Wrapping up PRINTING United

By James “Ruggs” Kochevar

Vegas seldom disappoints when you’re looking for a huge tradeshow to wreak havoc on your feet and back! Printing United held up its end of that bargain! Congratulations to them on another successful (and BIG) show.

Of course, we were there to check out the newest products, coolest exhibitions and latest wrap happenings. We found our share, beginning with our friends at PDAA (Professional Decal Application Alliance). Ray Weiss frontman said, “Our

PDAA booth was popular this year, and we had our annual Mustang Hood competition, Happy Hours on Tuesday (sponsored by General Formulations) and Wednesday (sponsored by Drytac), along with many demonstrations (sponsored by DAF Products/ Fedrigoni, mactac and TVF). New this year was a demonstration showing off resurfacing films (sponsored by Bodaq Interior Films). All in all, it was a great event for our installer community. Lastly, we had a couple of panel sessions with the Connecting Printers and Installers, being popular with our all-star group of Ken Burns, Rich Thompson, Chris Ulmer, and Eric Kahle. We’re looking forward to great things next year in Orlando.”

This year’s go-to vehicle is obviously the Tesla Cybertruck and at couple of booths took it to task. The Roland Booth offered a team wrap by the MoB as well as daily wraps by the crew at Digital EFX and the IT Supplies booth had a stunning red metallic as well.

Many booths, such as 3M, Canon, Fedrigoni/DAF Products, Arlon, Carlas

Industrial, and General Formulations, offered demos, competitions, and hands-on training with their certified trainers and staff.

While not every booth focused on the wraps market, several showcased viable products for wrap production, such as various types of vinyl, paint protection film, fabric, printers, laminators, software, tools, and more. If you haven’t been to a Printing United event, we highly suggest you add it to your schedule for next year.