By Sabine A. Slaughter

The doors are open and exhibitors and visitors alike once again make their way to the World Trade Center in Dubai – yes, you are anticipating it rightly, SGI Dubai occupies the Sheikh Saeed Halls!

Belgium based Daelprinting expanded its service offering in December 2009 with the installation of an Inca Onset S20 with added Ultratone colour option. The large format print service provider can now offer its customers shorter turnaround times with higher quality print while simultaneously making it an environmentally friendly option.

The Media and Precision Technology Company of  Screen Holding Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kyoto, Japan), is providing full cooperation to Panasonic Corporation (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan) by offering its inkjet printer to Panasonic's consumer electronics promotion, "Take Over Shibuya at Night with the Night Color Series"*. As part of Panasonic's multimedia promotion, the Truepress Jet2500UV, Screen's wide-format UV inkjet printing system, prints out appealing vivid color B0 size posters, which are displayed in and around JR Shibuya Station.

It is a brave move to create a new business focus during a global economic crisis - especially when your target audience is bearing the brunt of the downturn.

Targeted campaigns hit the mark for Image Options and its customers

Ines Hulftegger founded IN_EX design GmbH in Switzerland in 2004. As a photographer and artist herself, Hulftegger identified a commercial opportunity in the supply of high-quality, digital fine art reproductions, and established the company as a platform for providing this service, as well as selling her own artwork.

In the fiercely competitive large-format printing market, technology can make or break a business. Investing in the right technology at the right time can make a positive, long-term impact on a company's bottom line. For the last six years, Press On Digital Imaging (PODI) has made HP its technology provider of choice.

November 1, based in Sunninghill, South Africa, has installed an HP Designjet L65500 Printer to carry out fabric and textile printing in-house and increase its competitiveness.