Winners of FESPA Awards 2025 Announced

FESPA Global Print Expo 2025, Europe’s leading trade fair for screen printing, digital, wide format printing and textile printing, was held in Berlin, Germany, between 6-9 May 2025. The winners of the FESPA 2025 awards were also announced during the fair.

FESPA has announced the winners of the 2025 FESPA Awards during the official ceremony at FESPA Global Print Expo 2025 in Messe Berlin, Germany. Across the categories, this year’s awards celebrated excellence and creativity across print, signage, packaging, vehicle wrapping 3D, special effects and more. With 278 entries this year from over 30 countries, the 2025 edition of the FESPA Awards has proved to be more in-demand than the 2023 Awards, which received around 210 entries.

• The Innovation Award was presented to P&P Promotion in Italy, for its entries into the Direct Printing on Three Dimensional Products category. The entries were titled: “Grappa Del Lupo-Gruppo Montenegro”, “Bolghari Premium Quality Gin-Peacock Tuscany” and “Silla Vodka”.

• The People’s Choice Award, which is voted for online by the FESPA global print and signage community, was won this year by Ekostand – a biodegradable display in Poland. The entry, titled “Walstead Krakow”, was submitted to the ‘Display and Packaging on Paper and Board’ category. In addition, this entry also won the Sustainability Award.

• The Young Star Award welcomed entries across all categories from employees, trainees, and students aged 16 and 25. This year’s winning entry was titles: “Heads” and is an end-of-year final project for an Art-industrial school in Trenčín Slovakia.

• The Best In Show Award, which is selected as the most outstanding example of print, was awarded to Iwaarden in The Netherlands for its “Rebranding Office Odido” entry in the Printeriors category.
• New to 2025, the Distinction Award was presented to Visix Brand Shiners from Belgium for its “Project Focus” entry in the roll-to-roll printed textiles category.

FESPA Global Print Expo 2026 to be Held in Barcelona

FESPA has announced that its flagship annual FESPA Global Print Expo and co-located events (European Sign Expo and Personalisation Experience), will take place at the Fira de Barcelona, Spain, from Tuesday 19 – Friday 22 May next year.  The 2026 show will also welcome back Sportswear Pro for its second edition. In addition, confirmed features include World Wrap Masters and Club FESPA.

Michael Ryan, Head of FESPA Global Print Expo, comments, “It gives me great pleasure to share that we have chosen Barcelona as the host city for our 2026 flagship events. As a peripatetic event, it’s important to us that we are able to connect with our different associations and the regional markets as a whole. We’re excited to see what the city has in store for us and are confident that our visitors will have the opportunity to unveil a wealth of business potential across print, signage, personalisation and sportswear.”

He continues, “After the cancellation of the 2020 events in Madrid, we’re delighted to be able to return to Southern Europe after 13 years, building on our relations with the Spanish and Portuguese speciality print markets even further. See you in Barcelona!”

FESPA Global Print Expo was last hosted at the Fira de Barcelona in 2012. The venue, which is a leading trade fair organisation in Spain, is easily accessible via transport links and is recognised for its previous success as a host platform for FESPA events.