Euro 10bn of deals done at super show

Werner M Dornscheidt: "It's a fantastic success that we were able to to exceed the previous show"

An extremely positive investment climate has been demonstrated over the past 14 days. The world's largest and most important trade fair for the print and media industry completely lived up to its reputation as the industry's leading fair, exceeding expectations by far.

The 1,971 exhibitors from 52 countries unanimously reported on extremely promising contacts and successful business transactions at the end of the fair. Drupa exhibitors published sales contracts at a value of Euro10bn euros. Industry insiders presume that the actual investment amount is many times higher. Hundreds of thousands of visitors from 138 countries and 3,000 global journalists travelled to Düsseldorf to become informed about innovations and advanced developments, as well as new fields of business.

The percentage of international visitors was also higher than four years ago.
Messe CEO Werner M Dornscheidt said: "This means that drupa has expanded its global market significance and further developed its international status. In view of difficult economic conditions, it's a fantastic success that we were able to achieve not only as the result of the previous event but were even able to exceed it."