It was not all print technologies breakthroughs, innovations, demonstrations and deal signings that set the just concluded world’s no. 1 printing technologies fair apart. In this SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLE with pictorials, drupa Media Partner in Africa – WHERE To Print represented by Joju ADEKANBI gathers other human interest mementos that ensured drupa 2024 truly exceeded all expectations…
Press Registration completed @ The Press Centre, Messe DüsseldorfPress Registration completed @ The Press Centre, Messe Düsseldorf…with Messe Düsseldorf Executive – Apostolos…on drupa 2024 Guided Photo Tour for Journalists to select exhibitors’ stands to see first-hand – what they have in store for visitors where I took this picture with the Ferrari…with amazing Cary Sherburne, Senior Editor at WhatTheyThink who interviewed me on the Global Perspective Series with emphasis on West Africa (Ghana and Nigeria in particular being WHERE To Print magazine coverage areas) for drupa DAILY.It was great meeting the incredible, unmissable, action-packed and interesting Deborah Corn.
A day before drupa 2024 opens – on Monday 27 May – I excitedly to check in as Press @ The Press Centre, Messe Düsseldorf where I met my friend – Messe Düsseldorf Executive – Apostolos; then partook in drupa 2024 Guided Photo Tour for Journalists to select exhibitors’ stands to see first-hand – what they have in store for visitors where I took this picture with the Ferrari; then met up with the amazing Cary Sherburne, Senior Editor at WhatTheyThink who interviewed me on the Global Perspective Series with emphasis on West Africa (Ghana and Nigeria in particular being WHERE To Print magazine coverage areas) for drupa DAILY. It was also great meeting the incredible, unmissable, action-packed and interesting Deborah Corn.
Started welcoming WHERE To Print magazine/ FLOURISH COLOUR VENTURES packaged drupa attendees to a stress-free check-in experience at Best Western Comfort Business Hotel Neuss Dusseldorf while meeting other attendees like the PRINTING SA duo of Jermaine Naicker and Abisha Katerere before having a Welcome Dinner of Nigerian Dishes prepared by Essen based Afrolink Restaurant.
After-which I started welcoming WHERE To Print magazine/ FLOURISH COLOUR VENTURES packaged drupa attendees to a stress-free check-in experience at Best Western Comfort Business Hotel Neuss Dusseldorf while meeting other attendees like the PRINTING SA duo of Jermaine Naicker and Abisha Katerere. A Welcome Dinner was held for the delegates who relished the Nigerian Dishes prepared by Essen based Afrolink Restaurant. After settling down, we all began our incredible milestone meetings, connections, and collaboration with other industry professionals from all over the world captured in the subsequent news images….
After settling down, we all began our incredible milestone meetings, connections, and collaboration with other industry professionals from all over the world….(L-R): L-R: Mr. Joseph Esho (MD – Creative Affairs), Mr. ‘Sola Adekanbi (MD – 1st Point Digisep), Dr (Mrs.) Florence Falaiye (MD – Afkar Printing & Publishing), Mr. ‘Dapo Elegbe (MD – Whycross Prints), Mr. Jacob Adewunmi (GM – Afkar Printing & Publishing), and Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine).At SHS-CAS Graphische Maschinen Stand….(L-R): L-R: Mr. Jacob Adewunmi (GM – Afkar Printing & Publishing), Mr. ‘Sola Adekanbi (MD – 1st Point Digisep), Mr. Joseph Esho (MD – Creative Affairs), Mr. Lukasz Silezin (Director – SHS-CAS Graphische Maschinen), Mr. ‘Dapo Elegbe (MD – Whycross Prints), Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine), and Dr (Mrs.) Florence Falaiye (MD – Afkar Printing & Publishing).At KODAK Stand….(L-R): L-R: Jack Deen and Dee Broni (both of FC Group – Kodak & Miclaron rep in Africa) with Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine).….with Anja Kirton (Fujifilm South Africa)L-R: Mr. Akeem Moronfola (MD – B2Edge), Mr. Jacob Adewunmi (GM – Afkar Printing & Publishing), Mr. ‘Sola Adekanbi (MD – 1st Point Digisep), Dr (Mrs.) Florence Falaiye (MD – Afkar Printing & Publishing), Mr. Joseph Esho (MD – Creative Affairs), Mr. ‘Dapo Elegbe (MD – Whycross Prints), and Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine).….with George Ugwu (MD, Exact Solutions – Koenig & Bauer rep in Nigeria) at Koenig & Bauer Stand.L-R: Mr. ‘Dapo Elegbe (MD – Whycross Prints), Mr. ‘Sola Adekanbi (MD – 1st Point Digisep), Mr. Ben Bellot Brahima (Trade Fair Services Ghana – Messe Düsseldorf rep), Dr (Mrs.) Florence Falaiye (MD – Afkar Printing & Publishing), Mr. Jacob Adewunmi (GM – Afkar Printing & Publishing), and Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine).….with Mr. Mehdi Baby Berrada (Founder, Icon Digital – Kornit Digital et all rep in MEA).…with the duo from Heidelberg biggest West African installation – Ro-Marong Nigeria Mr. Nasser El Rihawi and Mr. Nabil Jarl with Heidelberg Nigeria Chairman Mr. Jakob Bejer….on the train with Comexi Group Mr. Rashid Mazouz from Egypt.….with Yaliam Press LTD trio of Mr. Abubakar Kyari Yahaya, Mr. Yahaya and Mrs. Emilomo Aireononi.….with other invited Trade Journalists for an exclusive dinner on legendary MS Sternberg yacht courtesy Heidelberg.…with the duo of Mindex Publishing Mr. & Mrs. Anagwonye.L-R: Mr. Gideon Yirenkyi Amfo (MD – Pentecost Press Ghana), Mr. ‘Sola Adekanbi (MD – 1st Point Digisep), Ms. Favour Madu (MD – Favision Signs), and Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine).….at Orient Group Stand (The Printers House) where the GM – Mr. Pankaj Jha showed me the very latest Orient range of packaging, flexography and inkjet label presses such as Orient X-Press Flex, OrientJET, and other Orient Packaging automatic folder gluers and due cutters.…with the duo of Bespoke Group Paola Bonfanti and Sophie Low.…with ESAME Paul Noumedem.At James Burn International Stand – the ultimate in wire-o, punching and binding solutions – that was showing off its latest solutions such as CoverPunch, AlphaDoc, EX610 and many more……with Gific Printing Solutions boss – Mrs. Ngozi Ukachukwu.…paying homage at Gutenberg Printing Museum stand.…with Favour Madu (MD – Favision Signs).L-R: Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine), Mr. Olawale Olanrewaju (Manager – Blended Technologies Solutions), Mr. Enahoro Asikhia (MD – Blended Technologies Solutions), Ms. Favour Madu (MD – Favision Signs), and Mr. ‘Sola Adekanbi (MD – 1st Point Digisep).L-R: Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine), Mr. ‘Dapo Elegbe (MD – Whycross Prints), Ms. Favour Madu (MD – Favision Signs), Mr. ‘Sola Adekanbi (MD – 1st Point Digisep), and Mr. Joseph Esho (MD – Creative Affairs).At Heidelberg Stand – L-R: Mr. Charles Ogbebor (Manager – Heidelberg Nigeria), Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine), and Mr. Theobald Stephen (Manager – Achelis Tanganyika LTD – Heidelberg rep in Tanzania).At RTC Turkey Stand with Mr. Mehmet Cagri Camlibel.…. with Chima Chukwueke of Exact Solutions LTD (Koenig & Bauer Official rep) at Koenig & Bauer Stand.Stopped by Pantone Stand (represented in Nigeria by WHERE To Print magazine sister company – FLOURISH COLOUR VENTURES).At Miraclon Stand with Mr. Humphrey Wambugu (of FC Group – Kodak & Miclaron rep in Africa).….with Mr. Gideon Yirenkyi Amfo (MD – Pentecost Press Ghana).….with George Ugwu (MD, Exact Solutions – Koenig & Bauer rep in Nigeria) at Koenig & Bauer Stand.…by the way; who carries drupa 2024 customised folder bag better? Me or drupa Director – Sabine Geldermann?At SHS-CAS Graphische Maschinen Stand….(L-R): L-R: Mr. Luequn Li (Zhongke Scientific & Technical), Mr. Zhang Zhen (Original Graphic Machinery), Mr. Lukasz Silezin (SHS-CAS Graphische Maschinen), Mr. Heiko Wulff (SHS-CAS Graphische Maschinen), and Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine).….the trio of Bancod LTD (Komori rep in Nigeria) at Komori Stand. L-R: Mr. Segun Adetayo, Mr. Bankole Odukale and Mr. Charles Falokun.L-R: Mr. Bankole Odukale (MD, Bancod LTD), Mr. ‘Demola Kasumu (MD, KAS Digital Prints), and Engr. & Mrs. Akinola (Marvelous Mike Press).L-R: Mr. Bankole Odukale (MD, Bancod LTD), Mr. ‘Demola Kasumu (MD, KAS Digital Prints), Engr. & Mrs. Akinola (Marvelous Mike Press), Mr. Segun Adetayo and Mr. Charles Falokun (both of Bancod LTD).Mr. Bankole Odukale (MD, Bancod LTD) with Mr. Princewill Ihedigbo (Petra Digital Press).…with Mr. Kazeem Olalekan (KPD Concept).At Heidelberg Stand with Mr. Theobald Stephen (Manager – Achelis Tanganyika LTD – Heidelberg rep in Tanzania).At Landa Stand with the unmissable Deborah Corn.
Also witnessed at drupa were Innovation Awards by the DNA.
VDM Awards recipients including Mr. Benny Landa of Landa Digital Printing.
….our drupa 2024 beautifully ended with a Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour of the City of Düsseldorf…and as I reminisce on my last few and exhausting days of drupa, it was great connecting with industry like-minds whose energy further stirred up my passion for print…grateful to Tim Felgner of Terminal A0 Gmbh (a very helpful hand and an invaluable print resource), Pierre Borot of Techniweb (whose solutions keep the press printing), Cumulus duo of Ir. Wil Sampers MTD and Charles Boekhout (the perfect engineers in humidification), and the joyous Heidelberg Indonesia Team (whose excitement was truly infectious)…in all; as I thank drupa for bringing the world together, I know before the next show in 2028 our happenstance connection will be an enduring and mutually beneficial relationships to all!
on Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour of the City of Düsseldorf.…with Mr. & Mrs. Atoyegbe (of Platenberg Printers LTD).L-R: Mr. & Mrs. Atoyegbe (of Platenberg Printers LTD), Dr (Mrs.) Florence Falaiye (MD – Afkar Printing & Publishing), and Mr. Joju ADEKANBI (Publisher – WHERE To Print magazine) at the airport at departure.…with Pierre Borot of Techniweb …with Cumulus duo of Ir. Wil Sampers MTD and Charles Boekhout …with Tim Felgner of Terminal A0 Gmbh …with the joyous Heidelberg Indonesia Team (whose excitement was truly infectious).
After-which I started welcoming WHERE To Print magazine/ FLOURISH COLOUR VENTURES packaged drupa attendees to a stress-free check-in experience at Best Western Comfort Business Hotel Neuss Dusseldorf while meeting other attendees like the PRINTING SA duo of Jermaine Naicker and Abisha Katerere. A Welcome Dinner was held for the delegates who relished the Nigerian Dishes prepared by Essen based Afrolink Restaurant. After settling down, we all began our incredible milestone meetings, connections, and collaboration with other industry professionals from all over the world captured in the subsequent news images….
