Members of the packaging industry will once again converge at FACHPACK, the European trade fair for packaging, technology, and processing, to be held at NürnbergMesse, Germany, from 23-25 September 2025.
Approximately 1,400 exhibitors will be spread across the 11 exhibition halls, showcasing a range of products including packaging materials and supplies, packaging auxiliaries, filling and packaging machinery, labelling technology, packaging printing and finishing, palletising technology, and intralogistics, among others.
Visitors can look forward to two new exciting features this year: FuturePack – The European Sustainable Packaging Startup Summit, which will be held a day before FACHPACK 2025 on 22 September 2025, and a new pavilion ‘Converting meets Packaging’ in Hall 7.
New Format FuturePack Summit
Looking forward to greeting select members of the packaging industry at the new format FuturePack, FACHPACK Exhibition Director Phuong Anh Do says, “Our slogan – We Make Future – means, among other things, that FACHPACK is a good home for startups and innovative early-stage ventures. This slogan is embodied in the Young Innovators’ Pavilion and the Newcomer Area in Hall 3. However, we want to heighten FACHPACK’s focus on future and innovation even more. And for that reason, we are especially pleased that the FuturePack Summit will be held within the FACHPACK framework.”
For the first time ever, Futury GmbH in collaboration with FACHPACK and EIT Food will bring together leading players of the European startup and innovation ecosystem at FuturePack to give packaging innovators a powerful platform where they can present their solutions right before the official start of FACHPACK 2025. The purpose of this platform is to close the gap between breakthrough innovation and real market access. FuturePack is where research-driven ideas, early-stage ventures, and scale-ready startups meet industry representatives, investors, and key decision-makers.
FuturePack participants will be treated to high-energy startup pitches, expert panel discussions, keynote speeches by industry pioneers, and a lively atmosphere in which groundbreaking ideas can be turned into real market potential. The conference is ideal for packaging-related startups, corporates, scientific researchers, packaging experts, sustainability experts, investors, and anyone else who is passionate about realising the potential of circular packaging and sustainable innovation in the packaging industry.
Numerous Presentations
FuturePack will feature numerous presentations from scientific researchers, startups, and packaging industry representatives, with the aim of providing a strategic look at how packaging innovation moves from research to market. Participants will have the chance to hear more than 25 startup presentations across three blocks: innovation out of research (early-stage tech and potential university spin-offs), innovation in the early stage (high-potential startups from the EIT-Food ecosystem), and innovation in the later phase (market-ready solutions for real-world challenges).
“The three best startups will be chosen by live vote at the FuturePack Summit. These winners will be given the chance to pitch their packaging innovations at the INNOVATIONBOX Forum and discuss them directly with industry partners on the first day of the FACHPACK exhibition,” explains Do.
New Pavilion: Converting meets Packaging
Another exciting new feature at FACHPACK 2025 will be ‘Converting meets Packaging’, a new pavilion organised by FACHPACK in collaboration with media house M2N Media GmbH. “This innovative new platform showcases the close relationship between the converting industry and the packaging industry. The goal is to foster communication among converters, packaging machine manufacturers, and packaging manufacturers, and to find ways of improving collaboration between them,” says Do.
The pavilion is a curated stage where companies operating at the interface between industries in the fields of processing, coating, printing, lamination, adhesive technology, or flexible packaging materials development can present their products and services in a suitable, topic-specific product environment, and jointly shape the future of converting and packaging.
Opening times: (23-24 September 2025) 9 am – 6 pm, (25 September 2025) 9 am – 5 pm.
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