the world. The increasingly powerful Chinese exhibition groups will join hands with these well-known international brands from various fields to exhibit the whole-process innovative products, frontier technologies and solutions of both printing and packaging. Lasting from October 18 to October 22, it is estimated to attract domestic and foreign professional visitors in the amount of above 100,000 person-times.

At 09:30 a.m., October 18, the opening ceremony of All in Print China 2016 was held grandly in Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Yan Xiaohong, Deputy Director of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China; Weng Tiehui, Vice Mayor of Shanghai Municipal Government; Wang Yanbin, Director of the Division of Printing and Distribution of SAPPRFT, and President of the Printing Technology Association of China; Mo Dewang, General Manager of China Reform Holdings Corporation Ltd.; Axel Bartkus, General Manager of Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. delivered speeches on behalf of the respective organizers; Zong Ming, Deputy Secretary-General of Shanghai Municipal Government; Zhang Yijun, Director of the Division of Digital Publication of SAPPRFT; Zhao Haiyun, Deputy Director of the Division of Import Management of SAPPRFT; Sun Suchuan, Deputy Director of the Division of Science & Technology of SAPPRFT; Xu Jiong, Director of Shanghai Press and Publication Administration; Xu Jianguo, Director-General of the Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China; Wang Li, Vice Chairman of China Packaging Federation; Li Xinli, Chairman of Shanghai Printing Trade Association; Chu Tingliang, Director of the China Academy of Printing Technology; Chang Xiaoxia, General Manager of Beijing Keyin Media & Culture Co., Ltd., and the leaders and guests of other responsible government departments, were present in the opening ceremony. Chen Yan, Executive Deputy Director-General of the Printing Technology Association of China, Managing Director of China Culture Industry Development Group, and Chairman of Beijing Keyin Media & Culture Co., Ltd. presided the opening ceremony. A total of above 240 guests attended the ceremony, including the representatives of the printing associations and organizations of the US, Germany, Japan, Australia, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and so forth, the representatives of mainland China, HK, Taiwan and Macao, the representatives of provincial and municipal publication bureaus and industries, and the representatives of foreign and domestic media and exhibitors.

The fair has gathered 724 exhibitors coming from 22 countries and regions all over the world, and the proportion of international exhibitors has reached about 30%, including exhibitors from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the UK, the US and other countries, as well as the exhibitors from HK and Taiwan of China. Some of them have presented very unique characteristics, and visitors can get a glimpse of the elegance of the exhibitor groups from Germany, Italy, the US, Taiwan of China and many other countries and regions in N2 and N3.Domestic exhibitor groups are also unwilling to lag behind, and those occupying an exhibition area of above 2,000m2 include Shanghai YOCO and UP Group; the exhibition area of Zhongde Group has exceeded 1,000m2.

The domestic and foreign enterprises heading the list of exhibitors include Bobst, Eterna, KOMORI, Manroland, RICOH, Fujifilm, Fuji Xerox, EFI, Epson, Konica Minolta, NetScreen, Kolbus, Esko-Graphics, Tianjin Masterwork Machinery, Taiyo Kikai, HANS-GRONHI, Jia He Ding Xin, Founder Group, CRON, Lucky Huaguang, PINGHU BINDEX, BEIREN Group, Weigang Machinery, Zhejiang Guowang, Wenzhou Zhengbo, etc. Among them, many brands will release their latest products and solutions in China for the first time; Fujifilm will exhibit multiple flatbed-type jet printing equipment, among which the Acuity LED 3200R wide-format UV released in China for the first time no doubt will become the focus of the fair; RICOH will mainly focus on the two fields of commercial printing and book publication, and exhibit RICOH Pro C7100X, RICOH Pro C8100SE and RICOH Pro C9100 series products, as well as RICOH Pro VC60000 solution which made its impressive debut at drupa 2016; Konica Minolta will bring multiple flagship models and solutions, among which bizhub PRESS C71cf ink control system will be released for the first time in domestic; Tianjin Masterwork Machinery will for the first time release two models, i.e., the universal full-waste clearance die-cutting machine MK 1060CSB launched through cooperation with Heidelberg, and the brand-new digital integrated die-ironing machine MK520FC, the latter of which represents the release of its latest achievement for the first time worldwide; HP will also exhibit some innovative application products of hot technologies in the special zone of “Innovation Factory”, where visitors can fully experience the charm of new products and new technologies on site, and so forth.

Benefited from the full-scale and multi-channel 3D publicity network constituted by 108 overseas agents, 63 global professional media and 140 global associations, websites, APP, social platforms, EDM, events and road shows, All in Print China 2016 was packed with visitors on the first day. It has attracted 30 overseas buyer groups from 15 countries the US, Germany, South Korea, Australia, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and so forth, more than 100 overseas and domestic associations and enterprise groups, and many provincial, municipal and regional associations in domestic. Besides professional buyer groups, All in Print China 2016 has also organized Bisheng Award winner group, national printing industry new enterprise group, printing institute & future printing industry talent learning group, Top 100 enterprise group and Graphic Arts & Packaging Club (GP Club) enterprise exchange group, and invited many scientists, entrepreneurs and scholars from the printing industry to talk about the frontier trends of the industry.

All in Print China 2016 has exquisitely organized seven theme pavilions and special zones. In particular, the special zone of “Innovation Factory” highlights the theme of the fair “Discover the Future of Printing”, consists of five segments, i.e., “future of printing”, “network printing”, “innovative application”, “green printing” and “printing culture”, and provides a centralized display of the latest and most popular frontier technologies and application schemes; relying on its ultra-large future exhibition area (1,500m2), golden position (N1 entrance), colorful booth design, 30 printing & packaging solutions and 22 excellent speeches, it became an absolute focus on the first day of the fair. The sponsor will also organize a rich variety of interactive activities on site, and invite visitors to exchange and interact with the sponsor and exhibitors, including “Light Your Booth” electronic passport exhibition, “Casual Snapshot” photographic contest, “Booth Design Contest” voting activity and so forth, by which visitors can not only view the latest equipment, products and technologies in the industry but also discover the beauty of both All in Print China 2016 and printing.

In addition, more than 40 forums, seminars and other exchange activities in different forms will be organized throughout the fair, providing a precious opportunity for visitors to engage in the exchange of information and experience the sharing of ideas. On October 16, the 14th Cross-strait Printing Industry Exchange Conference & Silk Road Printing Development Forum 2016 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference 2016 were successfully held; on October 17, “China Printing Forum 2016 & 14th Asia-Pacific Printing Forum”, the main forum of All in Print China 2016, gathered the experts of the printing industry organizations of China, the US, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, India and other countries, as well as Artron, Evergreen, 98ep.com and other excellent enterprises with rich experience in creative design, intelligent manufacturing and network printing, which provided broad international visions and innovative ideas for visitors. Combined with professional theme conferences on digital printing, labeling, jet printing, 3D printing, industry education and so forth, as well as product launch and technical exchange activities in various forms, All in Print China 2016 will present a grand banquet of professional information and reports for visitors from all over the world.

All in Print China 2016 has been unveiled, and the rich variety of exhibits and innovative technologies and applications, to be exhibited from October 18 to October 22, will gather us together and help us discover the future of printing.