Smithers Pira brings you a high profile speaking programme featuring some of Europe's biggest buyers of printed material. Focusing on financial, government, retail and corporate sectors, the programme will explore who is buying print in large volumes, and how printed materials sit in the marketing and advertising mix. Speakers will discuss issues like offshoring, print management, web 2 print, and print production as well as how your printed materials can interact with online channels to maximise the effectiveness of your promotional campaigns.
Who should attend:
- Print Buyers
- Printers
- Print Raw Materials suppliers (inks, paper, coatings, finishing)
Reasons to attend for Print Buyers:
- Understand print buying trends from some of Europe's biggest print customers
- Learn what role print will play in marketing and advertising in the future
- Meet a wide range of suppliers in one place and time
- Get to grips with the latest technology and how it can add value to your printed materials
Reasons to attend for Printers:
- Meet print buyers and specifiers with major buying power
- Understand trends and drivers for printed materials across banking, government, and commercial print
- Network with the whole of the print buying supply chain
- Hear your future customers' needs directly and in person
- Learn from case studies from some of Europe's biggest companies
- It's FREE! - we will send special personalised invitations to printers
Previous attendees to Smithers Pira's print events include:
AGI Media Thalgau
Arts Grafiques Bobala sl
Bezier
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Centre for Sustainable Communications
Credit Suisse AG
CTPS China Translation & Printing Services Ltd
Deutscher Drucker Publishing Co
Duplo International Limited
ELLTOMI & PRORITIES cc
Express KCS
FANDE
FESPA
Fibria Celulose SA
Flint Group
Future Foundation
GC Graphic Consult GmbH
GlobalWebIndex
Golden Gekko
Gossweiler Media AG
Gould Publication Papers UK Ltd
HAYMARKET PUBLISHING LTD
Heidelberg
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Hewlett Packard
Hunkeler AG
HYVE AG
Independent Print Industries Association
IPC Magazines Limited
Journal Register Company
Kodak
LFH Illuminating Brands
Lloyds Banking Group
Loughborough University
Manroland AG
McKinsey & Company
Mediaware Digital
Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper Sales GmbH
Myllykoski Sales GMBH
Net A Porter
News International
Novalia
Oce Printing Systems GmbH
Ogilvy Public Relations
Omya AG
Orange
Oriental Press
Pages Editores
Pearson
Smithers Pira
Polestar Group
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Prinovis
Prinovis UK Limited
Print Power
Printing Industries of America
Profile Books
Rich Text and Graphics
RR DONNELLEY
Sappi Fine Europe
Sappi Netherlands Services BV
St Ives Burrups (SIB)
Stora Enso Publication Papers GmbH
Tidningsutgivarna/Swedish Newspaper Publishers' Association
Times of India
W & J Linney
Webmart Limited
Xerox Europe
XM Solutions
Venue for 2012
Smithers Pira's 2012 print event is due to take place 25-26 October and will be located in London. Venue details are in the process of being finalised and will be updated here upon confirmation.
Contact:
For further details on the conference or for booking enquiries please contact Stephen Frier on +44 (0) 1372 802 006 or email sfrier@smithers.com