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On October 28 through November 3, at Moscow’s Crocus Expo Center, the second Conference & Exposition of Digital Printing Technologies ON DEMAND Russia 2009 took place organized by InfoTrends – an expert in the field of digital data and business documentation processing, and American Technology Print Center (Print Media Center Publishers).

The Conference & Exposition of Digital Printing Technologies ON DEMAND Russia 2009 was held in a new format to demonstrate the real possibilities of digital technologies within the frame of PolygraphInter event, which gave an opportunity both for exhibitors to gain exposure of the latest trends in the printing market to a larger and more diverse audience, and the same time for PolygraphInter event to expand its educational potential. Being concentrated on one special-interest show floor (Pavilion 1, Hall 4 themed “On Demand”), the digital equipment running live, and also a variety of digital solutions, provided Russian experts and interested visitors better possibilities to examine, compare and make the right investment decisions regarding re-equipment of their facilities.

During the event of PolygraphInter/ON DEMAND a total of about 15000 visitors were verified at the show as attendees, one-third of those being professionals in the field of digital technologies.

At the exposition, more than 30 companies showcased digital printing equipment, products and services. Among those were the following: Hewlett Packard, Konica Minolta, Xerox, Canon, GMC Software Technology, COMLINE, POSTYLE Ltd. / Océ printing Systems, Krasnokamsk Paper Mill of Goznak, X-Rite, GRAS, NBZ group, KERN CIS Ltd., Itella Information, Buhrs, MONORHYTHM LLC, and many others.

The educational conference within the frame of ON DEMAND event attracted 300 attendees and 40 speakers from the leading vendors of equipment, software, and consumables, as well as providers of services and solutions for digital printing. The conference speakers endeavored to cover all the key issues of digital business and technology development, to highlight value added services and other profit-making opportunities of the industry. The attendees indicated focused interest in discussing the topic of staying afloat and obtaining consistent revenue, even with reduced print runs and slowed customer demand. Most attendees acknowledged their positive opinion of the conference, noting the educational and informational value of presentations and discussions and looking forward to a follow on event in 2010.

The exhibitors have shown their newest profit-boosting equipment, software products, and consumables, as well as business solutions addressing a broad range of needs of graphic communications industry. A broad spectrum t of innovative business solutions was showcased at the booth of Xerox, covering various segments of publishing and graphic communications markets to include a range digital printing technologies, mailing, and books on demand.

At the booth of Postyle, a range of Océ Printing Systems equipment was demonstrated running live, to include the following series: Océ VarioStream, Océ ColorStream, and Océ JetStream.
HP showcased a color digital offset press HP Indigo 7000, as well as SmartStream Director - an integrated, open workflow web-to-print solution offering a complete suite of tools designed to automate, manage, customize, and optimize business and production processes.
The latest technologies and business solutions for industrial commercial printing were demonstrated by Konica Minolta.
Canon has shown innovative B2B solutions, to cover business and production from creating content to digital workflows including formatting, image processing, and digital printing systems.

Everything mentioned above is only a small part of the new arrivals shown at the ON DEMAND Russia exposition. Of particular note is the fact that, despite a difficult economic situation, the number of exhibitors and visitors was higher as compared to the previous year ON DEMAND event, thus demonstrating growing interest in digital printing technologies.

Look forward to see you on event ON DEMAND Russia 2010!

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