As digital intelligence accelerates and manufacturing upgrades continue to deepen, China’s printing and packaging industry is moving rapidly toward smarter production, digital transformation, and closer collaboration across the industrial value chain.

Faced with rising labor costs, changing order structures, and growing demands for higher production efficiency, better product quality, and more flexible manufacturing, printing and packaging companies are placing greater emphasis on advanced machinery, automation technologies, and integrated production solutions. A new round of equipment renewal and technological upgrading is creating fresh market opportunities for printing and packaging machinery manufacturers.

The 6th Yutian International Printing & Packaging Machinery Expo 2026, themed “Yutian Craftsmanship · A New Journey in Intelligent Manufacturing,” will be held from September 19–21, 2026, at the Yutian Intelligent Equipment Manufacturing (Printing Machinery) Industrial Complex Exhibition Center.

The Expo is organized by the People’s Government of Yutian County and the Yutian County Printing & Packaging Machinery Association, and undertaken by Hebei Xiezhong Trading Co., Ltd. With a planned exhibition area of 10,000+ square meters, exhibitor recruitment is now officially underway.

1. Rooted in a Strong Industrial Base, Building a Nationwide Industry Exchange Platform

Yutian is one of China’s major industrial clusters for printing and packaging machinery and was selected among the first batch of National SME Characteristic Industrial Clusters.

With years of focused industrial development, Yutian has become an important force in driving technological and manufacturing upgrades across the sector. The 2026 Expo will further connect Yutian’s local manufacturing cluster with high-quality resources from across China, creating an open, collaborative, and resource-sharing industry ecosystem.

The event will promote efficient connections among advanced technologies, innovative products, market resources, and end-user purchasing demand. Professional visitors will come from a broad range of printing and packaging manufacturers across northern China, helping exhibitors expand their markets and create new business opportunities.

2. Three Core Exhibition Zones Covering the Entire Printing & Packaging Value Chain

The 2026 Yutian Expo will be comprehensively upgraded with three core exhibition zones, covering the complete printing and packaging value chain as well as major end-use applications.

The Expo aims to build a professional industry event with strong regional manufacturing characteristics and growing influence across the printing and packaging sector.

I. Prepress & Printing Equipment

Automatic feeding systems, digital corrugated printing machines, label printing machines, flexographic printing machines, intelligent web offset printing lines, intelligent eco-friendly color carton production lines, integrated printing–gluing–stitching lines, and related auxiliary equipment.

II. Post-Press & Packaging Equipment

Die-cutting machines, hot foil stamping machines, stripping machines, embossing machines, film laminators, flute laminators, pile turners, carton gluers, box stitching machines, folder gluers, carton collecting machines, inspection machines, UV equipment, digital finishing equipment, window patching machines, paper bag machines, folding machines, cutting machines, rigid box equipment, robotic palletizing systems, and more.

III. Hardware, Electrical Components, Consumables & Supporting Services

Printing supplies, electrical components, mechanical parts, frequency inverters, gear reducers, speed controllers, servo motors, and other related supporting products, technologies, and services.

By bringing together complete machinery, components, consumables, and technical services in one place, the Expo will further strengthen cooperation across the upstream and downstream industrial chain and provide professional visitors with a more efficient platform for equipment evaluation, solution comparison, and purchasing negotiations.

3. Focused on Real Production Applications and Connecting Supply with Demand

The Expo will closely address the equipment purchasing and technology-upgrade needs of printing companies, packaging manufacturers, corrugated box plants, folding carton producers, label converters, and other related manufacturing and processing businesses.

For Exhibitors — More Than Just a Product Showcase

The Expo provides an important platform for companies to strengthen brand visibility, meet professional buyers, understand market demand, and expand their regional customer base.

Exhibitors can use the platform to:

• Showcase their brand image and core products
• Launch new machinery, technologies, and production solutions
• Meet professional buyers from the printing and packaging industry face to face
• Expand into the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region and other northern China markets
• Connect with machinery, component, consumable, and technical service resources
• Gain deeper insight into market demand and future equipment-upgrade trends