drupa 2028: New brand identity as a catalyst for networked printing 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, the world's leading trade fair for printing solutions is thus providing an initial glimpse of its conceptual and content-related repositioning.

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24th Feb 2026

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Company, Event, 2026 Q1

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. 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.”

says Dr. Andreas Pleßke, Chairman of the drupa Committee.

“drupa. dive into the unseen” as a communicative mission statement

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. 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.”

says Sabine Geldermann, Director drupa, Portfolio Print Technologies at Messe Düsseldorf.

How drupa 2028 is creating orientation for tomorrow

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.

Further information on the brand story, the experience architecture, and the content focus of drupa 2028 can be found at www.drupa.com/en/Home/The_new_drupa.

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

drupa 2028: New brand identity as a catalyst for networked printing solutions

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