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Dear Johannes,

You probably missed one of the best Drupa shows ever held. I realise that being dead for 548 years does make it difficult for you to attend in person, but your spirit was very much in evidence around the show halls.

Everyone is talking about Pokémon GO, the new free mobile game that allows you to capture, battle, and train virtual Pokémon who appear in the real world around you. What is it with print?

Eleven days in May and June gave me insight into a number of different print businesses that I do not normally encounter in my daily life as a Landa Business Manager.

All of us working on the stands at drupa 2016 live in a bubble where time stands still and it’s Groundhog Day each and every day. Having said that, for those who are passionate about print there is no better place to be than drupa. And if you are really passionate about print, the Landa booth is definitely the place to be.

By the time you are reading this blog, I will have packed my bags ready to set off for Drupa 2016. It is not my first Drupa, in fact it will be my eighth. Now that doesn’t sound very many until you remember that they used to be held every four or five years, so when you have done the calculations you will realise I have been in the industry for a long time. Forty years in fact this year!

It’s finally here! Drupa 2016 has opened its doors under leaden German skies and… the Landa presses are rolling. The first impressions are coming off the presses and the first impressions of the visitors are excitement and amazement at what Landa has achieved in the last four years since we were here last.

Will Parker of Reflex Labels is a determined man. In 2012 he made his way to the Landa stand on the opening day of Drupa to see what the fuss was all about. A Benny Landa devotee, like many others that day, he wanted to see what was bringing Benny back to printing and when he saw the Nanography^® process for the first time he knew he had join the party.

You could tell it was no ordinary day when we came down to breakfast in the Landa hotel on Thursday, June 2nd. The room was festooned with balloons, cards and banners. No, it wasn’t a display from the Landa Nanographic Printing^® Presses, but a celebration for Benny Landa’s big day – the day he turned 70.