With so much going on in the world coupled with challenges in life, one may be discouraged but I tell you – this is the best time to be happy, joyful and celebrate!
According to Advice Columnist – Mary Hunt, celebration is one of the most important ways that we express gratitude because celebration is gratitude in action. Celebration – like rest, seat belts, and green leafy vegetables – is good for us! Why? Amongst others, celebration is good for your health; it heals; it creates a circle of love; it moves us from fear to faith; and it shifts us from tired to inspire to conquer! So, when we celebrate, we generate momentum for future efforts. In a nutshell, celebration paves the way for future successes.
For us at WHERE To Print magazine, there are so many reasons to celebrate even being alive and well with loved ones. Coincidentally, a day in this month is the International Print Day (#IPD23) – dedicated to appreciate the power and impact of print around the world. So, join us on October 25, 2023 to celebrate International Print Day 2023!
To mark the day, there’s International Print Day 2023 Online Conference. Go to www.internationalprintday.org and register for FREE to participate. As you participate, you’re not only declaring your love for print, your participation in 24 hours of global knowledge sharing through social media will help print grow sustainably. Note that #PrintConnects is the theme for 2023. Fill in what ‘print connects’ means to you, take a pic, and share it on social media including #IPD23 and #PrintConnects. Share the poster with your print customers, students, and print enthusiasts around the world. Help print trend the planet!
BACK TO 86TH EDITION
We start with the post show reports of two major print & related events in this edition’s SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLES. First off is the region’s biggest and largest exhibition for the packaging, plastics, printing and processing industries staged in Lagos, Nigeria – PROPAK West Africa 2023. Celebrating its decennial edition, we bring you why “PROPAK WEST AFRICA CONTINUES TO BE AN INFLUENTIAL AND EFFECTIVE PLATFORM FOR BOTH COMPANIES LOOKING TO ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP THEIR FOOTPRINTS IN THE REGION”. Check this out in the article which starts on page 16 and ends on page 19 – then move to pages 28 and 29 for the post event report of the 8th Paper Week Symposium in Çeşme, Türkiye labeled: A GLOBAL GATHERING OF THE PRIVILEGED PAPER INDUSTRY LEADERS.
As other major international industry related events continues this month, we also bring you SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLES as a trailer of what you should expect at the shows to help in your planning purposes. Flip over to pages 30 and 31 to discover what PROPAK Cape has in stock for practitioners in the article aptly captioned: PROPAK CAPE PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PACKAGING PRINTING after which you can we preview (to conclude the series) why North America’s most dynamic and comprehensive printing event – PRINTING UNITED EXPO 2023 TO BE THE BIGGEST SHOW EVER.
While we have other SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLES to help aid your print purchase decisions such as DESIGN GUIDE FOR CUSTOM MYLAR® BAGS (on pages 20 & 21) and QUALITY CONTROL IN ENSURING COLOUR ACCURACY AND SAFETY IN PROTECTIVE APPAREL (on pages 36 & 37), we also culled an educative tête-à-tête of Mercongraphic Nig. LTD Country Manager in Nigeria – Mr. Anil Rai from PROPAK West Africa DAILY (published by WHERE To Print magazine) where he reassures the company’s clientele base in West Africa: “WE ARE COMMITTED TO OFFERING COMPETITIVE PRICING, CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES TO ENSURE UTMOST CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FOR OUR VALUED CLIENTS”. Please read excerpt of the SPECIAL FEATURE INTERVIEW on page 26.
Characteristically, we also bring you latest news, product launches and industry events both within Nigeria and around the world respectively in our PRINT IMPACT AROUND NIGERIA pages that start from page 10 and PRINT IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD (from page 12).
And lastly, our COVER STORY in this edition titled: EMBRACING THE POWER OF COMMUNITY: A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THE PRINT INDUSTRY culled from drupa Essentials of Print and written by Peter van Teeseling reaffirms my earlier note that this is the best time to be happy, joyful and celebrate as the article further invites you to discover the power and joy of community connection and collaboration.
In all, always have a grateful heart as you continue to do good!
Joju ADEKANBI
jojuadekanbi@yahoo.com
0803 862 9114
