Fespa organizer outlines its new Corrugated event. Announced last November, Corrugated will be held alongside the flagship visual communications show Fespa Global Print Expo and four associated events, Personalisation Experience, European Sign Expo, WrapFest and Textile, from May 19 to 22, 2026 at the Fira in Barcelona, Spain.
The space dedicated to Corrugated will occupy 1,500 m 2 in Hall 3. Swiss manufacturer Bobst will be the main sponsor of this first edition of Corrugated, seconded by Japanese manufacturer Canon and Norwegian brand Kongsberg PCS.
Exhibitors will be presenting equipment and solutions for high-speed digital printing, board converting and finishing, substrates, as well as robotics and automation systems for corrugated lines and 3D POP applications.
Confirmed exhibitors include Barberan, Baysek Solutions, BW Papersystems Frankfurt, Dücker Prefeeder, Freidheim International, HP, Hybrid Software Development, Kento Digital Printing, Koenig & Bauer, Scodix, Sun Automation Group and Wonderjet.
In addition to the exhibition area, visitors to the Corrugated Theatre will be able to attend a series of conferences. Sessions will cover European packaging regulations, cybersecurity in can plants, applications of artificial intelligence, and the role of national and international trade associations.
Visitors will also be able to attend conferences at other co-located trade shows, including WrapTalks for covering, as well as sessions devoted to printing, signage, personalization and textiles.
Nick Kirby, non-executive director of Zeus Packaging and Corrugated ambassador for Fespa, believes that the corrugated board sector is undergoing rapid technological change. "
