The Sign Africa Expo, held from 8-10 September at Gallagher Convention Centre, attracted 5345 visitors from 24 countries including 14 countries in Africa.
The top 10 countries with visitors outside of South Africa included: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, DRC and Kenya.
The event was sponsored by Platinum sponsors Roland DG South Africa and Stixo Signage Supplies.
Visitors could see new products and business opportunities in wide format digital printing, vehicle wrapping, textile printing, signage, laser engraving, display, direct-to-film (DTF) printing, garment printing, screen and pad printing and other cutting edge technology.
Exhibitors had positive feedback about the event:
‘The calibre of the client was a lot better this year. There were people here that are really looking to add to their armoury and get into the business,’ said Darryl Braithwaite, Midcomp.
‘It was very busy and we had a lot of visitors at our stand. Some customers came from far to see us, like Botswana,’ said Nardus Mouton, Gencotech.
‘The show good, very well arranged and organised. We got a couple of good leads. For the three days we were quite busy,’ said Ashok Jain, Allrich.
‘All in all I think it was quite a good show. We saw a lot of people that had never seen our products before and then we saw some of our regular clients that want to go ahead with our training school,’ said Darryl Curtis, Cover Styl’ South Africa.
‘The visitors were great and the client base was exceptional. It was really worthwhile being at the show,’ said David Deere, DG.
‘The amount of quality customers that came thorough made the expo really worth it,’ said Trevor Norman, Stixo.
‘We have had a lot of action around our stand. We had a lot of new customers come see us and as well as our existing customers that needed new machines and to upgrade their facilities. It was not just local visitors that were here, lots of people came from places like Durban and Zimbabwe. It was a successful show,’ said Adam Querido, GSW.
‘The quality of the visitors were good. We had a lot of cross-border visitors from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. We also had a lot of our existing customers come back to us and see what is new and what we’re launching,’ said Charmaine Poulter, Rexx Screen and Digital Supplies.
‘The visitors were high-quality, and we saw a lot of new faces,’ said Francois Badenhorst-Rossouw, Kolok Graphic Supplies.
Judges visited each stand at the expo and judged the stands according to criteria based on design, staff friendliness and professionalism. The results are as follows:
Sign Africa Small Shell Scheme:
Winner: Vic Bay/One Off
Second: 1-Stop T-Shirt Supplies
Third: JG Electronics
Sign Africa Small Custom Stand:
Winner: LBY Africa
Second: Signbox
Third: Sign Assist
Sign Africa Medium Shell Scheme:
Winner: Graficomp
Second: Oricore
Third: Trigold Printlab
Sign Africa Medium Custom Stand:
Winner:3A Composites
Second: Polyvantis
Third: Build Volume
Sign Africa Large Shell Scheme:
Winner: Gencotech
Second: NSDS
Sign Africa Large Custom Stand:
Winner: Eco Signage Supplies
Second: Kolok Graphic Supplies
Third: Maizey Plastics
Sign Africa Mega Custom Stand:
Tie Winner: Sign-Tronic / Stixo
Second: Roland DG
Third: Intamarket
Africa Print Small Shell Scheme:
Winner: Trotec
Second: ZSK
Third: Servochem
Africa Print Small Custom Stand:
Winner: Portamex
Second Big 5
Third: Media Frenzy
Africa Print Medium Custom Stand:
Winner: Fellowes Beswick
Second: Stuart and Marks
Africa Print Large Custom Stand:
Winner: Canon
Second: Visual Communication Supplies
Tied Third: Titan-Jet / Rexx Screen and Digital Supplies
Africa Print Mega Custom Stand:
Winner: Midcomp
Second: Fortune
Third: GSW
Modern Marketing Small Shell Scheme:
Winner: Headwear 24
Second: Stegmanns
Third: Luggage Warehouse
Modern Marketing Small Custom Stand:
Winner: Cover Styl’
Second: Woodline Branding Solutions
Modern Marketing Medium Custom Stand:
Winner: King Caps
Second: Sky Technologies
Third: Caps SA
Modern Marketing Custom Stand: National Flag:
Winner: National Flag
Second: Curv
SIGN AFRICA EXPO
+27 11 568 1894
www.signafricaexpo.com
