red sofa Interviews
With the "red sofa" interviews drupa 2012 follows on from the successful debut at drupa 2008: like in the daily interviews featured in the “drupa report daily“ stakeholders here will present their opinions on issues of relevance to the sector.
Red Sofa Interview with Wolfgang Mildner
„Printed Electronics Envisions a Market in the Billions“
Wolfgang Mildner is chairman of the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) and managing director of PolylC Ltd.
In search of perspectives for the future, the manufacture of storage instruments appears to present an increasingly interesting aspect for the printing industry’s service sector. New materials development, IT programming and the creation of new applications are closely interwoven.
„Printed Electronics Envisions a Market in the Billions“ - Read complete interview
Topic of the Month
With its "Topic of the Month" drupa 2012 will now pick up on current topics in the industry shedding light on their context, explaining their background and giving stakeholders a chance to air their views.
Topic of the Month
Jack of All Trades: Industrial screen-printing – a bright future ahead
Screen-printing covers a huge spectrum. It ranges from artisan craftwork to super-size, formatted commercial printing to a plethora of custom applications for industry and commerce. It is considered the nonplus ultra in the partial coating treatment for a great variety of surfaces. Those characteristics helped screen-printing grow nearly unnoticed into a ubiquitously used process, finding itself essentially without peer in the industrial space. Indeed, its market potential is still largely untapped, with many opportunities for business expansion remaining to be explored.
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Interview with Manfred Mandel, CMO of Real
"Speed and Instant Availability is Key to Printing’s Future"
Manfred Mandel, CMO of Real
Retailers invest hundreds of millions of Euros annually in advertising inserts. The sums still represent a significant portion within the media’s marketing mix. Yet consumers’ changing shopping habits, together with new ways of communication and other types of advertising, are gaining in importance.
By Anna Berg
"Speed and Instant Availability is Key to Printing’s Future" - Read more
Topc of the Month
From iPhone to iPrint. How Modern Technology Changes the Means of Communication
Hardly any manufacturer has impacted the field of graphic arts as did Apple. Twenty years ago, Macintosh evolutionised established printing processes with its first global graphics platform. Does Apple’s iPhone command a similar potential? Are printing and media enterprises faced with another epochal changeover?
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PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2009 Exceeds All Expectations and Concludes on Highly Positive Note
PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2009, the International Packaging and Printing Exhibition for Asia, ended on a positive note on September 26 having attracted a positive overall attendance of some 13,000 high quality trade visitors, of which about 10% came from overseas. The results exceeded all pre-show expectations.
PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2009 Exceeds All Expectations and Concludes on Highly Positive Note - PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2009 Exceeds All Expectations and Concludes on Highly Positive Note
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The Who’s Who of the Sector at the drupa Reception in Chicago
Werner M. Dornscheidt (CEO at Messe Düsseldorf), Robert C. Tapella (Public Printer of the USA) and Martin Weickenmeier, President of drupa 2012 (left to right) delight at a successful drupa reception.
Round about 200 international representatives of the print and media industry met at the drupa reception at Print 09 in Chicago on 13 September.
The Who’s Who of the Sector at the drupa Reception in Chicago - The Who’s Who of the Sector at the drupa Reception in Chicago
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drupa report no. 1, focussing on ‘green printing’
A few weeks after the start of the 1,000 days campaign for drupa 2012, the drupa report no. 1 now appears in German and English. The subject of the multiple award-winning magazine is ‘Green Printing’.
drupa report no. 1, focussing on ‘green printing’ - drupa report No.1 as PDF
drupa Special
Countdown started for drupa 2012: "1,000-day campaign" setting international standards
1,000 days to go until drupa 2012 – on 7 August 2009 the countdown starts for the print and media industries' leading global trade fair. A positive networked, cross-media campaign will set international stan-dards and put the drupa community in the mood for the industry's summit meeting.
Countdown started for drupa 2012: "1,000-day campaign" setting international standards - drupa countdown 2012
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mobile.drupa.com - the mobile drupa site
Freshly installed: our mobile drupa information system - optimized for mobile phones and smartphones. All the information at a glance for the preparation of the drupa visit. Times & fees, hotel booking, all exhibitors of drupa 2008 with additional information and a lot more.
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The 2009 drupa Prize goes to Yasmin Temelli
Prof. Dr.Dr. H. Michael Piper (President of Heinrich-Heine-University), Dipl.-Ing. Martin Weickenmeier (President of drupa, Member of the Executive Board, Körber AG and CEO, Körber PaperLink GmbH), Dr. des. Yasmin Temelli, Werner M. Dornscheidt (President and CEO of Messe Düsseldorf).
Feminism and freedom of the press are the two central themes recognised by this year’s drupa Prize. To be more precise, the award-winning Ph.D. dissertation by Yasmin Temelli which is ready for publication focuses on women’s literature and its social relevance on the eve of the Mexican Revolution.
The 2009 drupa Prize goes to Yasmin Temelli - The 2009 drupa Prize goes to Yasmin Temelli
Services for Visitors
drupa exhibitors and their products
At a glance. All product information as PDF from the drupa exhibitors, clearly arranged by product categories. Always up to date with refreshed data from the drupa search engine.
drupa exhibitors and their products - Show all products of drupa exhibitors
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Matchmaking and Cooperation Forum
The trade fair visitors of drupa prepare themselves very intensively for the event. Concluding from that requests, questions and wishes arise in the run-up that probably only exhibitors of drupa can take care of.
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And the winner is ... “drupa report“ wins RED DOT for outstanding design results
Holger Giffhorn (left) und Manuel Mataré (right) are please with the design award.
Issues Nos 3 and 4 of the “drupa report” were awarded one of the most coveted international design prizes, the “red dot” for outstanding design. Mr. Holger Giffhorn of Giffhorn Design, Wuppertal, is responsible for the design work of this publication, which already received other design awards previously. The quality seal is awarded annually during the international “red dot award: communication design“ to products with ambitious and innovative design work.
And the winner is ... “drupa report“ wins RED DOT for outstanding design results - Read more about the award
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“FairFairs Hotel” service initiative wins UFI Operations Award
On 1 October in Cologne, the delegates of the Operations Focus Meeting initiated by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) voted on trade fair companies’ best solutions and projects designed to enhance travel management and hotel conditions at trade fair locations, and thereby benefit exhibitors.
Facts and Figures of drupa
The mood at drupa 2008 could hardly have been better. From 29 May to 11 June in Düsseldorf, around 390,000 visitors from 140 countries and approx. 3,000 journalists from 84 nations obtained information about innovations, further developments and new business areas, while talk was of numerous billion-figure investments. As a result, drupa was able to further extend its global market significance and international standing. This is confirmed by the now-published visitor survey conducted by an independent market research institute.
