Sign Africa Journal November / December 2018 | Page 9

SIGN INDUSTRY
NEWS
REGULARS
SIGN AFRICA EXPO ANNOUNCES 2019 DATES
Sign Africa expo organisers Practical Publishing have
announced an exciting 2019 calendar, with events to
be hosted in Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town,
Zimbabwe and Johannesburg.
20 FEBRUARY 2019
NELSPRUIT
Visitors to the 2019 Sign Africa expo’s, and the
Johannesburg FESPA Africa and Sign Africa event,
can take advantage of opportunities in wide format
digital printing, garment decoration, textile printing,
screen printing and signage.
South Africa is the gateway into Africa and there is a
demand for the Sign Africa organisers to host events
over the borders. Zimbabwe is an exciting territory
for exhibitors that would like to expand their reach
into Africa.
In addition to the regional expo’s, the flagship Sign
Africa expo, co-located with FESPA Africa, Africa
Print and Africa LED, will be held in Johannesburg at
Gallagher Convention Centre from 11-13 September
2019.
12-13 JUNE 2019
ZIMBABWE
27 MARCH 2019
PORT ELIZABETH
11-13 SEPTEMBER
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8-9 MAY 2019
2019
CAPE TOWN
11-13 September 2019
The confirmed dates for the 2019 expo’s are: •
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Nelspruit: 20 February 2019, Emnotweni
Arena.
Port Elizabeth: 27 March 2019, Boardwalk
Convention Centre.
Cape Town: 8-9 May 2019, CTICC, hall 2.
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THE SIGN, DISPLAY
AND DIGITAL
GRAPHICS EXPO
Zimbabwe: 12-13 June 2019, Cresta Lodge
Harare.
Johannesburg: 11-13 September 2019,
Gallagher Convention Centre.
www.signafricaexpo.com
COLORSCREEN REPORTS BROTHER GTX DTG INSTALLATION
Colorscreen recently installed a Brother GTX DTG at
BCC Design. BCC’s investment in the machine will
ensure a high quality custom T-shirt printing service,
which includes ideal durability, digital printing of
the highest quality, courier delivery throughout the
country and competitive pricing.
The GTX print heads, developed by Brother,
contain many more nozzles than its previous print
heads. This allows for prints at 1200 x 1200dpi in a
single pass, resulting in high quality prints at mass
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production level speed. This makes the Brother GTX
printer two to three times faster than the previous
model GT-381.
BCC Design offers a wide range of services,
specifically custom T-shirt printing, along with
vehicle branding and wraps, graphic design and
large format digital printing, as well as event and
promotional items.
www.colorscreen.co.za
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