“A postponement of drupa was unavoidable after the latest developments. The decision is therefore right and responsible. Many exhibitors start their logistical preparations middle of March – today's announcement of the postponement enables all those affected to react now, reschedule and prepare for the event date in April 2021. The excitement for 'embrace the future' remains undiminished – also in 2021." Claus Bolza-Schünemann, CEO, König&Bauer/drupa Präsident
"drupa is the most important meeting place for the international printing industry. True to the motto 'embrace the future', it is characterised by personal, international contact and live product presentations. The risk of infection would simply be too high at present. We therefore support the decision to postpone the event and look forward to the date next year.” Dr. Markus Heering, CEO, Fachverband Druck- und Papiertechnik VDMA
“We are glad you decided to postpone Drupa to 2021: it’s the key event everyone is waiting for so it’s so important to be fully ready to receive a lot of visitors and spend 11 days just focused on this. So, thank you for your move.” Giacomo Farnè, Sales Representative, Pentabox
“Because of this epidemic we need to give people and businesses the time to start again. We must wait for confidence to return to being the engine of our life and economy. We believe that the decision to move Drupa to 2021 is a wise decision that we hope will give everyone time to reach a new point of equilibrium on which to build the future.” Stefano Monfredini, Sales Director, Technomac Italia
“COVID-19 is affecting step by step a lot of European and extra CE countries which means take the economy to recession and it will take some time to let it come back to the normality. But Paper Flow group as exhibitors are confident and trust that DRUPA will be the solution, as the world economy has to be settled again after that pandemic.” Loretta Sellecchia, Marketing & Export Manager, SCS Atomaberg
As one of the exhibitors of drupa, Shield Technology Development Co., Ltd. would like to express our active support for and full understanding of this measure, and also show our gratitude to the organizer for the actions taken to protect people’s safety!” Gang Wang, General Manager, Shield Technology Development Co., Ltd.
“2021 will be a new landmark for drupa where brand owners and converters will be able to embrace the future of packaging production. We believe that the packaging factories will evolve with more connectivity, more digitalization and more automation – impacting machines, processes, business models and people.” Jean-Pascal Bobst, CEO, Bobst Group SA
“At the first drupa in 1951, BOBST triumphed selling 43 machines. 70 years later, in 2021 at drupa, we will continue to shape the future of the packaging world by actively driving the industry transformation. Sharing our vision in a changing world is essential and drupa will be the right place to do it.” Francois Martin, Senior Marketing & Communication, BOBST
“drupa helps people to thoroughly understand the future printing technology trends and reach new customers and new markets around the world. It is a major industry event that printers must not miss. We will continue to organize domestic audience to visit drupa in Germany in 2021 and embrace the future of printing!” Linglong Xu, Director of Operations, LongKun Media & Packcn.net
“We look forward to April, 2021, and let us meet again at the industry’s grand meeting place that is drupa.” Wei Huang, Chairman, UP Group
