The submission window for the Swiss Packaging Award 2024 has been extended by one week until February 28, 2024. The reason, according to the organizers: Empack has shown that there are still many innovations that have not yet found their way to the Swiss Packaging Award.
The competition is open to innovative packaging, packaging aids, displays (product-carrying systems, presentation elements) as well as packaging and packaging systems that have been developed, designed, manufactured or distributed by Swiss companies or persons or by foreign companies or persons that have introduced their entries to the Swiss market. Several packages may be submitted per entrant.
Young talent wanted!
Young talents are also called upon to enter their packaging ideas in the Swiss Packaging Award: For pupils and students, participation is free of charge. They will be judged by the jury in the corresponding category. The prerequisite is that the products have not been launched on the market.
The Swiss Packaging Award is presented in the categories: Sustainability, Convenience, Design, Marketing, Technology / Construction / Machine Systems and, as a new category, Reusable Packaging / Systems. There is also the Young Talent Award and the Audience Award as special categories. The special jury prize will also be awarded. Here, the members of the jury award prizes for what they consider to be outstanding submissions. Packaging of all materials is eligible for the competition. The focus is on promoting and recognizing holistic packaging solutions, regardless of the packaging material. In a judging process lasting two days, a jury of 16 experts will nominate up to three packages per category, from which a winner will be chosen.
Consumers choose the public winner online
The winner of the Public's Choice Award will not be decided by a jury of experts, but by consumers: they will use e-voting to choose their favorite packaging of the year. The public vote will take place from March 1 to April 15, 2024. The award ceremony will be held on June 6.
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"Empack 2024", the Swiss trade fair for modern and sustainable packaging solutions, machines and technologies, will open its doors at Bernexpo on January 24 and 25, 2024. Under the motto "The Future of Packaging", the trade fair is expecting more than 160 exhibitors and over 3,400 visitors in a duo with "Logistics & Automation 2024".
At "Empack 2024", competence partner SVI will once again be supporting and organizing the "Packaging Talks" lecture series with its network of experts, thus combining specialist knowledge with networking. The exhibitors will once again include industry giants such as Proderma AG, WellPack AG, BVS Verpackungs-Systeme AG, Biplast AG, Tanner & Co. AG, Saropack AG and many more. Model AG, the trade fair's premium partner, will be presenting its innovative packaging solutions. With their approach of producing high-quality packaging from recycled paper, they underline the importance of sustainability in the packaging industry.
The "Packaging Talks" 2024 in collaboration with the SVI
The supporting programme organized in cooperation with the Swiss Packaging Institute (SVI) will once again form the backbone of Empack. Visitors can expect a compact platform for intensive and profitable discussions about the future of packaging. In addition, the exhibition of the winning and nominated exhibits for the "Swiss Packaging Award 2023" will be presented here and an outlook for the coming year will be given.
The opening on January 24 will begin with a keynote speech by André Gierke, Managing Director of EPR Compact, who will offer insights into the "regulatory tsunami" in the packaging industry. Renato Vögeli from Vögeli Druck AG will shed light on the "Cradle to Cradle" approach, followed by a panel discussion on ecology and resource conservation. Erich Jaquemar from the Vetropack Group will continue with information on reusable glass packaging and a discussion on the dilemma of packaging functions, presented by Dr. Thomas Gude. The second day of the "Packaging Talks" will be dedicated to topics such as e-commerce, digitalization and skilled workers. Severin Kasper from Model AG will open the day with a keynote on perfect e-commerce packaging, followed by Marc Holitscher, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Switzerland, who will present specific AI applications in the packaging development of tomorrow. In the afternoon, Andreas König (Swiss Supply) and Stephan Haas (Lplus) will discuss dream jobs in the packaging world. Christian Haltiner, Managing Director Switzerland at Dassault Systèmes (Switzerland) SA, will conclude the day with a keynote speech on the harmonization of sustainability and packaging in the age of virtual twins.
Innovations in the "Start-up Zone by Swiss Food Research"
In addition to the "Packaging Talks", there is a "Start-up Zone by Swiss Food Research" with innovative companies. Swiss Food Research is an association that supports start-ups and accompanies them from conception to implementation. The "Packaging" innovation group deals with the question of how food can be packaged as sustainably as possible. Start-ups that have developed innovative products and found new solutions to this challenge are presented here.
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The Swiss packaging industry is gearing up for "Empack 2023" in Zurich with more than 75 exhibitors and partners to present their latest products, services and solutions. There is also an up-to-date podcast on the trade fair's main theme "The future of packaging" from January 25 to 26, 2023, in which Patrick Semadeni, CEO of Semadeni Plastics Group and an expert on circular economy and sustainable use of plastics, talks about "The future of packaging". He explains circular economy projects, recycling projects, supply chain or energy issues and what politics, industry and consumers should do to implement a sustainable, greener raw material policy.
Already in November there is the Online session "Packaging Talks on the topic of "Primary and secondary packaging of the future: Why innovative concepts are needed". This will take place on November 29, 2022 at 2:00 pm. Two talks and a keynote speech with Gerd Schwarz, Managing Director Hyve, will be presented here, with exhibitors showing first insights into their innovations.
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The trade fair organizer Easyfairs presents at the "Empack 2023", the largest packaging trade fair in SwitzerlandTogether with its supporting partners and associations such as the SVI, VLI, procure and Packaktuell, the exhibition presents modern, innovative and well-positioned companies from the Swiss packaging industry. The central industry event showcases the complete value chain from packaging materials to labeling, engineering, transport and the latest solutions in waste management and recycling. Topics such as sustainability, circular economy and modern multi-purpose packaging are the focus and the experts present will show their industry-ready solutions with live presentations and lectures.
"Science Experience Area and Start-Up Zone
In cooperation with the SVI (Swiss Packaging Institute), there will be a premiere of a new special area called "Science Experience Area", where the creation and production of innovative packaging materials will be shown live. In the newly designed special area "Start-Up Zone", young, innovative companies will present new ideas and innovations for the packaging world. In addition, an exhibition of the winning exhibits of the Swiss Packaging Awards 2022 and the nominated products for 2023 will again be held in Hall 3.
"Our team is working at full speed in close cooperation with our associations and subject matter experts to guarantee an exciting and sustainable trade show experience in Zurich. To this end, we are also continuously receiving extremely interesting presentation topics, which we will be posting online on the trade show website in the course of October," says Kristina Nadjarian, Marketing & Content Manager.
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With the overarching trade show theme "The future of packaging", Swiss industry expertise was brought together at Empack. With the connecting themes of sustainability, climate protection and digitalization, exciting synergies were offered between exhibitor concepts, specialist presentations and the supporting associations such as SVI and VLI. The overarching theme of "Greenpack - closing the loop on plastics" was comprehensively honored by the SVI with a wide range of specialist presentations on alternative raw materials, sustainability, the circular economy and climate protection.
Use synergies
With the two trade fairs "Empack" and "Logistitcs & Automation", numerous synergies could be used to represent the entire value chain of the packaging industry. Indeed, this has a direct impact both on intralogistics, handling and transport of goods, as well as on the reduction of emissions and the emergence of new services. Therefore, according to the organizer Easyfairs, the parallel staging of the two events was well received by exhibitors and guests alike.
Trend topic sustainability: presentations at the "Packaging Talks"
Sustainability in the packaging industry was a particularly big topic in numerous presentations and talks. Here, in addition to the diverse supporting program, Empack also presented the tried-and-tested "Packaging Talks" technical lectures in cooperation with its partner SVI. The audience was able to learn from various experts from the fields of research, development and science and also benefit from a valuable exchange of knowledge at panel discussions.
Outlook for the Trade fair strategy with "365°Approach"
"Easyfairs is all about setting trends, evolving, innovating, adapting to new circumstances, and always focusing on the customer and customer needs," says Kristina Nadjarian of Easyfairs, explaining the trade show concept. "The company is very forward-looking and consciously embraces change within the industry and in the market. This results in and gives rise to new opportunities and projects, such as the "365° Approach". The idea behind this is to connect the trade show community throughout the year - this is done via additional online measures and platforms, social media, e-newsletters, etc. In my opinion, this is the optimal complement to the existing live events - with the opportunity to create new touchpoints and reach new target groups."
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Thanks to the support of the competence partner Swiss Packaging Institute (SVI), a diverse supporting program has been put together. According to the organizers, the concentrated competence in specialist topics and innovations should enable relaxed networking to usher in the economic upswing.
Highlights and special areas of Empack 2022 will be the "Packaging Talks" in cooperation with SVI, a special "Award Exhibition", first-hand insights, case studies and talks. With a true "Workbench" zone and many other networking zones for the long-awaited live communication, all elements and components related to the overarching exhibition theme "The Future of Packaging" are designed to bring together Swiss industry expertise. To this end, around 3,150 guests are expected in the capital for both days of the fair. During this time, one can also examine the products of the SVI's "Swiss Packaging Award 2021" at booth G42 in hall 3.0.
Specialized and focused among experts
Specialized and focused, visitors to the show can experience the entire packaging part of the value chain from the creative development phase to the technical packaging and filling process with state-of-the-art machinery. Important key players in the industry such as Mettler Toledo (Schweiz) GmbH, Biplast AG, Schmalz AG, Schelling AG, Tanner & Co. AG, Saropack AG or the premium partners Bluhm Systeme GmbH and elitec AG are already at the start to present the latest technologies and service concepts to the participants.
Kristina Nadjarian, Marketing & Content Manager at Easyfairs Switzerland GmbH, is looking forward to the trade fair with her team: "Live events like trade fairs create unique, personal encounters - no other marketing tool can do that in this form. Especially the participation in trade fairs like EMPACK and the parallel LOGISTICS & AUTOMATION is, in my opinion, extremely important for the players of the respective industries."
On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 10:05 a.m., the first topic will be "Packaged in bio, but how?!" with Niklas Voss from FKuR Kunststoff GmbH, and the discussion round "Meet the speaker" will start at 10:35 a.m.. At 11.00 a.m. Detlef Gnauck from Out Nature by PreZero will give a presentation on "Silphie fiber as an alternative raw material for paper". In the afternoon at 1:00 p.m., Babette Sigg from Konsumentenforum and Niklas Voss from FKuR Kunststoff GmbH will moderate the panel discussion "What was that about plastics and circular economy?"
At 2 p.m., Urs Stillhart from Saropack and Ottavio Scatà from myclimate will demonstrate how sustainable packaging solutions and climate protection are compatible. Starting at 2:45 p.m., Nadine Rüegg from ZHAW will present the topic "Bio-based materials for the production of plastics - a market overview". Roy van den Oudenhoven and Pierre Barth, from NYCO Flexible Packaging will highlight the topic "The contribution of flexible packaging to sustainability" from 3.30 pm.
Special area for haptic experiences: "Workbench
In the special "Workbench" area, there will be real workbenches so that various materials for modern packaging can be examined and touched live with experts on site. This will give visitors the opportunity to literally grasp raw materials used for packaging in their original form. They can also hear experts explain how these raw materials are subsequently turned into packaging and what special features should be taken into account during processing. To learn more about the possibilities and areas of application, questions can be put to the experts from the participating exhibitors: NYCO Flexible Packaging, ZHAW Campus Reidbach, KATZ - Plastics Training and Technology Center, Swiss Recycling or Redilo GmbH.
More information on www.empack-schweiz.ch
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On both days of the fair, trade visitors can experience keynotes, deepen their knowledge and network extensively. The exchange at eye level is promoted with formats and special areas such as the "Logistics Talks", a real "Workbench" zone and many other networking areas where the Swiss industry competence for packaging, intralogistics, distribution and transport comes together.
Already at the official "kick-off" event at the end of October, around 100 industry insiders met in the Umweltarena in Spreitenbach to get detailed information about the new trade fair concept 2022 and to deepen existing contacts according to the motto "Discover - Learn - Connect".
"Logistics & Automation" networks Swiss logistics experts
Logistics & Automation" is the largest trade fair in Switzerland. At the industry event for intralogistics and distribution experts, the latest solutions, services and offers relating to automated warehouse and materials handling technology, from infrastructure to the most modern and sustainable picking and packing solutions, are presented for this purpose in Bern. For this purpose, national decision-makers, suppliers and interested parties who are interested in the innovations, products or services on display will come together. For this purpose, the well-known "Logistics Talks" will again be held in cooperation with the GS1 trade association: Here, expert knowledge will be brought to the point in condensed presentations and contribute to networking within the industry.
The new special feature "Transport & Delivery", which is supported by the trade fair's association partners, the commercial vehicle association Astag and the association Spedlogswiss, will also be held alternately at the Bern and Zurich locations at "Logistics & Automation". Transport companies, CEP service providers and providers of combined transport solutions - they all come together here, where the focus is on transport over land, water and rail. Forwarding companies from all over Switzerland present their range of services and showcase the latest solutions for freight transport.
With the "Transport & Delivery" area, the trade fair duo rounds off the entire value chain. The exhibition areas include courier, express, mail and parcel services (CEP), transport companies (road & rail), freight forwarders, IT systems for transport (route planning, transport management software, freight booking systems, fleet management software, GPS/Track &Trace) and combined transport companies. Among the companies registered are Galliker Transport, TNT Swiss Post, Rhenus Logistics, Schneider & Cie. Internationale Transporte, 7 Days Media Service or Gebrüder Weiss.
"Empack 2022" - meeting place for packaging specialists
The event for the Swiss packaging industry Empack maps the entire packaging part of the value chain in Bern, from the creative packaging development phase to the technical packaging and filling process with packaging machines. Empack is the largest packaging trade fair in Switzerland - this is where exhibitors presenting their innovations, products or services to an expert audience also meet national decision-makers.
At "Empack 2022", in addition to the diverse supporting program, there will also be the tried-and-tested specialist lectures of the "Packaging Talks" in cooperation with the competence partner Swiss Packaging Institute SVI. For example, on January 26, 2022, the event will kick off with the topic "Packed in Bio, but how?!" with Niklas Voss from FKuR Kunststoff, Nadine Rüegg from ZHAW will speak on the topic of "Bio-based materials for the production of plastics - a market overview", and Urs Stillhart from Saropack and Ottavio Scatà from Myclimate will show how "Sustainable packaging solutions and climate protection" are compatible. All details can be found on the website, which is continuously updated.
In the special "Workbenches" area, there will be a special area with real workbenches and real packaging productions to examine diverse materials for modern packaging with experts on site and experience them live. Here, visitors will discover how a wide variety of packaging is created, what challenges and requirements exist when dealing with materials, and what haptic options are available. All questions can be addressed to the experts of the participating exhibitors NYCO Flexible Packaging, ZHAW Campus Reidbach, Swiss Recycling or Redilo.
New Marketing and Content Manager: Kristina Nadjarian
Kristina Nadjarian joined Easyfairs Switzerland as the new Marketing and Content Manager on October 1, 2021. For her, one thing is certain: "Live events like trade fairs create unique, personal encounters - no other marketing tool can do that in this form. In my opinion, participation in trade shows/B2B fairs such as Empack and Logistics & Automation in particular is extremely important for the players in the respective industries. Due to their complexity, the products and services of these companies often require explanation or must be examined on site with all the senses. The face-to-face encounter between exhibitors and visitors thus offers enormous added value for both sides." As part of her responsibility for "Marketing and Content," she would like to focus particularly on "further expanding our partnerships with relevant visitor associations from the logistics and packaging industry and working more closely with them. This will enable us to better consider and define the needs and important topics of visitors in the future," Nadjarian adds. This input will also be given the appropriate weighting when defining the supporting program, so that Easyfairs creates an optimal link between industry, research and customers.
The "Empack" will be held at Bernexpo from January 26 to 27, 2022. The meeting place of the packaging industry in Switzerland returns with a new concept, a new location and a new date. Interested parties can use the code "2508" to secure their free trade fair entry worth CHF 30.
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