Messe Düsseldorf and PEIAC to Introduce “Functional Printing China”

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—April 10, 2013—Messe Düsseldorf, the organzier of the world’s leading print and media trade fair, drupa, and the Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China (PEIAC) will offer a new, dedicated platform for the topic of functional printing. The one-day conference “Functional Printing China,” with accompanying table-top presentations, will be held for the first time on May 16, 2013, during the China Print trade fair, which takes place from May 14-16, 2013, in Beijing. The new “Functional Printing China” will be held annually and will include an exhibition area starting in 2014. Conference participants can look forward to a first-class line-up of national and international specialists providing information on current trends, solutions and applications for functional printing and printed electronics. Speakers will include renowned experts such as Wolfgang Mildner (CEO of PolyIC and board member at the Organic Electronic Association/VDM), Stan Farnsworth (vice president NovaCentrix/USA) and Dr. Martin Schmitt-Lewen (senior manager for new print applications research and development at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG).