2009 will see the welcome return of the GlassPrint conference and exhibition - the leading event in Europe for the decoration of glass. 

Being held in Germany from 25-26 November, GlassPrint 2009 will be a two-day conference that will present glassmakers and glass decorators with the latest decoration trends and new developments for the flat and container glass industries. 

GlassPrint 2009 will expand upon the highly successful 2007 event and will move to the Maritim Konferenz hotel in Darmstadt (Frankfurt). The spacious facilities at this easily accessible venue will comfortably accommodate the anticipated increase in delegates and exhibitors.  

Industry experts will present delegates with the latest advanced technologies for printing onto all types of glass, covering the following areas and much more: 

• key note address
• new directions in heavy metal-free inks
• innovation in digital printing
• advanced machinery technology
• efficient pre-press technology
• group discussions.

The event will once again be accompanied by an exhibition of specialist suppliers of equipment, consumables, technology and services, displaying the latest developments in: 

• inks
• pre-press technology
• printing equipment
• supplies.

GlassPrint 2009 follows on from the previous event which was deemed an outstanding success by the international audience of 170 glassmakers, glass decorators and leading suppliers gathered in Frankfurt in November 2007. Delegates travelled from over 20 countries – not only from throughout mainland Europe and the United Kingdom, but also from long distance destinations such as Belarus, Colombia, Israel, Korea, Peru, Philippines, South Africa and the USA.

Visitor feedback from GlassPrint 2007 showed that: 

• 96% of delegates and 100% of exhibitors thought the standard of the conference programme was good.
• 96% of delegates said the content of the presentations would be useful to their business.
• 100% of delegates and 100% of exhibitors said meetings in the table-top exhibition area will be useful to their business.
• 100% of exhibitors said that the quantity and quality of visitors to their stand was good.

Delegate comments included: 

“Subjects covered were of much interest for me and we’re going to update our processes in Schott Colombia.” Schott Envases Farmacéuticos (Columbia)  

“A well planned and organised conference; I was able to meet various key people and suppliers in areas that can assist my company in moving forward in the future.” Phil Hall, Technical & Quality Officer, Ardagh Glass (UK) 

“I believe that this event occupies an important place in the world in order to follow innovations and developments.” Ata Hakan Yavaslar, Business Development Engineer, Anadolu Cam Sanayii (Turkey)

“All the suppliers and customers of the glass printing area were at GlassPrint 2007, which allows us to have a global overview of the latest developments.” Virginie Chevaldonnet, Chef de secteur R&D 'Nouveaux décors', Saverglass (France)

“An important bi-annual event that every packaging professional interested in glass cannot afford to miss.” John F Schrurs, Director, Cape Decision (Belgium)

At GlassPrint 2007, keynote presentations were made Rob Borgmann, an industrial printer at SAS GLAS (part of Saint-Gobain Glass Solutions) and Joe Das, packaging manager at Nestle. Technical experts working for various companies in the glass decoration sector then delivered a series of presentations which demonstrated processes and ideas to add extra value to the end product:

“Production of screenprinting stencils for flat and hollow glass printing, using high resolution UV light based Computer-To-Screen Technology”
By KIWO / Kissel + Wolf

“From hot to cold - improvement in stencil preparation procedure and printing quality in UV glass bottles printing”
By Saati

“Organic Inks - Screen and Digital Applications”
By Marabu

“UV Lamp meets chemistry”
By Fusion UV Systems

“Digital Printing on glass”
By DIP Tech

“How can screen printed glass bottles maintain or gain new market shares”
By Werner Kammann Maschinenfabrik

“Set your package designers free with new UV-printing ink effects onto glass”
By RUCO Druckfarben / A M Ramp

“Screen Printing onto Complex-Shaped Items”
By ISIMAT

“New Software tool to enable the screen printer to save money through process control”
By MacDermid

“Advanced Thermoplastic Organic Ink Technology Eliminates Heavy Metals from Glass Decorating”
By PPG

“Future oriented screen cleaning according to the new EU regulations”
By REMCO CHEMIE Rentzsch

If you were not present at GlassPrint 2007 and would benefit from viewing the full presentations, please contact sales@glassworldwide.co.uk for details of purchasing them. 

Leading suppliers who exhibited at GlassPrint 2007 included:

DIP Tech (Israel), Durst Phototechnik Digital Technology GmbH (Austria), FIMOR (France), Fusion UV Systems (UK), Grünig-Intersceen (Switzerland) ISIMAT (Germany), Werner Kammann Maschinenfabrik (Germany), Kissel + Wolf / KIWO (Germany), Lüscher (Switzerland), MacDermid (UK), Machines Dubuit (France), Marabuwerke (Germany), Ormo print GmbH / University Munich (Germany), PPG Industries (USA), Printcolor Screen (Switzerland), Printing International (Belgium), REMCO CHEMIE Rentzsch (Germany), RUCO Druckfarben, A.M. Ramp (Germany), Saati (Italy), Sefar (Switzerland), Sun Chemical / Coates Screen (UK), TCG Technology Communication Group (Switzerland), Tiflex (France).

Comments from exhibitors included:

“Overall the event showed a high requirement from suppliers and customers to exchange views and experiences in such a scope. It was very impressive to have delegates from areas like Peru, Columbia, South Africa, or the west of the US.” Martin-Hehl Heinz, Marabu (Germany)

"I was very impressed by the international and top-class visitors. I see GlassPrint as a perfect platform to meet people all over the glass industry and build partnerships." Petra Burger, Fusion UV Systems GmbH (Germany)

“GlassPrint offers a valuable opportunity for meeting customers and suppliers to our industry, and for learning about new developments in glass decoration”. Harald Gavin, ISIMAT (Germany)

“From the people visiting our stand, we had some very interesting prospects from all over the world.” Joachim Demeulenaere, Printing International (Belgium)

“My judgement is substantially positive; conference was very interesting and was oriented to transfer knowledge to the operators …. this should be the right way to follow to grow the glass market.” Cesare Bassotti, Saati (Italy)

GlassPrint is jointly organised by ESMA, an association of European manufacturers of machinery and consumables for the specialist printing industry, and Chameleon Business Media, publishers of Glass Worldwide and Specialist Printing magazines.
 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR GLASSPRINT 2009 AT THE REDUCED EARLY BIRD RATE