Over the years, the organizers of FESPA, held this year in Munich from May 14 to 17, have stayed in tune with emerging trends and evolved the show to stay ahead of them. This year’s event was no exception. We took particular note of the special educational features the show organizer highlighted this year, and review them here.

Throughout the show, presenters and panels presented content in five important growth areas that can help attendees expand their businesses. These include décor, digital textile, signage, industrial, and digital print for packaging. The Theater wrapped up with a Print Leaders Panel discussion moderated by Frank Tückmantel, EFI’s Vice President of Corporate Marketing. The panelists discussed their views of growth strategies for businesses in all segments of the market and included Daniel Sunderland, Director of Operations and Finance at Serigráfica Industrial and Commercial in Mexico; Bernhard Niemela, General Manager & Editor-in-Chief at Deutscher Drucker Verlag; and Keith Ferrell, one of the founders of New Zealand’s Cactus Imaging.

Print Leaders Panel in FESPA’s Trends Theater. Left to right: Daniel Sunderland, Serigráfica Industrial and Commercial; Frank Tückmantel, EFI;  Bernhard Niemela, Deutscher Drucker Verlag; and Keith Ferrell, Cactus Imaging.