Fespa Global Print Expo returns to Spain for the first time in 13 years next year, being hosted at the Fira de Barcelona from 19-22 May 2026.

Fespa is growing its event portfolio with two new launches – Corrugated and Textile – both of which will debut at Fespa 2026, to be held from 19-22 May 2026 in Barcelona.

David Fish, globally recognised strategist and business leader, will be the keynote speaker for the Fespa Australia Annual Conference, taking place on 17 October at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney.

Global sign, display, promotional, merchandising and garment printing show Fespa, saw visitor numbers rise by 10 per cent for this year’s event, which took place two weeks prior to PacPrint.

Sydney-based Next Printing beat competition from around the world to take the Fespa Display and Packaging on Paper & Board Gold Award for its Barbie @ Grill’d activation with Bastion display.

Global trade association Fespa will relaunch its Print Census, this time it says involving a new and more frequent approach to gathering and sharing vital industry intelligence with its members.

The world’s big sign and display technology expo, Fespa Global, has opened in Berlin, with visitors poring over the booths of some 550 vendors from 36 countries at this year’s event.

Sustainable business expert and former deputy Lord Mayor for the City of Melbourne, Arron Wood, will be the keynote speaker at the Fespa Australia annual conference in November.

Sign and display printers from Australia and New Zealand are at Fespa in a buoyant mood, lifted by good levels of business back home, and looking to invest in the future.

Brother has moved into wide-format, launching its first entry into what it calls the industrial products market, the WF1-L640 roll-to-roll latex printer, which it says will be the first of many.

Media manufacturer Neschen, supplied in Australia by Starleaton, is highlighting non-PVC media on its stand, aiming to show visitors the benefits of alternative media.

Wrap media giant Orafol had several new PPF paint protection films at the show, and was demonstrating its PVC-free films, as the company continues its growth trajectory in ANZ.

Supplied in Australia by Spicers and HVG, Re-board had the Sustainable Spotlight stand built entirely out of its own product, as was Next's award-winning Clinique job in Sydney.

Supplied by Ball & Doggett, the Metamark range on media on show at Fespa includes self-adhesive material for applications across vehicle/fleet, including digital wrap film, coloured wrap films, decals, paint protection films, and reflective indoor/outdoor media.

Mimaki has launched its first DTF direct-to-film print system, the TxF150-75, which it says it provides an easy and affordable system for decorating apparel, in particular t-shirts.

The Roland DG stand at Fespa saw the company launch its large-format UV flatbed printer, the EU-1000MF, and launch a new direct-to-object printer, and a new direct-to-film printer.