drupa Gardens presents modern materials and printing solutions live in the Food Court at drupa, the world's leading trade fair for printing technologies. International partners from the printing industry are supporting the project with innovative materials and modern digital printing solutions.

Keypoint Intelligence is proud to announce that Greg Cholmondeley, Principal Analyst for Production Workflow Service, will lead an expert session at the upcoming IPMA 2024 Educational Conference. The conference will occur from June 2-6, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. Greg’s session, titled "AI in Print a Year Later – Now with Cobots!", is scheduled for Tuesday, June 4th.

The design entry from Jackie O’s Brewery for Mystic Mama West Coast Style IPA has won the fifth annual Colored by INX Can Design Contest. The winner was determined in a voting process involving a group of five independent judges and the public via INX International’s Facebook and LinkedIn social media pages.

Messe Düsseldorf Group and PRINTING United Alliance, two of the most important printing technology event organizers, announce a closer working relationship.
Starting in 2024, the partnership of the world’s leading trade fairs drupa and PRINTING United Expo located in Europe and North America, respectively, will bolster the reach of each brand throughout the industry.

Fujifilm’s Innovation Print Awards are an opportunity for Fujifilm customers to showcase their creativity. What began as an internal competition seventeen years ago within the Asia-Pacific region, was launched globally for the first time this year, with the awards receiving 179 submissions from 16 countries. Today 18 winners and 13 runners up were announced globally, with six of the winners within Europe.

The drupa song is a fixed part of drupa and captures the unique atmosphere at the world’s largest trade fair for printing technologies, which will again bring the industry together from 28 May to 7 June this year. In 2024, this tradition successfully continues with the theme song “Let us Create the Future”.

The IPIA has launched its inaugural physical event of the year with a clear mission: to invigorate the print economy and re-energize attendees. Set for June 19th, the Annual Networking Lunch promises to foster connections and drive momentum within the industry.

Matthew Ruff, Chair of the IPIA Events Subcommittee, shares his enthusiasm for the upcoming event: "Our Annual Networking Lunch isn't just another industry event; it's a catalyst for growth and collaboration in the print sector. We've meticulously crafted an experience that fosters meaningful connections, sparks innovative ideas, and drives expansion.”

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.
In a current study[1] industry analysts assume that the global print industry will achieve annual average inflation-adjusted growth of over 2.1% over the coming five years after posting 1.1% growth over the past five years. This development, says Schiemann, will mainly be driven by the labels and packaging segments.

At this year's drupa (May 28 to June 7), Messe Düsseldorf will present the drupa Imaging Summit for the first time as part of the "drupa next age" event series: Top-class speakers from renowned companies will give 20-minute keynote speeches and panels on the most important topics at the interface between imaging technologies and printing. This includes, in particular, the potential offered by the use of AI.

Keypoint Intelligence, the global leader in data and market intelligence for the digital imaging industry, and FuturePrint, a recognized thought leader in the print industry with a robust digital platform that delivers a wide array of content and events tailored to industry professionals, are excited to announce a strategic partnership.

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. Top-class speakers will give around 20 keynote speeches on the topics of technology, business, sustainability, innovation and artificial intelligence, as well as the special relationship between images, image data and print.

…will take place this year in October at SID.