The next edition of Fespa Global Print Expo has been confirmed for March 2021, and is moving to Amsterdam.
This year’s Fespa was originally scheduled for the end of March in Madrid, Spain. However, as the coronavirus pandemic took hold and swept across Europe, the decision was made to push the show back by six months to October 2020. This has now been revised again, with the event to run 9-12 March, 2021. The event will also take place at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, rather than in Madrid. It will be co-located with the European Sign Expo and Sportswear Pro. Further, the March 2021 edition of Fespa Global Print Expo replaces the originally scheduled 2021 event in Munich, Germany. Fespa will return to Munich in 2022.
Fespa CEO Neil Felton explained, ‘In March 2020 we took the decision to delay Fespa Global Print Expo by six months in the face of the advancing pandemic and its implications for our exhibitors and visitors. Since then the development of COVID-19 has been dynamic and unpredictable.
‘While many regions are now gradually emerging from lockdown, at this point in time we cannot be confident that we could match exhibitor and visitor expectations of a Fespa event if we were to go ahead in October this year.’
The new dates for Fespa join an already packed 2021 calendar, which includes the rescheduled interpack (25 February to 3 March), drupa (20-30 April) and Labelexpo Americas (23-25 March) shows, the co-located ICE, CCE and InPrint event (9-11 March), and the next editions of Labelexpo Europe (21-24 September) and Printing United (6-8 October).
Mr Felton continued, ‘Early March 2021 offers the strongest alternative, giving our exhibitors and visitors time to recover and ourselves time to prepare fully for any new operational requirements. Feedback from the market indicates that, having faced the considerable commercial challenges of 2020, our community will welcome Fespa Global Print Expo in March 2021 as an important platform for business recovery and forward progress early next year.’
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