Glassprint Conference Returns in 2023 in Dusseldorf, Germany
08 December 2022: The ninth edition of the highly successful Glassprint conference and exhibition returns to Düsseldorf, Germany on April 25-26, 2023. The event will present the latest decoration solutions for all types of glass. Powered by glasstec and jointly organised by ESMA and “Glass Worldwide”, the last edition in 2019 presented the latest trends and developments for printing on all types of glass to an international audience of glassmakers, decorators, end-users, brand owners, OEMs and suppliers from 24 different countries.
Key stakeholders represented companies such as AGC, Arc, BA Glass, Heinz Glas, LAV / Gürallar, O-I, Piramal, Saint-Gobain, Saverglass, Schott, Steklarna Hrastnik, Vetropack and William Grant & Sons.
For spring 2023 the event welcomes industry and academia submissions about digital, screen and pad printing advances, prepress, curing and drying technologies, organic vs. inorganic ink, developments in architectural and automotive glass, high-tech applications, security and brand protection, special effects, functional coatings, regulatory implications, as well environmental considerations.
Previous GlassPrint participants include ABInBev, AGC, Apple, ARC, Ardagh, BA Glass, Corning, Deco Glas, Diageo, Guardian, Heinz, LAV, Libbey, Nokia, Nestlé, NSG/Pilkington, O-I, Saint-Gobain, Saverglass, Schott, Sisecam, Steklarna Hrastnik, The Absolut Company, Verallia, Vetropack and many more.
The first confirmed titles for GlassPrint 2023 are as follows – Keynote presentation on container glass by FEVE; keynote presentation on flat glass by Glass for Europe, Bird-friendly glass: Decorative or invisible structuring of architectural glass to prevent bird collisions by Kissel & Wolf, Hybrid: No limits in printing ‘direct-to-shape’ by Koenig & Bauer Kammann, Printing process and system design for print patterning and mapping by LANS/HEIG, Direct-to-object printing by Marabu, Inkjet printing of functional materials in glass manufacturing by Notion Systems, Screen printing on PV glass elements using the latest colour technology by Sefar/Wolbring and From architecture glass to automotive glass displays: New solutions and opportunities for screen printing by Thieme, Curing with UV-LED by Uviterno and challenges in holloware glass decoration by Vibranz.
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