The World Wrap Masters Europe and Series Final will take place at FESPA Global Print Expo between 14 and 17 May 2019 at Messe München in Munich, Germany. In addition to cars, competitors will be tasked with wrapping other challenging items, which will be announced on the day to add an element of surprise.
“The Wrap Masters Europe competition always features a high level of skill and dedication and I can't wait to see the winners of the other regional events in the Series come together and compete for the title of World Wrap Master 2019,” says head judge Kiss Lajos. “To ensure we keep the competition fresh and exciting year on year, this year will see a new design applied to the vehicles as well as some updates to the tasks we set the contestants in the creative rounds."
The final regional qualifying event, Wrap Masters Europe, will take place on 14 and 15 May, where up to 40 wrappers will compete, wrapping cars and a variety of items in a series of timed competitions, for the title of European Wrap Master. The event will see participants from 12 countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, Hungary, Italy, Mexico and South Africa.
Battling it out against the winners of the regional heats at FESPA Africa, FESPA Mexico, FESPA Eurasia, Asia Print Expo and FESPA Brasil, the European Wrap Master and the two runners up will go on to compete in the World Wrap Masters Series Final on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 May.
Taking place on stand P40 in hall A4, the World Wrap Masters Series will take place every day of the event where the world's best wrappers will showcase their skills to be crowned FESPA World Wrap Master 2019.
The competition, sponsored by Hexis, Mimaki, Wrap Gear and Car Wrapper 3D, will be judged by vehicle wrap experts including two time world champion Kiss Lajos of Fixfolia from Hungary, Martina Lorenz of AQASIO Folienverklebung, Germany, Jeremy Conner, Owner of Who Did That!?!, from the USA and Carlos Ruiz, Spain.
In addition to the Wrap Masters competition, there will be free daily training workshops and demonstrations taking place on the stand at 1pm, hosted by wrap expert and head judge, Kiss Lajos.
Topics covered in the workshops will include:
The future of wrapping
Wrap designer, from creativity to technique
World Wrap Masters: The Journey
For more information, visit: www.fespaglobalprintexpo.com/features/world-wrap-masters-y5cv
FESPA 2019 information here: https://www.fespaglobalprintexpo.com/welcome
