SINAPSE PRINT SIMULATORS

5th SHOTS

HEARD AROUND THE WORLD CONTEST

4th SINAPSE WORLDWIDE

PACKAGING PRODUCTIVITY CONTEST

AGENDA

OF THE CONTEST

Registration: February 15th, 2026 to May 15th, 2026 at

https://cloud.sinapseprint.com

Practice time in the cloud from March 15th to May 10th, 2026

WHAT IS THIS COMPETITION?

The Cloud Sinapse Packaging Productivity Contest is based on production a flexible package and a poster for a virtual Brand named BestPrinter, leader on the market to develop future sustainable printing knowledge.

The competition consists of simulated production of the jobs on Cloud Sinapse Flexo simulators or Sinapse SheetSim SHOTS simulator (offset), with live final printing of the best printers for iarigai/IC conference in September 2026.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Registration is open to all printing technology students in the world and industries, leaded by their instructors of the printing departments. participants must be 25 years old or younger before September 1st 2026.

WHEN?

The competition can be integrated in the school program and will be active from April 15th, 2026 to June 30th 2029, with a live final in September 2026.

HOW TO COMPLETE?

Participants compete individually.

Sinapse provides individual connections to the simulators—either the Flexo CI simulator or Sheetsim SHOTS—depending on the selected contest. Competitors will be able to start practicing from mid March and will take part in three competition rounds from May to June 2026. The two finalists will then compete live during the first week of September.

WHAT TO WIN?

The young, talented printing finalists and their coaches will win an all-expenses-paid trip to the world’s most prestigious event in September 2026. The live final will be held during the Iarigai/IC Conference in Grenoble, France.

Microsoft Teams meetings (for technical questions)


March 24th, 2026 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Paris time		April 14th, 2026 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Paris time		May 05th, 2026 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Paris time
	March 25th, 2026 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Paris time		April 15th, 2026 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Paris time		May 06th, 2026 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Paris time

AGENDA OF THE CONTEST

All competitors can use the practice section until the beginning of the competition

1st Round

Week 20

From May 12th to May 15th

2nd Round

Week 21

From May 19th to May 22th

3rd Round

Week 22

From May 26th to May 29th

Quarter & Semi Final

Week 24 and 25

Final Live

September 2026 during iarigai/IC conference

Announcement of the names of the 2 finalists & their respective instructor

June 24th 2026

OUR SPONSORS

Result of the previous edition

for SHOTS contest


			Schools Close - Learning continues	4th OFFSET SINAPSE WORLDWIDE PACKAGING PRODUCTIVITY CONTEST
Winner: Li Shuzhang Finaliste: Luis Alfredo Ropero Barbosa	Winner: Wei Ruochen (CHINA) Finaliste: Nikita Kuzmin (CANADA)	Winner: An Xuande (CHINA) Finaliste: Valentin Gavrilov (RUSSIA)	During Covid 19 crisis, more than 100 schools has access to simulators for free during 3 months to continue Learning at home	Winner: Yuri Rabello (BRAZIL) Finaliste: Denis Kulagin (GERMANY)

OUR PARTICIPANTS