Excellent business deals, an outstanding climate for investment, a remarkable number of extremely promising contacts, an even more international character, and a positive spirit for the global print sector: That was drupa 2016. drupa’s new positioning and its focus on tomorrow’s topics with huge potential for growth – such as 3D-printing, functional printing, and packaging printing – have really proven themselves. Whether printing for publication, advertising, packaging or industrial applications, print technology offers the appropriate solutions for all application areas and enables new areas of business and business ideas. drupa provides crucial impulses for print, media, packaging production, and industrial applications – especially in the vertical markets as well. The world’s leading trade fair for printing technologies offers outstanding networking opportunities and potential for excellent business dealings. This is where innovations are brought into the market, new business models are developed, and new partnerships are formed. drupa is an international magnet for visitor target groups from a wide variety of industries. In addition to the printing and packaging industry, there are also groups from vertical markets such as consumer goods, luxury goods, cosmetics, bank and safety technology, and many more. More than half of its visitors come to drupa with specific investment projects.