Inaugurated in 2015, the Direct Container Print conference proved very successful and we expect even more interest for this year, 27-28 November 2017 in Düsseldorf. We welcome all who want to present the latest on direct printing for various market applications to submit their presentations and book tabletops.
DCP welcomes all who want to learn about direct decoration on plastic packagingPrevious participants included AB InBev, Albea, Alpla Werke, Carlsberg, Heineken, Metro, Philips Avent, Procter & Gambler, SABMiller and many others. The second edition of DCP will introduce even more printers, packaging manufacturers and brand owners to the potential of direct to shape container decoration on plastics: bottles, tubes, cups, pots used in food, beverage, cosmetics, personal care or pharmaceuticals industries.
We welcome contributions from both key industry players, emerging start-ups and academic institutions who want to highlight newly available solutions and the future direction their research is leading them. Recommended topics include developments in areas such as inks, printing technologies, curing and drying, software, packaging, substrates, surface and print inspection, moulding, as well as case studies and research papers. Please consult the full call for papers here. The submission deadline for presentation abstracts is 30 April 2017. Any company or research institute interested in presenting and exhibiting at DCP 2017 should contact ESMA via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The conference takes place on 27-28 November 2017 in Radisson Blu Scandinavia hotel in Düsseldorf. Early-bird delegate registration with additional discounts for ESMA members is already open at www.dcp2017.org/registrations
Direct Container Print is organised by ESMA with the media support of “Specialist Printing Worldwide”.