With over 450+ 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 11 & 12 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.
What happens when we consider everyone in innovation? Kelly Dawson believes we see better outcomes for both brands and consumers ahead of her conference session at Packaging Innovations & Empack 2026.
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Packaging Innovations & Empack 2026 has announced its first wave of speakers, with industry leaders, innovators, and emerging brands set to share insights across four dedicated stages.
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As a company built on a reputation for being a fast, flexible, and efficient partner, value added services have given the Basingstoke-based business an extra edge in today’s competitive contract packing landscape.
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VeriGreen® Plus, a world-first bio-based biotransformable cup, redefines single-use plastics with recyclability, self-destruct technology, and practical design, is set to make its UK debut at Packaging Innovations & Empack 2026.
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With Packaging Innovations & Empack 2026 fast approaching, Jenny Stanley, Managing Director of Appetite Creative, author of Connected Packaging: The Game-Changing Marketing Tool, shares why brands can no longer afford to ignore the evolution of packaging from static billboard to dynamic digital channel.
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As the UK Plastics Pact comes to an end, the industry is already looking ahead to its successor – the UK Packaging Pact. We spoke to industry leaders and experts about what this means for businesses working in packaging and beyond.
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Ahead of Packaging Innovations & Empack 2026, Emma Bourne and Claire Dillaney of DEFRA, together with Jeremy Blake of PackUK, reveal how government, industry, and intermediaries are aligning to deliver the UK’s most ambitious system of packaging reform.
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The Future Trailblazer Awards, launched in 2024 in partnership with the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3), are calling on innovators across the packaging sector to put themselves or a colleague forward before the Tuesday, 4 November 2025 deadline.
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With just 100 days to go, Packaging Innovations & Empack 2026 returns to the NEC Birmingham, bringing together thousands of professionals, hundreds of suppliers, and cutting-edge innovation across design, materials, automation, and fulfilment.
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The Future Trailblazer Awards, launched in 2024 in partnership with the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3), are calling on innovators across the packaging sector to put themselves or a colleague forward before the Tuesday, 4 November 2025 deadline.
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With almost three decades of packaging design experience, including spells working at some of the largest beverage producers in the world, Gregory Bentley has high standards. Even so, as judge of this year’s Future Trailblazers, he is bowled over by the quality of applications.
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Tata Steel UK celebrates a historic milestone in its green transformation journey as Mr Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Steel and the Tata Group, joins government ministers at a groundbreaking event for the company’s state-of-the-art Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) facility in Port Talbot.
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