TRENDS Themen

Intergraf, the European printing industry association, is calling for a postponement of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). It recognises the European Commission’s efforts to streamline the legislation by creating the category of ‘downstream operators’ with reduced due diligence obligations. However, according to Intergraf, the proposal entails significant changes along the value chain. Changes that require sufficient time for stakeholders, policymakers and Member States to analyse. Given the current deadline of 30 December 2025, this is extremely difficult.

The German Printing and Media Association is calling for the immediate suspension of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for at least twelve months. This time must be used for a fundamental revision of the EUDR, as the regulation is not feasible for companies in the printing and media industry.

Britta Pforr joined the sales team at Gustav Daiber GmbH in October 2025 as the new North-West regional manager. With over 18 years of sales experience – 16 of which in the textile sector – she brings extensive expertise, industry knowledge and a keen understanding of customer-oriented collaboration to the table.

The seasonally adjusted business climate index calculated by the BVDM showed an increase of 0.4 per cent compared to the previous month. While companies rated the current business situation slightly worse than in September, expectations for the coming six months improved. The positive development of business expectations contributed to the stabilisation of the business climate.

With its new workwear bestseller catalogue, Gustav Daiber GmbH is offering an overview of its most popular workwear items for the first time. Across 143 pages, the corporate fashion manufacturer presents its strongest workwear styles – from T-shirts, polo shirts and sweatshirts to fleece jackets, waistcoats, trousers and accessories.

A premiere for Gustav Daiber GmbH: for the first time, the corporate fashion manufacturer presented its collections together with Tanzkraftwerk Stuttgart in its own fashion show on 9 October 2025. Around 70 invited guests, including customers from all over Germany, experienced an event at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart that combined fashion and dance in a special way.

The exhibition 100 Saxon Prints 2024, which runs from 25 October 2025 to 11 January 2026 in Leipzig, continues the chain of socially focused themes of recent biennials. The future can no longer be bought with money alone. Indifference is not yet punished, and aeroplanes and cars still fly and drive at will. Living trees still stand in city centres, but the impositions to come will claim victims along the thickness of their wallets. This year’s Graphic Art Biennial draws attention to escalating processes in social interaction.

The announced economic recovery is also slow in coming in the printing industry. Although there are initial signs of stabilisation, the bottom line remains sobering. Sales in the printing and media industry are declining again.