4th International Flexography Trade Fair
March 12 - 16, 2012, Parque de Exposições do Anhembi São Paulo (SP) – Brazil
FLEXO LATINO AMERICA GATHERS THE ENTIRE SECTOR’S SUPPLY CHAIN
FEIRA FLEXO LATINO AMERICA is the result of the partnership between ABFLEXO and Reed Exhibitions Alcantara Machado, and is consolidated as a benchmark in the sector, a meeting place for the entire sector’s supply chain and the opportunity to deepen the knowledge on the technologies introduced by the industry, thus expanding the networking with the major players in this market.
The event has gathered exhibitors and visitors from Europe, the United States, Asia and the whole Southern Hemisphere, exceeding all expectations as for the audience and businesses done and remitted. During the trade fair, the visitors/buyers have the opportunity to meet, at one single venue, the entire flexography supply chain, from the pre-printing, such as designers, cliché makers, to inputs, finishing machinery and equipments, accessories, substrates to the final product.
The trade fair is part of the INTERNATIONAL PACKING AND PRINTING MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT WEEK, which also comprises the BRASILPACK (International Packaging Trade Fair) and FIEPAG (International Packaging, Paper and Graphic Arts Trade Fair).
Every two years, the event’s program is upgraded and brings topics that reflect the technological evolution and modernization of flexographic printing, presented and discussed in the technical lectures and case studies.
You will also have the opportunity to visit the exhibition area and cast a closer look at the technologies introduced in the lectures, and may ask for clarifications and enlarge your networking with top players of this market.
MARKET FIGURES
ABFLEXO/FTA-BRASIL (Brazilian Flexographic Technical Association), has reported an average growth between 6 and 8% in the last years, with an even greater upright trend in this early decade, due to the major events to be held in the country, such as the 2014 World Soccer Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, which will raise the consumption levels and, consequently, the use of packaging, labels, identification tags and boxes, where flexography is the main printing system used.
In Brazil, the current estimates account for over 2,000 converting companies using flexography, but this is a growing number, as every day we see companies migrating to this printing process, seduced by its competitive benefits, such as high productivity, unquestionable quality, flexible use of alternative materials, which may not be printed using other printing systems, in addition to the sustainability of the process, enabling the use of water, or UV or EB-based paint.
Not to mention that flexography allows the printing on irregular, very thin substrates, thus enabling the use of recyclable materials and ultra-fine films; also, the process applies a much finer paint layer, saving costs in the printing process and making the product made using flexography technology much more recyclable, with less impact on the environment.
The international flexography market has been changing rapidly, but the United States and Canada still account for about 42% of the flexographic production, Europe accounts for around 26%, Asia and Oceania with about 19% and Latin America and Mexico with approximately 13%.
Such figures show an open evolution of flexography in the so-called BRIC countries where Brazil, Russia, India and China have rapidly increased their global market share, not only in quantity, but mainly in quality.
A clear example is Brazil itself, which was a mere importer of machinery and equipment and, within a few years, it became an exporter of these products worldwide, not to mention China and other Asian countries, whose quality and reliability have improved, and their products have been increasingly sold to markets that were previously dominated only by the United States and the traditional European countries, such as Germany, Italy and Spain.
SECTORES
»Pre-printing Machinery and Equipment;
»Printing Machinery and Equipment;
»Peripherals and Accessories;
»Paints, Varnishes, Inputs and Solvents;
»Substrates;
»Cliché Machinery;
»Photopolymers;
»Toupee Tape;
»Other.
TARGET AUDIENCE
»Business People
»Buyers
»Trade People
»Professionals of the sector
»Students
WHY PARTICIPATE?
- FLEXO LATINO AMERICA is one of the most important business centers for the domestic and international markets for the sector in Latin America;
- The trade fair is an excellent opportunity to advertise products and brands to a segmented and highly qualified audience;
- Possibility to shorten the relationship with the buying audience and conquer new clients;
- Opportunity to increase the portfolio of new suppliers, new representatives, as well as to generate data for the company’s database;
- Getting acquainted to the market trends and analysis of the competitors.