ASEAN Printing Forum 2019

Pongthira Pathanapiradej, President of The Thai Printing Association, The recent June,Thailand hosted the ASEAN Summit 2019, In addition to the main meeting of the Prime Minister and ASEAN leaders, Thailand also hosts meetings in various branches of industrial level as well. One of them is the ASEAN Printing Forum 2019; meeting of the cooperation of the president and the executive committee in the printing and packaging industry of the 10 ASEAN nations. This is an opportunity for Thailand to introduce the cooperation issues that are beneficial to Thailand and the region as a whole as well as guide ASEAN in the printing, packaging and paper industry to the region and the international community through the conferences and seminars on the topic of knowledge and trends in the printing and packaging industry from world-class speakers for "Sustainable development".

The organizing of the ASEAN Printing Forum 2019 will be held together with the PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2019 (PPI) or the Asian printing and packaging technology exhibition which is the largest exhibition of packaging and printing products in the Southeast Asian, organized by the Thai Printing Association, Thai Packaging Association and Messe Dusseldorf Asia between 18-21 September 2019 at Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC). The event will showcase new production process innovations, Printing technology and related industries, both raw material systems, modern machineries and equipment including, pre-printing, printing and post-process.

In addition, the ASEAN Printing Forum 2019 also provides other activities in order to strengthen the relationship between the president and the executive committee in the 10 ASEAN nations in the printing and packaging industry. The representatives will socialize and strengthen relationships between each other as well.

Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship

Asean Summit Logo Meaning

On 15 November 2018, H.E. Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore, ASEAN Chairman of 2018, handed officially the ASEAN Chairmanship of 2019 to H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, at the end of the Closing Ceremony of the 33rd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Singapore.

The Prime Minister of Thailand announced the theme of Thailand's Chairmanship in 2019 as “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability.”

The Prime Minister also unveiled Thailand’s logo for the ASEAN Chairmanship which is inspired from Phuang Malai, or flower garland, which is commonly used in Thailand to welcome and honour our guests. “Flowers” that are put together and arranged into a circle shape, represent “the people” of the ASEAN Community and their collective cooperation to drive forward together the ASEAN Community. Ten tassels hanging from the Malai symbolise the ten ASEAN Member States. They collectively form the shape of an upward arrow, representing their striving together in “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”, which is the theme of Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship, towards a people-centered ASEAN Community, that leaves no one behind and looks to the future. The logo’s theme colour is inspired by the colour of purple mangosteen, Thailand’s “Queen of Fruits”.

The Department of ASEAN Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, as the ASEAN National Secretariat of Thailand, together with the Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University, and network universities, organised the ASEAN Chairmanship Logo Competition during June – September 2018. The competition specified as a requirement that the design submitted must reflect the theme of Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship as well as a refection of Thai culture in a contemporary manner. The winning design was chosen by the Prime Minister as Chair of the National Committee on the Preparations for Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2019.

As host, Thailand will use the logo in all of the ASEAN meetings, at all levels, as well as in its promotional media and various activities to raise awareness of ASEAN throughout the year.

The design of the 2019 ASEAN Chairmanship logo drew its inspiration from Phuang Malai, or flower garland, which is commonly used in Thailand to welcome and honour our guests.its”.

“Flowers” that are put together and arranged into a circle shape, represent “the people” of the ASEAN Community and their collective cooperation to drive forward together the ASEAN Community. Ten tassels hanging from the Malai symbolise the ten ASEAN Member States.

They collectively form the shape of an upward arrow, representing their striving together in “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”, which is the theme of Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship, towards a people-centered ASEAN Community, that leaves no one behind and looks to the future.

The logo’s theme colour is inspired by the colour of purple mangosteen, Thailand’s “Queen of Fruits”.