ESMA Newsletter October 2010, issue 7

Newsletter September-October 2010 - NWL7

• More and larger pavilions at ESMA - [read on]
• CLIP, a 2.7 million euro funded project of the EC has officially started on 1st June 2010. ESMA will coordinate - [read on]
• ADVANCED FUNCTION PRINTING | MEMBRANE SWITCH SYMPOSIUM 2011 is a combined conference on 10 & 11 March 2011 in Düsseldorf - [read on]
• GLASSPRINT 2011 is confirmed for 23 and 24 November 2011- [read on]
• ESMA STATISTICS shows revival of European market for screen printing- [read on]
• COMMITTEE MEETINGS: HSEP + Digital - [read on]
• GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2011 announcement - [read on]

More and larger pavilions
ESMA is developing an extra service to its members and non-members by creating pavilions on important shows for specialist printing.

The focus will be to provide an easy solution at acceptable cost with sufficient corporate identity of each member.
The largest saving will be indirect cost (time to plan & organise everything) but also on services (hostesses, catering,..).

The biggest advantage is “increased visibility” for members especially at non-print focused events like Glasstec. In some cases the cost per sqm may also be better in addition to indirect cost savings.

The current list is growing rapidly:

• in 2011: SGIA (currently 7 member participants)
• in 2012: DRUPA (currently 10 member participants ± 600sqm or more), Glasstec, SGIA
• in 2013: FESPA London (currently 12 member participants ± 600sqm), Interpack, SGIA

More about DRUPA:

At the end of September, DRUPA had a meeting with ESMA and some of his members.

They have the vision to boast screen printing in relationship to functional printing, also linked to the future, as a world wide campaign to push this technology and maybe provide a separate hall to bring all screen printing and related technology in one hall!

The join efforts of DRUPA & ESMA might put screen printing & functional printing in the spotlights during such an important show!

If your company is interested , contact info@esma.com.

CLIP (Conductive Low-cost Ink Project)
There is now a website of the FP7 Funded project by the EU.

You can find more information and a press release on www.CLIP-FP7.eu

The project will make public information available during the project time of the 36 months!   

Advanced Functional Printing | Membrane Switch SymposiumA combined conference on 10 and 11 March 2011 in Düsseldorf at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia hotel. With the successful first event in 2008, the application committee expanded the concept and believes it can attract even more manufacturers and printers involved in either screen or digital printing and all the related applications.

One event with 2 themes: There is only one track of presentations, but it covers 2 themes! The table exhibition is bigger and there is space for 36 table tops!
Call for papers has been started and more information can be request via the website.
Delegates can register and book online to participate the event.
Exhibitors can also register online for a table top.

ESMA members can request a coupon code that provides additional discount as a member delegate. Please contact our webmaster to get your code. Note that there is only 1 coupon per member company. New is multiple delegate booking with reduced prices for second and third person. This is only valid within one booking.

Please visit www.advancedfunctionalprinting.org or www.membrane-switch.org for all necessary information.  

GlassPrint 2011

GlassPrint 2011 is confirmed for 23 and 24 November 2011 in Düsseldorf in the Radisson Blu Scandinavia hotel.

Similar to the other events, delegates will be able to book their participation online once the new website is ready! Also members will receive a coupon for additional discount for this event.

More information on www.glassprint.org. 

ESMA Statistics shows revival of European market for screen printing

In the first half of 2010 there is a clear positive trend in sales of screen inks which indicates that the market has turned around. The graph shows that sales are positive but this trend should continue to cover the losses of the past year.


The statistics of ESMA members are only available for participating (and contributing) members. The statistics are given trends in many ways of the evolving market in Europe. If members are interested to join the statistics, they can contact John Dixon at Whittle Industry Data [John.Dixon@wid.co.uk] at any time. 

Committee meetingsReminder of upcoming committee meetings in 2010:

• HSEP: 22nd October 2010 Germany, InterCityHotel Frankfurt Airport
• Digital Committee Meeting: 3rd November 2010, Germany, Frankfurt
  Attention! From this meeting on, committee members can confirm their attendance and receive all information via the website.
  Browse to the Digital Committee page and click the Register Here button at the bottom of the page.
  Your login and pw is needed to access the registration page. Should you have lost those, please use the lost username/pw function on the website or contact our webmaster. Once you have logged in, you will find an overview of all confirmed attendances + the minutes of the last meeting.

General Assembly 2011 announcementPlease note in your agenda!
Next General Assembly in Sevilla, Spain: 18th March 2011.
Members will soon receive an email with registration possibility.