FachPack is turning 40! The trade fair started in Nuremberg/Germany in 1979 as a regional trade exhibition for the packaging industry, with 88 exhibitors and about 2,000 visitors. At this year’s event, from 24 to 26 September, it can look forward to about 1,600 exhibitors and some 45,000 trade visitors. As a trade show for packaging, processes and technology, it has become a meeting point for the European packaging industry.

Since 1979, FachPack has enjoyed excellent growth. The number of exhibitors crossed the 400 mark in 1995, and the figure reached 1,000 in 2003. In 2015, the organizers recorded more than 40,000 trade visitors for the first time. And in 2018, 38 % of the exhibitors and 25 % of the trade visitors came from abroad, mainly from elsewhere in Europe.

What is FachPack’s appeal?
Cornelia Fehlner, in charge of FachPack since 2017, says: “There are three things that exhibitors and visitors particularly appreciate: its duration, always three days, which keeps it short and snappy; the fact it covers almost all the products and services relating to the packaging process chain, from machines and logistics to packaging materials and accessories, printing and finishing; and the attractive supporting programme with the popular PackBox and TechBox lecture forums, the trendy special shows and the exciting award presentations.”

Another reason that companies do not want to miss a single FachPack is that these events reflect the markets and are an indicator of upcoming trends. This also goes for FachPack 2019, with its slogan “Tomorrow begins when you create it” and this year’s key topic of “environmentally friendly packaging”. This topic will be reflected in the lecture forums, special shows and award ceremonies, and at the booths of many exhibitors. The trade fair views itself as a platform for forward-looking initiatives. It is already demonstrating that the packaging of the future will benefit both consumers and the environment, and that it will be designed with the entire cycle in mind.