Next Fespa Global moved to March 2021

Fespa Global will no longer take place in Madrid in October 2020. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has prompted organisers to move it to 9 - 12 March 2021, when it will shift location to the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam. This event will replace the originally scheduled May 2021 event in Munich. The show will return to Munich in 2022.

“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,” said CEO Neil Felton. He added: “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.” The next European Sign Expo and Sportswear Pro will be co-located with Fespa Global in Amsterdam, a destination that hosted Fespa exhibitions in 2006, 2009 and 2016.