Released on: October 31, 2008, 2:42 am

Press Release Author: Penner-Madison & Company Limited

Industry: Industrial

Press Release Summary: Bangkok, Thailand, 31 October 2008 -- Over 10,000 visitors
from almost 90 countries are expected to take advantage of one of the most extensive
exhibition to be held at Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC)
as Thailand hosts for the first time FESPA World Expo Asia-Pacific 2008-a mega
international trade exhibition specifically organised for the screen, digital and
textile printing of the Asia Pacific region.

Press Release Body: Over 10,000 visitors from almost 90 countries are expected to
take advantage of one of the most extensive exhibition to be held at Bangkok
International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) as Thailand hosts for the first
time FESPA World Expo Asia-Pacific 2008-a mega international trade exhibition
specifically organised for the screen, digital and textile printing of the Asia
Pacific region.

The event, which will be held from 28-30 November 2008, will treat visitors and
buyers to the widest area of displays from over 150 exhibitors joining this event
which will feature the global launch of the latest models and technologies from the
leading brands all over the world. Big brand names such as Fujifilm Sericol, HP,
Gandinnovation, M&R, OCE', XAAR, and ZUND are already among the exhibitors who have
now reserved 80 percent of the sprawling
15,000 square meters of BITEC halls 101-103.

To date, exhibitors from most countries in Asia Pacific-from India, China, South
Korea, Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippine, Japan, Thailand to Australia
have confirmed their participation in the exhibit. European exhibitors from
countries like UK, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Belgium and
Sweden are also attending while a large delegation from US, Canada and the
Middle East plan to show off their best products during this event.

Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), who is giving its all out support to
the FESPA Asia-Pacific event, highlights the timeliness of FESPA World Expo Asia
Pacific 2008
in promoting Thailand as a globally recognized and preferred MICE destination in Asia.

"We believe that FESPA World Expo Asia-Pacific 2008 will provide benefits to
Thailand - this exhibition will serve as a platform for trading, exporting,
transferring ideas and technological know how in the printing industry to
Asia-Pacific region, helping to develop Asia-Pacific's capabilities in this specific
industry. Additionally, the country is expected to gain the revenues of over 270
million Baht from the large number of international business travellers attending
the event.
We also hope to use this event to showcase Thailand's expertise and suitability for
hosting world class exhibitions under our umbrella campaign 'Bangkok: Exhibition
City of ASEAN'," Ms. Supawan Teerarat, TCEB Exhibition Director, said.

Aside from the vibrant trading and other business opportunities this event offers,
there will be remarkable never before seen in Asia activities and seminars that
would pave efforts for technology transfer and knowledge-exchange of the latest
trends in this industry.

Mr. Marcus Timson, Event Director for FESPA World Expo Asia-Pacific said, "One of
the highlight events, "FESPA Inspire Conference" will be divided into three
highlighted categories-Technology, Marketing and being Environment-friendly. There
will be 27 sessions in two seminar rooms that will run along with the three-day
show. FESPA invited experts from all over the world to provide the latest trend and
insight information of the industry. The highlight of the seminars includes a Screen
and Digital debate as digital trend has taken over the printing industry, questions
on how printers can survive together and how screen printing will develop to the
next step would be tackled."

"There will also be a "Green" debate as European countries have set up strict rules
in managing the environmental issues especially imported products. EU have issued a
new regulation called "REACH" (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and
restriction of Chemical) which will be enforced on all chemicals use in the products
export to EU country in near future."

Mr. Pirach Thampipit, President of Thai Screen printing and Graphic imaging
Association (TSGA) added, "Aside from these knowledge-enriching activities, FESPA
World Expo Asia Pacific 2008 shows a lot of exciting activities that the visitors
will experience from the FESPA World Expo Asia-Pacific for the first time such as
"World's Largest Digitally Produced Jigsaw". This creative project is supported by
Halifax Vogel who supplied the substrate called "Imageboard" imported from Australia
just for this event, printed by Fujifilm Sericol's UV flatbed printer, while ICS &
Zund assisted in cutting the jigsaw. The World Largest Digitally ProducedJigsaw is
a very challenging project as it is a collaboration of all parties in the project to
show the power of large format digital printing that other technology cannot
perform. Its dimension will be 18 meters by 20 meters or 360 square
meters in total space with the image of Bangkok Exhibition City."

Since the jigsaw is of a very large size, viewing the project from the ground does
not seem to be suitable. Therefore XAAR, FESPA's technology partner is sponsoring
over 150 VIPS and registered visitors of the show during the three day show to have
the opportunity to board the XAAR helicopter to view the jigsaw and the breath
taking skyline of Bangkok which is abundant with mega sized Billboards which is the
proof of the printing industry's potential. Interested printers can register for the
helicopter experience, the FESPA Inspire conference and many more exciting
activities at www.fespaasia.com.
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Notes to editors

About FESPA
Founded in 1962, FESPA is a not-for-profit federation of trade associations and an
organiser of exhibitions and conferences for the screen and digital printing
industries. FESPA's dual aim is to promote screen printing and digital imaging and
to share knowledge about screen and digital printing with its members across the
world, helping them to grow their businesses and learn about the latest developments
in their fast growing industries.

FESPA member organisations include 28 separate National Associations in Europe, and
6 Associate Member Associations in Australia, China, Thailand, India, Japan and
Korea.


Forthcoming FESPA events include:

# FESPA World Expo Asia-Pacific, 28-30 November 2008, BITEC, Bangkok
# FESPA Digital India, 14-16 December 2008, Mumbai, India
# FESPA Digital 2009, 12-14 May 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
# FESPA Mexico World Expo 2009, 27-29 August 2009, Mexico City, Mexico
# FESPA 2010, 22-26 June 2010, Munich, Germany
# FESPA World Expo Asia-Pacific 2010, 12-14 November 2010, BITEC, Bangkok


For further information, please contact:

Mr. Adhiwatra Chanapokakul Ms. Suthira Suwanbenchakul
FESPA Asia Pacific Penner-Madison & Company Limited
Tel: +662 744 5425 Tel: +662 716 5246 ext. 125
E-mail: adhiwatra.chanapokakul@fespa.com E-mail: suthira_s@penner-madison.com
Website: fespa.com




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Contact Details: Mr. Adhiwatra Chanapokakul
FESPA Asia Pacific
+662 744 5425