Equipment, software and supplies showcased at the ASI Chicago Show in July<\/p>\n
TREVOSE, PA – December 18, 2013 – <\/strong>The ASI Show<\/em>\u2122 and ST Media Group International today announced they have entered into an agreement to cooperate on the launch of a new Signage + Decoration Pavilion at ASI\u2019s Chicago trade show July 15-17, 2014 at McCormick Place.<\/p>\n The Signage + Decoration Pavilion will feature equipment, consumables, software and supplies related to sign manufacturing, promotional product decoration, apparel decoration and wide-format digital printing of graphics. In addition, visitors can also take advantage of special education workshops devoted to expanding or entering new businesses as well as interactive demonstrations on a variety of decorating processes.<\/p>\n The ASI Show<\/em> Chicago is the largest ad specialty event of the summer, typically attracting more than 4,000 distributors from nearly 2,000 firms. The 2014 Chicago show will feature a keynote by internationally recognized graffiti artist, author and entrepreneur Erik Wahl, as well as a half-day education program by renowned leadership expert Stephen M.R. Covey.<\/p>\n The ASI Show<\/em>\u00a0hosts trade shows in five cities per year (Orlando,\u00a0Dallas,\u00a0Long Beach,\u00a0New York\u00a0and\u00a0Chicago), annually attracting 20,000 attendees and the most distributors of any industry event. Each show provides a complete trade show experience, featuring a full education conference, networking opportunities and a manageable one-floor\/one-hall layout.<\/p>\n ST Media Group International, Inc., of Cincinnati, OH serves the visual communications industries with trade publications, branded websites, a custom book division and industry events. Its trade publications reach more than 200,000 readers worldwide in the signage, graphics, retail, package-design and hospitality industries.<\/p>\n \u201cASI is delighted to launch a brand-new pavilion with ST Media, a family-owned company with vast experience managing customer and supplier relationships,\u201d said Timothy M. Andrews, president of The ASI Show<\/em> and president and chief executive officer of ASI. \u201cThe new pavilion is a great way to provide a one-stop destination for entrepreneurs interested in expanding their existing business or branching out into new business opportunities provided by adjacent markets. I encourage everyone attending the Chicago show to stop by.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cST is excited to be partnering with ASI to bring this new pavilion to life,\u201d said Tedd Swormstedt, president of ST Media Group International. \u201cASI\u2019s 50-plus year history in the advertising specialty market and ST\u2019s 100-plus years serving the signage, decoration and graphics markets make for a very powerful combination. We see tremendous synergies between our core markets and a great opportunity to help professionals in both our audiences discover new opportunities and possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n Official media sponsors of the new pavilion will be ST Media\u2019s The Big Picture <\/em>and Screen Printing <\/em>magazines and its flagship publication, Signs of the Times<\/em>, along with ASI\u2019s Wearables<\/em> and Stitches<\/em> magazines.<\/p>\n ST Media will invite pre-qualified industry professionals to visit the pavilion and attend The ASI Show<\/em>. Most prospective attendees are successful business owners or operators in the screen printing, sign and wide-format printing industries who are either already offering promotional products or who are interested in adding them to their existing lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Equipment, software and supplies showcased at the ASI Chicago Show in July TREVOSE, PA – December 18, 2013 – The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n