f:mp. and drupa offer hybrid solutions for business restart
On Tuesday, December 8, drupa invites you to the third edition of drupa preview days. To facilitate networking and the need for knowledge transfer in the community, industry experts and partner associations will present future topics in live web sessions and panel discussions. A global view of current changes in the print industry will be discussed in the third edition of preview days, as will applications and applications in the field of additive manufacturing solutions and packaging printing. The growing importance of sustainability will be addressed in a panel discussion and videos in the conference area.
Interested parties can register free of charge for the new live web sessions at drupa preview via the link https://preview.drupa.de/8Dezember2020. Speakers in this edition are Tom Krause from igus, Beatrice Klose from Intergraf, Horst Huber from Priint Group/Werk II, and Charles Jarrold from BPIF. Afterwards, two panel discussions will invite interaction – with James Nelson from EFI, Sebastian Hardung from Priint Group/Werk II, Jan de Roeck from Esko and strategic supervisor Kristin Kain as well as with Elaine Campling, founder of Chemical Compliance Advisory Services, Ken Hanulec from EFI, David Zamith from Ruy de Lacerda and Thomas Poetz from 3T Inkjet Consulting.
The conference area also offers teaser videos of the cube speakers who are building up the excitement of virtual.drupa, a welcome address by Messe Düsseldorf China, and a report by their Chinese partner KeyIn Media on the current market situation of the industry in China.
The networking plaza networks existing customers, but above all generates new leads and points of contact between participants. The matchmaking tool is based on an intelligent algorithm that learns through interaction and enables targeted contacts. Users receive individual contact suggestions based on their interests and product focus. After making an appointment, personal conversations take place in a virtual chat room via audio or video call.
2023 promises an interesting ride for print in India
Indian Printer and Publisher founded in 1979 is the oldest B2B trade publication in the multi-platform and
multi-channel IPPGroup. While the print and packaging industries have been resilient in the past 33 months since the pandemic lockdown of 25 March 2020, the commercial printing and newspaper industries have yet to recover their pre-Covid trajectory.
The fragmented commercial printing industry faces substantial challenges as does the newspaper industry.
While digital short-run printing and the signage industry seem to be recovering a bit faster, ultimately
their growth will also be moderated by the progress of the overall economy. On the other hand book
printing exports are doing well but they too face several supply-chain and logistics challenges.
The price of publication papers including newsprint has been high in the past year while availability is diminished by several mills shutting down their publication paper and newsprint machines in the past four years. Indian paper mills are also exporting many types of paper and have raised prices for Indian printers. To some extent, this has helped in the recovery of the digital printing industry with its on-demand short-run and low-wastage paradigm.
Ultimately digital print and other digital channels will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future. For instance, there is no alternative to a rise in textbook consumption but this segment will only reach normality in the next financial year beginning on 1 April 2023.
Thus while the new normal is a moving target and many commercial printers look to diversification, we believe that our target audiences may shift and change. Like them, we will also have to adapt with agility to keep up with their business and technical information needs.
Our 2023 media kit is ready, and it is the right time to take stock and reconnect with your potential markets and customers. Print is the glue for the growth of liberal education, new industry, and an emerging economy. We seek your participation in what promises to be an interesting ride.
