Steve Katz, Editor07.15.16
The mood at drupa 2016, the world’s largest and most comprehensive trade show for printing and graphic arts industries, could hardly have been better, according to the accounts from both Messe Düsseldorf, the show’s organizer, as well as many of the exhibitors.
The show exceeded expectations. After 11 days (May 31 to June 10), the 1,837 exhibitors from 54 countries by and large reported excellent business deals, promising contacts and a positive outlook for the global printing industry. The re-positioning of drupa and its focus on future themes with strong growth potential – such as 3D printing, functional printing and packaging printing – proved to be the right decision. Be it publication, commercial, packaging or industrial printing – printing technology offers matching solutions for all of these applications while opening up new lines of business and business models at the same time. “The print industry is constantly re-inventing itself and offers a wealth of high-potential facets. And this is precisely what drupa 2016 has very impressively shown. We were able to experience a highly inn
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