2024 Trends in the Printing Industry: A Year of Innovation, Consolidation, and Frustration

Let’s take a quick look back at three trends in the printing industry that shaped the last 365 days in the Printerverse and what we can learn from them moving forward. 2024 was a year of innovation, consolidation, and frustration. Innovation After an 8-year gap, drupa, the world’s largest and most comprehensive printing event, returned […]
3 Critical Takeaways from drupa 2024 for Printing and Marketing Businesses

Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse! drupa 2024 is now in the rearview. As your Intergalactic Ambassador, I want to share a few things I learned that I believe will affect the success of print and marketing businesses moving forward. You may agree, you may not… but you can’t say you weren’t warned. European Union Deforesting […]
Antigro Designer to Launch #WeAreDrupa Community Experience at drupa 2024

Kraków, Poland – Antigro Designer, a leading developer of print personalization and customization software for the print industry, is launching drupa’s first ‘printeractive’ community art project, #WeAreDrupa, which will be created in real-time in Hall 7 at drupa 2024. Every drupa attendee and exhibitor will be able to scan a QR code, take a selfie, […]
Creating the Future of Print Together at drupa 2024

Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse! After 8 long years, drupa, the world’s most important global printing event is taking place from May 28 to June 7 in Dusseldorf, Germany. While there will be a staggering number of exhibitors, visitors, represented countries, technology launches, and square meters to cover across the Messe over 11 days, I […]
drupa 2024: The Prime-Time Event for the Global Printing Industry

Over eleven days from May 28 to June 7, 2024, at drupa 2024, 1,427 exhibitors from 50 countries will present innovative technologies, solutions, and topics that affect the industry now and in the future. A wide range of special events will provide valuable know-how. Focus on digitalization and sustainability. The international printing industry is eagerly […]
VIDEO: drupa DNA Deep Dive with Dr. Samir Husni aka Mr. Magazine

Known internationally as Mr. Magazine, Dr. Samir Husni discusses the current state of magazines and publishing, his first visit to drupa and the topics he’s presenting at the drupa Cube and drupa DNA, and where you can find more than 180,000 first-edition magazines he has collected over the years. Dr. Samir “Mr. Magazine’ Husni: https://mrmagazine.me […]
CMYK MANIFESTO 2024: Rewind, Reignite and Represent the Printing Industry

Greetings Citizens of The Printerverse and welcome global print and marketing professionals to a New Year for the printing industry. 2024 already feels like it rolled up in a muscle car, rolled down the window, pointed at us with a baseball bat, and said, “I heard you’ve been talking crap about me.” It’s down to […]
drupa next age: Platform for Networking and New Business

The special area drupa next age (dna) sets the scene for newcomers and young talents from the print and packaging sector in a targeted manner. With Deborah Corn and Frank Tueckmantel, drupa has enlisted two strong partners with longstanding industry expertise for organizing and designing this show-in-show for cross-sectional technologies. Big ideas, small […]
From Inkjet to Organs: A Look at Bioprinting

As I write this, I can’t help but feel a little sad. Instead of packing up my comfiest footwear and getting ready to stomp the halls of Messe Dusseldorf, I remain stuck at home, only able to interact with industry peers through a screen. No witnessing new technology launches. No beer hall debriefs with friends […]
Team drupa on Innovation and DNA coming to #drupa2020

Deborah sat down with drupa’s Vivien Scheffran and Katharina ‘Coco’ Kramer (and I’m there too!) at Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne back in February, to look ahead to drupa 2020 and even further than that with dna. What will the print industry look like in 10 – 20 years? With drupa, print’s largest global trade fair, […]
Print Media Centr Announces Out of This World Partnership with drupa 2020

Print Media Centr has announced a partnership with drupa, the world’s largest print trade fair, to present The Printerverse™, a dynamic experience providing eleven days of education and printspiration for all at Messe Düsseldorf in Germany, June 16-26, 2020. The Printerverse will co-locate with drupa DNA (drupa next age) which will occupy Hall 7.0 of the […]
[Video] Destination drupa: A Preview of The World’s Largest Print Event

Sabine Geldermann, Director drupa & Global Head of Print Technologies at Messe Düsseldorf, stops by the Printerverse to talk about the largest print show in the world, and why #drupa2020 must be on your event bucket list. More about drupa here.