Graph Expo A Pleasant Surprise

"We were on a par with 2000," he says, explaining that the success of the show was due to more than just solid attendance. Poulos claims that, according to vendors, the quality of new sales leads was also much higher than expected.

While many vendors said they had seen bigger shows, the 2002 Graph Expo and Converting Expo was no small tea party. Every morning, hundreds of eager attendees lined the marble floors of Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center, waiting to get inside and take a peek at some of the latest advancements in graphic arts technology.