Drupa on the way

The motto "one world - one Drupa" well represents the scope of the largest world press and media fair. Scheduled in Düsseldorf from 3th to 16th May 2012 drupa is held at four-yearly intervals and has won a name for itself as the event where concerns from across the world present their technological advancements and the latest new product features.

This year the exhibitors - featuring as many as 142 Italian concerns and a growing number of oriental operators - will showcase solutions for preprint, print, paper and board manufacture and converting, paper and other substrates, inks and consumables, components, services and software. The "hot" topics that will animate the areas and encounters of  the "innovation park" include digital printing, print on demand, encoding and technologies for transactional and mobile communications, and of course, the sustainability of processes and workflows. These latter aspects will have ad hoc initiatives dedicated to them, among which the event “Media Mundo@drupa”, named after the innovative sustainable media forum, started by Fachverband Medienproduktioner eV and animated by environmentalist associations, and representatives from the economical and political world. A sort of show within the show, set up in a special space of 200 square meters, this event will offer visitors information, live discussions and presentations by experts and companies, fielding all the interactive tools capable of involving the public. Media Mundo@drupa is prepared, on a theoretical level, by the 4th Media Mundo Congress, which takes place a month and a half before the show (March 20th and 21st ), this too in Düsseldorf.