Drupa

Drupa

Drupa

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Drupa (stylized drupa) is the largest printing equipment exhibition in the world, held every four years by Messe Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany. The word drupa is a portmanteau of the German words Druck und Papier ("print and paper").

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Thousands of industry experts are usually present, and corporate representation typically includes companies such as Agfa Graphics, Océ N.V., Muller Martini, EIZO, Esko, HP Inc., Xeikon, Flint Group, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Manroland, Kern, Pitney Bowes, New Solution, Xerox, Kodak, Canon, Transeomedia, DirectSmile, Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Martin Automatic, Komori Corporation, Fujifilm, Siegwerk, Inspectron and Koenig & Bauer AG.[2] Several new technologies are typically demonstrated during Drupa.

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Theme song

Since 2000 every drupa had its own theme song. The idea started in 1986 with a song featuring a country folk style which was later nominated as one of the worst corporate anthems ever by The Register.[3] Nevertheless, they are one of the drupa trademarks since the theme song concept was resurrected with a dance/pop power ballad in 2000. The drupa 2004 theme song used a techno dance style while the song for 2012 was performed by Dirk Zeisler.

See also

  • IPEX (UK)
  • FESPA (EU, South Africa, Mexico, Brasil, China, Turkey)

References

  1. [1]
    "drupa 2012 Profile" (PDF). Messe Düsseldorf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. [2]
    "drupa 2012 Exhibitors". Messe Düsseldorf. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Vote now for the worst corporate anthem - ever!". The Register. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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