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Printer & Signage Expo Larger, More printer brands, More attendance Sign Istanbul 2012 Nicholas Hellmuth December 2012 1

Introduction Sign Istanbul is the leading printer trade show in this part of the world. Actually you would have to travel another thousand kilometers or more to find an expo on printers comparable to Sign Istanbul. FLAAR Reports has attended several years in the past and we have now found that this expo is larger than in any recent year. But Sign Istanbul offers a lot more than printers, inks, media, substrates, laminators, CNC routers and flatbed cutters: this expo offers the city of Istanbul, one of the great centers of ancient civilization (under the original name, Constantinople). So you can bring your entire family, or bring your companion for a romantic get-away. PLUS, hotels are not overpriced like those in Duesseldorf for drupa. But try to select a hotel that has a shuttle. For sightseeing, before or after the expo, you might want to explore hotels in other parts of the city (the expo center is far away from the historical city center). Sign Istanbul 2012 during setup day PLUS, hotels are not overpriced like those in Duesseldorf for drupa. But try to select a hotel that has a shuttle. For sightseeing, 2 before or after the expo, you might want to explore hotels in other 3 parts of the city.

UV-cured printers at Sign Istanbul exhibitor list 2012 Agfa, efi VUTEk, efi Rastek, dilli, HP, Mimaki and Roland are exhibiting UV-cured printers. Much to my surprise I found more brands of UV-cured printers here than most other expos. Even Neolt had a UV-cured printer here. Even SigmaJet (GRAPO) was present. Plus Durst had at least it s entry level UV-cured printer on display. Anderson (DPC) from Taiwan was present as well as many brands from China, such as Docan, HiJet and more. But more important, why were other major Chinese brands completely absent, such as Teckwin? In the TRENDs level report from FLAAR you can read the complete list. But one thing we will mention in advance is that efi VUTEk clearly had more UV-cured printers than any other brand at the expo. Plus, efi VUTEk had a much wider range: entry-level, mid-range, and full-production models. VUTEk has two distributors for Turkey. Most important are all the brands which are NOT present: missing from China and missing from Korea. In the TRENDs level we explain why some brands are not present. You can as to be invoiced for the TRENDs level report by writing FrontDesk@FLAAR.org. 4 5

Aristo Aristomat GL 2432 Summa flatbed cutter. Here is a giant Zünd cutter. FLAAR has been at the Zünd factory in Switzerland and can attest to their quality. The recent year there was a printer expo in Hamburg there was a quick visit to the Aristo factory but I had so many products to take notes on that I was not able to get to the factory myself. There is a separate FLAAR Report with photographs of more of the brands and a list. Flatbed cutters in the Sign Istanbul exhibitor list 2012 Zünd, Kongsberg, Aristo, and now Summa had their flatbed cutters on display. But more than digital flatbed cutters; what you tend to find here are over a dozen brands of CNC routers. Many brands are made in Turkey, but these are rarely visible at any expo outside of Turkey. Most brands of 6 CNC routers are made in China. Until it is possible to visit the factory of a brand, it is not realistic for us to know which brands are reliable. 7

Eco-solvent printers at Sign Istanbul exhibitor list 2012 Roland now has a series 4 printer. Still using older generation Epson printheads. Mutoh claims to have a more recent printhead. Mimaki is cleverly moving to Ricoh printheads since Mimaki finally woke up to the reality that Epson wants all the signage market share for the new SureColor eco-solvent printers. So Mimaki is offering a more robust, more industrial (more long-lasting) printhead. billion. If true this is the best comparison; you get what you pay for. But every head has its positive features, including Epson heads of all recent generations. It is nice to see Seiko II exhibiting. Their lite-solvent inks give you maximum color pop. Plus their neon ink offers something different. It is noticeable that there are more Mimaki printers than any other brand at the expo. PIMMS is their largest distributor. One manufacturer of printers said that the Epson warranty is There is a separate FLAAR Report listing every single ecosolvent, mild-solvent, and full-solvent printer at Sign Istanbul. 8 7 billion drops; the warranty for Ricoh was stated to be 100 9

DX5 printheaded printers at Sign Istanbul exhibitor list 2012 In addition to Mimaki, Mutoh, Roland and Epson you can expect a few brands from China which feature DX5 printheads. Sometimes DX6 and DX7 printheads are also found, but they are rare. We will have a separate PDF on all the printers Made in China. HP Designjet L26500 (1.55m, entry-level) HP Designjet L28500 (2.64m, entry-level) HP Scitex LX600 (2.64m, industrial) HP Scitex LX820 (3.20m, industrial) HP Scitex LX850 (3.20m, industrial, fully-loaded) Latex printers at Sign Istanbul exhibitor list 2012 If you wish to learn more about HP latex ink printers, a good source of reliable information is: Rana Raychoudhury Worldwide Principal Technical Consultant HP Large-Format Production He is at most international trade shows, where you can find him in the HP booth. At most trade shows you can find at least one HP Scitex level of Although several ink companies have indicated they are working on after-market UV-cured HP latex printers and at least one HP Designjet level. But if you printers, there is only one company which has a reliable third-party ink for several models of wish to know the full range, courtesy of Rana Raychoudhury HP latex printers, as seen here in the photograph. 10 (HP), here is the complete current portfolio (Dec 2012) 11

Textile printers at Sign Istanbul exhibitor list 2012 Several Mimaki textile printers are exhibited. A sophisticated 3.2m textile printer from ATPColor is in the booth of flexmedia. Two days before this expo started I was in a printing company in Europe which had two of these ATPColor printers simultaneously at work. In order to photograph the booths we needed to not have people in the aisle (as otherwise the photo would be blurred due to the 12 crowds). So we did photography very early in the morning. 13

Dye Sublimation Systems at Sign Istanbul We are making a list of every single brand and model of calendaring machine as well as other dye sublimation equipment (such as future digital). This 14 will be a separate PDF, in full color on textile printers at Sign Istanbul, such as those of EUROTECH. 15

Media and Substrates at Sign Istanbul exhibitor list 2012 Since nowadays most media comes from China, Korea, and some from Taiwan, it is crucial to meet and get to know these factories. The media you buy from major brand names is seldom made by that brand name. So it really helps to learn the reality of inkjet media today by visiting an expo. Often it is best to obtain from a local distributor; but still it is informative to learn how all the sources of media are doing business today. The most innovative media that I saw so far was in the booth of Agfa, a new media they name SYNAPS. I appreciate their managers taking the time to show me this material and explain its many applications. Of the scores of booths of Chinese media, the sample book that I enjoyed looking at was from Shanghai DER New Material Co., Ltd. In order to photograph the booths we needed to not have people 16 in the aisle (as otherwise the photo would be blurred due to the crowds). So we did photography very early in the morning. 17

Lost Opportunity Honeycomb sandwich board is increasingly popular in some countries, and almost totally absent in other countries. VISCOM Paris circa 2011 or 2010 had the best exhibits of this material. Other expos have almost nothing. Sign Istanbul had honeycomb sandwich board visible up front in at least two booths. It would be great to see honeycomb more featured in 2013. So here is a great opportunity for manufacturers and distributors of honeycomb sandwich board, as Turkey is a growing market. 18 19

Aluminum composite material Whereas presence of honeycomb sandwich material was weak, the presence of aluminum composite material was strong. There is not any American or European expo where so much aluminum composite material and aluminum panels were so readily visble as you walked the aisles. It was ironic that most brands were local. I would estimate that some was made in China. The brand from Japan was nowhere visible whatsoever. So if they have a distributor, their brand name was well hidden. 20 21

After-market Ink at Sign Istanbul 2012 Many brands of after-market ink are available from Sign Istanbul. The ones we know the best are Sam Ink (have been in their R&D lab and factory in Singapore twice) and Inkwin (I have been to their R&D labs and factory twice also). Some expos are weak in after-market ink (such as Reklama Moscow where I was a month ago), but Sign Istanbul offers a full choice of inks from Korea, China, Singapore, and also made in Turkey itself. So if you wish to interact with ink company personnel, of companies which are not at other expos, consider coming to Sign Istanbul. In our separate FLAAR Report on ink we show every booth. Here in the general introduction I show the companies where they have arranged a visit so I can inspect print-shops which are actually using their ink. For Sam Ink I have inspected printshops in Istanbul, near Los Angeles, Sao Paulo (Brazil) and in Singapore which are using their ink for Roland, another of their inks for HP latex printers, and for HP 5000, 5500, as well as mild solvent for HP 8000s, 9000s, and 10000s. During 2013 if other ink companies bring us to their factories, then we can write a FLAAR Report on their ink. Many companies had an ink logo on their booth 22 wall but it was not easy to find the actual ink. With Sam Ink it was clearly displayed. 23

Sign Graphic booth was in Hall 6. Official Trade Magazine at Sign Istanbul The official trade magazine of the expo is Dijital teknik. This company has an additional trade magazine, tekstil & teknik. The booth of Dijital teknik is at the far end of Hall 7. Sign Graphic magazine was at the end of Hall 6. They had their regular magazine, a newspaper of advertising for companies at the expo, and a monumental hardbound directory of all the printshops and printing companies and sign making companies in all of Turkey. 24 25

Attendance at Sign Istanbul 2012 Printer and Signage Expo Sign Istanbul 2012 The first two days (Thursday and Friday) there were plenty of people attending. Saturday however, the expo was packed solid with people. The only other expo in the world where I have seen this many people is at the July expo in Brazil (it has an attendance significantly more than either SGIA or ISA; actually if the Brazil show has a truthful count their attendance is more than SGIA + ISA put together). The only honest count is unique visitors or how many individual people are registered and actually attend. FESPA seems to have an honest count. Other expos count as a visitor any time any person passes through the entry gate. So if you attend three days in a row you are counted as three people. This is typical. We have no way to know whether the summer Brazil count is unique visitors, or a typical trade show exaggeration. We will try to find out, but if the expo organizers don t say up front, it is logical to have some doubts. At Sign Istanbul I do not myself count visitors: instead I note how the flow of people is in the aisles and coming in the main entries. By noon the final day the expo was packed. By early afternoon the crowds were still coming in the main entrance. In summary: two good days and then two days of the aisles packed with people. I have not seen any expo other than Serigrafia, Sign, Future Textil (sic) in Brazil with as many people every day all four days. SGIA 2012 had healthy crowds first two days but third day attendance was noticeably weak. Still, SGIA had about 20,000 attendees. During conversations with people at Sign Istanbul I was told that one of the expos elsewhere in Europe was cancelled (a polite way to say it went out of business since it no longer attracted enough exhibitors or attendees). Six years ago that sign printer expo was substantial and I attended at least two or three years in a row. Most of us in the industry are also familiar with the several expos in USA which disappeared totally: DPI (was always small, but was a great expo) COMDEX (once one of the largest expos in North America) There are separate FLAAR Reports which discuss the rise and fall of printer trade shows. What I notice is that it is the expo organizers own style which causes them to collapse or go bankrupt. It is easy to blame the downfall of all the VISCOM expos on the failing EU economy. But the failure of most VISCOM venues is based much more on total failure to be realistic. Since an expo is first and foremost understandably a commercial endeavor, profit takes precedence over investing in long-term improvements. But since most expos have managers with experience in the expo industry, it is logical that they feel all their decisions are ideal. I enjoyed attending all VISCOM expos but did not provide consulting services because they felt they already had all the knowledge that they needed. We appreciate that Sign Istanbul organizer (ifo) provides a true unique visitor count: total visitor number for 2012 was 21,579, Professional sector. 26 Seybold (was once as large as SGIA or ISA are 27 today).

Other printer expos in Turkey Printer and Signage Expo Sign Istanbul 2012 In 2006 and a few years of that epoch I also attended a printer trade show in Turkey named Outdoor & Indoor. It was held in late August and/or early September in the expo center that is near the airport. The organizers were pleasant and hospitable but I never heard from them in many years. But Sign Istanbul, later in the year, apparently was more successful. I have returned to Sign Istanbul in 2010 (and earlier years). The same phenomenon is happening in most countries: one expo is popular and competing expos last only a few years. We at FLAAR Reports support printer trade shows, photo equipment expos, and 3D scanning and technology events. But in today s economy it is better to have one popular event. The USA can support two international events: one in spring and one in autumn (plus local regional expos). But in Brazil it will be tough for any expo to match the success of Serigrafia Sign Futur Textile (48,000 claimed attendees; even if a how-many-people-entered-each-timecount, it is still more than ISA and SGIA put together!). 28 But businesses do engage in competition, so there will be new expos for 2013 in 29 several areas of the world.

The organizer of Sign Istanbul is ifo Their web sites are: www.ifo.com.tr www.signistanbul.com Because the entry area is always so crowded, the photo we use to show ifo is their info booth in the back corner of Hall 7. There were two other much much larger ifo booths elsewhere. There is always a separate FLAAR Report on the positive features and the occasional weak aspects of an expo. Even drupa has many many features which are a nuiscence and need to be improved (such as the extravagant excess period of 14 days, now shortened to 11 days (based on irritated wide-format and other digital exhibitors who don t need two weeks). It would have been more realistic to cut down to 8 or 9 days. But at least 11 is less senseless than 14 days (we do try to find something positive even about drupa). So there will be an upcoming discussion (separately) of ifo, organizer of Sign Istanbul. In the meantime we can say that the organizers are pleasant and hospitalble. I also met a representative of the company in the UK which is an owner. 30 31

FLAAR Services for exhibitors FLAAR Services for exhibitors Starting in 2011 we began to take notes on good booth design and bad booth design. Starting in 2010 we began to publish notes on how to make your booth so awful that potential clients will not bother to visit. We also have a FLAAR Report on how to train your booth personnel to act in a manner to cause attendees walking the aisle not to want to come and visit your booth. These FLAAR Reports received close to a standing ovation of praise since no other consultant dared to mention these aspects of how to improve your booth. Obviously our list of bad booths was to show how to help your booth become better (we do not list the names of the awful booths, we simply indicate what kinds of mistakes they make to become uninviting for attendees). www.flaar-reports.org For Sign Istanbul we will prepare a short FLAAR Report on good booth design. For us to analyze all the booths at the expo would require a third staff person to attend the expo, but at least we want to show a few of the booths which attracted attention. It was a challenge to find a place to photograph both aisles simultaneously, but I brought my 17mm prime lens and by waiting about 20 minutes it was possible to get views without crowds of people obscuring the two logo walls. Here is one example of an innovative booth design. The other booths we 32 discuss in a separate FLAAR Report. This is the PIMMS Mimaki booth. 33

How to get to Istanbul? Most international airlines have flights to Istanbul. The airport is at one edge of the city. US, EU and citizens of most countries simply pay $20 in cash upon arrival and they get a visa onthe-spot. The airport is well organized; getting the Visa takes 5 minutes (and you do not even have to fill out any silly paperwork). 34 35

What to do in Istanbul? The two best-known places in Istanbul would be the Hagia Sophia and the Topkapi Museum. But the city is such a treasure of history that you could spend many days here. Plus, we have found it a hospitable city (not to mention one of the largest cities in the world outside China). The major distributors of Turkey are also visitors to the other international expos around the world. So I see colleagues from Turkey almost every two months somewhere in the world. Plus Turkey is a great travel destination. We look forward to seeing more of Istanbul at Sign Istanbul 2013. 36 37 View of the water from the TUYAP expo area.

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This is a fifth update. After Christmas there will be additional separate FLAAR Reports on other aspects of Sign Istanbul 2012. 40 41

Thousands of years of architectural history await you in Istanbul. Even walking along the streets you will experience treatures of architectural history. 42 43

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APPENDIX A EXHIBITOR LIST OF SIGN ISTANBUL 2012 6-9 December 2012 This list was provided courtesy of the organizers of Sign Istanbul 2012. You can get updates from their web site, www.ifo.com.tr/index_en.php and more specifically, www.signistanbul.com. 1. 2E İLERİ TEKNOLOJİ ÜRÜNLERİ MAK. SAN. DANIŞMANLIK VE TİC. 2. 3M SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. 3. A VE A ENDÜSTRİYEL TEKNOLOJİ ÜRÜNLERİ MAKİNA SAN. TİC. 4. A-STARJET 5. A.BERGER TEXTILWARENFABRIC 6. AB GRĄŽTAI CUTTİNG TOOLS 7. ADKINS 8. AGENA REKLAMCILIK HİZMETLERİ SAN. TİC. 9. AGFA 10. AGFA FILMS 11. AGFA GRAPHICS 12. AIMTEC 13. AKPAR MAKİNA MEKANİK İMALAT VE YAN SAN. TİC. Do not worry because you do not see the brand names you are looking for in the list of Turkish distributors; these brands will be inside the booth (not on the local distributor s corporate name). So you can indeed expect to see: Agfa Canon efi VUTEK Epson Flora HP Durst Fujifilm Mimaki Mutoh Roland Xante Zünd and much more global brands will be visible in SIGN Istanbul 2012 You can also communicate with the organizers MALZEMELERİ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. 15. ALFANORM MİMARLIK MÜHENDİSLİK 16. ALFREDO MODIANO MÜMESSİLLİK VE DIŞ TİC. 17. ALMİRA BİLGİSAYAR TELEKOMÜNİKASYON VE TAN. HİZMETLERİ SAN. TİC. 18. AMSCOMATIC FOLDING AND PACKAGING EQUIPMENTS 19. ANKARA REKLAM A.Ş. 20. ANT EĞİTİM VE DANIŞMANLIK HİZMETLERİ 21. APRON TEKNOLOJİ SAN. TİC. 22. ARED AÇIKHAVA REKLAMCILARI DERNEĞİ 23. ARGON 24. ARI ELEKTRONİK BİLGİSAYAR VE İLETİŞİM SİSTEMLERİ SAN. VE TİC. LTD. ŞTİ. 25. ARISTO 26. ARITEKS BOYACILIK TİC. VE SAN. A.Ş. 27. ARİFOĞLU REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ VE BASKI SAN. 28. ARLA PLAST AB 29. ARLON INC. 30. ARTSAN TEKSTİL TRANSFER KAĞITLARI SAN. VE TİC. 32. ASM ELOKSAL ALUMİNYUM SAN. VE TİC. 33. ASTARI NIAGARA INTERNASIONAL PT 34. ASTAŞ ENDÜSTRİ TEKSTİL MAK. SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. 35. ATEXCO 36. ATMA SCREEN PRINTING MACHINES 37. ATP ASHESİVE SYSTEMS 38. ATP COLOR 39. AUTOTYPE SCREEN CHEMİCALS 40. AVA CAD/CAM 41. AVERY DENNISON 42. AYKA MAKİNE EMPRİME TEKSTİL İNŞ. OTOM. GIDA SAN. TİC. 43. BAHADIR KALIP MALZ. KESİCİ VE TEK. HIRDAVAT TİC. 44. BAŞAK TEKNİK HIRDAVAT SAN. VE TİC. 45. BC INKS INK-JET TEXTILE INKS 46. BEIJING EFR LASER S&T CO., LTD. 47. BELLATEX 48. BENTO BANTÇILIK VE TEMİZLİK MAD. SAN. TİC. A.Ş. 49. BES REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. 50. BEST BİLGİSAYAR ELEKTRONİK SAN. via www.facebook.com/signistanbul and TİC. 14. ALFA LAZER BİLGİSAYAR VE BÜRO www.twitter.com/sign_istanbul 31. ASAŞ ALÜMİNYUM SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. 46 47 51. BEST-TRANSFER

52. BIANDITZ SA 53. BİLGİTAŞ BÜRO MAKİNALARI SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. 54. BİRLEŞİK AKRİLİK SAN. VE TİC. 55. BOW TAPE 56. BRIDGELUX 57. BTC BİLGİ TEKNOLOJİLERİ VE DANIŞMANLIK SAN. VE TİC. 58. CALDERA 72. COLDENHOVE 73. COLORGATE 74. COLORINK 75. COPAL 76. COPYFUN TRANSFER 77. COREL 78. COTEK 93. DİACAM MEHMET ERSÖZ 94. DİAGONAL REKLAM TANITIM ORGANİZASYON HİZMETLERİ 95. DİGİTEKNİK REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ VE SERVİS HİZMETLERİ A.Ş. 96. DOCAN UV PRINTER 97. DOST TEKNİK TEKSTİL VE KUYUMCULUK SAN. VE TİC. 98. DÖRT MEVSİM BAYRAK ŞEMSİYE TEKSTİL SAN. VE TİC. 112. ERAY TOPTAN REKLAM MALZ. PAZARLAMA 113. ERGOSOFT 114. ERGOSOFT 115. ERKAN MİMARLIK İNŞAAT DEKORASYON VE TİC. 116. ERLAS REKLAMCILIK ENDÜSTRİYEL VE SANATSAL ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. VE TİC. LTD. ŞTİ. 117. ESKO 59. CALDERA GRAPHICS 79. CPN REFLECTIVE INKS 99. DRYTAC 118. ESKO BRNO SRO 60. CALİSTA 61. CANON EURASIA GÖRÜNTÜLEME VE OFİS SİS. A.Ş. 80. CREKING ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 81. CRYSTALJET 100. DUPONT 101. DUPONT NEMOURS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 119. ESP MÜHENDİSLİK 120. ESS REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ PAZARLAMA TİC. A.Ş. 62. CANON GLOBAL 63. CERİN S.P.A 64. CEVİZLİBAĞ REKLAM EĞT. AR. GIDA VE TEKSTİL SAN. TİC. 65. CHALLENGER 66. CHAMPAPER 67. CHANGZHOU HUA R SHENG REFLECTIVE MATERIAL CO., LTD. 68. CHINA FUJIAN TID REFLECTIVE MATERIAL CO.,LTD. 69. CHINA SIGN ASSOCIATON OF EQIPMENT SUPPLIERS SHANGHAI 70. CIELLE 82. CRYSTALJET-GATEWAY 83. ÇÖZÜM LED TEKNOLOJİLERİ ELEKT. AYD. SİST. SAN. TİC. 84. DAEHANTRANS CO., LTD. 85. DAKOTA 86. DECOSTEEL 87. DEKAT MAKİNA SANAYİ VE TİCARET 88. DENİZ DIŞ TİCARET A.Ş. 89. DEVA PLASTİK 90. DEVPA REKLAM SAN. VE TİC. 91. DGI 102. DURAK COPY KIRTASİYE SAN. VE TİC. 103. DURST PHOTOTECHNIK AG 104. DURUKAN REKLAM HİZMETLERİ TİC. VE SAN. 105. E-COLAM 106. EFI ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING INC 111. ERAY KRİSTAL - BÜLENT ERAY 129. FLEXcon 48 71. CK REKLAM MALZEMELERİ SAN. TİC. 92. DILLI 49 107. EFİ 108. EKOMAC EKONOMİK MAK. ÇÖZÜMLERİ SAN. VE TİC. 109. ELEN GRUP CUTLİTE PENTA 110. ENERJİ DİJİTAL DIŞ TİC. 121. ETAP İTHALAT İHRACAT MAK. SAN. TİC. 122. ETİ BİLGİSAYAR DAN. VE DIŞ TİCARET 123. EVERLIGHT 124. EXCITECH CNC ROUTER 125. FATİH DUBA REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ LTD. ŞTİ. 126. FİNAL FOTOĞRAFÇILIK VE BİLİŞİM DIŞ TİC. 127. FLEKS ENDÜSTRİYEL MAKİNE REKLAMCILIK MEDYA SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş 128. FLEKS LASER

130. FLEXFACE 131. FLEXMED 132. FLORA DIGITAL PRINT 133. FLORA DIGITAL PRINTING 134. FOİSON TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD 135. FOLPA REKLAM BİLG. TEKSTİL VE GIDA ÜRÜN PAZ. SAN. TİC. 136. FOREVER GMBH 137. FOTOBA INTERNATIONAL S.R.L 138. FOTOLIA LLC 139. FUJIFILM SERICOL SCREEN PRINTING AND DIGITAL INKS 140. FUJİ FİLM DIŞ TİC. A.Ş. 150. GREAT COMPUTER CORPORATION 151. GRUNIG SCREEN PRINTING EQUIPMENTS 152. GUANGZHOU MODE TRADING CO., LTD 153. GUANGZHOU QIANHONG ADVERTISING EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD 154. GULF PRINT & PACK 155. GÜVEN REKLAM FİKRET CANDER 156. HAINING FENGTAI COMPOUND NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD 157. HALSA KIRTASİYE LASER MAKİNA SAN. VE TİC. 158. HANDTOP 159. HANGZHOU INT L EXPO CO., LTD. 169. IKONOS 170. ILFORD 171. IMPRESSION TECHNOLOGY 172. INEDIT 173. INEDIT 174. INKEN 175. INKJET SYSTEMS 176. INNOGRAV GMBH 177. INSTA 178. INSTA GRAPHIC SYSTEMS 179. ISHOPSHAPE 180. ISIMATİK - AHMET AYDIN YUSUF 189. İMREN REKLAM TEKSTİL VE GIDA ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. VE DIŞ TİC. 190. İNKA TEKNİK SERVİS HİZMETLERİ LTD. ŞTİ 191. İNKTEC 192. İSTANBUL REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. VE TİC. 193. J-TECK 194. J.VILASECA 195. JAC 196. JAC 197. JAWA TECH 198. JIANGYIN DONGHENG NEW MATERIAL SCITECH CO., LTD 141. GANDY DIGITAL 142. GCC 143. GCC - LASERPRO 144. GİBİ BİLİŞİM BİLGİSAYAR SAN. VE TİC. 145. GLASS SCREEN İLETİŞİM HİZM. PAZ. VE DIŞ. TİC. 146. GNC ELEKTRONİK PAZARLAMA SAN. VE DIŞ TİC. LTD. 147. GOLDEN LASER 160. HELVACIOĞLU PLASTİK KİMYA İNŞ. PET. SAN. TİC. 161. HEWLETT PACKARD 162. HEXIS 163. HI-COAT (THAILAND) COMPANY LIMITED 164. HI-LED 165. HMK SATIŞ DESTEKLEME ÜRÜNLERİ İML. İTH. İHR. SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. 166. HP 167. HSD 181. IŞIKLAR LED TEKNOLOJİLERİ ELEK. VE AYD. SİS. SAN. VE TİC. 182. IZAR CUTTİNG TOOLS 183. IZAR CUTTİNG TOOLS 184. İKBA KRİSTAL PROMOSYON HEDİYELİK EŞYA SAN. TİC. 185. İKİER REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ VE TANITIM HİZMETLERİ SAN. TİC. 186. İLETİŞİM MAGAZİN GAZETECİLİK SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. (DİJİTAL TEKNİK) 199. JINAN KING RABBIT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD 200. JK LASERS 201. KARMEN REKLAM 202. KARYA TEKSTİL SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. 203. KAYA PLASTİK BRANDA SANAYİ VE TİCARET 204. KEMAL CEVİZLİ FOTOĞRAFÇILIK SAN. VE TİC. 205. KENT PAD PRINTING EQUIPMENTS 187. İLHAN DİJİTAL BASKI SİSTEMLERİ LTD. 148. GOQ CO LTD ŞTİ. 206. KENTO LED 168. HSF REKLAM MALZEMELERİ 149. GÖZDECAN REKLAM KIRTASİYE PAZ. ALÜMİNYUM SAN. VE TİC. 188. İLKER ELEKTRONİK (K.İLKER ARACIKAN) 207. KENZ İNŞAAT TAAH. VE DIŞ TİC. SAN. TİC. - PARLAK TABLO 50 51

208. KIIAN 209. KOÇTAŞ TEKNOLOJİ DIŞ TİC. 210. KOEHLER PAPIER AG 211. KONICA 212. KÜP REKLAM VE YAPI ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. VE TİC. 213. LEADSHINE 214. LEDMAR ELEKTRONİK VE AYDINLATMA SAN. TİC. 215. LENZING PAPIER 216. LEVENT ELEKTRONİK 227. MASTER GLOBAL DANIŞMANLIK İNŞ. GIDA VE TİC. 228. MAT KAĞITÇILIK SAN. TİC. A.Ş. 229. MATUYA MAKİNA SAN.VE TİC.LTD.ŞTİ. 230. MEAN WELL ENTERPRISES CO., LTD. 231. MEBANT İZOLASYON VE BANT SAN. A.Ş. 232. MEDYATEK REKLAM VE YAYINCILIK HİZ. SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. (SIGN GRAPHIC) 233. MERCAN PAZ. İML. İTH. İHR. VE TİC. LTD. ŞTİ. 234. MERİÇ YILDIRIM PROJE TAS. UYG. DEK. MOBİLYA VE DANIŞMANLIK HİZ. SAN. TİC. 245. MOSO POWER 246. MOZAİK REKLAM TANITIM SAN. VE TİC. (MATBAA HABER) 247. MULTICAM 248. MUMAK DIŞ TİCARET 249. MUTOH 250. MUTOH 251. MUTOH BELGIUM N.V. 252. NAC GRUP DİJİTAL BİL. VE FOLYO SAN. TİC. 253. NATIONSTAR 266. NOVA BASKI SİSTEMLERİ TİC. 267. NP LIGHTING HOLDING GmbH, 268. NUARC SCREEN EXPOSING MACHINES 269. OK INDUSTRY INC. 270. OKI 271. OLGA HEDİYELİK EŞYA SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ. 272. OLYMPOS REKLAMCILIK 273. ONUR DOĞAN REKLAM MALZ. SAN. VE TİC. 274. ONYX 217. LIANXING REFLECTIVE MATERIAL CO., LTD. 218. LINETECH 219. LINETECH ELEKTRONİK SİSTEMLER SAN. VE TİC. 235. MERKEZİ İTALYA EPSON ITALIA S.P.A İSTANBUL ŞUBESİ 236. MERT KRİSTAL - VELİ MERTOĞLU 237. MET ETİKET TİCARET VE SANAYİ A.Ş. 254. NAZDAR 255. NBC SCREEN PRINTING MESHES 256. NENNAH LAHNSTEIN 257. NEOLT 275. ONYX 276. OPTİMUM DIGITAL PLANET 277. ORACAL 278. ORACAL FOLYO TİC. VE SAN. A.Ş. 220. LİTEKS PLASTİK İMPERTEKS TEKSTİL SAN. VE TİC. 221. LONDON INK JET 222. M&R SCREEN PRINTING EQUIPMENTS 223. MAAG-FLOCK AUTOMATIC & MANUAL FLOCKING MACHINE 224. MACTAC EUROPE 225. MAKRO ENDÜSTRİYEL TEKNOLOJİ MAK. REKLAM ÜRN. SAN. VE TİC. 238. METALFOTO ETİKET OTOMASYON ENERJİ SAN. TİC. 239. METO REKLAM KAĞ. PLS. ÜR. VE TEKS. TİC. 240. MGI DIGITAL GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY 241. MICRON AMERICA TEKSTİL DERİ PLASTİK HEDİYELİK EŞYA METAL ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. VE TİC. 242. MİKROTEKS KİMYA TEKSTİL SAN. DIŞ TİC. 258. NEPEX SRL 259. NESCHEN 260. NESCHEN AG 261. NETA TANITIM SİSTEMLERİ 262. NINGBO SO-FINE PAPER PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 263. NIPRINT 279. ORES TANITIM SİSTEMLERİ SAN. VE TİC. 280. ORIENT CO LTD 281. OSHINO LAMPS GMBH 282. OSKAR KAĞITÇILIK DIŞ TİCARET - TURGAY ZORLU 283. OTF OBEIKAN 284. OTS İÇ VE DIŞ TİC. TURİZM SAN. LTD. ŞTİ. 264. NOKTA REKLAM-KUPON KONFEKSİYON 243. MİMAKİ VE REKLAM SAN. TİC. 226. MANYETİK BİLGİSAYAR ELEKTRİK VE 285. ÖZ EMPİRME VE TEKSTİL SAN. VE TİC. ELEKTRONİK İMALAT SAN. TİC. 265. 52 244. MONTI ANTONIO SPA NOR-COTE INTERNATIONAL LTD 53

286. ÖZAK İNŞAAT TURİZM MAKİNE SAN.VE DIŞ TİC. LTD. ŞTİ 287. ÖZLEM KRİSTAL SAN. TİC. A.Ş. 288. P REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ SATIŞ VE UYGULAMA (PRODİGİTAL) 289. PANO MAKİNE REKLAM 290. PASİFİK REKLAM - MEHMET CAN 291. PASS REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. DIŞ TİC. 292. PHAETON 293. PİGMENT REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ BASKI VE TEKNİK SERVİS HİZMETLERİ TİC. LTD. ŞTİ. 294. PİMMS ULUSLARARASI REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. A.Ş. 295. PLATİN TRANSFER BASKI SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ. 296. POLI-TAPE 297. POLITAPE KLEBEFOLIEN GMBH 298. POLİKOSAN POLİMER VE KOMPOZİT SAN. TİC. 299. POLİN YAPI VE REKLAM MLZ. 300. POLYCARBON 304. PSC TEKSTİL 305. R TAPE COOPERATION 306. REFLECTIV SA 307. REGGIANI MACCHINE SPA 308. REGULUS 309. REKLAMBA AYDINLATMA SAN. VE DIŞ TİC. 310. RENKLİ BÜRO MAKİNA SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ. 311. RGB REKLAMCILIK İTHALAT İHRACAT TİC. 312. RICHTECH SYSTEM LTD 313. RITRAMA 314. RITRAMA SELF ADHESIVE MATERIALS 315. RİMEX 316. RJO WIGGINS TRANSFER PAPER 317. ROBART MAKİNA TASARIM ÜRETİM LTD. ŞTİ. 318. ROLAND DG CORPORATION 319. ROLLSROLLER AB ANGEVINE DE MONTAGE) 324. SAATÇİOĞLU DIŞ TİC. A.Ş. 325. SAHA ALÜMİNYUM - HALİT KIRÇAK 326. SAMSUNG LED LIGHTING. 327. SANATİŞ REKLAM PAZARLAMA DEKORASYON 328. SAWGRASS 329. SAYAR MATBAA VE END. BOYA TİC. LTD. ŞTİ. 330. SAYLITE 320. ROTA TRAFİK PLASTİK PARK VE REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ KİM. PAZ. SAN. VE TİC. LTD. 301. POLYCHROMAL ŞTİ. 340. SHANDONG DETURE JETINK 358. SOM İÇ VE DIŞ TİCARET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 302. PROCOLOR REKLAM ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. 321. ROWMARK BVBA TİC. 359. SOM KAĞIT VE KARTON İŞLEME SAN. VE 341. SHANGHAI DER NEW MATERIAL CO.,LTD TİC. A.Ş. 322. RR TOOLS 303. PROTEK SRL. 342. SHANGHAI MODERN INTERNATIONAL 360. SPECTRA 54 323. S.I.A.M. (SOCIETE INDUSTRIELLE EXHIBITION CO., LTD. 55 331. SEAL 332. SEF TEXTILE 333. SEGA MAKİNE SAN. VE TİC. 334. SEIKO 335. SEIKO I INFOTECH INC. 336. SENSIENT 337. SERGE FERRARI S.A. 338. SERİMAK SERİGRAFİ MALZEMELERİ SAN. 339. SET ANKARA REKLAM MAKİNELERİ SAN. VE TİC. 343. SHANGHAI NAR INDUSTRIAL CO.,LTD. 344. SHANGHAI XINYA EXHIBITION CO., LTD. 345. SHENZHEN EASTAR ELECTRONIC CO.,LTD 346. SHENZHEN INKBANK GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 347. SHENZHEN JIAHAO TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD 348. SHENZHEN LIGHTPOWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 349. SHENZHEN MARY PHOTOELECTRİCİTY CO.LTD 350. SHT MAKİNE 351. SIHL 352. SIOLUX LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD 353. SIRDAŞ DAMGA KALIP VE KİMYA SAN. TİC. A.Ş. 354. SİPAHİOĞLU DIŞ TİCARET 355. SKYJET 356. SMARTCOLOR SRL. 357. SMT SERİGRAFİ MATBAA TEKSTİL MAKİNA VE MALZEMELERİ SAN. TİC.