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Small printer seeks new ideas
| 06 January 2012
The best way to kick start a new year is to spend a bit of time thinking about adding value to your business through diversification – finding new products to take to your existing customers, retaining business and adding value to your bottom line.
That’s why exhibitions such as Trophex are so useful. This little gem of a show is all about broadening your horizons and discovering new ways of working and, more importantly, new ways to make profit and deliver new offerings to your customers.
What is fascinating about Trophex is that it seems to have been lost in a time warp, mostly because it devotes itself to the trophy, awards, personalisation and engraving industry. Print service providers hardly give it a second glance, and this is where they might be missing a trick. Trophex covers all aspects of added value promotional services such as sublimation, photo imaging, badges, pins, giftware, signage, lasers, decals, embroidery, gifts, promotional merchandise and many more profit making lines that could make all the difference to small print service providers.
The show is held over two days on Sunday 15th January and Monday 16th January 2012 and will be well worth a visit. For example, two of the major names in wide format printing will be there to demonstrate a range of digital personalisation printing solutions for the trophy, branded goods and promotional product markets.
First up is Roland DG who, along with its extensive range of engraving and 3D printers will also be showing its neat little BN20 Versa Studio printer. These have been selling like hot cakes since launch and are proving to be extremely popular with printers of all sizes looking to break into inkjet printing.
Mimaki will also be represented by its exclusive UK and Irish distributor, Hybrid Services Ltd, who will be on hand to demonstrate the 
attractively priced Mimaki CJV30-60 outdoor durable inkjet printer which features white and metallic ink suitable for creating decals, key fobs, trophy inserts, industrial labels, signs, graphics and more. Supplied with Mimaki’s RasterLink Pro RIP and FineCut cutting software, Hybrid Services says it’s a ‘business in a box’ solution ideal for small office spaces and shops.
Alongside the roll fed machine, Hybrid is also showing Mimaki’s multi award winning flatbed UJF-3042FX. Trophex will actually host the UK debut for this new machine, which uses low energy LED UV cured ink to print to a multitude of products, making it perfect for imprinting phone covers, flame polished acrylic (for photo blocks), metal items, glass, plastics and more besides.
Hybrid’s marketing manager, Duncan Jefferies says: “SMEs looking to expand their product catalogue can add breadth and capability in one fell swoop with a surprisingly small investment, and unlike typical printed document output, many of the jobs that these machines are capable of typically benefit from high profit margins and short lead times.”
Hybrid is sharing its stand space with authorised reseller, Lineker Machines, who as well as Mimaki printers and cutters, can supply embroidery and heat transfer solutions, so a visit to Stand 230 will be well worthwhile. Mimaki hardware will also be available to view on The Magic Touch’s stand where the Mimaki CJV30-100 will be demonstrating its garment marking credentials.
See you there!
www.trophex.com
www.hybridservices.co.uk
www.linekermachines.org.uk
www.rolanddg.co.uk
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