As at last count, Middle East’s flagship show for the commercial and package printing sector – Gulf Print & Pack – is 10 percent bigger than previous 2015 edition as more halls in the Za’abeel of the Dubai World Trade Centre are created to accommodate more exhibitors thereby promising a value-driven showcase of latest technologies and consumables from across the entire field of printing from the newest multi-substrate presses, ink systems, wide and narrow format digital presses to laser die-cutting, 3D printing, smart labels/ packaging, web-to-print software and product decoration.
Characteristically as industry’s best and most consistent magazine – WHERE To Print will also be live at the show! If you’re a printer, packaging expert, designer or brand owner please feel free to join us at our L63 STAND to not only grab a free copy of WHERE To Print magazine with latest information and news from print and allied markets in Nigeria, but to also discuss how we can help you grow your business.
But before you pack your bag for Dubai, check out who you’ll also be meeting at Gulf Print & Pack 2017 (GPP 2017) in our SPECIAL FEATURE titled MORE INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS SIGN UP TO GULF PRINT & PACK 2017 with pictorials on page 34. Coincidentally, one of the nation’s highly inspiring print entrepreneurs – Mazi Ezeh Emmanuel, MD/ CEO of Immaculate Publications LTD Enugu, South East Nigeria will be following our VIP Delegation to GPP 2017 along with his wife is featured on page 30 of our EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW section where he advised: ‘LET’S GO BACK TO OUR PASSION’. After you read, you will agree with me that his insight, wealth of experience and management skill are worthy of emulation.
Also in this bumper edition, flip over to read major stories and exclusives recorded in the last two months within the industry in PRINT IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD (from page 12), PRINT IMPACT AROUND NIGERIA (from page 14), and WHERE TO PRINT VOX POP (from page 19). This issue also has series of SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES like SKYSAT TECHNOLOGIES HOSTS 2ND EDITION OF CAMEA GOLF CUP TOURNAMENT with pictorials from page 14 as well as INDIGO HOSTS CUSTOMERS with pictorials from page 15. Lastly, we feature the Chief Executive of ChromeWaters LTD, Abuja – Mr. Gideon Eloho in our OTHER SIDE OF PRINT section. Please read on to learn from his innate attributes from page 40.
No doubt, the current lull in the Nigerian economy as a result of recession is biting harder than envisaged necessitating business activities decline and/ or random closure of some businesses. We however believe that – we as a nation – have the ability and the capacity to weather the storm and put ourselves in the right track. That is why WHERE To Print Intelligence Unit sought candid opinion of top, value-driven and reputable print & allied manufacturers and their representatives on the possible and practical solutions that stakeholders in the printing and allied industry could adopt to ensure the impact of Nigeria’s recession is reduced if not totally eliminated on print businesses. Read their time-tested and valuable responses in a SPECIAL FEATURE titled: AS RECESSION BITES: TOP, VALUE-DRIVEN AND REPUTABLE PRINT & ALLIED MANUFACTUERERS PROFFER SOLUTIONS from page 17.
WHERE TO PACKAGE: As I noted in WHERE To Print first issue for this year, 2017 is definitely going to be a year of tremendous opportunities even in the face of ‘economic stress’ – and as we always walk our talk, we are starting in this 48th issue – a serial column on unarguably the most viable sector in our industry – packaging. Our aim is to make the column a full blown and independent magazine dedicated to all things packaging and brand differentiation. In this issue of WHERE TO PACKAGE, we expose the hitherto neglected area of packaging i.e. design and teach practitioners on HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY REDESIGN YOUR PRODUCT PACKAGING. Check this out from pages 36 as we promise to feature in subsequent issue latest news and information from around the world on packaging and brand differentiation. We sincerely appreciate our ally and partners within the packaging dynasty such as the Institute of Packaging Nigeria (IOPN) and PROPAK West Africa organisers – Afrocet Montgomery.
Finally, I will like to also enjoin you to remain focused, plan ahead and commit all your endeavours to your Maker as the Author and Finisher of your faith.
We will all share great, pleasant and surprising testimonies even before the year ends!
Please continue to do good!
Joju Adekanbi
jojuadekanbi@yahoo.com
0803 862 9114
