FachPack, the European trade fair for packaging, processes and technology, will open its doors for three days on 24 September 2019. About 1,600 exhibitors will be on hand in 12 exhibition halls to show their innovations to an expected 45,000 trade visitors. But this ­anniversary event “40 years of FachPack” will have a lot more to offer in addition.

An extensive supporting programme with many lectures, special shows and award presentations will be complementing the products and services at the trade fair itself. The popular PackBox Forum (Hall 7) will once again be accompanied by the TechBox Forum (Hall 4), following its major initial success last year. Together, these will account for about 70 different product presentations, workshops and discussions. Many special shows and theme parks will focus on particular packaging topics. The European trade and professional associations pavilion in Hall 5 will once again be available for networking. New this year is the presentation of the Sustainability Awards at FachPack in addition to the German Packaging Award.

“Adding the TechBox Forum to the popular PackBox Forum last year met with strong interest, and was enthusiastically welcomed by a total of 7,500 participants,” reports Cornelia
Fehlner, Director Exhibition FachPack. “That’s why prominent industry experts will be sharing their knowledge on all kinds of subjects at both forums again this year.” The PackBox Forum in Hall 7 will be the venue for lectures, workshops and discussions on all aspects of packaging materials, packaging printing, finishing and design, whereas the TechBox Forum will focus on packaging technology and logistics.

Separately from the two trade forums, special shows covering special packaging topics will also be held in the exhibition halls. In Hall 8, for example, Bayern Design will present the special show “Environmentally friendly premium packaging” on behalf of Nürnberg Messe. The exhibition will illustrate how sustainable packaging design is enabled through conception, realization and other different approaches.

The topics of the “Smart packaging – printed electronics and more” marketplace in Hall 9 are exciting and topical: Printed Electronics – on the way to digital packaging, Smart Packaging solutions as a marketing and sales tool, and New Materials for more functionality and sustainability, to name just three examples.

The “Pavilion of Associations” will once again be held in Hall 5, following its successful launch last year. This is an area for networking, where participants can find information and ­advice from about a dozen trade and professional associations about their services and national differences in the packaging industry around Europe.

There is always something to be had from visiting the award ceremony honouring the winners of the highly regarded German Packaging Award, which has been a part of FachPack for decades. This year’s presentation will take place on 24 September at 16:00. The winning packaging solutions can be viewed at the stand of the German Packaging Institute (dvi) in Hall 5. New to FachPack are the Sustain-ability Awards, offered by Packaging Europe. These will be presented on 25 September at 17:30. The prize-winning products in the Sustainability Awards category can also be viewed in Hall 7.

Detailed information on the highlights of the supporting programme is available at the following web contact.