Press material
Press releases
21.11.2024
Food Africa and pacprocess MEA 2024 to launch with an additional hall space
Visitors to the two trade fairs Food Africa and pacprocess MEA can once again expect great things this year. Due to high demand from the food industry, Food Africa’s exhibition area will be extended by a further hall. Meanwhile, pacprocess MEA is gaining increasing importance and attracting international key players to Egypt.
17.10.2024
Globally networked and trendsetting Shanghai World of Packaging to present central industry trends in November
Technology, packaging solutions and materials: In November, the processing and packaging industry will meet again in China. Shanghai World of Packaging (swop) focuses on groundbreaking trends like smart technology, sustainable materials and automated packaging solutions. Many international exhibitors will also participate.
10.10.2024
interpack and the World Packaging Organisation expand partnership
interpack and the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) are intensifying their long-standing cooperation. The aim of the strategic partnership is to promote innovation, sustainability and the global exchange of knowledge in the packaging industry even more strongly.
01.08.2024
Food Africa and pacprocess MEA 2024: Get ahead in Egypt’s food and packaging market
With around 900 exhibitors in total, the trade fair duo Food Africa and pacprocess MEA 2024 again offer a pioneering platform for the food, beverages, food packaging and printing machine trade in the MEA region.
Technical articles
01.05.2024
No packaging, no way: product protection challenges
Packaging, especially when made of plastic, is often today the target of criticism, focusing on excessive volumes of waste, carbon emissions and resource consumption. In this process, their most important function is often forgotten: protecting products so that they reach the consumer unscathed. And packaging is crucial to ensuring this outcome.
12.12.2023
Packaging production in 2023: conserving resources wherever possible
Raw materials are the starting point for the production process, which makes their availability immensely important for the packaging industry. But in 2023, the global economy continued to be in the grip of supply bottlenecks and material shortages.
12.12.2023
Building a circular economy in the packaging industry: progress and challenges in 2023
Once again this year, the subject of how to establish a circular economy has gained significant pace. This has been driven most notably by the European Commission’s plans set out at the end of 2022 for an EU packaging regulation, which will affect the entire economy and has been hotly debated as a result.
29.11.2023
Digitalisation 2023: Everything is connected
Next to the mega-trend of sustainability, digitalisation also dominated the packaging industry this year. “Digital Technologies” consequently were one of the Hot Topics at this year’s interpack. Especially the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) creates whole new opportunities in all areas of the industry.
