drupa

The drupa (formerly also Drupa, abbreviation of printing and paper) is the world's largest trade fair for the print media. It is regarded as the most important exhibition of the printing and media industry. The fair takes place since 1951 every 4 to 5 years in Dusseldorf instead, the next time from 31 May to 10 June 2016.

Exhibition content

At drupa printing and media processes ( systems, supplies ), printing machinery ( equipment and accessories ), book binding / processing (machinery, equipment, accessories ), paper processing (machinery, equipment, accessories ), materials / consumables and related services offered. In addition, there are now numerous special exhibitions and informative events such as the " drupa innovation parc " and de "cube"; here mainly topics of the workflow, the standards or, more generally, the impact of digital technology are presented.

The main product of drupa 2016 are pre-media & print, post press / converting / packaging, Future technologies as well as material and multi-channel. The offer is supplemented here by the presentation of accessories, services and infrastructure.

Indicators

Largest Exhibitor Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft. Other exhibitors include Eizo, Agfa, Canon, Hewlett -Packard, Xerox, Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Kodak, Koenig & Bauer, Müller Martini, manroland, core, Siegwerk, Pitney Bowes and Océ NV.

Comparable Measure

Comparable but not as extensive trade fairs are the IPEX ( UK), All in Print (Shanghai), PRINT ( Chicago), Graph Expo and Converting Expo ( Chicago), Label Expo ( Brussels), EmbaxPrint ( Brno ), Pack Print International (Bangkok ), Security Printing (Ljubljana), Sign & Graphic Imaging (Dubai ), FESPA Digital ( Europe), Print World ( Toronto ) and China Print ( Beijing).

History

Before the start of the Second World War, the last print trade show in 1938 was held in Leipzig Bugra - house. In 1951, then launched the Drupa. In 1967, she was introduced by Karl Schiller and drupa President Hubert Sternberg. In 1972, the 6th International Fair for Printing and Paper was first held in the new exhibition center in Dusseldorf -Stockum instead.

The proportion of foreigners of visitors increased by 20 percent ( 1972) to 60 percent ( 2012). On the part of the exhibitors came from Germany and 613 1231 from abroad in the last drupa.

Drupa songs

1986 was first composed a piece of music to a drupa. Since 2000, there are at any event a so-called drupa song. The song was sung in 2012 by Dirk Zeisler.