After a two-year halt in conferences there is eagerness to return to our industry’s regular pre-pandemic format of conferences and face to face meetings. Almost all the relevant conferences offer compelling innovations. We consolidated a list of all the interesting sustainable packaging conferences that will be held in the coming year.
Values pertaining to environmental protection, sustainability and the circular economy are garnering a greater share of public attention. Academia, high-tech and manufacturing companies are promoting, both together and on their own, innovative sustainable packaging solutions. They successfully integrate sustainability principles into their activity and demonstrate environmental responsibility.
Sustainability in packaging conferences
Sustainability is not a new issue. In fact, in 1987 the UN defined ‘sustainable development’ as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. This definition, formulated more than 30 years ago, is still relevant today. Moreover, countless organizations are working to realize its goals and invest efforts in R&D of new technologies and solutions.
Participating in conferences and exhibitions is one of the main opportunities available to manufacturers who want to remain up to date about these innovations. Moreover, these events enable the exchange of information, exposure to innovations and brainstorming for creative ideas. They also provide a foundation for collaborations and create a business environment that helps promote sustainability.
Why visit conferences and exhibition specifically in the coming year?
Over the past two and a half years, since the pandemic outbreak, social gatherings, conferences and exhibitions were halted so as not to increase coronavirus contagion. Many companies took advantage of this time to invest internally, to develop solutions that promote sustainability and the circular economy. These are now coming to the fore as the world returns to the pre-corona routine.
Most of the packaging exhibitions now address sustainability in one way or another. Sometimes it is the major topic and focus of the exhibition and guides the exhibitors’ focus. We consolidated a list of all the interesting sustainable packaging exhibitions in the coming year:
Is the most important event in the packaging industry and takes place every three years. The exhibition focuses on packaging solutions using all technologies and for all applications: beverages, food, confectionery, bakery, pharma, cosmetics, industrial goods, non-food.
Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
Date: May 4-10 2023.
The largest exhibition for plastics and rubber, that also takes place once every three years. This year the exhibition will focus on the circular economy, digitalization and environmental protection.
Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
Date: October 19-25 2022.
An important international event in the packaging industry that takes place once every two years. This year, similar to the previous exhibition, the focus will be on climate change and on how to contend with this issue by addressing packaging and logistics challenges.
Location: Paris, France
Date: November 21-24 2022.
The main European exhibition for packaging technology and processing. The event serves as a guide to the direction of the packaging industry, particularly to topics such as sustainability, circular economy, digitalization and e-commerce, and not only with respect to the corona pandemic.
Location: Nuremberg, Germany
Date: September 27-29 2022.
The UK’s annual event for suppliers in the packaging field and across the packaging journey, including process engineering. The exhibition focuses on innovation, trends and solutions in the packaging industry.
Location: Birmingham, England
Date: February 15-16 2023.
A global exhibition dedicated to premium packaging in the cosmetics, perfume, wine and alcohol, fashion, watch and jewelry markets.
Location: Monaco
Date: October 3-5, 2022.
An annual exhibition focusing on sustainability.
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Date: November 1-4 2022.
A forum that brings together leaders, inventors, NGO leaders, regulators and industrialists in the recycling field for a sustainable packaging summit of sorts.
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Date: September 13-14 2022.
A business conference that brings together key industry players to discuss practical packaging solutions that work for consumers, the environment and the business world.
Location: Amsterdam
Date: September 11-12 2022.
The leading conference dedicated to the cosmetics industry supply chain. This event devotes an important place to materials and to processing automation in the label and packaging fields and to comprehensive process solutions.
Location: Bologna, Italy
Date: March 16-18 2023.
Motivation for sustainability
The plastics and packaging industry demonstrates environmental responsibility regarding the impact of its products on the environment. It is committed to preventing environmental hazards and to reducing carbon emissions and stopping global warming. At the same time, regulations and ordinances require companies to adopt sustainable practices as part of their manufacturing routine and to integrate recycled materials into their product.
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The films we manufacture provide a substitute for the multi-layer films that are commonly used in the packaging industry and are considered to be both polluting and non-recyclable. We bring a spirit of change to the flexible packaging world and are proud of our contribution to sustainability and the environment. You can see our films, and the packaging products manufactured using them, at some of the leading exhibitions noted in this article. So… at which exhibition will we meet?
