Presses Remain the Key Attraction at drupa and in 2008 Printers will not be Disappointed

By Gareth Ward

For more than 50 years printers have been coming to drupa to see the latest developments in presses. It will be no different at next spring when the world’s printers will head for Düsseldorf to see what technical developments Heidelberg, MAN Roland, KBA, Komori or Mitsubishi, as the big five providers of sheetfed presses, have to show. While the demonstrations will certainly impress, there will be a change in emphasis. At previous drupa’s manufacturers have come up with advances in technology to impress visitors, this time the technologies are going to be about offering solutions to the problems that today’s printers face.