During the Drupa constituent committee meeting held on February 8, 2022, Andreas Plesske, CEO of Koenig & Bauer AG based in D-Würzburg, was elected chairman of the committee. Wolfgang Poppen, managing partner of Freiburger Druck GmbH & Co. KG and president of the German central association Bundesverband Druck und Medien eV, was reconfirmed as his deputy. Both candidates were elected unanimously.
Plesske succeeds Claus Bolza-Schünemann, former CEO of Koenig & Bauer AG, who has been on the Drupa Committee from 2012 until his recent retirement, in the aforementioned position. The Drupa Committee was founded as part of the first Drupa in 1951 and is composed of equal numbers of exhibitors and visitors. His task is to advise Messe Düsseldorf on the conceptual and industry-relevant development of the leading trade fair.
The next Drupa will take place from May 28 to June 7, 2024 at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Center and will focus on the megatrends of digitalization and sustainability.
