Flint Group Digital Xeikon has announced the return of Xeikon Innovation Days. The European version will take place June 9-10, 2026, at Xeikon’s Global Innovation Center in Lier, Belgium. One week later, the North American edition will take place June 16-18, 2026, at the Chicago Innovation Center in Elgin, IL, USA.

Under the umbrella theme “Print. Smarter. Together.”, the event will bring together customers, prospects, and partners for an extensive program of live demos, customer conversations, application showcases, and hands-on experiences designed to accelerate decision-making in digital label and packaging production.

Digital transformation

This year’s edition carries significance far beyond the event itself. Xeikon Innovation Days 2026 will also serve as a visible expression of a broader transformation: Xeikon’s evolution into Flint Group Digital Xeikon, a core digital business within the newly rebranded Flint Group Packaging Solutions.

The announcement follows Flint Group’s recent rebrand to Flint Group Packaging Solutions, reflecting the company’s focus on the global packaging sector and its commitment to delivering integrated, sustainable and future-ready solutions across inks, coatings, consumables, services and equipment.

Within this renewed structure, Flint Group Digital Xeikon plays a critical role in helping packaging and label converters capture new opportunities through digital print technologies, digital consumables and connected solution ecosystems.

“Xeikon Innovation Days 2026 is more than an event announcement; it’s a statement of intent,” says Walter Benz, president, Flint Group Digital Xeikon. “With Print. Smarter. Together’, we invite the market to experience how our business is evolving: more connected to packaging, more focused on customer outcomes, and more deeply integrated within Flint Group Packaging Solutions. We see this as a reboot in the best sense of the word – a renewed Xeikon with sharper focus, stronger backing, and a broader solutions story.”

Creating practical business value

Attendees at the events will see how that vision translates into practical business value. The event program will combine strategic content with operational relevance, featuring conference sessions, customer-centric discussions, partner contributions, and live demos of Xeikon’s digital press portfolio, including the brand new Ecolyne and IDERA presses.

Key topics will include AI in workflows and end-use applications, new growth paths for digital printing, customer-driven innovation, sustainability, and the practical role of connected solutions in modern label and packaging production.

A significant list of industrial partners has signed up to exhibit during the events. They include CERM, Esko, Fedrigoni, Flexo Wash, GM, Herma, Hybrid Software, KURZ, Lake Image Systems, Meech, Schober, Scribos, RBC, Wink, and Yupo.