"This drop does not come as a surprise for us and the sector as a whole. In Germany alone the printing industry lost some 3,900 operations with over 61,000 employees between 2000 and 2011. In the USA over the same period more than 7,700 printing operations closed," explained Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, CEO of Messe Düsseldorf. With more than 190,000 foreign visitors the international focus of Drupa continues at a high level. What is striking here is the high number of trade visitors from India, which, now reaching some 15,000, ranks as the second largest visitor nation after Germany.The dominating themes at Drupa 2012 were automation, packaging printing, digital printing, hybrid technologies, web-to-print applications and environmentally sound printing.The next Drupa will be held from 2 to 15 June 2016.