drupa Gets Personal

What do you remember about [your first drupa]?

Klaus Schmidt: [drupa 1990] took place just a few months after fall of the Berlin Wall and shortly before the German unification in late fall. During the show, we were able to meet up with Planeta, a printing press manufacturer based in Radebeul, near Dresden, to discuss a possible joint venture. Dealing with a team of executives from former East Germany was for me very new and unfamiliar. The joint venture agreement was signed before the end of drupa. Today, the sheetfed offset facility in Radebeul is the largest machine manufacturing plant in the new Federal States and one of the market’s top international suppliers.