Press Releases

Royal visit to K 2025: His Royal Highness Prince Saud Turki Al-Faisal Al Saud, Chairman of the Riyadh Exhibitions Company (REC), together with Wolfram N. Diener, Chairman of the Management Board of Messe Düsseldorf, set another milestone in the close cooperation between the two partners.

The PRINT DIGITAL CONVENTION (PDC) continues its success story and sets a clear signal for change and further development in 2026. On 16 and 17 June 2026, the congress and fair will take place for the first time in the foyer of Hall 1 at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre – with a new brand identity, a modernised website and a clearly refined communication concept.

The industry's leading trade fairs, K, interpack and drupa, are further expanding their international reach by jointly entering the Saudi Arabian market.

Three months ahead of its kick-off on 13 May, the PRINT & DIGITAL CONVENTION 2025 is on a promising path to success: Numerous international industry players will be taking part again, positioning the Düsseldorf convention-exhibition as a key hub for multi-channel and dialogue marketing one year after drupa 2024. The ticket shop is now open.

Staying true to its four-year cycle, drupa will be held again in May 2028, this time as a nine-day event. As the world’s leading platform for printing technology, the trade fair is adjusting to the changing needs and expectations of exhibitors and visitors and reflecting the continued transformation of the industry.

Literary and cultural scientist Daria Vakhrushova is awarded the drupa Prize 2024 for her outstanding thesis. With this award drupa honours and supports outstanding young scientists from the Faculty of Philosophy at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf every year.

Messe Düsseldorf Group and PRINTING United Alliance, two of the most important printing technology event organizers, announce a closer working relationship.

Over a period of eleven days, 1,646 exhibitors from 52 countries will present innovative technologies, solutions and topics that affect the industry now and in future.

The print industry remains on course for growth worldwide. The sector posted sales of over €837 billion in the past fiscal year. “Our industry is growing and also has a future,” says Thomas Schiemann, Managing Director of the VDMA’s Print and Paper Technology Association.

The future of photographic innovations, image generation with artificial intelligence, the priority of sustainability issues, or clarifying what image quality means for print - the drupa Imaging Summit on May 30th and 31st at drupa will deal with current topics relating to the printed image, its technologies and business cases.

Whether you want to learn about megatrends in international business, innovations in smart packaging or strategies for the circular economy, you will find it at the drupa cube where thought leaders will present and discuss the future of the printing and packaging industry and the trends that impact it.

Print has a future – the about 8,700* young people who in 2022 finished their vocational training in digital and print media design, media technology or print processing are not alone in this opinion. The German print and media industry, currently with 110,000** employees in almost 7,000 companies, is one of the more valuable assets on the labour market.

The Print Horizons Report, to be published in March, is a brief guide to the most important topics that printers and suppliers need to research when preparing for drupa. The findings are based on additional questions from the 9th drupa Global Trends Survey on the key technical and market developments likely to dominate drupa 2024.

The special show drupa next age (dna) puts the newcomers and young talents of the print and packaging sectors very much in the spotlight. The “drupa dna Deep Dive” interview series already now provides initial insights into this unique special feature at drupa 2024.