The Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, will attend the Graphic Gala 2026 and will participate in the delivery of the 73rd Graphic Arts Awards, which will take place on Friday 5 June at the Palau de la Música Catalana from Barcelona. (www.gremi.net/galagrafica2026)
The minister's presence represents top-level institutional recognition for the graphic arts and graphic communications sector in Catalonia, a cross-cutting industry that encompasses Printing systems, packaging, flexible packaging, labels, graphic finishing, visual communication, publishing, design, technology and graphic services of added value.
The Graphic Gala is the main institutional and sectoral event of GREMI of the Industry and Graphic Communication of Catalonia. This year's edition will bring together 500 Attendees, among companies, professionals, sponsors, institutional representatives and agents linked to the graphic value chain.
The central event of the Gala will be the presentation of the 73rd Graphic Arts AwardsA historic competition that recognizes the quality, innovation, creativity, and excellence of the work produced by the sector. During the event, the minister is scheduled to present the award. Guild Pyramid, the highest distinction of the Graphic Arts Awards, and that he participates in the closing institutional block.
According to Joan NoguésThe president of GREMI stated, “Minister Jordi Hereu’s presence at the 2026 Graphic Arts Gala is a very important recognition for the entire sector. The graphic arts industry and communication are an essential part of the country’s productive fabric, with companies that innovate, generate skilled employment, and provide services to sectors as diverse as packaging, publishing, commerce, culture, industry, and brand communication.”
Nogués adds that “this Gala aims to highlight a vibrant, modern, and cross-cutting industry that combines tradition, technology, creativity, and industrial capacity. The graphic arts sector faces significant challenges, but it also has great opportunities for the future if we are able to strengthen cooperation, training, sustainability, and innovation.”
Minister Jordi Hereu's participation comes at a particularly relevant time for GREMI and the sector as a whole. This year, GREMI has been incorporated into Register of Innovative Business Groups of the Ministry of Industry, a milestone that reinforces the entity's role as a platform for business cooperation, innovation, technological transformation and industrial competitiveness.
The 2026 Graphic Gala aims to highlight the vitality of a sector facing key challenges such as digitalization, automation, artificial intelligence, sustainability, talent acquisition, generational change and improving the competitiveness of industrial SMEs.
GREMI also maintains an active presence in the main sectoral and trade fair spaces linked to the graphic arts and communications industry, such as Graphispag 2027, Hispack 2027, Liber 2026, FESPA 2026, OFFF Festival Barcelona and Loupe 2027thus reinforcing the sector's presence in strategic areas such as printing, packaging, labels, publishing, books, culture, technology and new communication models.
With this edition, the Graphic Gala consolidates its role as a major meeting point for the sector and as a space for recognizing the companies and professionals who contribute every day to projecting a modern, innovative graphic industry, rooted in the territory and connected with the future.
