FuturePrint Industrial Print: A Sell-Out Success
Back in late 2024, after three years of hosting our FuturePrint Digital Print for Manufacturing Conference in Cambridge - the first taking place in 2021, not long after COVID, when many delegates were still wearing face masks - it became clear that the event had begun to plateau. The initial excitement of gathering the industrial inkjet community in Cambridge had naturally softened. While the city remains one of the epicentres of industrial inkjet innovation, the market itself had shifted. As the industry settled into a post-COVID rhythm, it was evident that the format needed renewal. A refresh was not just desirable - it was necessary.
Drawing on what we had learned from FuturePrint Week in Valencia - particularly the power of a strong venue in an appealing, practical location - Munich quickly emerged as the natural next step. The city has a proven pedigree for manufacturing-focused events, and the success of the InPrint Show there over many years reinforced that choice. Munich made sense. But simply returning to a familiar city was not enough.
We had no interest in creating just another conference, or indeed just another tradeshow. While the post-COVID return to exhibitions has been real, the way we buy, sell and make decisions has fundamentally changed. COVID accelerated a shift that was already underway: B2B buyers now follow a digital journey first. Research happens online. Trust is built through content, insight and storytelling long before anyone sets foot in an event hall. Tradeshows are no longer places to browse blindly - they are places to validate decisions already forming.
This belief sits at the heart of everything we do at FuturePrint. Through the FuturePrint Podcast, FuturePrint News, FuturePrintTV and our growing global community, learning now comes first. Events follow. For disruptive technologies such as industrial inkjet, digital storytelling is not optional - it is essential. It builds credibility, instils confidence and opens the door to new commercial opportunities.
From this thinking, FuturePrint Industrial Print was born.
Not as a competitor to existing events, but as a much-needed home for industrial inkjet and digital printing innovation. An event designed to serve an undernourished part of the print technology landscape: Industrial Print Technology for Advanced Manufacturing. Neither a traditional conference nor a conventional tradeshow, FuturePrint Industrial Print is a true hybrid - combining focused, high-value content with an accessible, human-scale exhibition experience.
The aim is simple: make participation easy for exhibitors, and make discovery efficient for visitors. No endless halls. No exhaustion. No wasted time. Instead, one place where OEMs, converters, printers and end-user manufacturers can find exactly what matters to them - in a single, concentrated visit.
Hosted at Motorworld Munich, inside the striking Kohlebunker (just 25 minutes from Munich International Airport), the venue itself reinforces this philosophy. Peel back the industrial exterior and you find a space purpose-built for powerful presentations, meaningful conversations and over 50 carefully curated innovators. From additive 3D inkjet printing and direct-to-shape applications, to décor, packaging and labels - this is inkjet in its most industrial, most enabling form. Technology that delivers flexibility, agility and entirely new manufacturing possibilities.
The response has been overwhelming. With the venue sold out and delegate bookings accelerating from across the manufacturing ecosystem, it is clear that this is only the beginning.
The phoenix imagery used in our creative captures this moment perfectly. With functional and decorative wings, FuturePrint Industrial Print may be newer, fresher and more refined than its predecessor, InPrint - but like a phoenix, it rises stronger. A reflection of how far industrial inkjet has travelled over the past decade, and how much more potential still lies ahead.
If you are invested in, or simply curious about, industrial print technology for advanced manufacturing, there is no other event like this. And if you already operate in this space, ask yourself a simple question: what might I miss by not attending? The answer could be a new idea, a solved problem, or an opportunity you didn’t know existed.
Events still matter. Human connection still matters. But in a world defined by pressure, distraction and volatility, we all need confidence that an event will deliver a return on our most valuable resource: time.
If you are involved in industrial print, and your schedule allows, FuturePrint Industrial Print - 21–22 January, Motorworld Munich - is unmissable.