FACHPACK 2024 With New Formats Shows the Transformation of the Packaging Industry

Preparations at NürnbergMesse are in full swing: From September 24 to 26, 2024, the packaging industry will come together in Nuremberg at FACHPACK, the European Trade Fair for Packaging, Technology, and Processes. There will be exciting innovations – all under the guiding theme of “Transition in Packaging”.

Entrance area of the Messe Nürnberg with promotion for the FACHPACK 2024. — Save the date: From September 24 to 26, 2024, the packaging industry and its users will meet at FACHPACK in Nuremberg. More than 1400 exhibitors are expected at FACHPACK this year.

If you hurry now, you can still get a place as an exhibitor. Because 90 percent of the space has already been allocated, explains FACHPACK. 1,400 exhibitors are being expected, spread over eleven exhibition halls. The current exhibitor overview and the hall plans can be found – earlier than usual – on the FACHPACK website. All registered companies and products can be found on the website.

With the help of this overview, interested companies can now easily secure their place. In addition to a wealth of packaging-related products and services, trade visitors can once again expect an exciting supporting program with numerous innovations in 2024.

Visitors in an exhibition hall at the Messe Nürnberg. — More than 1400 exhibitors are expected at FACHPACK this year.

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“In just under five months, the European packaging industry will return to Nuremberg. Once again, FACHPACK 2024 is set to cover the entire packaging supply chain in eleven exhibition halls. Around 60percent of the display area will be devoted to packaging materials and supplies, while 40 percent will focus on packaging technology. These two main segments will be complemented by packaging printing and finishing, and intra-logistics”, says Heike Slotta, Executive Director Exhibitions at NürnbergMesse, about the product range on display. She continues: “A traditionally well-represented segment is plastic packaging, which has grown yet again. And this time I am especially pleased about the strong response from companies in the fiber packaging segment, which is up by 4 percent and includes corrugated board manufacturers.”

The FACHPACK team is making it easy for all interested companies that still want to take part to do so. However, we recommend that they decide quickly, to secure their ideal stand location and exhaust all the benefits of their trade fair participation: Meeting and doing business with customers from packaging-intensive industries in the B2B and B2C sectors, showcasing their products in the INNOVATIONBOX forum, gaining an overview of the market, and developing their network.

Exciting New Features

As well as a comprehensive product display, FACHPACK participants can look forward to a diverse supporting program relating to the main theme of FACHPACK 2024: “Transition in packaging”. The program for the FACHPACK forums will explore specific strategies and approaches by brands, manufacturers, and users to deal with the issues currently impacting the sector. The circular economy, brands and consumerism, automation and AI, innovations and technological developments are among the range of major topics of the PACKBOX and INNOVATIONBOX forums.

Inspiration is also provided by a new themed pavilion in Hall 3 that showcases innovative packaging made from sustainable raw materials or new alternative developments for established packaging materials. Heike Slotta explains: “For this pavilion, we are partnering with BIOFACH, the world’s leading fair for organic food which takes place annually in Nuremberg.” What’s so special about it is that with just one registration, interested companies can simply and easily participate and present their products at both trade fairs using the same concept.” “Moreover,” Heike Slotta continues, “at FACHPACK 2024 we are also cooperating with SOLPACK by PACOON, which will host a moderated forum to present key topics relating to alternative and sustainable packaging solutions.

New: “Women4Packaging”

On the first day of FACHPACK 2024, another new addition puts the spotlight on women in the packaging industry. At the “Women4Packaging” get-together, the focus is on networking with packaging experts in a relaxed atmosphere. This event is geared towards female exhibitors and trade visitors. “Through this format, we aim to give women in the packaging industry – and there are a lot of them – a platform for dialogue at the venue. In the run-up to the trade fair, we are already addressing this topic online in our news portal FACHPACK360°. The face-to-face get-together is the logical extension of this, and I am very much looking forward to it,” says Heike Slotta. Interested participants can register for this event via the FACHPACK website.

Start-ups – Register Now

Listen up, innovative young companies from Germany! The “Young Innovators” pavilion, subsidized by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), enables German start-ups and new firms to present their companies and product innovations to a professional audience at FACHPACK 2024. International start-ups with a registered office outside Germany can showcase their pioneering products and processes to interested packaging specialists at the Newcomer Pavilion.