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News Release from: Drupa Messe Dusseldorf | Subject: Highlights Tours at drupa 2008
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 November 2007
Tours Focus On Ten Topical Themes At
Drupa 2008
To smooth the way for trade visitors to gain an overview of individual themes, guided tours spotlighting current industry developments will be staged at drupa 2008.
The range of topics runs from workflows and web2print through offset and digital printing to packaging production and finishing Participants in groups of a maximum of ten people will be taken to between six and eight exhibitors relevant to the tour
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 29 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Due to drupa's increasingly international profile, the 2008 tours will not only be conducted in German and English but also, for the first time, in Chinese, Spanish and French.
"With this range of language offerings, we hope to cater to the diverse mix of visitor nationalities," says Manuel Matare, drupa Project Director.
The German and English-language tours will run daily (excluding weekends), while the Chinese, French and Spanish versions will be staged on alternate days.
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The organisers of the Drupa 2008 exhibition are trying to smooth the way for visitors to gain an overview of individual themes with guided tours spotlighting current industry developments.
Topics are as follows:.
Tour No 1 - Networked print production: How much of a workflow do printers need?.
Tour No 2 - Web2print: Fundamentals of automated print production.
Tour No 3 - Creating printed products: Trends in design, image processing and layout.
Tour No 4 - Computer-to-plate: Innovative imaging technologies and the appropriate plates.
Tour No 5 - Digital printing: Cutting-edge printing systems - innovative printed products.
Tour No 6 - Inkjet printing: A printing process with a bright future.
Tour No 7 - Offset printing: Improve cost effectiveness through automation.
Tour No 8 - Mega-trend inline finishing: Systems and materials.
Tour No 9 - Packaging and label production: Innovations in the spotlight.
Tour No 10 - Print finishing: Innovative inline production.
As at drupa 2000 and 2004, the Deutscher Drucker publishing house is coordinating the drupa Highlights Tours in collaboration with the Association for Managers in the Printing and Information Processing industries and the Department of Print and Media Technology at the University of Wuppertal.
The cost of participation will be EUR 40 for advance bookings (from January 2008 at www.highlightstouren.de).
Tours booked at the fairgrounds will be charged at EUR 45.
Subscribers to magazines published by Deutscher Drucker and FDI members pay EUR 35 for advance bookings.
For further information on timings or to reserve places on the tours in advance, please contact Ms.
Regine Grossmann of Deutscher Drucker via e-mail at r.grossmann@publish.de During drupa 2008, participants will only be able to make bookings on site at the Highlights Tours stand.
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