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Press releases
17.01.2025
Tomato Jos in Nigeria is the winner of the 2024 SAVE FOOD project competition
Every year, the SAVE FOOD project competition honours exemplary projects. This year, the award and the funding amount of 10,000 euros are going to Nigeria, where a combination of modern technology, transport packaging, education programmes and direct market access has significantly reduced post-harvest losses.
13.12.2024
Food Africa and pacprocess MEA again with significant increase in visitor numbers
More exhibitors, more space, more visitors: Food Africa and pacprocess MEA 2024 were held from 3 to 5 December in Cairo and served as the central platforms for the food, beverage, processing and packaging industries in the MEA region and Africa. More than 1,000 exhibitors from 35 countries took the opportunity to showcase their innovations.
09.12.2024
swop 2024 Concludes with Success, Paving the Way for Future Innovation in the Packaging Industry
Shanghai World of Packaging (swop) came to a successful close on November 20, 2024 in Shanghai, China, marking a remarkable conclusion to the annual grand show for the packaging industry in Asia. This year’s event stood out as a premier annual exhibition, highlighting a fresh vision and a deep alignment with the dynamic needs of the market.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 必威betway中文版入口. Especially the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) creates whole new opportunities in all areas of the industry.
