DRUPA - Messe Düsseldorf North America

Show Name:	drupa 2012, Print Media Messe
Show Cycle:	Every four years
Dates:	May 3-16, 2012
Location:	Düsseldorf Fairgrounds - Düsseldorf, Germany
Show Hours:	10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
Show Organizer:	Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Show Sponsors:	Fachverband Druck- und Papiertechnik im Verband Deutscher Mashinenen- und Anlagenbau e.V. (VDMA) - Frankfurt am Main, Germany Bundesverband Druck und Medien e.V. - Wiesbaden, Germany Hauptverband der Papier, Pappe und Kunststoffe verarbeitenden Industrie e.V. (HPV) - Frankfurt am Main, Germany Verband Deutscher Papierfabriken e.V. (VDP) - Bonn, Germany Verband der Druckfarbenindustrie im Verband der Mineralfarbenindustrie e.V. - Frankfurt, Germany
North American Pavilion Organizer:	Messe Düsseldorf North America Chicago, Illinois USA
North American Pavilion Sponsor:	NPES - The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing, and Converting Technologies Reston, Virginia USA
Main Product Categories:	Prepress and Premedia Systems, Appliances, Software Printing Machinery, Appliances, Accessories Bookbinding and Print Finishing Machinery, Appliances, Accessories Paper Converting, including Package Production Machinery, Appliances, Accessories Materials and Consumables Services
Results from drupa 2008:	391,000 trade visitors from 138 countries (59%from countries other than Germany). 1,971 exhibitors from 52 countries (64%from countries other than Germany). Leading foreign exhibitor nations: Italy (191 companies), China (139), Great Britain (135), and the United States of America (105). The number of U.S. companies included 27 exhibitors in the North American Pavilion.