In the last 97th edition, just as the ‘ember’ months started, I urged everyone to start planning, executing, and engaging with relevant stakeholders on 2026. If you observe, this last quarter of 2025 is practically ‘running faster than ever’. Again, I will encourage you to begin your 2026 strategic plans, forecast, and budget now if your long-term goal is sustainable growth that births positive impacts. Now is the time to define what you are meant for with clarity of purpose. Discover your area of impact and take time to purposely plan ahead and realistically execute them with deep focus, empathy, and patience.
What’s in the 98th edition?
While both PRINT IMPACT AROUND NIGERIA (from page 10) and PRINT IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD (from page 12) characteristically cover news around Nigeria and across the globe, highlighting the latest developments that took place within the last two months in the print and allied industries, our SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLES begin with the POST-SHOW REPORT of West Africa’s number one trade event for the packaging, plastics, printing, and food processing industries – PROPAK West Africa. The show, which took place from 9 to 11 September 2025, brought together manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors from across Africa and the world under one roof to explore cutting-edge solutions, strengthen partnerships, and shape the future of the industry. That is why the SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLE, adapted from organiser’s (Montgomery Group Africa) POST-SHOW PRESS RELEASE, is aptly titled: PROPAK WEST AFRICA 2025 WELCOMES OVER 3,100 INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS AND DECISION-MAKERS. Turn to page 11 to find out more.
For the first time after 38 years in Brussels, the culturally diverse City of Barcelona played host to Labelexpo Europe (now LOUPE) from 16 to 19 September 2025. As the world’s largest congregation of label and packaging players, check out the SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLE culled from organiser’s (Informa Markets) POST-SHOW STATEMENT, which highlights why the 4-DAY event was truly THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH in terms of measurable impacts. The piece captioned: LABELEXPO EUROPE 2025 ATTRACTS RECORD NUMBER OF VISITORS starts from page 16 and shows you the areas.
The last POST-SHOW REPORT in this edition, which coincidentally forms the last SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLE, is an extraction of the POST-SHOW STATEMENT from the organiser of The Print Show 2025 (colocated for the first time with The Sign Show 2025). According to Link Exhibitions (UK) LTD, the 3-DAY show welcomed over 5,300 attendees from 23rd September to 25th September, thus the apt title: THE PRINT SHOW AND THE SIGN SHOW WELCOME OVER 5,300 ATTENDEES TO 2025 EVENTS of the SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLE starts from page 38 and ends on page 41.
America’s largest annual trade show, PRINTING United Expo, is set to take place at the popular and award-winning East Coast destination – Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida, from Wednesday 22 to Friday 24 October 2025. WHERE To Print sought to know what’s going to be new at this year’s edition and what the global printing industry should look forward to from the organiser, PRINTING United Alliance. The responses from Group President, Media and Events – Mr. Christopher Curran, form the first SPECIAL FEATURE INTERVIEW in this edition on pages 24 and 25, captioned: “PRINTING UNITED EXPO 2025 WILL BE A VALUE-DRIVEN, TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE”.
- Hardworking and dedicated Team members (L-R: Adeola Adejare, Ayodeji Olukole, Shola Olatunji, Peculiar Usang, Femi Ariyibi, Precious Ajuonuma, Folarin Olaniyi, and yours truly) that made this year’s Official Show Publication – PROPAK West Africa DAILY a jolly smooth ride – not just in terms of quality content (hence upholding WHERE To Print magazine’s forte of responsible journalism), but with the stress-free professional design, production quality checks, and meeting delivery deadlines from DAY 1 to DAY 2 and then, the last DAY 3.
And basking in the euphoria of the successful live display of one of its brands, the Autoprint One-Colour Press, which not only stole the show at the just concluded and hitherto mentioned West Africa’s biggest packaging, plastics, printing, and food processing exhibition – PROPAK West Africa 2025, but also recorded unprecedented sales right from the show floor from domestic and international visitors around Africa. WHERE To Print also caught up with Autoprint Machinery Mfrs Pvt. LTD Manager for International Business, Mr. Harsha Ashok, at its Ankan Graphics LTD partner stand during the show to find out, amongst others, how the Coimbatore, India-based printing machines manufacturer intends to support the African market as it continues to alter global perception of Indian-made printing equipment. The summary of his response is excerpted below in the second exclusive SPECIAL FEATURE INTERVIEW on pages 26, 27, and 28 titled: “WE GUARANTEE TIMELY SERVICE, QUICK RESPONSE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES, AND AVAILABILITY OF PARTS”.
But as we know that it’s people who drive machines, and with the end-of-year crush of open enrollment, performance evaluations, bonuses, and compensation adjustments, etc., which makes Human Resource (HR) processes and procedures cumbersome at this time of the year, how can HR practitioners in the industry navigate HR processes and procedures smoothly? The answer to this question forms the crux of this edition’s COVER STORY, aptly captioned: 13 TIPS FROM AN HR EXPERT, written by Adriane Harrison, Vice President of Human Relations Consulting at PRINTING United Alliance, and adapted from Printing Impressions, please flip over to Pages 30, 31, and 32 to discover how HR practitioners in the industry can navigate HR processes and procedures efficiently.
To wrap up this edition, just as we aim to finish this year with impactful deliverables, I sincerely thank ALL those who stopped, engaged, and shared ideas with me on how to take our industry to greater heights during The Print Show UK, Labelexpo Europe, and PROPAK West Africa. And most especially this year’s PROPAK West Africa DAILY advertisers/ partners: Afropack Engineering, Ankan Graphics LTD, Heidelberg Nigeria LTD, Print Box Nigeria LTD, Nilpeter, SHS-CAS Graphische Maschinen GmbH, and Sid Print Services. You’re ALL appreciated even as I also thank my hardworking and dedicated Team members for making this year’s Official Show Publication – PROPAK West Africa DAILY a jolly smooth ride – not just in terms of quality content (hence upholding WHERE To Print magazine forte of responsible journalism), but with the stress-free professional design, production quality checks, and meeting delivery deadlines from DAY 1 to DAY 2 and then, the last DAY 3. From those seen and those who worked behind the scenes, their commitment truly fulfilled the DAILY’s mission of improving the overall exhibition experience of all stakeholders. Thank you, Precious Ajuonuma, Peculiar Usang, Folarin Olaniyi, Shola Olatunji, Adeola Adejare, Ayodeji Olukole, and Femi Ariyibi. You ALL did a wonderful job – thank you ALL for your unalloyed commitment and support – you’re the BEST!
Take care and continue to do good!
