FESPA AIMS TO UNITE VISIONARIES
The major global wide format expo Fespa, which includes the Personalisation Experience, returns to Berlin this year, running from 6-9 May, under the theme of uniting visionaries.
Michael Ryan, head of Fespa Global Print Expo, said, “We’re thrilled to be back in Berlin this year with our new strapline: ‘Where Visionaries Meet’. This year’s message shines the spotlight on our futuristic and forward-thinking Fespa community, including our visitors, exhibitors, award winners, Association Heads and more. It also highlights that our events serve as a meeting point for these Visionaries, empowering them to discover new opportunities and make impactful decisions for the future of their business.”
He adds, “In an ever-evolving industry like ours, it is vital that we are consistently looking forward. How can we guarantee a sustainable future? How is AI impacting the sector? The possibilities for our community are endless and we look forward to highlighting them at our 2025 events.
“Fespa, as an organisation, is delighted to welcome Visionaries from our community to the Messe Berlin in May to not only discover the range of solutions being displayed, but to share their thoughts on what the future holds too.”
Visitors to Fespa Global Print Expo 2025 and its co-located events, European Sign Expo and Personalisation Experience, will be able to explore an array of technologies, media, services and consumables from confirmed exhibitors including: 3M, Brother, Caldera, Canon, Durst, EFI, Epson, Fujifilm, Kit Builder, Kongsberg, Mimaki, Mutoh, Optimus, Roland DG, Ricoh, and swissQprint.
Fespa Global Print Expo 2025 and its co-located events will welcome 500 exhibitors, with 17 per cent of them first-time Fespa exhibitors.
The World Wrap Masters competition is set to make a return in Berlin. Following a series of regional competitions over the first two days of the event, vehicle wrappers from across Europe will go head-to-head to wrap a variety of special objects and vehicles. This will be followed by the all-important final, where regional champions will battle it out to be crowned the World Wrap Masters 2025 champion. Alongside this, visitors can also attend a series of live wrapping demonstrations with industry experts.
The Fespa Awards are also returning this year, and will celebrate innovation and creativity across 18 different categories, including print, sign and display, vehicle wrapping, garment and textiles and special effects. Visitors will have the opportunity to see entries to the Fespa Awards 2025, first-hand, throughout the duration of the exhibition. The panel of judges; Debbie McKeegan, Graeme Richardson-Locke, Jacek Stencel and Simon Pless, will announce the winners at the official awards ceremony on Wednesday 7 May.
Ryan continues, “As our exhibitors unveil their plans in the coming months, we’re eagerly anticipating the innovative opportunities they will create at the show, as well as the new avenues for sustained growth that they will inspire for our visitors.”
Registration for the events will open at the end of this month, and visitors can purchase super early bird tickets to all three events for €25.