FESPA, the global support organisation for screen and digital printers, is responding to exponential growth in the use of wide-format digital printing technology for textile applications, by introducing a brand new Digital Textile Conference to run alongside its FESPA Digital 2008 exhibition in Geneva in April 2008.
The conference will take place in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Geneva, immediately adjacent to the Palexpo exhibition centre which plays host to the FESPA Digital exhibition. Running from 11.00h on 31st March to 13.00h on 1st April, delegates will be able to easily combine this valuable learning experience with a visit to the exhibition, which runs 1-3 April 2008.
The conference, entitled Digital Printing for Commercial Success, is being delivered by FESPA in partnership with industry publication Digital Textile e-Broadcast, and will have a strong focus on examining the market opportunities that have emerged as digital printing technology for textile output has matured.
Speakers will include some of the business pioneers of digital textile printing in fields such as garments, fashion fabrics and soft signage. There will also be expert projections on the future direction of the technology and the sector's prospects for further growth.
FESPA exhibition director Frazer Chesterman comments: “FESPA has witnessed tremendous growth in interest in textile applications among our members in recent years, so much so that FESPA 2007 in Berlin actually represented the biggest textile printing show in Europe, with over 25% of the total exhibition space devoted to textile production technologies.”