Fast-growing Printed Electronics market: Strategic cooperation between Messe Düsseldorf and ESMA
PEPSO – Printed Electronics Products and Solutions Special show at seven Düsseldorf trade fairs
Children’s books with light switches, wafer-thin luminous tiles and handbags with inbuilt mo-bile phone chargers – when printing meets electronics, many wishes may come true. The new methods promise diverse potential applications, inexpensive production and mass mar-ket appeal. Once confined to the laboratory, Printed Electronics has now become an indus-trialised field with huge market potential in a wide range of sectors.
Messe Düsseldorf is responding to this trend and organising the special show PEPSO – Printed Electronics Products and Solutions at seven relevant trade fairs at the Düsseldorf exhibition centre. “Printed Electronics is becoming attractive in many user sectors for which Messe Düsseldorf stages the respective flagship fairs. In establishing PEPSO, we have therefore given the subject a platform of its own and are integrating it in the trade fairs for the retail trade, glass processing, packaging, plastics, printing and medicine,” says Hans Werner Reinhard, Deputy Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf, explaining the strategy. “We’re in an ideal position to offer producers of Printed Electronics marketing showcases for specific target groups.” PEPSO showings are planned at the following trade fairs: K 2013, COMPAMED 2013, EuroShop 2014, EuroCIS 2014, glasstec 2014, interpack 2014 and drupa 2016. Current information on PEPSO can be found at: www.pepso-global.de.
With the goal of mutual support in the field of printed electronics products and solutions, Messe Düsseldorf and ESMA, the European association for specialist printing manufacturers of screen, digital and flexo technology, have now entered into strategic cooperation. “The printing industry is ready to vertically integrate Functionality and Electronic applications. This agreement is an ideal opportunity for the printing community to embrace the many industries and markets covered by Messe Düsseldorf’s range of world class exhibitions,” explains Peter Buttiens, CEO of ESMA.
The two partners will network their public relations and internet activities, market each other’s events and present themselves at the relevant partner events. Messe Düsseldorf will be rep-resented with an information stand at the coming AFIP – Advanced Functional & Industrial Printing – in Düsseldorf on 6 and 7 March. In return, ESMA will be presenting itself at the relevant Düsseldorf trade fairs.
ESMA und AFIP
ESMA is the association for manufacturers, printers and consultants in specialist printing, including printing technologies such as digital and screen. The printing world is changing more and more towards functional, technical and industrial printing applications and these areas are the focus of ESMA to further knowledge development throughout the industry. ESMA is a growing association and provides many benefits that can assist you with being at the forefront of specialist printing in Europe. For more details, please visit www.ESMA.com or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Organised by ESMA, Advanced Functional & Industrial Printing 2013 (AFIP) will take place in Düsseldorf on 6-7 March. During the two-day conference, 20 high-level technical presenta-tions will cover innovative possibilities and potential applications with screen and digital print-ing. Applications will cover different markets such as consumer goods, automotive and medi-cal, as well as industrial areas including film insert moulding (FIM / IMD), printed electronics and functional printing. Space is limited so please visit www.afip2013.org now for the full con-ference programme and online registration.
Messe Düsseldorf Group
With sales of EUR 380 million* in 2012, Messe Düsseldorf Group was able to maintain its position as one of the most successful German trade fair companies. At its own events in Düsseldorf, more than 22,000 exhibitors* presented their products to 1.3 million trade visitors during this trade fair year. With more than 50 specialist trade fairs including 24 No. 1 events hosted at its Düsseldorf site in its five areas of expertise – plant, machinery and capital goods; retail, skilled crafts and services; medical systems and health care; fashion and lifestyle; and leisure - as well as approx. 100 own events and partnered events abroad, Messe Düsseldorf Group is one of the leading export platforms worldwide. In its field of activity, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH holds the No. 1 position as regards the international par-ticipation at trade fairs presenting capital goods: In 2012, 66% of all exhibitors* and 36% of all trade visitors* attending Messe Düsseldorf’s own events organised in Düsseldorf came from abroad; cus-tomers from a total of 163 countries visited the trade fairs organised in Düsseldorf. Sales offices in 129 countries (68 representative offices) and competence centres in seven countries belong to the global network of the corporation.
*Figures subject to approval of the balance sheet
Contacts:
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH ESMA
Project Manager PEPSO CEO
Carolin Helene Klein Peter Buttiens
Tel: +49 (0)211-4560 7261 Tel: +32 (0) 16 894353
Fax: +49 (0)211-4560 877261 Fax: +32 (0) 16 434971
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