With Naresh Khanna, Avinandan Mukherjee and Ron Augustin already at Düsseldorf, Germany, watch out drupa live in next two weeks on both of our websites. As we predicted in our previews earlier, this drupa sure sounds to be an Asian drupa with gorgeous Asian stands and machines on display. Read Naresh Khanna and Ron Augustin on drupa kickoff that confirms our predictions. Other similar events for packaging-printing are Luxepack 2012, Shanghai, Indopack 2012, Jakarta and Plast 2012 which will be held from 8 to 12 May in Milan, Italy.

IppStar will hold coffee-cum-research meeting at Congress Centre South on May 9 and I once again request all the executives and CEOs to register and attend the event. Let us know if you are interested in attending this event. At drupa you can reach Naresh Khanna at +49 1621720888 or Avinandan Mukherjee at +49 1621720883. You can also register by calling our European editor Ron Augustin at +32 487228162 or emailing him at europeaneditor@ippgroup.in.

Other stories — Harveer Sahni on variable information labels, Bosch’s Fast Airlock ISS1000 at Achema, 2012, ExxonMobil’s new OPP film and new honeycomb packaging from Cermex.

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