Interpack 2017 | show preview
This year’s Interpack show will include a broad range of technologies – from active packaging to Industry 4.0 – while hosting a record number of exhibitors
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Messe Dusseldorf, the organiser of Interpack, says that the 2017 exhibition is on course to be the largest in its history. It said that exhibitors for the show – which runs on 4-10 May this year – had overbooked the available 262,400 sq m space by around 20%. In all, the organiser expects to welcome around
2,700 exhibitors from more than 60 companies. As was seen at last year’s K2016 event, Interpack
will feature a special topic on Industry 4.0, in partner- ship with VDMA. The special show will take the form of a Technology Lounge at the VDMA stand, featuring examples of solutions in packaging machinery and process engineering and opening up opportunities in security, traceability, copying and counterfeit protection as well as in customised packaging. In the special show, advanced drive, control and sensor equipment will be exhibited alongside products for industrial image processing, handling technology, industrial software and communication, and complete automation systems for packaging machines. “Thanks to communication throughout the value
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chain, a product’s life cycle becomes continuously traceable – leading to totally new business models,” said Hartmut Rauen, deputy executive director of VDMA. The show will also see the return of Save Food – which will present packaging ideas and solutions that are designed to reduce food losses and waste. They will include the winners of the international competitions for the Save Food Packaging Awards, held by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO). The event will be held in a marquee situated between Halls 2 and 3. One company exhibiting at the Save Food event is
Sealpac of Germany – which specialises in vacuum skin packaging.
“Skin packaging makes it possible to extend product shelf life considerably,” said Stefan Dangel, sales and
Dates: Venue: Hours:
4-10 May 2017
Dusseldorf Fairground, Dusseldorf, Germany 10:00 to 18:00 daily
Organiser: Messe Dusseldorf Website:
www.interpack.com
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Sealpack will showcase its vacuum skin packaging
technology at the Save Food part of the show
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