From 27 to 29 September 2022, it will once again be time for Fachpack to open its doors at Exhibition Centre Nuremberg.

This year again there will be exciting topics and speakers in the forums at Fachpack.

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Verpackungsmittel aus Kunststoffen

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Verpackungsmaterial

Logistik

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Dienstleistungen

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Messeveranstalter

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New Inspiration for the Packaging Sector

Companies from the plastic packaging and film industry can apply until the end of February.

Sustainable Plastic Packaging Award 2023 Starts

PET not only protects and packages beverages, it is also an unwavering companion during their transport.

Packaging for beverages is growing more sustainable.

Messe Interpack

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Allrounder for the Beverage Industry

Neste and Illig want to prove that its renewable and recycled raw material Neste RE is also suitable for sophisticated packaging.

Jürgen Lochner, CSO/CTO at Illig and Mercedes Alonso, Executive Vice President Renewable Polymers and Chemicals at Neste.

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Neste Wants to Showcase More Sustainable Solutions

Pregis, a global manufacturer of protective and flexible packaging solutions, has joined the Flexible Packaging Association.

Pregis, a new member of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), is a global manufacturer of protective and flexible packaging solutions

Extrusion

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Pregis Joins the Flexible Packaging Association

A few months after Interpack, the beverage specialists among the packaging experts will be meeting again in fall from September 11 to 15, 2017, at Drinktec in Munich, Germany. Trade show innovations are not to be expected everywhere here, but are definitely to be found where plastics processing and use are concerned. 

Innovations at the World’s Leading Trade Fair for the Beverage and Liquid Food Industry 

Labeling

Reinigungsmaschinen allgemein

Industrie 4.0

Polyethylenterephthalat

Blasformen

Extrusionsblasformen

Refining the Details 

For almost two decades, an expert committee, meeting once a year, has supported Kunststoffe magazine in determining the state of play in the plastics industry and identifying current technical developments. This time, the traditional spring meeting gave it an opportunity to debate the consequences of the Corona virus.

Taking new paths: during the Corona crisis, certain technical obstacles were also overcome by the Kunststoffe publisher advisory committee, who held a round table discussion by video conference for the first time. Present by video link were, among others, (top, from left) Dr. Guiscard Glück, Prof. Christian Hopmann (bottom, from left) Martin Würtele and Dr. Achim Eggert

Current Challenges and Options for Action in the Plastics Industry

Wirtschaftspolitik in Deutschland

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Klotz, Karlhorst, Dr.

Internationale Wirtschaft

Recycling

Umweltmanagement

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Medizintechnik

Starting up under the Shadow  of Corona

There is little doubt where we are heading: multilayer packaging will have to become easier to recycle – but what does that mean for the technology? And what solutions will the market need and accept? Manufacturers of branded goods are not the only ones who will have to rethink their specifications.

How Film Packaging Will Have to Develop

Flachfolienanlagen

Extrusionsanlagen

Nachhaltigkeit

Folien

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

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Europe Needs to Catch up

Picture gallery, main themes, and industry statistics: What will be important for the industry.

The long wait is over: After six years, Interpack is once again taking place in person.

Schröder, Susanne

Looking forward to Interpack 2023

Plastic packaging has a very bad reputation. Despite this, they are almost without alternative in food production

Crisp and clear: QR code applied by laser to a compostable film.

Packaging against Waste

Ultrasonic sealing is a reliable and economical alternative to typical contact heat sealing. Narrow seams, tight seals in spite of product contamination and high efficiency in terms of energy usage characterize the latest technology that provides optimal protection for the fill goods. 

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Sealing: Packaging with Ultrasonics 

Volatile demand for film production lines is the shifting ground on which the Brückner Group has been operating successfully for years. It repeatedly opens up new markets through acquisitions. Standard systems for packaging are required to achieve greater productivity. In "specialties," development of the technology is driven by trends such as separator films for batteries. 

Reducing Overcapacities in Stretched Film Lines 

Streckziehmaschinen

Flachfolien- und Plattenextrusion

Under the Influence of the  Temperature Curve 

 Brenda Chamulak will become company president and CEO effective June 30 as part of a planned leadership transition.

Brenda Chamulak will become Tekni-Plex‘spresident and CEO effective June 30 as part of a planned leadership transition

Spritzgießen

Lohnfertigung

Tekni-Plex Names New President and CEO

Even more than with foodstuffs, what matters in most cases with drug packaging is the contents protected by the wrapping. These are not good conditions to pursue a cycle concept for packaging. But times are changing – perhaps.

Steps to More Sustainable Packaging in the Medical and Cosmetics Industries

No Chance for the Cycle Concept?

The challenges associated with recycling food packaging are particularly great in the flexible-packaging sector. Multilayer composites are often a hindrance to mechanical recycling, yet are irreplaceable in many applications. Replacements will not be found until recyclable and ecologically sustainable packaging solutions are devised.

Approaches and Unresolved Problems in the Mechanical Recycling  of Flexible Multilayer Packaging

Blasfolienextrusion

Multilayer

Fachpack makes an impressive return in 2022: Around 32,000 trade visitors from 89 countries came to find out about the latest trends in the packaging industry in September.

Fachpack makes an impressive return in 2022: Around 32,000 trade visitors from 89 countries came to find out about the latest trends in the packaging industry in September. The approximately 1150 exhibitors showed that digitization and sustainability continue to move forward.

“It finally feels like a normal trade fair again!” – That was the consensus among exhibitors and visitors at this year’s Fachpack, which has just closed following a successful three-day event. About 32,000 trade visitors, about one-third from outside Germany, took advantage of the opportunity to learn about the latest trends and innovations at the stands run by the 1,154 exhibitors, and to discuss pressing packaging issues with the experts.

This year’s key theme, “Transition In Packaging”, captured the spirit of the times. “Even if the overall situation is not easy for many companies right now, the European packaging sector at Fachpack proved extremely innovative and solution-oriented,” says Heike Slotta, Executive Director Exhibition at Nürnberg Messe, summing up the event.

“Trade fairs are melting pots for new ideas and make the future tangible,” adds Slotta. “Of course, given the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, rising energy costs and inflation, the near future is going to be anything but rosy. That is precisely why we need to talk about how we intend to shape the transition. To borrow the jargon of the consumer goods industry, the transition itself has become a fast-moving commodity since sustainability and digitalization have picked up speed, and consumer expectations and the overall situation are constantly changing.”

Fachpack covered a comprehensive range of products from the entire packaging process chain, from packaging materials and machines to printing and processing, logistics systems and services. Visitors travelled to Nuremberg from 89 countries, mainly in Europe. After Germany, the highest numbers of visitors came from Austria, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Turkey and Slovenia. The international contingent this year grew to about 32 percent, compared to 29 percent in 2021.

The results of a visitor survey by an independent institute confirmed that more than 90 percent of the trade visitors were happy or very happy with the products and services in the exhibition halls. Eighty-five percent of the trade visitors said they were involved in making the purchasing and procurement decisions in their respective businesses. More than half had a management position. The visitors came mainly from the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and medical, cosmetics, chemical, electronics and automotive, retail, packaging and logistics industries.

German Packaging Award and Gold Awards Presented

On the first day of Fachpack, the German Packaging Institute (dvi) announced the winners of the Gold Awards for this year’s German Packaging Award. The six best innovations for 2022 came from the categories of Economic Efficiency, Sustainability, Digitalization, Packaging Machines and Young Talents. Also celebrated were 32 innovative solutions that were recognized with the German Packaging Award in August.

Increased Revenues for Packaging Manufacturers

Packaging manufacturers saw an increase in production and revenue in 2021, as illustrated by the latest figures from the Gemeinschaftsausschuss Deutscher Verpackungshersteller (Joint Committee of German Packaging Producers, GADV). The bulk of production was represented by paper and cardboard packaging, while plastic packaging accounted for the highest production value.

About 19.6 million tons of packaging materials were manufactured in 2021, which equates to a 4.8 percent increase in production volume. Production value increased significantly, by 10.9 percent, to approximately EUR 35.8 billion in 2021. As in previous years, plastic packaging accounted for the largest share of production value at about 44 percent, while paper and cardboard represented the largest share by volume of packaging materials, at about 49 percent.

Strong Export Performance for Packaging Machines

The packaging machinery sector, which has a strong export focus, is also currently being slowed by adverse conditions and crises affecting production and the global economy. Based on the export volume achieved in the first half of the year, combined with a good order book, a small increase in production is still expected for 2022. According to the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Division, the production volume for packaging machinery increased by 4.6 percent in 2021, to EUR 7 billion.

Exports by the approximately 300 manufacturers rose to EUR 5.922 billion in 2021 (previous year: EUR 5.673 billion), which is only slightly below the previous record volume achieved before the Covid-19 pandemic. The value of exports accounts for 84 percent of the production volume. The largest buyers of German packaging machines have traditionally been the EU countries, ahead of North America and Asia. In terms of buyer countries, the USA is well ahead of China, France and Poland. Global foreign trade in packaging machinery totals almost EUR 22 billion, with the highly innovative German industry having occupied the top position (currently about 26 percent) ahead of Italy for a number of years.

Save the date: Fachpack will take its normal scheduled break in 2023 and will be held again at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 24 to 26 September 2024.

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A Gold Award was given to the Albéa Group from France for its „Tube EcoFusion Top with Thin-Wall & PCR Max“.

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