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MENA Forum at FESPA Munich 2023

The FESPA MENA Forum develop solutions to address counts on trainings/certifi-
at FESPA Global Print Expo them. As a result of the cations, and access to Club
2023 is an event organized forum, FESPA was able to FESPA Online with valua-
by FESPA Middle East, shape its FESPA Direct - ble resources such as the lat-
designed to provide a plat- Discovery session (2022) est FESPA Global Print
form for industry stakehold- and FESPA Leadership Census, white papers, tech-
ers from the Middle East and Exchange (FLEX Middle nical guides on various
North Africa region to con- East - 2023) conference,
nect, network, and discuss providing leading printers industry applications, and
the latest trends, challenges, from the region with the the latest industry news and
and opportunities in the opportunity to learn from technology updates are all
printing industry. FESPA MENA Forum to be held at FESPA Global Print Expo 2023 their global peers and bene- valuable perks for members.
The event will introduce fit from being part of the Reach out to the FESPA
the Club FESPA Lounge, FESPA Middle East team pants who were FESPA FESPA community. Middle East team and con-
and attendees will have the invites all industry stake- Direct members, printers, FESPA Direct MEA tact Bazil Cassim (m: bazil.
opportunity to meet and holders from the Middle suppliers, and distributors Group membership is a cassim@fespa.com | t: +971
interact with FESPA Global East and North Africa region from the MENA region great opportunity for 586 910091) or Shakoor
board directors, FESPA who will be attending across two days in Berlin. regional printers to benefit Saban (m: shakoor.saban@
CEO, Head of Associations, FESPA Munich 2023 to join The forum provided a plat- at the FESPA Global Print fespa.com | t: +971 555
and the Middle East team the FESPA MENA Forum at form for participants to dis- Expo, Munich. The compli- 710900) for more informa-
while enjoying refresh- Hall A3 on 24th & 25th May cuss the latest trends, mentary entrance ticket to
ments. It’s a great opportu- 2023. Make sure to contact challenges, and opportuni- all FESPA trade shows, tion on the FESPA MENA
nity for participants to gain the FESPA Middle East team ties in the regional printing access to the printer-only Forum, FESPA Direct MEA
insights into the regional and secure your seat. The industry. The event also Club FESPA lounge with Group Membership, FESPA
printing industry and foster inaugural MENA Forum at helped FESPA to better refreshments and meeting Global Print Expo – Munich
collaborations that can lead FESPA GPE in 2022 brought understand the needs of the space, invites to special 2023, FESPA Middle East
to growth and success. The together over 45 partici- MENA region and to regional FESPA events, dis- 2024.

Dprint Advertising buys Anapurna flatbed printer from Agfa

Dprint Advertising pur- brand considering the mar- business, pandemic had
chased an Anapurna flatbed velous support from techni- negative impact on our busi-
printer from Agfa to meet cal team. And we opted for ness as well. But the impact
growing demands. Their Agfa again considering the was not so very big because
experience with Agfa’s sup- marvellous support from
port team was one of the their technical team. We are of the continuous support
deciding factors. In March we received from our cli-
2023, Dprint Advertising planning to have one more ents. Though the amount
installed an Anapurna printing machine and two business was reduced due to
FB2540i LED flatbed printer more flatbed cutters in the the challenges in the mar-
from Agfa. The flatbed near future.” ket, we were able to manage
printer rejoins two other Considering the expan-
Agfa printers, a Jeti and an Agfa Eng Satish, Dprint CEO Shekhar Dhana, Manager Gobi Sankar sion of their product offering and overcome the situation
Anapurna. and the continuous growth with our strategic planning
“We added the flatbed 180,000. This machine has on board and offers the print of their client base and turn- and team efforts.
Anapurna to increase our LC and LM option and print- size we require.” over, DPrint Advertising “We converted every
production capacity and to ing size was slightly bigger Concerning the renewed potential opportunity to
maintain our delivery com- than the normal one.”, says choice for Agfa, he states: already has plans for more business and identified and
mitment to our clients. The Shekhar Dhana, CEO of the “Since we are already having equipment investments, in
installation was done within particular another printing penetrated to new business
a week. The investement company. “The machine has AGFA JETi flatbed printer, engine and two cutters. opportunities arose out of
was approximately USD light cyan and light magenta we opted adding the same The CEO adds, “like every the new market conditions.”

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