The Informa Print Group has announced that IPEX 2014 will return to London with the relocation of the exhibition to London's ExCeL international exhibition and conference centre.  The exhibition will take place in the heartland of London's redeveloped Royal Docklands from 26th March to 2nd April 2014.

 "We have undertaken detailed consultation with exhibitor and visitor groups prior to making this decision, and we are extremely excited about the move to ExCeL London for the considerable new opportunities it offers for the expansion and development of Ipex going forward," says Trevor Crawford, Director of the Informa Print Group.   "While our UK audience will always remain critically important to the show, Ipex is a truly global event, and the attraction of London as a venue, and the remaining legacy of the 2012 Olympic investment into the area, will certainly add to the attraction for our international visitors."

ExCeL London, which will play host to seven Olympic and Para Olympic events in 2012 (the most that any venue has been given), is an award winning international exhibition and convention centre within a 100 acre campus offering 100,000 sq metres of flexible exhibition space, five on-site hotels, numerous bar and restaurants for after hours networking and excellent transport links to central London.  This includes easy access to London City Airport and the London Underground, three dedicated onsite DLR (Docklands Light Railway) stations, as well as providing parking for nearly 4,000 cars.  The onsite facilities at ExCeL are second to none with more than 40 cafés, bars and restaurants serving cuisine from around the world.

Some of you will already be aware of some details of the Triton laminator, launched at Polygrafia 2011 in Poznan in April. This development started with several requests from the market for a double-sided B1 portrait machine; the thought was to re-design the Proteus so that it could be available as a 1 or 2 sided unit, with the facility to retro-fit the second laminating side if first bought as a 1 sided machine.

However, D & K's design for 2 sided laminating uses electrical heating rather than oil-filled rollers and this necessarily adds to the width of the machine; we feel that a major part of the attraction of Proteus is its compact nature so decided to keep Proteus as it is - B1, portrait, 35M/min. - and develop the Triton range as B1+ (76 x 105 cms), portrait or landscape fed, 1 or 2 sided, 35M/min.

We are refining the details of these options and will have more information in due course.

With just over 300 days to go till the start of Drupa 2012 we are well underway with planning for the show.    D&K will be taking 25% more stand space than in 2008 and will be showcasing some exciting new developments at the show.