APPPEXPO 2013 in Shanghai was a major international event

Fascinating graphic designs with honeycomb board: entire booths made from this material.

Aluminum composite material, both for architecture and printing.

Eco-solvent, mild-solvent, and the last iteration of full-solvent printers, though also latex ink (more than just HP and more than just Mimaki).

Plus more than 30 brands of UV-cured printers, dozens of after-market ink companies such as Inkwin, Hongsam, Sam Ink, AT Inks and a dozen more and over a hundred brands of media and substrates.

Entire halls of CNC rounters, CO2 laser engravers, plus a whole series of hall after hall of traditional signage and more LED dynamic digital signage than every expo in USA, UK, and EU put together!

So much to see, so much to learn about, so we flew five of us from FLAAR Reports to take notes and bring information, tips, help, evaluations, and notes of issues and what a product still needs to add. Our goal is to assist print shop owners, distributors, and manufacturers around the world, to have a more realistic view of the actual-factual reality (so a different approach than scripted claims).

We look forward to providing our initial FLAAR Reports during late August on what's new and what's worth learning about in the world of printing and signage.