Destination Düsseldorf
5 April 2004drupa 2004, the world's number one printing and converting industry event, opens on May 6. Here are some essential facts and figures
Venue
Düsseldorf Fairgrounds
Halls 1-17
Duration
May 6-19, 2004
Opening hours
Monday to Friday: 10.00am - 18.00pm
Saturday/Sunday: 10.00am - 17.00pm
Organiser
Messe Düsseldorf
PO Box 101006
D-40001 Düsseldorf
Tel: +49 (0)211 4560 900
Fax: +49 (0)211 4560 668
www.drupa.de www.drupa.com
Entrance Fees
Daily admission: €33
Four-day pass: €100
Students/trainees €12
(drupa admission tickets include free round trip transportation to the trade fair on the Rhine-Ruhr (VRR) and Rhine-Sieg (VRS) regional transport networks)
Catalogue
Price: €22
from
Thomas Neureuter Verlag für Messepublikationen
Süskindstraße 4
81929 München
Tel: +49 18050 37872
Fax: +49 201 1006172
Email: d.stachuletz@krupp-druck.de
Tickets and catalogues can be ordered on-line (payment by credit card)
Main product groups
(see hall plan)
Paper converting/Package production - Machinery - Appliances - Accessories
Printing - Machinery - Appliances - Accessories
Prepress and Premedia - Systems - Appliances - Software
Materials – Services, including printing inks - printing matter
Bookbinding - Print finishing - Machinery - Appliances - Accessories
Travel and accommodation
Online Reservation Fairs and Guests Agency
(Flights, Flight-Hotel-Packages, Hotels)
Amsterdamer Str. 7
D-40474 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 211 95 29 00
Fax: +49 (0) 211 4 91 05 74
DMT Düsseldorf Marketing Tourismus
(City of Düsseldorf Tourist Information)
Contact for booking accomodation, organisation of city tours or purchase of tickets and package offers.
PO Box 102163
Tel: +49 (0)211 172020
Fax: +49 (0)211 161071
Email:
reservation@duesseldorf-tourismus.de
On-line information and hotel reservations
www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de
DMT room reservation
Immermannstr.65b
(opposite the central railway station)
40042 Düsseldorf
Highlights Tours focus on show themes
To help provide a clear overview of individual topics, guided tours dealing with thematic areas are being offered during drupa 2004. Each day, groups of no more than 10 people will be taken to selected exhibitors on the relevant tour. At each stand, someone 'in the know' will be on hand.
Conducted in English and German, the tours will be organized by Verlag Deutscher Drucker, in co-operation with the FDI (German association of managers in the printing and information processing industries), and the Department of Print and Media Technology at Wuppertal University.
The following tours will be of special interest to converters:
Converting
11.15am (German), 2.15pm (English)
Digital printing
11.00am (German), 2.15 pm (English)
JDF
10.30am (German), 1.30pm (English)
Packaging production
11.15am (German), 2.15pm (English)
10.30am (German), 1.30pm (English)
UV technology
11.15am (German), 2.25pm (English)
Workflow/networking
10.30am (German), 1.30pm (English)
The fee for each tour is €45 (€28 for subscribers to Verlag Deutscher Drucker). Tickets are transferrable.
For further information or to register, go to: www.highlightstouren.de
Compass Sessions
In the Compass Sessions during drupa 2004, international speakers will be presenting information on current trends, equipment, software, workflows, production methods and products on an almost daily basis. Each session is devoted to a different theme. Held from 9-11am in German and English and linked with a light breakfast, they are organized by the BVDM (German Print and Media Industries Federation) and conducted by Print & Media Forum in the Congress Centre Düsseldorf.East, at the Trade Fair Centre.
Sessions of interest to converters include:
Friday, 7 May 2004: Digital printing
Monday, 10 May 2004: Packaging printing
Tuesday, 11 May 2004: Integrated production
Wednesday, 12 May 2004: Converting
Friday, 14 May 2004: Label printing
Monday, 17 May 2004: Integrated production
The attendance fee is €88 per person and day (including VAT) including a one-day ticket for drupa. Without a drupa admission ticket, the fee is €55.
For further information, the detailed programme timetable and to register, visit; www.compass-sessions.de
