As we conclude a year marked by significant achievements and progresses, we appreciate you for doing your best to contribute to our successes this 2023 Business Year be it as committed and responsible readers, valued advertisers, and other treasured PEP clients and partners. We are truly grateful to you ALL!
IN THIS LAST 87TH EDITION FOR THE YEAR 2023
We begin with exclusive post show reports of both North America’s most dynamic and comprehensive printing event in United States of America – PRINTING United Expo 2023 and the biggest trade exhibition of its kind in the Western Cape, South Africa – PROPAK Cape 2023. First off, PRINTING United Expo 2023 where we comprehensively showcase major highlights of the event with reviews from US Commercial Service led Nigeria Delegation to the biggest print & related event in U.S. this year titled: PRINTING UNITED EXPO 2023 DELIVERS UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS, SETS INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE imbued with subtitle: OUR GAINS AT PRINTING UNITED 2023 detailing some of the delegates’ views on the show et all. This exclusive SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLE starts from page 14 and ends on page 40. Next is how PROPAK Cape 2023 received massive support from exhibitors and visitors throughout the three-day show captioned: PACKAGING AND RELATED EXPO GETS MASSIVE INDUSTRY SUPPORT! Flip over to pages 20, 21 and 23 to know more.
Before we preview three major international industry events that will hold within the first six months of 2024 Business Year, check out the exclusive interview with Mr. Godwin Ogilo – the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Heidelberg Nigeria Limited (subsidiary of world renowned print solutions provider – Heidelberger Druckmaschinen) where he assesses the outgoing year and as a professional accountant with over 2 decades of cognate experience in the industry in Nigeria; makes sense of what 2024 holds for discerning players who desire to succeed next year. Turn to pages 28, 29 and 30 to learn from his invaluable insight, personal and professional recommendations in the tête-à-tête piece titled: “2024 BEING A DRUPA YEAR WOULD USHER IN NEW INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE INDUSTRY AND THIS WILL DRIVE BUSINESS GROWTH IN MANY AREAS”.
And as we prepare for 2024 Business Year, kindly go through this edition’s COVER STORY to activate your confidence in the industry as the 9th drupa Global Trends Report confirms a remarkably positive outlook for an ever-resilient Printing Industry that has just bounced back from COVID-19 pandemic. Titled: GLOBAL PRINT INDUSTRY SHOWS INCREASING CONFIDENCE ACROSS ALMOST ALL MARKETS AND REGIONS DESPITE ECONOMIC HEADWINDS, the piece is culled from the newly released EXECUTIVE SUMMARY which examines the results of both emerging markets and developing economies like ours while highlighting useful statistics that you can work with – to actualize your positive expectations of 2024.
Speaking of 2024, we bring you SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLES as trailers of what you should expect at three international shows exclusively for pulp & paper; print & signage; and, print & package. So, flip over to page 26 to discover how: GUANGZHOU AUCH HOSTS THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL PAPER EVENT IN CHINA. On pages 36 and 37, get to know: WHAT TO EXPECT AT FESPA MIDDLE EAST 2024; then on page 42, GULF PRINT & PACK 2024 POINTS TO DIGITIZATION AND A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
Talking about the future, we enjoin you to get in touch with us to plan your next industry trade show attendance. Check out specially collated top PRINT & ALLIED EXHIBITIONS FOR 2024 on page 25 that we’ll be packaging but customised to suit your needs and budget in conjunction with the event organisers as part of our PRINT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (PEP) FOR 2024.
Lastly, this bumper edition – deemed as a collector’s item – will not be complete without PRINT IMPACT AROUND NIGERIA (from page 10) and PRINT IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD (from page 12). Characteristically, both report latest news, product launches and industry events from within Nigeria and around the world respectively.
LET’S EMBRACE THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE COMING YEAR
We know that the road ahead is filled with opportunities for sustainable growth and practicable yet responsible innovation. We’re confident that together, we will continue to excel and shape a future that is not only successful but also sustainable. Let’s embrace the challenges and opportunities of the coming year with the same vigor, passion, and responsibility that have brought us this far.
As the yuletide season beckons, we believe nothing is more rewarding than having a well-spent and memorable time together with loved ones. So, please take the time out and spend quality time with your family this holiday season thereby recharging your batteries of love, empathy, and recommitment to excellence that will last you for the next 12 months and beyond.
Sometimes there aren’t enough words to express how grateful one is; but all I can say – even as we bid farewell to another amazing year, is to thank you heartily as I also wish you; a flourishing 2024! And as I always say; please have and show your grateful heart to all by continually doing good! We wish you a flourishing 2024!
Joju ADEKANBI
jojuadekanbi@yahoo.com
0803 862 9114
