Another Shoe Drops for Ipex

The announcement from Ricoh that it is pulling the plug on exhibiting at Ipex next March in London is the latest blow to show organizer Informa, which still affirms that the show will go on as planned. The question is how much there will be to see.

With Ricoh’s announcement, nearly all the big players have opted out: Canon, HP, Heidelberg, KBA, Kodak, Komori, Landa, Ricoh and Xerox. Only Konica Minolta is left, plus EFI, Fuji, Xeikon, and a few others. The rest are medium-size or smaller firms, all with excellent technologies in finishing, color management, document processing, mailing systems, wide-format printing, ink, and so on. Collectively and individually these players all offer value for attendees, but the question is whether seeing them all in one place is worth a trip to one of the most expensive cities on earth.