SGIA's Digital Advocate to Speak at Packaging Industry Expo

For Immediate Release
June 1, 2007
Contact: Marguerite Higgins, SGIA
703.359.1310
mhiggins@sgia.org

Fairfax, Virginia -- Dan Marx, SGIA's Vice President of Markets and Technology, has been tapped as a feature speaker for the upcoming Converting Machinery/Materials Conference and Exposition (Rosemont, Illinois; June 4-7, 2007).  http://cmm07.events.pennnet.com/fl/content.cfm?Navid=3974&Language=

Marx, who has participated at previous CMM expos, will address digital imaging as part of an in-plant process for the converting and packaging printing industries.

He'll touch on the profit potential associated with short-run packaging in full color, point-of-purchase and retail displays, and how digital imaging can be integrated in an industrial workflow.

"Digital imaging can offer these companies new ways to manufacture their products and enter new markets, especially in a big-box environment where packaging often is expected to advertise the product," Marx said.

Keith Hevenor, Editorial and Conference Director for CMM International, chose Marx for his expert insight into digital imaging as it relates to display production.

"This is an area of larger interest for our attendees, who see the next step to packaging production as the promotion of the product," Hevenor said. "We look forward to having Dan back to educate our members on this growing area of opportunity."

Learn more about Marx's presentation, "POP and Displays: Digital Production Opens New Doors," at CMM International on its Web site at www.cmmshow.com. The show is conducted by PennWell Corp. http://cmm07.events.pennnet.com/fl/content.cfm?Navid=3974&Language=

And visit SGIA.org for more resources on digital imaging as part of an in-plant process. SGIA's new Industrial Use Tab (found at the top of the home page) offers a resource page tailored to the in-plant printing community. http://www.sgia.org/industrial_use/index.cfm

SGIA -- Supporting the Leaders of the Digital & Screen Printing Community
"Specialty imaging" comprises digital imaging, screen printing and the many other imaging technologies SGIA members use, including those they'll tap in the future. These are the imaging processes and technologies employed to create new products and to enhance existing products including point-of-purchase displays, signs, advertisements, garments, containers, and vehicles. To make the most of your specialty imaging business, take full advantage of the information on SGIA.org, and experience the specialty graphic imaging industry first-hand at SGIA '07 (Orlando, Florida, October 24-27, 2007).

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