Drupa

Matar: challenges to come, but great opportunities too

Drupa has dismissed concerns that Manroland's insolvency and Kodak's filing for Chapter 11 has dampened enthusiasm for this year's show.

Work smarter - not harder

As the possibilities and the range of applications in the world of printing, including digital, continue to expand, the manufacturers of finishing machines are having to keep pace by delivering...

Driving movable data in the right direction

'Printing using movable type' has turned into 'printing using movable data'. It has been almost eight years since Heidelberg CEO Bernhard Schreier paraphrased Gutenberg's invention to describe the...

Litho and digital - a complementary mix

Today it is becoming much more common to find printers using more than one printing technology. In most cases this is adding sheet fed digital printing to complement a predominantly offset printing...

The long road to recovery: how the economic crisis will shape the future and impact Drupa 2012

When French bank BNP Paribas announced the closure of two of its off balance sheet investment vehicles on 9 August 2007, few outside the world of high finance took notice. However, that event marked...

The pull package: why attention-grabbing packaging print will be emphasised at Drupa 2012

Research into consumer behavioural patterns in-store indicates that, on average, three out of every four items that end up in the shopping basket are impulse purchases made in about five seconds....

Evolution not revolution: what to expect from Drupa 2012

Drupa 2008 was widely hailed as the 'inkjet Drupa' and unsurprisingly the major inkjet manufacturers are convinced that digital technology will take the trade show by storm again come May, albeit in a...

HP set to be Drupa's second largest exhibitor

HP is to showcase its digital products and applications at Drupa 2012's second largest stand, a 4,952sqm exhibition space.

New Year predictions - Canon Europe's David Preskett

David Preskett, director of professional print, Canon Europe

Drupa adopts augmented reality for promotional campaign

Drupa organiser Messe Dsseldorf has created a trade campaign to promote the global exhibition using augmented reality.