FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 2004
The Future Is Here for Specialty Graphic Imaging Forward-Looking Industry Developments Featured at SGIA ’04
FAIRFAX, VA - “Looking forward” in terms of market trends, business operations and technical developments is the emphasis of more than 50 educational programs for the SGIA ‘04/DPI Conference, October 6-9 this year at the Minneapolis Convention Center in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Featured Future Forums will discuss new markets and opportunities in narrow-format digital printing (non-document), as well as how to manage color for multiple technologies.
“We have a strong line-up of textile programs,” too, notes Al Anderson, SGIA’s Vice President for Education & Management Services. “Three workshops focus on better ways to print T-shirts, two are geared to embroiderers, and one workshop is for garment printers seeking to learn how to take on jobs other than T-shirts.” The conference will also offer many screen printing workshops.
Digital (basic and advanced), graphics, industrial, and textile imaging and printing - as well as timely management issues - will be intensively spotlighted throughout the four days of the SGIA ‘04/DPI Conference- Minneapolis.
Here’s a breakdown of the educational programs to be offered each day:
- Wednesday, October 6 - Digital Inkjet in Printed Packaging; ROI & Pricing for Digital Imaging; Basic Screen Making; Kaizen: Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference; UV Digital Printing: Equipment, Inks and Media; Advances in Laser Technology for the Specialty Graphic Industry; Digital Color Printing: State of the Market; White Ink: A Strong Development for Inkjet Imaging; Basic T-Shirt Printing Workshop; Advances in Digital T-Shirt Printing; Beyond Vinyl: Outdoor Graphics Market Goes Digital; and Automated Finishing Systems.
- Thursday, October 7 - Curiosity, Criticism & Courage: Business Development in Digital Imaging; Environmental Primer; Principles of Embroidery: How to Make a Profit; The US Wide-Format Printing Market; Narrow-Format Digital Imaging: New Markets, New Opportunities; Mass Customization in Digital Imaging; RIPs, Color Management & Workflow; UV Conductive Ink Technology; Using EHS Information to Differentiate Your Products & Services; Digital’s Textile & Home Furnishings Market; Developments in the Inkjet Media Market; Turning Your Business Around; Printing Four-Color Process and Simulated Process T-Shirts; Flatbed Printing: Markets and Applications; How to Monitor 4-Color Process Dots: A Comparison of Two Methods; and Membrane Switch Forum.
- Friday, October 8 - Changes in the Print-for-Pay Market; Fun Stuff with Adobe Photoshop; Report on China: Equipment, Inks and Media; Alternative Sales for T-Shirt Printers Workshop; Managing Color for Multiple Printing Technologies; Principles of Garment Pricing for Profit; How to Develop a Safety & Health Program; Integrating-Digital Imaging; Interior Design: Digital Imaging’s Interiors; Selling Value vs. Price; Why Commercial Printers Need Wide Format; Special Effects T-Shirt Printing Workshop; Job Definition Format; Strategies for Entering Fine Art Printing; Wide-Format Printing: The Shift from Aqueous to Solvent.
- Saturday, October 8 - Garment Printing with Foil; Embroidery Digitizing; Blind Remote Color Management; A Cure for Plastisol: Variables, Tools and Tests; and Evolve Your Large Format Display Graphics Printing Business.
The Association is partnering with a number of industry publications to ensure that it delivers the finest in educational programming. Among this year’s “publishing partners” are Big Picture (wide-format digital), Signs of the Times (signage), Stitches (embroidery), Screen Printing (screen printing), Impressions (textiles) and WideFormat Imaging (reprography).
In addition to informative sessions, the massive SGIA ’04 exposition is an education in itself with the latest in imaging technologies on display, side-by-side, for comparison and evaluation. The show’s 164,800 net square feet allocates room for 1,648 booths. And, with over 400 exhibiting companies, the show is already 85% sold out.
Also of interest this year regarding SGIA ’04:
- Make your airline reservations online at SGIA.org. Our virtual travel service compares fares and discounts available for air travel to SGIA ’04. Compare rates and routes … then book online through the travel button on the SGIA ’04 Web site.
- Get a $30 voucher to use towards your SGIA membership, seminars or travel expenses by attending a special “Eye Opener” on Thursday from 9 until 9:20 am where you’ll learn more about how SGIA membership gives you the competitive advantage.
- Receive a free SGIA ’04 Sports Bag by being one of the first 3,500 attendees to register for the show online.
SGIA Is Leading a New Generation of Imaging Professionals- “Specialty imaging” comprises digital imaging, screen printing and the many other imaging technologies SGIA members use, including those they’ll tap in the future. These are the imaging processes and technologies employed to create new products and to enhance existing products including point-of-purchase displays, signs, advertisements, garments, containers, and vehicles.
Complete details, housing, transportation and registration materials for the SGIA ‘04/DPI Conference-Minneapolis are posted on the Association’s web site: SGIA.org.
For more information about exhibiting opportunities at the show, please contact the Convention Department at Association headquarters.
SGIA (Specialty Graphic Imaging Association)
10015 Main Street
Fairfax, VA 22031-3489
Phone: 888.385.3588
Fax: 703.273.0456
E-Mail: convention@sgia.org
Website URL: www.sgia.org
