With great sadness, FESPA shares the news of the death of one of FESPAs founding fathers, Michel Caza. Michel passed away on 23rd May 2026 at the age of 90.
FESPA has today announced that its annual FESPA Global Print Expo and co-located events (European Sign Expo, Personalisation Experience, WrapFest and Textile), will take place at the Messe Munich, Germany, from Tuesday 6 Friday 9 April 2027. Next years events will also welcome the return of the FESPA Awards, World Wrap Masters and Club FESPA.
The Initiative Online Print e.V. (IOP), the German Printing and Media Industries Federation (BVDM), and the European printing federation Intergraf are joining forces to develop a dedicated industry standard a so-called vertical for Googles Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). Their objective is to ensure that the specific requirements of the printing industry are taken into account from the outset in the emerging era of agentic commerce.
The owning family of the Thimm Group, a leading provider of sustainable corrugated packaging and display solutions, has decided to sell its company to the Saica Group. Founded in 1949 by Walter Felix Thimm, the company has grown into a Europe-wide organisation. In 2024, Thimm generated revenues of approximately EUR 539 million with a workforce of around 2,500 employees.
Next week, FESPA Global Print Expo 2026 returns to the Gran Via, Fira de Barcelona, Spain, from 19 22 May 2026, alongside European Sign Expo, Personalisation Experience, WrapFest and the brand-new Corrugated and Textile. As the global print, signage, packaging, textile and wrapping communities gather for four days of innovation, collaboration and business development, the FESPA Foundation will once again demonstrate how the industry can drive meaningful, lasting social impact.
Intergraf is delighted to announce the winner and runners-up of the Intergraf Young Talent Award 2026, our annual celebration of the pioneering ideas of young people in print. The first prize was awarded to Irina Pinta from Romania. Annika Nürk from Germany won second place, and Izelda Lala from the United Kingdom was awarded third place.
The drupa Prize 2026 has been awarded to literary scholar Christina Slopek-Hauff for her outstanding doctoral thesis in the field of English and American Studies. With her thesis Plural Psychologies: Interrogating Mental Illness in Anglophone African and African-Diasporic Fiction, she makes an innovative contribution to interdisciplinary literary and cultural studies.
