The countdown is on: drupa starts in exactly 195 days, on 16 June 2020. For eleven days, the printing, media and packaging industry will gather in Düsseldorf for its worlds leading trade fair and take a joint look at their technological future.
Gathering on 4 December 2019 the Shareholders Meeting of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, presided over by the Chairman, Lord Mayor Thomas Geisel, appointed Wolfram N. Diener (55) as the new President & Chief Executive Officer and Erhard Wienkamp (61) as the new Managing Director Operative Trade Fair Business.
As announced on May 14, 2019, the Board of Directors decided to investigate the sale of a part of Agfa HealthCare in the framework of the Agfa-Gevaert Groups transformation process.
At its 2019 annual meeting held in Houston, Texas, the first BFHS Book of Wisdom was launched and distributed.Published by the Ben Franklin Honor Society (BFHS), the BFHS Book of Wisdom documents, through a series of essays, the journey to success of 47 Society members: successful and accomplished men and women who have a story to tell to young, aspiring members of the graphic communications industry.
In response to media inquiries about the potential merger of Printing Industries of America and the Special Graphics Imaging Association (SGIA), PIA can confirm that its board of directors unanimously passed a resolution to merge with SGIA on November 17, 2019.
The IPIA has laid a new corner stone of its growth strategy by creating a Lite membership category, which opens a key segment of the trade associations benefits up to a much wider spectrum of the commercial print industry.
Shane Bertsch is the new Vice President of Strategic Planning & Innovation for INX International Ink Co. Working from corporate headquarters in suburban Chicago, he reports to Bryce Kristo, CFO and executive VP, general affairs.
