African Printing Industry to Gain from SGI Dubai 2016

Mon, Nov 30, 2015
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Trade visitors from more than 80 countries across all continents are expected to participate in the largest printing and signage exhibition in Dubai next year

AFRICAN printing industry stakeholders are expected to gain immensely by visiting the sing and graphic imaging, SGI Dubai trade show slated for January. The International Expo Consults, IEC, which stated this, said that the SGI Dubai 2016 trade show would showcase the innovative products and services from various exhibitors from across the globe under a unified platform. As per the Smithers Pira report the printing revenues in Middle East and Africa are set to touch US$26 billion in 2018.

The SGI Dubai 2016 in its 19th edition will be held on January 10 to12, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. This is also the largest and prominent trade event for printing and signage industry in the region. The SGI Dubai 2016, according to the organisers, will also have dedicated pavilions for the players within the digital signage, textile printing and retail signage industry sectors.

Abdul Rahman Falaknaz, chairman of the IEC said: “We are looking forward to welcoming the trade visitors from Africa to our show. We received close to 13000 visitors from across 78 countries in the previous edition of our show and the numbers are slated to increase in 2016 as well. There is a huge demand for state-of-the-art printing equipment and signage as the African economy is now consolidating and growing to the next level. Hence, a strategic approach from Africa’s print and signage industry can provide the ideal solutions that could contribute to the development of businesses within several vertical industry segments.

“There is a huge potential in Africa’s printing industry. Stakeholders are looking to gradually phase out old equipment to bring in new technology. This growth translates into large scale opportunities for printers, raw material suppliers and print equipment suppliers in Africa. Growing requirement from industries such as retail, entertainment and healthcare are definitely expected to drive the local demand in the coming years.”

The SGI Dubai 2015, an official Dubai shopping festival event attracted more than 400 global exhibitors from across 34 countries and registered more than 12,781 trade visitors from 78 countries.

The SGI Dubai 2016 is regarded as an ideal converging point where visitors and exhibitors could reach out with architects, sign makers, print and production manufacturers, media agencies, real-estate developers, brand and image consultants, among others.

According to the organisers, in the past decade, the GDP of 54 countries in Africa has been rapidly expanding as compared to the global average and is now a USD$2 trillion economy.

Reports said six of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world are now located in Africa with booming economic success. Hence, it is believed that the SGI Dubai 2016 would give a tremendous boost to the economy’s printing industry sector in the coming years.

— Nov 30, 2015 @ 14:35 GMT

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