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Discover last year's speakers

Be inspired by the industry experts and brands, leading the way to the future of packaging.

Influential speakers are curated and selected from some of the top brands in food, drinks, beauty and personal care, household, contract pack and fulfilment, pharmaceutical and label and print – creating a pool of knowledge sharing and ideas from all sectors.

What is Packaging Innovations & Empack all about and why should you attend?

Packaging Innovations & Empack hosts three distinct events that collectively address various stages of the packaging process. These events create a dedicated environment for packaging professionals, including designers, developers, buyers, and suppliers, to network and collaborate efficiently.

Why should you attend?

  • Largest Edition Ever: This year’s event is the biggest yet, promising an experience you shouldn’t miss.
  • Hands-On Interaction: Attendees can physically interact with products and discuss features directly with manufacturers, aiding informed decision-making.
  • Networking Opportunities: Engage with leading suppliers and manufacturers from across the UK.
  • Educational Talks: Access over 35 free talks by packaging experts from prestigious brands, offering insights into the future of packaging.

Discover last year's speakers




Trusted by the UK's leading brands:

What makes Packaging Innovations & Empack a must-attend event?

Packaging Innovations & Empack hosts three distinct events that collectively address various stages of the packaging process. These events create a dedicated environment for packaging professionals, including designers, developers, buyers, and suppliers, to network and collaborate efficiently.

Why should you attend?

  • Largest Edition Ever: This year’s event is the biggest yet, promising an experience you shouldn’t miss.
  • Hands-On Interaction: Attendees can physically interact with products and discuss features directly with manufacturers, aiding informed decision-making.
  • Networking Opportunities: Engage with leading suppliers and manufacturers from across the UK.
  • Educational Talks: Access over 35 free talks by packaging experts from prestigious brands, offering insights into the future of packaging.

Discover last year's speakers

Mark Buckley

Circular Design Programme Manager

Tom Barton

Co-Founder

Emma Bourne OBE

Director of Resources and Waste

Jo Chidley

Co-Founder

Güneri Tugcu

Senior Partner Manager, Transparency

Nikki Grainge

Manager, Packaging Development




Trusted by the UK's leading brands:

Unveiling The 2024 Speaker Line-up

Allow us to introduce the stellar lineup of luminaries set to grace Packaging Innovations & Empack 2024. This distinguished group features founders, CEOs, and a diverse array of packaging professionals who will be joining us to impart their success stories and delve deep into their wealth of expertise. Don’t worry the speakers don’t stop here, these are just a small handful of our many speakers. 

Packaging Development Director UKI

Senior Packaging Sustainability Manager

Corporate sustainability & ESG professional

Co-Founder & CEO

Head of Packaging

Co-Founder

Tom Barton
Co-Founder

Fraser Doherty MBE
 Co-Founder & CEO

James Bull
Head of Packaging

Jude Allan
Chair

Catherine Conway
Director & Reuse Lead and Founder

Margaret Bates
Managing Director

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Discover the events defining the future of your packaging

Packaging Innovations & Empack is made up of three events, each dedicated to one part of the packaging journey. 

Each event creates a focused environment for packaging designers, developers, buyers and suppliers to meet and do business in a time- and cost-effective way – and to create the next market-defining innovations. Just click the drop down to discover more and… 

Create the future of your packaging at Packaging Innovations & Empack. 

Packaging Innovations is the UK’s leading event driving innovation and business in primary and secondary packaging.

The event connects brands across FMCG with hundreds of suppliers, creating unrivalled networking and learning opportunities for the whole community.

Packaging Innovations is an essential annual event driving innovation and new design in UK FMCG products, including food, drinks, household goods, beauty and personal care, e-commerce, pharma and much more.

Empack is the UK’s premier show that gives packaging and filling professionals the opportunity to gain a full vision of the latest opportunities in the whole packaging journey.

From the creative packaging design and manufacturing phase, down to the more technical packing and filling process, with packaging machinery and subcontractors.

Empack provides a unique platform to discover the latest innovations for smart manufacturing, packaging machinery, industrial robots, and automation, used in the packaging industry.

Supported by the BCMPA, Contract Pack & Fulfilment is a cornerstone of Packaging Innovations and is the UK’s only annual event dedicated to outsourced packing, co-packing and contract manufacturing.

Contract Pack & Fulfilment is the key event where brand owners and retailers connect with reliable outsourcing partners. 

It covers a wide range of services, including product formulation, pouch filling, gift packing, e-commerce fulfilment, and more.

Relive Packaging Innovations and Empack 2024

Experience the excitement of Packaging Innovations and Empack by diving into the highlights of our cutting-edge event from 2024.

Sign up to visit this year’s showcase of innovation now!

Featuring leading packaging suppliers:

Unlock the Future of Packaging at Packaging Innovations and Empack 2025

"Coming to the show is great. So far I've been to one stand and already got some really good information and new contacts. So yeah, the show has so far been so good."
Wayne Benson
Unilever
"It’s been a fantastic show. It's been great to meet people and put faces to names. A lot of our work is done online, meeting people in zoom calls. So it's been a really good opportunity to actually get to meet people, talk about it and see what innovations are out there."
Jon Wells
Asda
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See what the 2023 edition has to offer

Packaging Innovations & Empack 2023 will once again bring together the very best of the UK packaging and processing market. Key features include:

Contract Pack & Fulfilment, in collaboration with the BCMPA, features the best in contract manufacturing, contract packing and e-commerce fulfilment services to the NEC.

A new Foodservice Zone dedicated to driving innovation in the fast-moving foodservice market, created in collaboration with the FPA.

What's on in 2023

Talks

Talks

Discover the hottest topics and biggest packaging challenges being tackled by the expert speaker line-up
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Foodservice Zone

Foodservice Zone

Dedicated to driving innovation in the fast-moving foodservice market, created in collaboration with the FPA.
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Contract Pack & Fulfilment

Contract Pack & Fulfilment

In collaboration with the BCMPA, bringing the best in the UK's contract packing; fulfilment; logistics and e-commerce services to the heart of the show.
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2022 highlights

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Visit

Meet, learn, discuss and create new ideas through an array of show features that will engage, educate, entertain and inspire you!
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Exhibit

The event attracts packaging buyers and specifiers from top food & beverage, personal care, household, pharmaceutical & chemical brands.
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