From 27 to 29 September 2022, the European packaging industry will once again gather at FachPack, the European trade fair for packaging, technology and processes. Considerably more exhibitors than last time will present numerous new and further developed solutions at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg/Germany.
Compared with FachPack 2021, the exhibition has grown significantly yet again: “We are extremely pleased that we have been able to substantially increase the number of exhibitors, in fact by about 40 percent,” says Phillip Blass, Director FachPack We are reckoning on more than 1,100 exhibitors, including numerous well-known packaging machine and packaging material manufacturers.
The exhibitors will showcase a wide range of products for the packaging process chain for industrial and consumer goods. The products on display include packaging materials, packaging and accessories, packaging and bottling machinery, labelling, marking and identification technology, machines and equipment in the packaging periphery, packaging printing and finishing equipment, palletizing technology, intra-logistics and services.
With the new slogan “We make future”, the trade show is dedicated to the highly topical main theme “Transition in Packaging”, which aptly describes the change currently taking place in the industry. It is a shift characterized, above all, by greater sustainability, a growing e-commerce landscape and increasing digitalization. The main theme is reflected in both the exhibition and the supporting programme.
Visitors from the consumer and industrial goods segments can look forward to an extensive programme of presentations, exciting special shows and awards ceremonies. This year, Powtech, the leading international trade fair for powder, granule and bulk solids technologies, will take place at the exhibition centre at the same time as FachPack. This creates additional synergies in the processing and packaging segment. FachPack will take up nine exhibition halls and Powtech four. Both fairs are easily connected by walkways. Hall 4 is a “mixed” hall with exhibitors that offer solutions for bulk solids and packaging experts alike.
FachPack sees itself as a driving force, and as such has again organized a comprehensive programme of presentations in the popular forums PackBox (hall 9) and TechBox (hall 3C) – the two forums were attended by 9,500 visitors in 2021. The forums will explore topical industry issues like the shortage of skilled personnel, supply chain bottlenecks/management, raw material prices and a whole lot more.
In addition to the forums mentioned, there is the exhibitor forum InnovationBox in hall 5. Here, registered exhibitors can introduce their innovations and product highlights to trade visitors in live, 30-minute presentations.
At FachPack 2022, the stage is set, once again, to honour the winners of the most prestigious European exhibition of packaging excellence, the German Packaging Award. This accolade is awarded by the German Packaging Institute (dvi) and presented in ten categories on the first day of the fair in the PackBox forum.
This year, the digital extension myFACHPACK will once again facilitate matchmaking and knowledge transfer and extend the on-site event into the digital environment. Starting on 16 September 2022 in the run-up to the fair, the new tool for visitors will provide the opportunity to network with exhibitors, partners and speakers. During the event itself, the forums mentioned will be live streamed on myFACHPACK and will also be accessible there subsequently (www.fachpack.de/myFACHPACK).
