Jogja Printing Expo 2025, Lifts Yogyakarta Print And Creative Industry

The Krista Exhibitions held the 2025 Jogja Printing Expo (JPE), which was the first printing industry exhibition to be held in Yogyakarta.

The exhibition which will take place on May 21-24, 2025 at the Jogja Expo Center (JEC) is a strategic momentum for industry players to display the transformation and advancement of technology that forms the future of the printing industry in Indonesia.

This exhibition is held simultaneously with Jogja Food & Beverage Expo, Jogja Pack & Process Expo, and Jogja All Tea Expo 2025. The synergy of these four exhibitions creates an interconnected industrial ecosystem ranging from printing, packaging, food and beverage, to the tea beverage sector. This opens up opportunities for collaboration between sectors and expands the cross-industrial business network.

The Jogja Printing Expo (JPE) will feature the latest innovations in the field of digital printing, industrial printing machines, finishing technology, to sustainable printing solutions.

This exhibition is designed as a strategic platform for business actors, MSMEs, graphic designers, publishers, production houses, to educational institutions to explore the latest technology, build business partnerships, and understand global trends in the printing industry.

Daud D. Salim, CEO of Krista Exhibitions, stated that JPE is an important momentum for the development of the printing industry in Yogyakarta. This printing industry exhibition will support the growth of the national printing industry and strengthen Yogyakarta as the center of the creative industry.

JPE was attended by 27 participants, including 10 MSMEs from the printing industry. While others are large companies of printing, graphics and textiles. During the four days of implementation, JPE targets the presence of up to 12,000 visitors.

"This exhibition is a strategic platform to showcase the latest technological innovations as well as strengthen synergies between industrial sectors. Collaboration with Jogja Food & Beverage Expo, Jogja Pack & Process Expo, and Jogja All Tea Expo expand cross-industrial business opportunities and support sustainable creative ecosystem growth," said Daud.

"We believe this exhibition will encourage the progress of the national printing industry and strengthen Yogyakarta's position as a center for creative industry innovation," he said again.

Packaging Prints Increase Rapidly

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Indonesian Graphics Company Association (PPGI) Ahmad Mughira Nurhani said that print industry could not be separated from the development of the world economy. According to him, there are digital developments that have penetrated various sectors, making the printed industry decline.

"In the past there were newspapers, magazines and bookprints. When the digital world developed rapidly, demand for printed newspapers and magazines decreased. However, the demand for printing packaging or packaging actually increased rapidly. Even the oplah was very large," said Ahmad.

"Messages for printing packaging include replacing sectors that have decreased. This is what makes the printed industry continue to exist," he said.

During the exhibition, various interesting seminars were held. PPGI held a seminar with key topics: "Business of Paper Baku Business Prospects" and "Prospects of Packaging Industry Business" which reviewed the dynamics of supply chains and the growing innovation of products in modern print.

Meanwhile, HIPPI (Indonesian Indigenous Entrepreneurs Association) raised the theme "Opportunities and Challenges of MSMEs in the Artificial Intelligence Era".

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JPE also presents a Business Matching program that connects business actors, brand owners, technology providers, and potential business partners.

This meeting became a strategic momentum to build new cooperation, expand networks, and encourage economic growth in the grapha sector and creative manufacturing.

This seminar and business matching is an important forum to support the sustainable and adaptive printing and packaging industry.

"This makes the government really appreciate this JPE. The reason is that this can open up opportunities for the creative and print economy not only for DIY but also nationally," said Yuna Pancawati, Head of the DIY Industry and Trade Office.

Yuna, further, said that the printed industry would never end or die. However, the industry must be adaptive and open in order to develop in the unique print industry market.