The Surrey-headquartered finishing kit manufacturer, one of PrintWeekLive!’s headline sponsors, has signed up for a 36sqm stand at the show, which takes place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, on 8 and 9 March.
It will be exhibiting a Drupa-launched PFI Di-Cut 300, a DC-746 multi-finisher, a DC-616 multi-finisher and a 350 Digital Booklet System.
So far two UK companies have invested in the 3,000sph mid-volume PFI, including Suffolk-based Springold Design & Print last June.
Using the stand as a production workspace, its machinery will be finishing sets of playing cards and packaging, using papers printed by its partner Xerox and supplied by another partner Antalis, both of which are also headline sponsors.
Duplo marketing manager Sarah Crumpler said: “This is very application-focused, sticking with the whole event’s theme of 'inspire, initiate, innovate'. We have taken that on with what we’re doing at the stand.
“We’re all running workshops [Duplo, Xerox and Antalis] so one of the main ideas will be that after we’ve run a workshop we then give a tour of the three stands to give attendees the opportunity to look a bit more in depth at some of the topics we’ve each been talking about.”
Duplo will be hosting two workshops, entitled ‘Profit through innovation’ and ‘Commoditisation vs. productisation’. Both sessions will involve a panel discussion with four printers that use Duplo products discussing their businesses.
“We really just want to get people thinking outside the box,” added Crumpler.
“And just to network and talk to the industry. We’re quite looking forward to being involved with the workshops and the conferences, it’s something different to say: ‘Look let’s share knowledge with each other instead of just telling people about kit’.”
Earlier this week, Duplo hosted its Hands-On Open House event, exhibiting a raft of its own machinery along with kit from some of its partners.
“It went really, really well. It is just great to get people together. It really added to it to have the various partners involved and the showroom was buzzing continuously,” said Crumpler.
