After 2016, drupa Will Switch to Three-Year Cycle

“The entire print process chain has changed radically because of Internet and digital technologies. New applications and solutions are developing and opening up new fields of business. At the same time, there is more focus on innovative technologies, such as 3D printing, printed electronics and functional printing,” explains Claus Bolza-Schünemann, chairman of the drupa Advisory Board and president of Koenig & Bauer Group. “It’s more important than ever that our customers have an overview of the latest technology.”

A positive side-effect of this change is that drupa will no longer take place in 2020, the same year as interpack, the No. 1 international trade fair for the packaging industry and the closely related process industry. The exact dates have not yet been finalized, but it is certain that drupa will take place in the traditional drupa month of May in 2019, 2022 and 2025 in Düsseldorf, Germany.