ISSUE 190 MARCH 2020     Sign Update 59

in 10 minute-long contests. Entrants will be judged on speed, efficiency and quality of work, with the daily winners progressing to a grand finale on the show’s closing day, Thursday 30 April. Once again there will be the opportunity to win over £5,500 of prizes.

Event director Jenny Matthew comments: “We are particularly thrilled to welcome back the HEXIS Battle. The contest is an excellent way to showcase and celebrate the skilled wrappers within the industry. We’re all excited to see what the 2020 contenders have to show us.”    HEXIS will run a new speed wrap competition: the SKINTAC Time Trial Challenge, where visitors put their wrapping skills to the test in timed conditions. Sales and marketing manager Stuart Shenton says: “As with last year’s battle, new HEXIS materials will be introduced round-by-round to make each heat gradually more difficult for the contestants. The judges will score each contestant on accuracy of fitting, speed, quality of finish, health and safety at work, work ethic and technique.”    Visitors can sign up for the SKINTAC Time Trial Challenge on the day at the Hexis stand and complete the online form to enter the Wrap Battle Contest.

Organisers of Sign & Digital UK have announced the HEXIS UK Wrap Battle Contest will be back for the 2020 show with the three-day contest to crown Best UK Installer for 2020. Two heats and a semi-final will take place on the show floor each day where participants will compete

HEXIS UK Wrap Battle Contest returns to SDUK

William Smith Group 1832, Lion Picture Framing, Quality Print Services, Rollsroller and Trotec Laser.   Organisers of SDUK carried out a series of interviews with customers following the 2019 show to pinpoint key areas they’d like to see covered, from new products to industry experts and trends.    Event director Jenny Matthew says: “For Sign & Digital 2020 we’ve been working closely with exhibitors and visitors to uncover current demands. The needs of our core signage, display and print audiences are always crucial to the show’s success and they have been built into our development strategy and reflected in the expanding exhibitor list. “From tools, textiles and décor to accessories, we’re thrilled to be responding to the industry’s growing areas by introducing a range of new names to the show, as well as welcoming back many much-loved and highly anticipated exhibitors in 2020.” 

First exhibitors announced for SDUK 2020

Tools, Eurobond Adhesives, Amaya Sales, ITC, Very Displays, D&K Europe, Gravograph, HPC Laser, AG Cad, AXYZ Automation, FTC UK, GESS, Boxford,

Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) is expanding the show’s appeal with both new and returning exhibitors already confirmed. In direct response to the demands of its core audience, the leading signmaking, display solutions and digital printing show will host “an exciting range of leading suppliers” when it returns to the NEC in Birmingham 28-30 April 2020.   First-time exhibitors already confirmed include: CLIP, SwissQPrint, WITPAC,  All things Décor (Sequin Walls), Premier Bond, Cutting Mats, Digital Sign UK, Quatro Tech (The Printers Market Place), Colour Display, ABC Mix co, Red Dragon Laser, Gunnar International, Dufaylite Developments, Signs Plaza, Section 8 Contracting, Bonwyke and (Cover Styl). Some of the companies returning for 2020 include Roland DG, Epson, Hybrid Services / Mimaki, Grafityp, Hexis, Premier Paper, RA Smart/Rexframe, Blackman & White, Zund Plotting Systems, Vivid Laminating Technologies, The Magic Touch, YPS, Award Crafters, Signwaves, Josero, Trade Etching, Merlin

Sign & Digital UK is free to attend for visitors and registration is now open.

HEXIS will run a new speed wrap competition named the SKINTAC Time Trial Challenge.