PRINT 09 Drew More Than 10,500 Attendees From 94 Countries

Published: November 11, 2009

RESTON, VA | PRINT 09 welcomed a diverse crowd representing a broad spectrum of the graphic communications industry, organizers report. The year’s largest and most comprehensive graphic communications exhibition and conference took place September 11–16, 2009 in Chicago’s expansive McCormick Pl.

At the show, 680 exhibitors, of which 126 were first-time exhibitors, showcased the latest graphic communications equipment, products and services across 566,284 sq ft of exhibit space. And, despite a global economic recession, a total of 28,678 visitors from 94 countries were verified at the show as attendees.

Of the international attendees, nearly one-third hailed from Latin America; another one-third represented Canada and Mexico. Nineteen percent of attendees traveled to the show from the Asia Pacific region, with the remainder of international attendees coming from Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. About two-thirds of U.S. visitors hailed from the Midwest; the Northeast, Southeast, West and Southwest were also represented.