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“FESPA Middle East was productive”

More than 3,400 visits connections and strengthen- their fast-growing indus-
from over 2,700 industry ing existing relationships. tries.
professionals from 80 coun- Sustainability was a major Profit for Purpose is
tries attended the second focus for us this year, as we FESPA’s international rein-
edition of FESPA Middle highlighted our eco-friendly vestment programme,
East, the region’s leading machines and materials, which uses revenue from
event for the global special- such as roll-up media, inks, FESPA events to support the
ity print and signage indus- and printers. We are grateful global speciality print com-
tries, which took place at the for the strong interest in munity to achieve sustaina-
Dubai Exhibition Centre these sustainable solutions. ble and profitable growth
from 20 – 22 January. It’s evident that the printing through four key pillars -
Rashed Jihad industry is making positive education, inspiration,
Abdeljalil,Business “FESPA Middle East was an exciting and productive experience” progress.” expansion and connection.
Development Manager at Founded in 1962, FESPA
Flex-Europa, said: “FESPA Additionally, it gave us a demonstrations were a big is a global federation of The programme delivers
Middle East 2025 was an chance to learn more about part of our booth, and it was Associations for the screen high-quality products and
exciting and productive other businesses’ needs and great to see so many people printing, digital printing and services for printers world-
experience for us. The gain valuable insights which interested in what we offer. textile printing community. wide, including market
energy at the event was will help us better support We focused on giving visi- FESPA’s dual aim is to pro- research, seminars, sum-
incredible, and it gave us a our customers moving for- tors hands-on experiences, mote screen printing and mits, congresses, educa-
great opportunity to connect ward. including printing out their digital imaging and to share tional guides and features,
with customers, partners, “We were excited to dis- own designs while helping knowledge about screen and in addition to supporting
and industry professionals. play some of our latest inno- them understand how our digital printing with its grassroots projects in devel-
It was a chance to share vations at FESPA, including machines can meet their members across the world, oping markets. For more
ideas, showcase our innova- our advanced UV, Eco- specific needs. helping them to grow their information, visit www.
tions, and really engage with Solvent, Labels, and laser “This show was a great businesses and learn about fespa.com/en/about/profit-
the printing community. printing solutions. Live platform for building new the latest developments in for-purpose.

“FESPA Middle East 2025 was more about real business”

Arjen Evertse, General not just the impact of the ink but if we look at the whole
Manager Sales, Mimaki itself, but also waste, how Middle East overall, we see a
Europe, told PrintWeek much waste is generated lot of opportunities, for
MENA: “The second edition from the printer and how example, in countries like
of FESPA Middle East is much energy is consumed. If Iraq. We have been develop-
more about real business. you add everything to the ing much business in Iraq
Mimaki has the widest range calculation, according to our over the past few years. And
of products in our industry. research, UV is the most sus- also some other, some other
So we are not able to bring tainable ink technology smaller countries. Overall,
everything to an exhibition. available today. Also, I’m the future of the Middle
So we have selected the most looking forward to getting East looks very promising
popular products in the more adoption of our 3D
region. We don’t have actual technology in the Middle and exciting.”
product launches in the “2nd edition of FESPA Middle East was more about real business” East. Besides that, the FESPA is a non-profit
show, but we do have a tech- very important in this Mimaki’s presence in the Middle East seems very organisation that has rein-
nology preview of an upcom- region. We have had previ- Middle East is quite strong. promising. We see a lot of vested US$9 million into the
ing model. This machine ous generations of products, “We are proposing our UV developments in different printing industry worldwide
will come with a bottle ver- countries. It’s not only since 2015 through its Profit
sion of the ink supply sys- including bottled ink sys- solution because there are about, I mean, everyone is for Purpose programme.
tem, which allows the use of tems for this region, ena- different points of view on talking about Saudi. Of FESPA Middle East 2026
bottled ink and enables a bling us to get the market sustainability. It’s essential course, Saudi Arabia is the will take place from 13 -15
lower running cost, which is position today because to look at the total picture, place to be at the moment, January.

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