The first official meeting of the newly formed ¡°The Federation of Asian Print Exhibitions¡± also named (in short) as ASIA PRINT took place on the 14th of May 2009 at the Hotel Beijing Friendship with representatives from 7 nations (China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Phillippines, Pakistan and India) attending it. Under the chairmanship of Mr.Wang Demao, Asia Print signed the Constitution of the Federation. Mr.Choo-Jin Kim of Korea is the Vice president of the new entity and Ms.Belle Yam of Kaizer Exhibitions has been appointed as the Secretary General for a tenure of two years. The exhibitions which formed the association include China
Print & Print China of China, All Print Paper of Indonesia, Kipes and Prinkor from Korea, Ipmex and Print Technology from Malaysia, Printphil from Phillippines, PrintPak from Pakistan, and Printpack from India. The meeting was attended
amongst others by Mr Jimmy Juneanto of Indonesian Master Printers Association, Mr Harry Xhao, GM of China Print Show Company Ltd., Ms.Hye-Jeong Ahn advisor to Kipes, Attorney John L Choa, President of Printing Industries Association of Philippines, Mr.Sanjay Gupta, President of IPAMA, India along with Mr.Khurana; Mr.Malik M Ahmad & Mr.Syed Mobein Hussaini Vice Chariman and Jt. Secretary respectively of Pakistan Association of Printing and Graphic Arts industry
(PAPGAI) and Mr.Daud D Salim of Krista Exhibitions,Indonesia.
The basic need for the whole exercise of forming a federation seems to be the very fact that the world in the west is looking into Asia for possible expansion of their business interest and in fact they see their survival in these difficult times from
making entries into these markets. According to forecasts from the ¡®pundits¡¯ in the west, the Asian region would be recovering faster from the recession that the west. Already there have been forays into the Asian market by IPEX (UK),Tarsus (UK), Reed Exhibitions and the likes. Their might, in terms of money power and organizational capabilities, cannot be doubted. Many others in the industry are also on the Bookout for buy-outs and mergers for making forays into the
interesting Asian marketplace. The Asian exhibition holders,when united can give them a tough fight and a run for their money.
Under the leadership of the Chairman, Mr. Wang Demao, the energy levels of all the participants during the discussions gave a good sign of a formidable group so to say. The unity shown by the attendees of the Federation, makes a good sight
to see and surely a positive one for a change.
The Declarat ion of Establ ishment of the Federation of Asia Print Exhibitions (Draft) The 1st Member Congress of the Federation of Asia Print Exhibitions (Asia Print) will be held on May 14th of 2009 in Beijing Friendship Hotel. The signing ceremony of
¡°Constitution¡± is grandly held which declares that Asia Print is officially founded.
¡°Asia Print¡± is a regional international cooperation organization attended by Asia countries spontaneously. The objective of ¡°ASIA PRINT¡± is to promote printing
cooperation between members, support each other in the process of organizing print exhibitions for mutual benefit and development. All members of Asia Print should abide by the ¡°Constitution¡± firmly, fulfill the stipulated obligations and enjoy the rights,safeguard the common interests of the federation.Any member of Asia Print must be a recognized printing association or an exhibition company of their country; Asia Print is willing to communicate and cooperate with all related international organizations.The 1st Member Congress of the Federation of Asia Print Exhibitions ( Asia Print)
Beijing 2009
