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BE INSPIRED | SOURCE | INNOVATE | LEARN | NETWORK
Meet the Experts
Drop by the Defra Clinic across both days for personalised guidance and expert advice on navigating Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for your business.
Conference Sessions on the Circular Economy Stage
Day 1: Be there for the launch of the PackUK, led by Defra and representatives from all four UK nations – marking a pivotal step forward for sustainable packaging.
Day 2: Join the conversation with the EPR Steering Committee as they explore how the entire value chain – from local government to membership bodies, manufacturers, and retailers – can collaborate to drive impactful change.
Walk away with fresh perspectives, actionable strategies, and a deeper understanding of how EPR will transform your business. Don’t miss your chance to connect, learn, and lead the change!
Find your perfect partner: 450+ Exhibitors ready to meet you
Whether you’re looking to innovate, scale, or optimise, you’ll connect with the perfect partners offering tailored packaging solutions to fit your exact needs.
Dive into the show zones: A world of solutions awaits
Step into specialised show zones that cater to every corner of the packaging industry. Whether your focus is sustainability, automation, or cutting-edge materials, these zones will immerse you in the latest solutions, helping you stay ahead of industry trends.
Inspire, learn, and lead: Insights across 3 stages
Take your seat in one of our three inspiring stages, where industry visionaries and trailblazers present game-changing ideas. Walk away with fresh insights and actionable strategies to transform your business and push it to new heights.
Recharge and connect at our Networking Bars
Pause, refresh, and build meaningful connections in our lively networking bars. It’s where casual conversations lead to powerful collaborations, providing a relaxed space to forge new relationships that drive your business forward.
Celebrate the future: Future Trailblazers & Innovation Awards
End your journey on a high by joining us in celebrating the future of packaging. Witness the most forward-thinking innovations and rising stars being recognised, leaving you motivated and ready to embrace the next era of packaging.
450+ World leading suppliers
Discover over 450 world-leading suppliers showcasing the latest in packaging solutions, cutting-edge innovations, and high-quality materials. Get inspired and find the perfect partners to elevate your packaging needs.
450+ World leading suppliers
Discover over 450 world-leading suppliers showcasing the latest in packaging solutions, cutting-edge innovations, and high-quality materials. Get inspired and find the perfect partners to elevate your packaging needs.
450+ World leading suppliers
Discover over 450 world-leading suppliers showcasing the latest in packaging solutions, cutting-edge innovations, and high-quality materials. Get inspired and find the perfect partners to elevate your packaging needs.
450+ World leading suppliers
Discover over 450 world-leading suppliers showcasing the latest in packaging solutions, cutting-edge innovations, and high-quality materials. Get inspired and find the perfect partners to elevate your packaging needs.
NETWORK
Prosecco and Cocktail Bar
Connect with industry leaders and build valuable relationships at our Prosecco and Cocktail Bar. Enjoy a relaxed, stylish atmosphere perfect for conversations and business opportunities.
BE INSPIRED
Agenda-setting conferences
Our three agenda-setting stages will return in 2025, offering insights to help you tackle your key packaging challenges.
Our three stages are:
✔ The Innovation & Design Stage
✔ The Supply Chain Stage
✔ The Circular Economy Stage
CELEBRATE
Future Trailblazer Awards
Celebrate innovation and visionary leadership in the packaging industry with the Future Trailblazer Awards. Recognising ground-breaking achievements, these awards honour the trailblazers shaping the future of packaging.
CONNECT
VIP and Exhibitor Lounge
Connect with industry leaders in the VIP and Exhibitor Lounge. Share ideas, gain valuable advice, and find inspiration alongside key players in your field.
NEW FOR 2025
New Smart Packaging Zone
Explore the latest in packaging technology at the new Smart Packaging Zone. Immerse yourself in innovative solutions designed to boost efficiency, sustainability, and consumer engagement.
Be inspired and achieve greatness in your next packaging project
Packaging Innovations & Empack, featuring Contract Pack & Fulfilment, is the UK’s premier event dedicated to advancing the entire packaging journey. It’s your go-to destination to stay on top of the latest trends, explore cutting-edge solutions, and address key industry challenges.
Experience products firsthand, engaging directly with manufacturers to understand their features in depth before making decisions. Whether you’re seeking primary or secondary packaging, innovative materials, printing services, or outsourcing and fulfilment solutions, this event offers everything you need to plan your next innovation or product launch with confidence.
Networking
450 + world leading suppliers
New Smart Packaging Zone
Absorb industry specific content across our three stages:
The Innovation & Design Stage
The Supply Chain Stage
The Circular Economy Stage
Discover the new Smart Packaging Zone
We have a new Smart Packaging Zone for you to create unique unboxing experiences!
New to Packaging Innovations, we’re bringing you exhibitors that specialise in an array of Smart Packaging solutions for you to consider and explore.
Different emerging solutions that will help you increase productivity in your manufacturing, and give you options to create unique packaging to stand out against your competition.
IOM3 & Mercury Search & Selection presents: Future Trailblazer's Award
Last year’s event had the addition of the Packaging Trailblazer’s Award in partnership with IOM3 Packaging Group and Mercury Search & Selection. This award aimed to recognise talented individuals, going above and beyond, to shape the future of packaging.
By looking at both the biggest contributions to change in the industry, and the potential individuals may hold, our judges will be awarding recognition to those who are driving forces in making a wider change in industries beyond packaging.
“We want to recognise the people who are relatively new to the sector but who are already starting to show their trailblazer potential.”
Jude Allan, Interim Managing Director
OPRL and Awards Chair
“Celebrating these individuals should be an inspiration to others and the next generation – who are the future of the industry.”
Ian Roe, Director
Mercury search & selection and Awards Judge
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The event brought together thousands of packaging specifiers, producers and users to meet, learn and source the latest products and services that will define the future of their packaging.
You will find suppliers across the whole range of packaging products and services – from design to innovative primary and secondary packaging to contract packing, e-commerce fulfilment, labelling and printing, as well as packing and processing technology.
Together, these events give a unique vision of the whole packaging journey, from concept to production – and give you the ideal place to create the future of your brand.
Meet, connect and collaborate
Meet with colleagues, contacts and create new partnerships at our Cocktail and Prosecco bars and in the VIP Lounge.
At networking spaces across Packaging Innovations, Empack and Contract Pack and Fulfilment, you will have the opportunity to meet and relax with new and old friends as well as contacts across the sector – and create the partnerships that will define your next packaging project.
Attendees at Packaging Innovations & Empack 2025 will have the chance to engage with a diverse and influential group of industry experts, suppliers, and innovators. The event will feature dedicated networking sessions, ensuring that participants can meet and exchange ideas with like-minded professionals.
Whether you’re a packaging designer, a sustainability advocate, or a logistics specialist, this event provides a platform to connect with individuals who share your passion and vision.
