The first week of June saw a fusion of brilliant colors adorn the Philippine Trade and Training Center from floor to ceiling. Yet another Graphic Expo was underway, and it was eye-candy.
Now on its 13th offering, the Graphic Expo is a yearly outing to showcase the latest, speediest, most affordable—or the most expensive—technologies of the graphics and printing industry. From the heaviest of equipment for large format printing, to the most compact of office printers, they all showed up to show off their wares. No less than Canon, Epson and Hewlett-Packard (in alphabetical order) made the Graphic Expo their stage as sponsors, as well as the Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines.
The 13th Graphic Expo 2008 is a clear indication of the steady increase in exhibitors yearly. While last year’s Expo already featured a healthy number of large format equipment, that number increased this year that organizer Fiera de Manila had to extend the Expo floor space by 10 percent. Adding to the grandiose event, hardware-storage device companies came as exhibitors, as well as copy-machines. Staging wizard Centrex also had design exercises in fulfilling a two-story booth, an extensive printers-playground, a live photo-studio, a virtual library and a photography exhibit.
For the visitors, the 13th Graphic Expo provided a number of seminars and workshops conducted by lecturers of the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging. For the exhibitors and walk-ins, the Expo provided a well-equipped platform for free seminars that appealed to a healthy crowd. In fact, there was a wait-list for the allotted number of slots for the free seminars.
