drupa 2012 Stats Reveal Sharp Attendance Decline, Strong Order Activity
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DUSSELDORF, GERMANY—May 16, 2012—The numbers are in and 314,500 attendees from more than 130 countries came to drupa 2012, which is 75,500 less (19 percent) than for the 2008 installment.
“This drop does not come as a surprise for us and the sector as a whole,” noted Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, president and CEO of Messe Düsseldorf. “In Germany alone, the printing industry lost some 3,900 operations with over 61,000 employees between 2000 and 2011. In the United States, over the same period, more than 7,700 printing operations closed.
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