The recent Sign Africa Cape Town Expo, held at the CTICC from 14-15 May, saw a wide range of companies visiting to explore the solutions on display. The event saw visitors from all over the Western Cape as well as other parts of South Africa and across the borders, like: Gqeberha, Orkney, Lydenburg, Mossel Bay, Swakopmund, Harare, Gaborone and Malawi.
Exhibitors were pleased with the turnout and quality of leads they generated and the sales they made:
‘It was fantastic, it was my first time here. I loved it and would come again,’ Nicolette Cook, Trotec.
‘Cape Town was an experience for us. I loved the intimate setting and that I got so much time to explain things to customers. We’ll definitely be back,’ said Lizelle Jacobs, Signbox.
‘The show was very positive and we sold a few machines. The positivity is going to continue when we set up our machines in our showroom,’ said David Fenn, Wideformat Print Solutions.
‘The show was very pleasing. There were a lot of qualified customers, a lot of good leads and strong conversations. Customers actually wanted to buy the machines off the stand. It was a really good show,’ said Prakash Naidoo, Canon South Africa.
‘The show was very insightful. We had good quality leads coming through. We were very happy to see that the market is ready for our type of products and we look forward to many more,’ said Shawn Bezuidenhout, NSI-4-Africa.
‘We had an absolutely fantastic show. It was well attended. We saw some good quality customers and we gave some good quality input,’ said Clive Versfeld, ORAFOL South Africa.
‘It was very good, we got a few good leads. The quality of people that came through was very good, and it looks very promising,’ said Graham Beck, Chemosol.
‘The show was a great success. The customers that attended came from all over. We were very happy to see customers from Namibia, and even customers from Durban. We believe that we’ll get some good spin-offs from this,’ said Illze Bester, Kolok.
‘This year’s show was extremely good for Graphix Supply World, as we launched numerous Mimaki innovations for the sign and graphics industry. We also showcased all the applications that customers can create with the UJF 3042 MK2 direct to object printer, as well as the best-in-class selling JFX200-2513 EX flatbed,’ said Rob Franco, Graphix Supply World.
Judges visited each stand at the expo and judged the stands according to criteria based on design, construction, traffic flow, presentation, attitude of staff and messaging. The results are as follows:
Sign Africa Small Shell Scheme
First: Mr Plastic.
Second: JG Electronics.
Sign Africa Small Floor Space
First: Signbox.
Second: Graficomp.
Sign Africa Medium Shell Scheme
First: Stuart & Marks.
Second: Chemosol.
Sign Africa Medium Floor Space
First: Printbase Textiles.
Second: Acrylux, Kolok and ORAFOL South Africa
Sign Africa Large Floor Space
First: Titan Jet.
Second: Allrich.
Sign Africa Large Shell Scheme
First: Colorscreen.
Sign Africa Mega Large Floor Space
First: Graphix Supply World.
Africa Print Small Shell Scheme
First: Midcomp.
Second: DTF Printing Africa.
Africa Print Small Floor Space
First: IPlastics and MacTech.
Second: Media Frenzy and XLS.
Africa Print Medium Shell Scheme
First: Rexx Screen & Digital Supplies
Africa Print Medium Floor Space
First: Wideformat Print Solutions (WPS).
Second: Printing SA.
Africa Print Large Shell Scheme
First: NSI.
Africa Print Large Floor Space
First: Roland Speedwrap and Sign-Tronic.
Second: Stixo.
Africa Print Mega Large Floor Space
First: Canon South Africa.
SIGN AFRICA EXPO
+27 11 568 1894
www.signafricaexpo.com
