Success for All...

Sign Istanbul 2007, the biggest Outdoor Advertising fair annually held in Europe, has been opened by Selahattin Durak –IFO General Manager- and Yaşar Güvenen –President of ARED (Sign Association of Turkey)- through amazing colors and glory.

The 9th International Sign Istanbul Outdoor Advertising Fair, being held by IFO, has yet proved its success again this year thereof by participation of 343 exhibitors from 31 countries, worldwide known brands and large number of visitors.

Exhibitors and visitors from all over the world have come together at Sign Istanbul, which includes state-of-the-art products and the latest technologies on Outdoor Advertising.

Rate of international visitors from a total of 51 countries of Western Europe, Middle East and Balkans, have reached up to 17,9 % of total fair visitors. 16.343 individuals have realized a total of 22.816 entries into the fair during four days. Namely, one third of the visitors visited the fair more than once. Sign Istanbul 2007 that introduced foreign participants throughout the world to Turkish professionals, presented latest technologies.

This year at another hall, visitors have found the opportunity to see led applications -one of the most interesting scope of the year- as well as neon applications –outdoor interpretation of art- at Sign Istanbul 2007. Also design and organizational works and further outdoor advertising applications took place at Sign Istanbul. This year the fair also hosted different media performances.

Sign Istanbul 2007, the perfect example of organizer and exhibitor cooperation, maintains growth thereof year by year.

Event Programme

During the conference held in parallel with Sign Istanbul 2007, realized between November 29-December 2, 2007, initial day hosted a Workshop mutually organized by Met Etiket and Nur companies through presentations of Nicholas Helmut – Dejaife Thibault on UV Techniques.

Yet the same day Petter Kiddell presented "Future of Printing Field" held by ARED.

During the reward ceremony of ARED organized for active individuals within Outdoor Advertising field, who get ahead 25 and 50 years respectively, said rewards were handed by Yaşar Güvenen- President of ARED-.

The second day, Peter Kiddell presented “3D Printing” at 11:30 am-12:30 pm.
Işık Plastik and Eastman (Spectar) jointly carried out “Features of PETG Plates, Manufacturing Method, Application Details” presentation at 01.30-02.00 pm and Andrea Sironi from Arkema (Altuglass) company realized "Technical Features of Extruded Acrylic Plates, Manufacturing Method, Application Details" presentation at 03.00-04.00 pm.
Hatice Cesur, Hasret Sarıgül and Fahri Pelit from Istanbul Reklam made "Expansions via CorelDRAW" presentation at 04.30-05.00 pm.

Tool application training provided by Savaş Akgün and organized by ARED on third day intensively appealed to visitors' attention.