Fespa was held May 8 to 12, Germany.
Printers and sign makers from over 139 countries attended the event. Over 39,224 visitors attended. Visitors from Asia represented ten per cent of the total attendance.
With almost 100 first-time exhibitors on the show floor, visitors had access to a comprehensive line-up of suppliers of technology, materials for printing and sign-making, consumables and accessories.
The largest visitor groups were from Germany, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark and Poland.
The profile of Fespa as the leading European exhibition for textile printing continues to increase. Vendors offered new textile printing solutions. Printed interior décor applications were also prevalent throughout the event.
This response underlines the success of the expo as a forum for meeting customers face-to-face, making concrete sales and developing business pipelines.
This was a commercial show which welcomed a great many printers from all parts of the world but particularly from Europe and the Middle East. It brought together a buoyant specialty printing community, with many exhibitors reporting record sales, and an audience of senior decision-makers coming with an immediate intention to invest.
Germany will host Fespa, May 15 to 18, 2018. The aim is to move the Fespa global print expo to an annual cycle and make every event a comprehensive showcase of all processes and products.
