A few more pics from 2004 , 2005 and 2007
China 2 pics from Beijing. Note the girl selling pics, work out the cost - about 9 yuan to £1.00
And some creative spelling outside frame shop. At least they tried. This was 2004.
Who was this character in the gaudy suit at NEC. Simon Drew
The pic of the big reel is from Brownville USA, a mill that made the core board ( mostly black) for many mount board mfgs, such as all the USA laminators + James Cropper ( makers of LJ Artique range) ColourMount, Daler, Moorman and many others. Their machine was very old and slow and without any investment they went bust about 10 years ago. Leaving just one USA mill making core board.
2005, A younger Nico Valiani on the stand of Herranz at the Spanish frame show in Madrid. On one occasion I counted more than 50 framers on the Herranz stand. Never seen such numbers on any other distributors stand at any show anywhere, Back then the Spanish domestic market was booming.