4th Imaging Expo/Interphoto Shanghai – Your Gateway to a Complete Imaging Experience

Shanghai, China, July 02, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The 4th Imaging Expo/Interphoto Shanghai will be held at Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Centre, from 3rd to 6th July 2008. Spanning across 15,000 sqm with the strong support of 150 exhibitors from both the international and domestic markets, it promises to offer the complete imaging experience featuring the latest photography equipment and technology and a series of concurrent forums and events.

One key highlight of Imaging Expo/Interphoto Shanghai is the return of the International Business Forum. Organised by Photo-Imaging News, this global imaging summit will be held on July 4th. The forum will cover key topics on technology and trends in the photography and imaging industry:
· Developments in Image Capture
· Printing from Mobile Devices
· New Developments in Photo-Imaging Kiosks Software
· Profit Opportunities in Colour and Black & White Inkjet Printing
· Expanding your E-commerce Program
· Photo-Imaging Printing Beyond Silver Halide
· Developing a Successful Photobook Business
· Designing Your Retail Shop for Your Customers
· Creating an Incentive Programme to Boost Sales of Value-added Products
· Non-Printing Profit-Making Opportunities.

Gfk, the globally renowned consumer goods consulting company will also be releasing the most revered Annual Report for the imaging market at Imaging Expo/Interphoto Shanghai.

Another highlight of Imaging Expo/Interphoto Shanghai is the documentary photography exhibition “Strength in Adversity” by Wu Xuehua, a senior journalist and a Senior Colonel Police Officer at the Armed Police Shanghai Principal Fire Brigade, who is acknowledged by the media as the first man to be airdropped into the quake zone to participate in the rescue efforts. The photo exhibition features photographs taken during the earthquake relief efforts in Wenchuan, China after the May 12th catastrophe based on 3 main themes, namely “Wenchuan in Emergency”, “Rescue from Thousand Miles Away” and “The Fight Continues”. The featured 240 news photographs on Wenchuan earthquake relief efforts will be kept in the permanent collections of Shanghai Municipal Archive.

A series of other free photography seminars and photo exhibitions are also being held during this same period.

Imaging Expo/Interphoto Shanghai will feature exhibitors from Germany, USA, England, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, India, China, Taiwan Province and Chinese Hong Kong SAR, etc. The exhibition will showcase the different sectors of the imaging workflow such as image input and equipment & accessories, image processing, image storage, and image output & service respectively. Some of the first time exhibitors taking part this year include Hewlett Packard’s Total Imaging Solution who will be showcasing their HP PL30 series large format printers, HP Indigo high-end digital press for front-end production and HP RPS digital imaging studio; Kodak presenting their pre-press, traditional and digital printing solutions; Sony introducing their latest medical imaging scanner and “Snap Lab” digital photo printer and Imaging Solution’s Fastbook – a fast speed photo album machine that is currently the world’s most efficient machine, being able to produce 100 of 20 pages-book in an hour.

Imaging Expo/Interphoto Shanghai is once again organised by Koelnmesse GmbH and Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd, and supported by Shanghai Sub-council of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd and Shanghai Photographers’ Association. To be held alongside with the 14th China (Shanghai) International Wedding Photographic Equipment Exhibition, the largest wedding photography exhibition in Asia, both shows will occupy a combined exhibition space exceeding 60,000m2.

Imaging Expo/Interphoto Shanghai is expected to attract more than 50,000 overseas and local imaging and photography professionals.

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