Every four years (it will change to every three years after 2016), the global printing industry heads to Dusseldorf, Germany for drupa. Previously, the show was a full two weeks, but this year, drupa will be held from May 31-June 10 at Messe Dusseldorf.
 
drupa spans 19 halls of Messe Dusseldorf, and it is, by all measures, a huge show. In 2012, more than 300,000 attendees gathered to see 1,844 exhibitors, which covered nearly 166,000 square meters, or approximately 1.8 million square feet, of space.
 
In 2012, the printed electronics industry made its debut at drupa, with a large number of manufacturers  gathered together in a cluster. This time out, quite a few PE manufacturers are returning to drupa, with the OE-A hosting informative programs as well.
 
Also on hand are the following industry leaders:
• CERADROP, a MGI Group company – Hall 05/D21
• Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH – Hall 06/B05
• FUJIFILM Europe GmbH – Hall 08b/A25-1
• Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co.(nlcuding PolyIC) – Hall 03/D60 Hall 03 / E74
• Merck KGaA – Hall 12/C55
• NovaCentrix – Hall 06/B04
• Thieme GmbH & Co. KG – Hall 06/B0

In addition, the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association), a working group within VDMA, will be located at Hall 7.0, B27 this year, and will be holding seminars on various facets of flexible and printed electronics at the drupa cube in Hall 6, D03 
 
According to the OE-A, the speakers include the following industry leaders:
• Martin Glatz, Karl Knauer.
• Wolfgang Mildner, MSWtech.
• Dr. Jeremy Burroughes, CDT.
• Dr. Ralf Zichner, Fraunhofer ENAS.
• Dr. Michael Korell, Evonik Creavis.
• Thomas Kolbusch, Coatema.
• Dr. Edward Holland, FUJIFILM Dimatix.
• Dr. Kurt Schroder, NovaCentrix.
• Andrea Glawe, Kroenert.
• Milan Saalmink, Holst Centre.