IPIA sets date for key networking event
More than 130 print professionals are expected to attend the IPIA Annual Networking Lunch on June 18th in Birmingham
FESPA 2026 will play host to co-locating events, with Corrugated being a new offering for 2026 which will showcase a line-up of international exhibitors which specialise in corrugated applications and technologies
More information has been revealed for this year’s new Corrugated event at FESPA 2026 which runs alongside five other co-locating events, including the new Textile event which was announced at the end of last year along with Corrugated as new additions to the flagship FESPA event.
Corrugated is a joint venture with Brunton Publications and will take place between May 19th and 22nd alongside FESPA Global Print Expo, Personalisation Experience, European Sign Expo, WrapFest, and the brand-new Textile.
The event will have 1,500sq m of hall space in Hall 3, and will offer visitors solutions in high-speed print, precision converting, sustainable substrates, robotics and automation, and more. The space is made for the “next generation of packaging manufacturing” as well as other corrugated applications.
Hardware manufacturer, BOBST has been announced as the overall event sponsor while Canon is a gold sponsor, and Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (PCS) is the bronze sponsor.
Nick Kirby, non-executive director at Zeus Packaging and FESPA corrugated ambassador, says: “The corrugated industry is more advanced than ever before. That’s why this year is the perfect time for FESPA to have launched its inaugural Corrugated event.”
Exhibitors include Barberan, Hybrid Software, Ricoh Printing Solutions Europe, and Scodix. The area also has additional stands from exhibitors present in other areas of the show such as HP, Canon, and Koenig & Bauer Durst.
The event will also have the ‘Corrugated Theatre’ which will cover topics like EU packaging legislation, cyber security in the modern box plant, emerging opportunities offered by AI, the role of national and international trade associations, and more.
Kirby concludes: “I look forward to seeing an array of diverse solutions at the show – from next‑generation digital print and converting systems to low-impact materials that help packaging manufacturers, converters and brands to address their challenges. Corrugated really is set to be ‘The Place For Experts’”.
