Drupa - Citizendia

Drupa, held every four years at the Messe Düsseldorf, Germany, is the largest printing equipment exhibition in the world. With a workforce of 1459 employees worldwide (2006 and a total exhibition space of 285000 sqm Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ^[1] 394,332 visitors attended Drupa in 2004, and 1,866 exhibitors from 52 countries covered a total of 16. 1 hectares (39. 8 acres) of space. ^[2]

The current Drupa exhibition is held from May 29 to June 11, 2008. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Thousands of industry experts are expected to be present, and corporate representation is expected to include Océ N. V. , Hewlett-Packard, MAN Roland, Pitney Bowes, Xerox, Kodak, Canon, CIT, Transeomedia, DirectSmile and Ricoh. manroland is a German sheetfed and web press manufacturer In June 2008 the company name changed from formerly MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG to manroland AG Pitney Bowes Inc ( is a Stamford Connecticut -based manufacturer of software and hardware and a provider of services related to Documents Packaging Xerox Corporation ( (name ˈziːrɒks is a global document management company which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction Eastman Kodak Company ( is an American multinational Public company which produces imaging and photographic materials and equipment ( or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established on 6 February 1936 as Riken Kankoshi Co Several new technologies are routinely demonstrated during Drupa, and the same is expected again in 2008.

Theme song

The official 1986 Drupa theme song was nominated as one of the worst corporate anthems ever by The Register. The Register (" El Reg " to its staff and readers is a British technology news and opinion website The song featured a country folk style.

In 2000 the theme song concept was resurrected with a dance/pop power ballad, while in 2004 the theme song used a techno dance style.

References

^ "Drupa Media Center", Drupa. Accessed April 25, 2008. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
^ "Drupa 2004 Fair Profile" Drupa, 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Accessed April 25, 2008. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

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