India’s booming economy is fuelling a huge demand for printed material. For example, its 1.1 billion population has a seemingly endless appetite for newspapers, no fewer than ten of which have a multi-million circulation, and the literacy rate is 65% and rising.

Until recently, printers across the country used predominantly entry-level, sheet-fed presses, but now they are also taking full advantage of international opportunities to grow their businesses. They are increasingly buying new instead of used machinery, installing digital presses alongside litho and investing in the kind of advanced technology they would not previously have considered.

Easier credit terms, lower import duties and the prospect of a more liberalised trading environment are making the whole south Asian region a huge potential market for international and domestic suppliers.

IPEX South Asia is perfectly poised to help you generate sales, raise your brand profile, launch products, conduct market research, network with key figures in the private and public sectors and develop powerful new sales and distribution channels.

IPEX South Asia 2009 puts you at the heart of the action.
  

IPEX South Asia is an event with international marketing impact and national business reach. The latest technology, global brands and a sophisticated marketing operation coordinated by the team behind Ipex will create a unique business platform. The rest of the world now respects India as an enormous potential market and a significant industry player. This is your opportunity to show how Indian suppliers can compete with the best.

IPEX South Asia is an unrivalled sales and networking opportunity, where you can meet powerful national print organisations, international groups looking for opportunities in India and global suppliers in search of distribution channels.  

At the same time, you can capitalise on India’s vital role in today’s global print industry.

In India, business is done face-to-face. And IPEX South Asia puts you right in front of senior industry figures from across the subcontinent. It is perfectly timed for you to follow up South Asian interest in products shown at Drupa 2008 and to test the market ahead of IPEX 2010.
  

The world-renowned Ipex brand brings trade show credibility and expertise that the Indian print industry has never seen before. Now in Mumbai, with its impressive business tradition and easy accessibility for visitors from all over Asia, it will become an unmissable event for suppliers and buyers alike.

With a clear focus on new technology, it will feature all aspects of the print workflow. Its halls are laid out in product zones so visitors can easily find the products they need and there will be a host of technical demonstrations from major international brands – many for the first time in South Asia.