He stresses that the trade fair is very well organised. Flavio Fedeli from Italy is a digital printing manager in his company and interested in everything concerned with digital printing. "I will definetely return in 2012."

Takumi Dake is from Japan and visits drupa 2008 with his father. "My dad owns a business that binds books. We were here at drupa in order to look for a suitable machine." And they did find one and bought it. Takumi Dake is satisfied with the visit of the trade fair, it is his third day on the grounds and his conclusion: "The trade fair is very large, in Japan they are not as huge. That is very interesting."

Marcus Peters from Berlin is technical manager for a premedia company. "My boss sent me here. He said that drupa is a must." His boss is right: "It is very exciting to see all these massive printing machines that I normally never come across in my profession." Apart from that, Marcus Peters wants to inform himself about the development when it comes down to software.

Orija Olusiji arrived yesterday from Nigeria. He is going to attend an international get-together for the promotion of the printing industry in developing countries in CCD. Süd. "I am specialised in printing and want to collect more information about the development in the printing business." The development of commercial inkjet printers is most interesting for Orija Olusiji. "The discussion inkjet versus offset was not taking place in 2000."

John Wu from Canada manufactures PVC flooring. "We are looking at printing technologies that suit our materials." John Wu has seen plenty of interesting digital printing technologies so far. Since it is his last day he is convinced to return in 2012.

Sytske Klomp is a media engineer and comes from the Netherlands. She accompanies her company that exhibits at drupa and visits clients. "I also take a look at different printing technologies and everything that has to do with my job." That includes next to digital printing also offset. "And I also pass our competitors." Again in 2012.

He originates from Egypt and works in Saudi Arabia. Adel Seyed is production manager for media press. "We are looking for a new machine for offset printing. We have not yet found the right one yet but I am sure we will." He is so sure about that because Adel Seyed was already at drupa 2004...

He is in a hurry - Markus Feisthauer from Nuremberg, Germany, has just arrived at drupa. The first appointment is in five minutes. The communications specialist is interested in new media, direct mailings and solutions for data base technologies. Everything so far went like clockwork: "The plane was on time, the transfer great, the routes are short and everything ist tidy and clean."

A tobacco factory sent Leonid Pak from Russia to drupa. The technologist looks for paper and cardboard and informs himself about the development print technologies for packaging. "The trade fair was very exciting for me. I found many things important for me as a technologist but also for our marketing department and the whole company anyway." He hopes to return again in 2012.

The production manager and the vice president of a business producing cards arrived from India. It is the first drupa for Dhanasekar K (left) and Manoj Mathew. "We came to Düsseldorf in order to see the latest trends in printing machines, digital and offset print and premedia." They definitely want to return in 2012, then a few days longer. A praise for drupa: "It is all so well organised, we saved a lot of time since everything is very clearly arranged."