Constantia Flexibles will present the packaging solutions of tomorrow at the world’s largest packaging trade fair in 2018, the PACK EXPO, to be held in Chicago from October 14 to 17. The packaging expert’s trade fair presentation will focus on four innovation pillars: Sustainability, Performance Packaging, Interactive Packaging, and Brand Protection. At the Lower Lakeside…

Climate change, resource shortage, inhumane working conditions: sustainability is a word on everyone’s lips but it is far from being a mainstream topic. This became clear at the PSI Sustainability Summit on 7 September – a new platform for exchange between the promotional products industry, which is increasingly dealing with this issue, and representatives from…

New offering for members, a revamped award and new parallel events: PSI 2019 is realigning its focus. By more strongly emphasising the classic promotional products business, it will offer ideal conditions to ensure a successful trade show for promotional products distributors, suppliers, finishers and agencies. The Leading European Trade Show of the Promotional Products Industry…

Renowned companies and highly-qualified special suppliers from all relevant product sections have already registered ProSweets Cologne 2019 has already received a high number of applications during the first months of the registration phase. Numerous renowned companies and highly-qualified suppliers with special know-how in this section have already registered for the coming, in the meantime 11th…

Naturalness has become the decisive buying factor on the supermarket shelves – a trend that is reflected in the growing demand for natural aromas, colouring foodstuffs, health & nutrition ingredients. Their implementation enables food and beverages without ingredients that have to be declared, that can furthermore promise added health benefits. So that the functional ingredients…

Christian Traumann, Managing Director and Group CFO of MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG, is the president of interpack 2020. In the constituent meeting of the advisory board for the coming interpack he was elected president of this event. Since 2015 Traumann has been the chairman of the Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association…

At the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference today, executives of Mondelēz International highlighted the company’s priorities for the year, including delivering its 2018 business plan with excellence and completing a comprehensive strategic business review designed to deliver sustainable shareholder value in the years to come. Chief Executive Officer Dirk Van de Put…

Deals are expected to generate US $20 million in business, an increase of almost 140% in comparison to the previous year. The participation of 19 Brazilian companies at ISM 2018, the confectionery and snacks fair in Cologne, Germany, resulted in almost US $4.5 million in closed deals (US $2.7 million in 2017), which are expected…

Koelnmesse had a record-breaking year in 2017. At over €350 million, the trade fair company’s turnover surpassed that of the previous record year of 2015 by around 10 percent and once again far exceeded expectations. “We achieved our ambitious growth targets as promised and even added a bit on top,” says Koelnmesse CEO Gerald Böse,…