New features
1) A day of technical training the day before the exhibition!
Take advantage of your CTCO visit to receive some training! On the 6th of February, the day before the exhibition, CTCO offers you the opportunity to attend training sessions on embroidery and screen printing. Whether you’re a professional working in the field of personalisation or a promotional garment retailer, this is the perfect opportunity to improve your knowledge and become ever more efficient at your business activity!
2) A 100% « green » competition
The « Goodies d’Or » display is being renamed « Green Goodies », offering you insight into eco-friendly product trends.
More eco-friendly materials and manufacturing conditions, lower energy consumption, certification, etc.: manufacturers of promotional garments and gifts are constantly intensifying their efforts to protect the environment and health of man.
By means of a demonstration at the centre of the exhibition, come and discover all the latest eco-friendly gift and garment trends, and vote to nominate the « products of tomorrow » which, in your opinion, deserve to be awarded « Green Goodies » status.
3) 15% more exhibitors
This year, the exhibition will host almost 250 exhibitors working in the promotional garment, gift and personalisation fields. 15% of the exhibitors will be exhibiting for the first time, many of which are foreign exhibitors thanks to the establishment of the Aimfap Spanish pavilion as well as Dutch pavilion at CTCO.
4) A village of service providers
Service providers, personalisation service providers, etc. CTCO Lyon enables retailers to find all the service providers relevant to their business activity on site! Did you visit CTCO in 2011, but not meet any personalisation service providers? That’s all changing this year! Visit the service provider village and source new partners to fully satisfy your needs!
5) NOVA, an area dedicated to visual communication and large format printing!
• 2,000m2 dedicated to visual communication and large format printing to enable you to source new opportunities for business development
• A live production workshop
Also waiting to be discovered during the 3 days of the event: The NOVA workshop allows you to find new outlets for your business! From prepress to finishing, the full workshop will demonstrate over 3 days, in a live setting, the latest technological innovations with all its possible applications: in pure visual communication (signage, signs, etc.), as well as in other domains such as interior decoration and visual merchandising.
NOVA’s solid partners:
Efi Rastek (O2i), HP (Euromedia), Multigraphic d-gen, Roland, Mimaki, TTS, Monti Antonio, Cotonnière Lyonnaise, etc.
6) The « Live Creative Workshop »
A 300m2 production workshop at the centre of the exhibition, called “CTCO Live Creative Workshop”, where, by participating in the production process, you can gain insight into and learn about personalisation solutions that are the simplest and the quickest to implement, yet allow for the most advanced customisation. Whether you are a personalisation professional or a retailer, looking to acquire personalisation equipment or learn a new technique, whether you want to keep up to date with the latest developments or just curious, come and create your own advertising materials in a live setting and make the most of the opportunity to see, touch, discover, understand, and – most of all – learn!
7) International pavilions to enable you to source new suppliers
For the first time, you can visit a Spanish AIMFAP pavilion. This Spanish association is partnering with CTCO to provide their members with opportunities for entrée to the French market. For visitors, this offers the chance to source new suppliers of very specific products, who are exhibiting at Lyon for the very first time: Secaneta, Ital, Arquez Internacional, Stock & Go, Styb, Embalajes Publicitarios and EticEtnic
There will also be a Dutch pavilion at CTCO Lyon. Approximately ten suppliers of promotional gifts will be present and will show their new products at this pavilion.
View the exhibitors and service providers
8 ) A mobile app coming soon!
On this site, you’ll soon be able to download the new CTCO app for free, available for all types of smartphones (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry).
This allows you to discover all the new features in real time and make the most of your visit to the exhibition!