With this year’s FESPA in Barcelona offering six different co-locating shows, three conferences, and special features including the World Wrap Masters competition, it may be hard to know where to start when visiting. Thankfully SignLink is here to breakdown the 2026 offering FESPA SET TO BECOME ‘THE PLACE FOR EXPERTS’ To say that this year’s FESPA event is potentially its biggest yet, might not be out of the realms of possibility, purely because of the number of features and sections this year’s show has. While it is easy to get into the minutia of stand sizes, exhibition space, and visitor numbers, FESPA 2026 includes six events, three conferences, and special features including the World Wrap Masters competition – which all shows how the trade event space is changing. As sectors have changed, spending has altered, and value is needed from trips and expenditures more than ever, FESPA is addressing this with a ‘value for money’ exhibition. Under the FESPA 2026 lineup is the usual FESPA Global Print Expo along with European Sign Expo, and the Personalisation Experience, both returning after runs in previous years. New for 2026 is the addition of WrapFest, which has previously held two iterations at Silverstone in the UK, as well as two brand-new shows: Corrugated and Textile. Last year’s FESPA event reported total attendance of over 23,000 for the fourday show, with a total of 14,036 unique visitors, which surpassed 2024 figures by 10.5%. According to FESPA’s survey, 40% of attendees planned to invest in solutions when attending the 2024 show, with 87% of visitors holding decision-making positions. Building on this success and looking to expand its reach into other territories (moving away from the more traditional Western European region), FESPA has chosen to hold its event at the Fire de Barcelona, in, you guessed it, Barcelona, Spain, which is the first time the exhibition is being held there since 2012. To give you all the information ahead of this year’s show, we dive into the new show segments and give a preview of what you can expect upon visiting or when keeping up to date from home soil. All Under One Roof Continuing to become a prime location for solutions in wide-format, digital, signage, personalisation, packaging, and screen and textile printing, FESPA Global Print Expo 2026 is described by Michael Ryan, head of FESPA Global Print Expo, as a “dirFESPA 2026 PREVIEW | DAVID OSGAR 35 www.signlink.co.uk Issue 264 - April | May 2026
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