New brand identity for drupa 2028

Print Solutions

With a new brand identity, drupa is presenting its future direction at an early stage. Two years before the start of the trade fair, it is providing an initial glimpse of its conceptual and content related repositioning.

The central element of the new image is a symbolically used key visual: the octopus. It stands for networking, intelligence, agility, and resilience, as well as the simultaneous mastery of complex processes. It thus refers to a technological reality in which printing solutions are increasingly conceived as integrated systems, including sophisticated applications in the packaging environment. Processes are interlinked, workflows are networked, and efficiency is created through the interaction of hardware, software, materials, and automated applications.

‘drupa 2028 will be a drupa like never before,’ said Dr Andreas Pleßke, chairman of the drupa committee. ‘We are setting new standards in how technological developments, applications, and markets are classified and brought together – a claim that is also consistently reflected in the new brand identity.’

The slogan ‘drupa. dive into the unseen’ picks up on this approach and draws attention to developments whose significance often only becomes apparent in the overall context – for example, through the interaction of technologies, processes, and applications along the value chain. The slogan thus stands for a solution oriented classification of technological innovations, beyond individual products or short term effects.

‘The slogan sums up what drupa stands for: vision, knowledge transfer, and orientation in an increasingly complex technological landscape,’ said Sabine Geldermann, director drupa, portfolio print technologies at Messe Düsseldorf. ‘It underscores drupa's claim and attitude of not presenting future topics and technological progress in isolation, but rather classifying them in a comprehensible way in the context of the market, application, and value creation.’

Against this backdrop, drupa 2028 is introducing a new experience architecture for the first time. Content, applications, and formats for exchange, collaboration, and networking will in future be bundled along clearly defined thematic clusters. This will make technological developments comprehensible and structured. The architecture serves as a common framework for exhibitors, visitors, and the media.

The next drupa will take place in Düsseldorf from May 9 to 17, 2028.