Graph Expo Comes to Town

CHICAGO—The Windy City is the place to be this month as thousands of printers from across the country converge upon the McCormick Place South complex October 15-18 for Graph Expo and Converting Expo 2006.

Products and services for the graphic arts industry will encompass more than 400,000 square feet of space. Nearly 600 exhibitors have committed to the event, which reportedly will be the largest Graph Expo since 2000.

Among the evening festivities is the annual Gold Ink Awards and Hall of Fame Gala, sponsored by North American Publishing (parent company of PRINTING IMPRESSIONS), on October 16. PRINTING IMPRESSIONS/RIT Printing Industry Hall of Fame inductees Jim Hopkins (Hopkins Printing, Columbus, OH); Rémi Marcoux (Transcontinental Inc., Montreal); Thomas Quadracci (Quad/ Graphics, Sussex, WI); and Jesse Williamson (Williamson Printing, Dallas) will be feted.