PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, proudly announces Konica Minolta as its final Gold Sponsor, rounding out an impressive sponsorship roster of industry giants. AppForum is the industry’s leading international digital printing conference,www.AppForum.org, scheduled to be held January 23 – 25, 2012 at Tropicana Las Vegas. PODi also is proud to announce that MindFireInc and Online Print Solutions will be Silver Sponsors and EFI and MGI USA are the latest AppForum Bronze Sponsors.

Konica Minolta has supported the AppForum since 2004 – taking a lead role as Gold Sponsor for the past four years. "Konica Minolta is extremely pleased to be, once again, a Gold Sponsor of the PODi AppForum,” says Mike Fego, Manager of Konica Minolta’s Production Print Product Marketing. “The forward-thinking approach to industry ideas and issues embodied by PODi and its members echo that of Konica Minolta. We continually strive to find new ways to help our customer partners maximize profits by providing the best mix of products and services to help grow their businesses." http://kmbs.konicaminolta.us/

Other new AppForum sponsors:

Silver Sponsor MindFireInc: “MindFireInc has been a long-time sponsor of the PODi AppForum and we have always found it to be a world-class event for all participants! As an industry-leader for Integrated Marketing Services it only makes sense that we play a leadership role helping all attendees better understand the changing world of Cross Media Marketing and the Best Practices necessary for success in this arena. We have found the PODi attendees to be fully engaged in the development of innovative solutions to meet their customer needs and we are a key resource for helping attendees achieve their revenue growth objectives,” stated Joseph Manos, MindFireInc’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Alliances.www.mindfireinc.com

Silver Sponsor Online Print Solutions: "Online Print Solutions is delighted to announce that we are once again a proud Silver Sponsor of 2012 PODi AppForum, an essential information platform when it comes to digital printing and marketing technologies and trends," said Mark McGowan, CEO of Online Print Solutions.www.onlineprintsolutions.com

Bronze Sponsor EFI: EFI has been on the Executive Board of PODi since its inception, and has consistently supported the AppForum as a sponsor since 2003.www.efi.com 

Bronze Sponsor MGI USA: Giselle de la Moriniere, Marketing and Communications Manager for MGI USA says, “MGI is excited to participate as a sponsor of the PODi AppForum. Our customers are continually discovering innovative and creative digital printing applications that have allowed them to expand their market possibilities into new areas, and we’re looking forward to sharing those stories and opportunities with the AppForum attendees.” www.mgiusa.com

The 2012 PODi AppForum is proud to be supported by these industry leaders:

• Gold Sponsors: Canon, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Ricoh and Xerox
• Silver Sponsors: CGS, HP, Fujifilm, MindFireInc, OPS and XMPie
• Bronze Sponsors: Avanti, Convertible Solutions, EFI, Infigo Software, MGI USA, Océ, Pageflex, Page Technology Group, PrinterPresence, PTI Marketing Technologies and SmartSoft

For more information on all AppForum sponsors go to www.appforum.org/PODi-Appforum/2012-Sponsors.html

PODi’s AppForum is a three-day educational digital printing conference, featuring over 40 sessions, keynote presentations by top innovators, networking opportunities and a Vendor Fair. Tracks include Business Growth Strategies, Leading Edge Applications, Digital Print Technologies, and a conference-within-a-conference – AppForumDirect – that boasts two tracks devoted to cross media and direct mail, Cross Media in Action and Cross Media Toolkit.

The AppForum is produced by Caslon, a PODi Affiliate. For more information on the 2012 AppForum, or to register, visit www.AppForum.org

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