Fespa will be held in Germany from May 15 to 18. This is a wide format, screen printing and textile printing event. Visitors will see printed interior decor applications including furniture, wall coverings, flooring, window graphics and soft furnishings.

This year’s event will have an entire hall dedicated to substrates and will also feature the largest textile zone of any Fespa event to date to reflect the market’s growing interest in soft signage, fashion and decorative textiles.

New this year is Print Make Wear, an interactive visitor feature designed to replicate a fast fashion factory. Focused exclusively on fashion textiles, garments and printed accessories, this feature takes the form of a live production environment and will highlight every step in the screen and digital printing production process, from initial design to finished product.

Also new for 2018 is the Digital Corrugated Experience, which is an educational and experiential area that will showcase the commercial and production advantages of digital print for corrugated packaging and retail display applications. This feature aims to highlight to packaging converters and box-makers the benefits of integrating digital technology into their production mix.

The show will be co-located once again with European Sign Expo, Fespa’s dedicated event for non-printed signage.