drupa 2016 shortened to 11 days

According to drupa organizers, the reasons for the decision are on the one hand the international trade fair calendar that is built around the four-yearly cycle of drupa as the world’s most important trade fair for the print and media industry. On the other hand, due to the fact that visitor structure has changed and 78% of the international visitors and 52% of German visitors came from top management at this year’s drupa, running drupa over two weekends will be unneccessary.

Dipl.-Ing. Claus Bolza-Schünemann, CEO of Koenig & Bauer AG, has been appointed Chairman of drupa 2016. Dr. Jürgen Vutz, CEO at Windmöller & Hölscher KG, was confirmed as Vice Chairman and thus Chairman of the Admissions Committee and Rolf Schwarz, President of the German Printing and Media Industries Federation (Bundesverband Druck und Medien e.V.), was confirmed as the Second Vice Chairman of drupa 2016.