January 2018 I UV, Textile and Solvent Printers Cutters, Laminators, Inkjet Inks & Substrates ISA2018 Pablo M. Lee and Maria Renée Ayau
II Contents ISA 2018 1 UV Printers 7 Textile Printers 11 Solvent Printers 14 Media & Substrates 16 Inkjet Ink 19 Finishing Equipment 22 * All items on this page are hotlinks.
ISA 2018 ISA2018 1 ISA 2018 ISA (International Sign Association) Expo 2018 will be held at the Orange County Convention Center (March 22-24), it alternates locations each year, between Las Vegas and Orlando. FLAAR Reports has been attending ISA for over fifteen years, since ISA is one of the major expos in wide-format digital printing. Many visitors from different parts of the world attend this trade show, we have observed that the majority of attendees are from the US, in second place might be the Latin American audience, and in third place: the rest of the world. FLAAR Reports focuses its study, investigation and evaluation on UV-curing, solvent, and textile printers; as well as inkjet inks, media and substrates, and finishing equipment.
2 Here you can see the registration area for the ISA 2017 expo at the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Convention Center. As you can see, there were many diverse attendees at the show.
3 ISA expo is very inclusive: in the aisles you can see entire families with babies and children. Dogs are also allowed: both service and pets.
4 To grow, you need to take risks and extend revenue channels. At ISA Sign Expo, printers get educated and view impressive displays of wide-format inkjet and digital printers, die-cutters and accessories to help you enhance your wide-format graphics and digital printing business. Dare to be great. Dare to be more. 20,000 sign, graphics and visual communications professionals 600 VENDORS ORLANDO, FL 22-24 2018 We vwvwdare you to register today at SIGNEXPO.ORG/FLAAR. Use code FLAAR when registering for a FREE trade show pass!
5 On this page you see the members of the FLAAR Reports staff who attended last year s ISA Expo: Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth (left), Juan Carlos Hernández and Maria Renée Ayau in the FLAAR Reports booth (above) and Pablo Martínez (below). Bottom left image: Pablo, Nicholas and Maria Renée (FLAAR Reports), Selahattin Aygüler (PIMMS, Turkey), David Chen, Amy and Lionel (Jetbest Ink). This year, FLAAR Reports will also be at ISA in booth #825.
Wide-format Industry Analysts ISA2018 6 FACTORIES AROUND THE WORLD FLAAR REPORTS VISITED & EVALUATED TEXTILE UV 3D SOLVENT Wide-format Industry Analysts TEXTILE PRINTERS SOLVENT PRINTERS UV PRINTERS 3D PRINTERS DID YOU KNOW THAT? FLAAR REPORTS are CONSULTANTS for Ink, Printheads, Printers, Printable Materials, Cutters, Laminators in Canada, USA, Latin America, EU, Middle East, Africa, India, and Asia? (and also for trade show organizers) INKJET INK Go to WWW.FLAAR-Reports.org and Subscribe for FREE! CONSULTING REPORTS TRADE SHOWS CONFERENCES
UV Printers ISA2018 7 UV Printers $1,350 $900 $1,800
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9 UV-curing printers market is very popular at ISA, this technology has managed to stayed the current for many years. Most of the big companies exhibiting at ISA, all have UV-curing printers in their booth.
10 ISA 2017 STATISTICS COMPARING TOTAL AMOUNT OF STRUCTURE DEDICATED ROLL-TO-ROLL 8 DEDICATED FLATBED 18 MID-SIZE FLATBED 3 DUAL STRUCTURE: ROLL-TO-ROLL ACROSS FRONT 3 DUAL STRUCTURE: ROLL-TO-ROLL OVER TOP 2 COMBO TRANSPORT BELT 13 DESKTOP SIZE FLATBED 12 HYBRID 1 0 20 SUMMARY UV-CURING PRINTERS UV-CURING MODELS UV-CURING BRANDS ISA 2017 60 53 27 ISA 2016 61 55 28 ISA 2015 67 61 31
Textile Printers ISA2018 11 TEXTILE Printers $900 $600 $324
12 Textile printing is the up and rising technology in the wide-format printing industry, so naturally the amount of printers and companies that exhibit this kind of printers has increased considerably each year. Both direct-to-fabric and transfer paper technologies.
13 WIDE-FORMAT TEXTILE Printer SUMMARY 36 printers TOTAL NUMBER OF TEXTILE PRINTERS 23 brands TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL BRANDS 34 Models TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL MODELS
Solvent Printers ISA2018 14 SOLVENT Printers
15 Solvent printers are a constant in any expo in the world, specially since it is the most commonly used technology in Latin America, one of the major targets for ISA.
Media & Substrates ISA2018 16 Media & Substrates $2,200
17 Distributors and manufacturers from all over the world exhibit at ISA, so you can find all sorts of printable materials in different presentations to choose from.
18 Media & Substrate atisa2017 ISA 2017 Companies 66 Media & Substrate Companies **Companies by country, that exhibited media and substrates for digital printing. 1 Canada 35 China 1 England 1 Germany 1 Japan 1 Korea 1 Mexico 1 UK 24 USA *All the data on the charts is based on the information made available to us during the exhibition.
Inkjet Ink ISA2018 19 Inkjet Ink $1,200
20 A great print is just not the just the result of a good printer, inks and media play a huge part in the end result. At ISA you can find many manufacturers and distributors for inkjet inks and many innovative technologies.
21 2 Reactive Dye Pigment 4 Dye Sublimation 2 Disperse Dye 1 Acid Dye 2 Textile Latex 4 Water Based Solvent Eco-Solvent UV-LED 5 UV 6 8 HOW many Companies 8 8 8 Exhibited Each INK Type *All the data on the charts is based on the information made available to us during the exhibition. Reactive Dye Pigment Dye Sublimation Disperse Dye Acid 2 Dye 1 Solvent 8 4 Textile 2 Eco-Solvent 8 8 Latex 4 UV-LED 5 Water 2 8 UV 6 Based
Finishing Equipment ISA2018 22 FINISHING Equipment
23 Finishing equipment consists of a wide range of technologies such as: CNC routers, cutters, laminators, heating units, calenders, heat presses, etc.
24 This year four members of the FLAAR Reports staff will be attending ISA expo, we are looking forward to seeing you there. Look for us in booth #825, see you in Orlando.
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