Show Floor Sections and Features

Specialty Areas:

 

Prepress/Software-Design

GRAPH EXPO’s Prepress/Software-Design section is where it all begins—and where Creative Services print pros will flock to see all the hottest new software and test-drive the very latest equipment. And because there’s no substitute for seeing these new technologies in action, this ‘must-see’ show floor destination is where they will come to learn from you ways to streamline their processes, to increase their productivity, personalize, customize and bring their designs to life.

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Press/Finishing

It’s all in the details in the Press/Finishing section at GRAPH EXPO. From start to finish, this dynamic and expansive show floor section is where your customers—and customers to be—will come to find exactly what they need to produce printed and finished products. Traditional and niche market printers alike will come to explore the newest array of sheetfed offset and digital presses and finishing innovations for runs of all sizes and types.

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Wide Format is Here!

Wide Format is here—and all across the expansive show floor—providing attendees with the latest technologies, applications and solutions to expand their offerings and add new profit opportunities. Wide Format is an exploding market—BIGGER than ever—for large and small exhibitors at GRAPH EXPO 2010! Tens of thousands of attendees from across the Americas will convene in Chicago driven by the promise of new and unique ways to expand their product offerings with new profit-building opportunities. Show them what you’ve got! Meet with these decision makers who are eager to learn how the newest Wide Format equipment, substrates and latest applications can translate into BIG business for them.

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Newspaper Pavilion 

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An Industry Debut!

Introducing the new home for the newspaper publishing industry! Responding to the call  from newspaper production pros from throughout the Americas, this pavilion provides an 8,000 sq. ft. area devoted to the needs of newspaper publishers and printers who will come seeking ways to cut costs, boost profits—and make informed buying decisions.

  • Hybrid Production 

  • Digital Presses (hardware and software) 

  • Offset Presses 

  • CTP and Associated Plate Bending/Punching 

  • Workflow 

  • UV & Heatset Technology 

  • Postpress and mailroom equipment 

  • Consumables

View Video:  GRAPH EXPO 2010 - NewsPrint-The Newspaper Pavillion

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PackPrint

           Back By Attendee Demand!

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PackPrint returns to GRAPH EXPO 2010 as the all-inclusive package printing marketplace for today's diverse printing industries. This progressive tradeshow within-a-show will encompass every segment of Package Printing and Converting for industry buyers from throughout the Americas sharing the expansive McCormick Place complex with the GRAPH EXPO show. PackPrint provides attendees with 'one-badge' access to both world-class events:

  • Trade show

  • Conference

  • Seminar tracks

  • Professional networking

  • 'Live' workflow demonstrations of cutting edge applications – and more!

To satisfy the demands of this important and burgeoning audience, PackPrint exhibitors will showcase the most impressive array of cutting edge package printing press and converting equipment, substrates, software, products—and more—including:

  • Flexible Packaging

  • Labels: tape, tags, film & foil

  • Converting

  • Folding Cartons

  • Digital Printing

  • Flexographic Printing

  • Components/Computerization

 And Featuring Future Print: New Frontiers in RFID & Printed Electronics 

Future Print is a 'must-see' show floor destination for anyone eager to learn about two important emerging technologies that offer exciting new opportunities for print producers and equipment manufacturers alike—Printed Electronics and RFID.

NOW—as the first products are coming to market—is the time to demonstrate what these technologies can do for your customers.  

  • Live Demonstrations

  • Free Training and Tutorials

  • Educational Opportunities

  • Networking with Industry Experts

View Video:  GRAPH EXPO 2010 - PackPrint

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GREENspace

          Back By Attendee Demand! 

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GREENspace is a timely, specialized and multi-faceted show floor feature dedicated to sustainability—what 'going green' really means to your industry…to your business…and to your customers. 

GREENspace is a one-stop destination for ‘eco-friendly’ information, education, products and services.  Whether novice, intermediate or advanced in their sustainability knowledge and actions, here GRAPH EXPO attendees will find the resources and tools they need to move forward, the products and services they need to get started, and ‘take-home’ tools to put into immediate use.

Special Attractions:

  • Consultants Corner—provides attendees with FREE, individualized, one-on-one consulting with sustainability experts to discover what ‘going green’ really means to their business—and their customers—and the necessary steps to success.

  • Exhibitors—consultative experts on sustainability-focused products and services who will offer personalized applications and solutions.

  • GREENspace Directory—a handy ‘compass’ to exhibitors throughout the show who offer sustainability-focused products and services.

  • Green Theatre—provides FREE education on a variety of ‘green’ subjects in multiple presentations on all show days.

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Mailing & Fulfillment Center

  The Largest Mailing Show in the Americas!

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Going into its seventh year, the Mailing & Fulfillment Center at GRAPH EXPO is a show-within-a-show, recognized as the largest industry mailing event anywhere in the Americas! Other mail shows can’t compare! Exhibit your latest technology for folding, inserting, stamping, sealing, measuring, weighing, franking, addressing, bundling, packing, palletizing, sorting or sending direct mail packages or products in this expanding floor section.

We have marketed this show to some of the largest commercial print operations in the country looking to offer this service to their customers. Plus, our marketing has expanded to mail houses, in-plants and high volume transactional printing enterprises. The results: even more print professionals are expanding into and upgrading their mailing systems at GRAPH EXPO.

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Digital Document Drive

First Time Ever at GRAPH EXPO!

Just in—Newest Show Floor Pavilion:  Digital Document Drive

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GRAPH EXPO in conjunction with Xplor unveils the newest show floor pavilion—Digital Document Drive!  This specialized 1,200 sq. ft. show floor section is devoted to the needs of print professionals who create, manage and deliver transactional documents.

  • Document Creation 

  • Digital Continuous Feed Presses

  • Monochrome and Color Digital Output 

  • Workflow Management

  • Mailing Solutions

  • Inline Finishing

  • Document Archiving

  • Trans Promo and Trans Educational Opportunities 

Xplor Document University

Adding to the ‘star power’ of this new ‘target area’ for transactional printers and others seeking to enter this lucrative market, is a 60-seat theater where attendees will learn from exhibitor presentations more about their products and services.
Attendees may also register for the Xplor Document University conference that will feature top presenters in 18 education sessions within 3 different tracks sharing their knowledge on:

  • Document Design for Multi-Channel Delivery

  • Using Data to Communicate More Effectively

  • Optimizing Your Printing and Output Technology