Chronicling the Past, Predicting the Future

Saving the first showing of Heidelberg’s two new very-large-format (VLF) sheetfed press models for a pre-Drupa international press conference planned for early March, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen CEO Bernhard Schreier did comment on overall trends he foresees for the upcoming Drupa 2008 exhibition. “Whereas Drupa 2000 was described as the Digital Drupa, Drupa 2004 as the JDF Drupa, maybe this one will be the Drupa of Services...the Drupa of Customer Value,” he said. Schreier also indicated that packaging will be one of the show’s highlights.