The 29th DPES Sign Expo CHINA 2024 concluded successfully on February 27th at the Poly World Trade Center Expo in Guangzhou.

Duration: 3 Days

Coverage: Over 70 Countries and Regions

Total Professional Buyers: 42,685

01 Overview of Each Exhibition Area

Eight Major Exhibition Areas in Seven Halls

The exhibition showcased a diverse range of products categorized into eight major exhibition areas across seven halls, covering the comprehensive advertising production industry chain solutions, inkjet printing, engraving and cutting, signage, LED light sources, advertising consumables, and technologies. Additionally, a new Graphic Printing Pavilion was introduced, offering the industry a more comprehensive one-stop purchasing platform for advertising production.

HALL1/2

Inkjet Printing Equipment/Materials Hall

Located in Halls 1 and 2 on the ground floor, this Hall featured leading enterprises showcasing their latest products, including indoor and outdoor inkjet printing equipment, indoor and outdoor Eco Solvent Printers, UV flatbed/roll-to-roll printers, dye sublimation transfer machines, digital imaging technology output equipment, laminating/cutting machines and related accessories, cold laminators, banner machines, and other printing equipment and accessories related to advertising displays.

HALL3

LED Light Source Hall

The LED light source product exhibition area, situated in Hall 3 on the second floor, brought together renowned brands in the industry to showcase LED advertising light sources, LED control systems, outdoor LED illumination, decorative LED lighting, LED manufacturing equipment, and testing instruments, among other application-oriented LED light source products.

HALL4

Engraving Equipment Hall

Located in Hall 4 on the second floor, this pavilion specialized in showcasing new technologies and equipment such as CNC engraving machines, laser engraving machines, edge vibrating knife cutting machines, acrylic engraving and polishing machines, fiber laser cutting machines, bending machines, laser welding machines, engraving machines, grooving machines, channel letter bending machines, laser marking machines, CO2 laser tubes, fully automatic flower cutting machines, fully automatic painting machines, cutting tools and related accessories, and 3D printers.

HALL 5/6

Signage Lightbox and Display Equipment Hall

The signage lightbox product exhibition area and the display equipment product exhibition area, located in Halls 5 and 6 on the third floor, professionally showcased signage products including signs, various types of lightboxes, 3D dimensional products, three-sided and multi-sided flip, multimedia and illuminated display products, exhibition display equipment, portable display series, and more.

HALL B1

Graphic Printing Hall

Situated in Hall B1 on the basement level, the graphic printing equipment exhibition area showcased various office graphic printing equipment such as graphic printing machines, color copiers, black and white copiers, engineering copiers, photo plotters, plotters, scanners, multifunctional printers, as well as various post-printing equipment including glue binders, paper cutters, card cutters, laminators, cold laminators, binding machines, punching machines, creasing machines, and more.

02 Data Analysis

Product Distribution

In this exhibition, indoor and outdoor digital inkjet printing, Eco Solvent Printers, and other inkjet printing equipment accounted for 30.2%; signage products and exhibition display products accounted for 28.5%; engraving machines, laser machines, bending machines, etc., accounted for 15%; LED light source products accounted for 16.1%; advertising media and materials accounted for 6.8%, with the newly added graphic printing equipment accounting for 3.4%.

Analysis of Foreign Buyers

In the Spring DPES Expo of 2024, a total of 3,261 overseas visitors attended, marking a significant increase of 398.1% compared to the Spring DPES Expo of 2023, reaching a record high. Visitors came from 75 countries, with the top 20 countries by visitor numbers including India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Russia, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Pakistan, Australia, Algeria, South Korea, the United States, Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.

The most populous countries remained India and several Southeast Asian countries. Surprisingly, there was a particularly significant increase in the number of professional buyers from Russia, which tripled compared to before the pandemic (spring exhibition of 2019), ranking among the top five countries with the highest number of participants in the DPES Sign Expo China 2024. Another surprise was the number of professional buyers from Australia, which has essentially returned to pre-pandemic levels. The number of visitors from the United States, Egypt, and Turkey doubled compared to the previous year, indicating a good recovery of overseas buyer attendance.

Analysis of Domestic Buyers

The majority of domestic visitors came from the South China region, accounting for 64.0%. Professional buyers attended the exhibition from 34 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across the country, indicating a broad coverage, with the proportion of buyers from outside the province increasing year by year.

The data shows that 42% of visitors have attended the DPES Sign Expo China 2024 twice or more, indicating a growing number of professional buyers choosing to attend the DPES Sign Expo China 2024 every year to understand the latest trends in the advertising production industry. Moreover, among the attendees, the majority are enterprise executives or project leaders, most of whom have absolute or partial purchasing and decision-making authority, highlighting the high industry influence of the DPES Expo.

03 Exhibition Highlights

Association Delegations from Abroad Visiting

Exciting Moments at the Exhibition Site