- Paperworld Middle East, originally scheduled for 13–15 October 2026, will now take place from 28-30 September 2027
Dubai, UAE: Messe Frankfurt Middle East, organiser of Paperworld Middle East, the region’s leading international trade platform for paper and stationery products, has announced the postponement of the upcoming edition. Originally scheduled for 13–15 October 2026 at Dubai World Trade Centre, the event will now take place from 28-30 September 2027.
The decision follows extensive discussions with the industry and careful assessment of the challenges currently facing the paper and stationery industry, including constraints around production lead times and issues across freight and logistics.
Teresa Heitor, Portfolio Director, Messe Frankfurt Middle East, said: “We fully recognise the significance of this decision, as Paperworld Middle East plays an important role in bringing the paper and stationery industry together, and we are responsible for ensuring it does so under conditions that enable our exhibitors, partners, and visitors to achieve meaningful results.
“After listening closely to our customers and industry partners, we believe postponing the event is the right decision. Our focus now turns to Paperworld Middle East 2027 and ensuring we provide the strongest possible platform for regional and international participation, sourcing, distribution and long-term commercial partnerships.
“We remain fully committed to the show and to the businesses and partners that have supported its development over the past 15 editions.”
Messe Frankfurt Middle East looks forward to welcoming the industry to Paperworld Middle East in 2027, while continuing to bring the global community together at Beautyworld Dubai and Automechanika Dubai later this year, and at Intersec Global in early 2027.
About Paperworld Middle East:
Paperworld Middle East, the region’s definitive trade platform for paper and stationery products, will take place from 28-30 September 2027 at Dubai World Trade Centre in the UAE. The event translates regional demand and industry innovation into real business opportunities, positioning itself as a key destination for sourcing, distribution, and long-term commercial partnerships. Over three days, Paperworld Middle East brings together innovators, global manufacturers, and supply chain leaders, strategically connecting them with a global network of buyers across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
About Messe Frankfurt:
The Messe Frankfurt Group is the world’s largest trade fair, congress and event organiser with its own exhibition grounds. With a workforce of some 2,700* people at its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main and in 29 subsidiaries, it organises events around the world. Group sales in financial year 2025 were more than € 766* million. We serve our customers’ business interests efficiently within the framework of our Fairs & Events, Locations and Services business fields. One of Messe Frankfurt’s key strengths is its powerful and closely knit global sales network, which covers around 180 countries in all regions of the world. Our comprehensive range of services – both onsite and online – ensures that customers worldwide enjoy consistently high quality and flexibility when planning, organising and running their events. We are using our digital expertise to develop new business models. The wide range of services includes renting exhibition grounds, trade fair construction and marketing, personnel and food services.
Sustainability is a central pillar of our corporate strategy. Here, we strike a healthy balance between ecological and economic interests, social responsibility and diversity.
With its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, the company is owned by the City of Frankfurt (60 percent) and the State of Hesse (40 percent).
*Preliminary figures 2025
About Messe Frankfurt Middle East:
Messe Frankfurt Middle East’s portfolio of exhibitions includes: AERO Middle East, ACHEMA Middle East, Automechanika Dubai, Automechanika Riyadh, Beautyworld Dubai, Beautyworld Riyadh, Intersec Global, Intersec Saudi Arabia, Light + Intelligent Building Middle East and Paperworld Middle East. In the 2025 event season, Messe Frankfurt Middle East exhibitions combined featured 8,400 exhibitors and attracted 266,000 visitors from over 178 countries.
