Head of Tehran's Binders Union Jalil Ghafari Rahbar said that during this year's DRUPA, digital print enjoyed a great significance and various works were presented in the field.

IBNA: Jalil Ghafari Rahbar talked about the unions' financial problems for the participation of the members in international fairs saying that due to the limited budgets, the unions can't pave the grounds for the attendance of their members in foreign fairs as well as educational workshops.

He said that he has attended the fair with his personal budget and added:" In every edition new technologies are unveiled at DRUPA in fields including print, binding and etc. Since it is held once in every four years, the numbers of its visitors are great as well."

Thousands of industry experts are usually present, and corporate representation typically includes companies such as Agfa Graphics, Océ N.V. Kodak.

Drupa is the largest printing equipment exhibition in the world, held at Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, City of Düsseldorf, Germany.

390,044 visitors attended Drupa in 2008, and 1,953 exhibitors from 54 countries covered a total of 17.9 hectares of space.

Drupa 2012 was held from May 3 to 16, 2012 in Germany.

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