
Dr Andreas Pleßke
Dr Andreas Pleßke has been re-elected as chairman of drupa.
The CEO of Koenig & Bauer, has continued with his role as the trade fair takes further steps in planning for its exhibition in 2028.
He said: “It is a special honour for me to continue to actively help shape the development of drupa as chairman of the drupa committee.
“The world is changing rapidly – both in technical and political terms. Together with the committee we will ensure that drupa constantly develops further to also assert its pole position as a world-leading trade fair for print technologies in future and to orient the industry for the future.”
His deputy Wolfgang Poppen said: “drupa is the centrepiece of the industry, a place of innovations and technology launches.
“The coming months will be used intensively to further sharpen the profile of drupa’s position in 2028.”
drupa works on an innovative concept that aims to particularly leverage new target groups in a constantly transforming industry and to promote high-calibre knowledge transfer.
Alongside the proven trade fair format, innovative formats are being developed with a view to enabling even stronger networking within the industry. Here the focus will increasingly be on brand owners and multipliers.