12 & 13 Feb 2025
NEC Birmingham

Innovations gallery

With over 400 exhibitors at the two day event, explore the most innovative packaging solutions, materials and concepts.

With an expansive selection below, get a glimpse at the Top 10 innovations you will be able to see on 21 & 22 February at the event and be ready to cast your vote for first place!

From Convenient Packaging to Environmentally and Flexible packs, the gallery showcases the best packaging minds and designs to align with consumer expectations and industry trends.

Outsourcing

Webinar highlights growing importance of data and digitalisation in contract packing

A recent webinar highlighted the growing importance of data and digitalisation in con-tract packing and manufacturing, as the panel discussed future developments in the sector.

Processing & Packing

The future of robotics and automation in the food factory

Robots have become more and more prevalent in the food factory, but there are still businesses reluctant to fully embrace automation into their production. Here, we explore the driving force behind robotics adoption and the key issues that could help sway processors towards their use.

Processing & Packing

Empack 2023: Planet Reuse: Reusable packaging is the “new normal”

Planet Reuse is an online platform that promotes the use of reusable packaging. Their goal is to help companies switch from disposable packaging to reusable options. They started offering advice on reusable packaging to businesses in the fall of last year.