德国纽伦堡国际包装印刷贸易博览会（FACHPACK）是全欧洲最重要的包装印刷贸易展，是欧洲顶级的包装展览会之一，是全球最大的印刷及包装设备展览会之一，每年一届，两年隔一年，在纽伦堡国际展览中心举行，只对专业贸易观众开放，同时是包装解决方案展览会，展览主题：监测和测试设备，包装材料和用品，包装辅助设备，装卸，包装物流，仓储拣货系统的物流服务，包装材料，包装机械，研究和开发，标签和标记设备，包装机械和设备，包装服务，包装印刷加工，输送系统。 与该博览会同期举办的还有：包装印刷展(PrintPack)、近距离国际包装物流展(LogIntern )，三展合一，人流量巨大。
FachPack是1500多家参展商的家园，为各行业和消费品的包装提供了各个方面，与不同行业的访客会面，无论是包装材料、包装机械、包装印刷/打印包装和加工、物流系统、包装行业的服务 - FachPack涵盖了所有的主题，只是正确的重点。
国际包装、技术、加工和物流专业贸易展览会的方案将包装工艺链紧凑化在一起。参观者和参展商都赞赏独特的氛围，培养联系人，开展新业务，做出投资决策，共同超越自己的视野。未来会带来什么？明天会有什么技术趋势？明天的消费者将会期待什么？
FachPack在已经有40年的专业技术和创新技术，并且可以回顾一个宏伟的成功故事。从1979年开始，在纽伦堡展览场地有80家参展商;当时约有二千名游客来到包装展览会，1982年获得FachPack的名字，2016年有1,542家参展商和41,014名参观者，FachPack早已成为欧洲主要的包装展览会之一。
展品范围(Show Products):
1、包装材料及供给、纸及纸板制品包装材料：模制纤维包装材料、纸制品包装材料、纸板制品包装材料、波状纸板制品包装材料、牛皮纸包、混杂纸制品及纸板制品包装材料；
2、软质塑料制品包装材料：大塑料袋、塑料袋、塑料薄片、塑料网、塑料编织袋、混杂软质塑料制品包装材料；
3、模制塑料包装材料：挤压塑料、吹制塑 料、泡沫塑料、再利用塑料、注入式挤压塑料及热力塑型塑料包装、塑料货盘、混杂模制塑料包装材料；
4、金属制品包装材料：金属罐头、金属鼓形圆桶、金属薄片、金属板条箱、金属管、金属货盘、金属包装材料；
5、玻璃和陶瓷制品包装材料：玻璃一次用量的针剂、小瓶、有塞小瓶、玻璃和陶瓷制品。
展会报告(Show Report):
“Trade fairs are melting pots for new ideas and make the future tangible,” says Slotta. “Of course, given the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, rising energy costs and inflation, the near future is going to be anything but rosy. But that is precisely why we need to talk about how we intend to shape the transition. To borrow the jargon of the consumer goods industry, the transition itself has become a fast-moving commodity since sustainability and digitalization have picked up speed, and consumer expectations and the overall situation are constantly changing.”
Visitors from about 90 countries
FACHPACK covered a comprehensive range of products from the entire packaging process chain, from packaging materials and machines to printing and processing, logistics systems and services. Visitors to FACHPACK travelled to Nuremberg from 89 countries, mainly in Europe. After Germany, the highest numbers of visitors came from Austria, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Turkey and Slovenia. The international contingent this year grew to about 32 percent, compared to 29 percent in 2021.
Industry professionals: 85 percent decision-makers
The results of a visitor survey by an independent institute confirmed that more than 90 percent of the trade visitors were happy or very happy with the products and services in the exhibition halls. Eighty-five percent of the trade visitors said they were involved in making the purchasing and procurement decisions in their respective businesses. More than half had a management position. The visitors came mainly from the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and medical, cosmetics, chemical, electronics and automotive, retail, packaging and logistics industries.
German Packaging Award and Gold Awards presented
On the first day of FACHPACK, the German Packaging Institute (dvi) announced the winners of the Gold Awards for this year’s German Packaging Award. The six best innovations for 2022 came from the categories of Economic Efficiency, Sustainability, Digitalization, Packaging Machines and Young Talents. Also celebrated were 32 innovative solutions that were recognized with the German Packaging Award in August.
Increased revenues for packaging manufacturers
Packaging manufacturers saw an increase in production and revenue in 2021, as illustrated by the latest figures from the Gemeinschaftsausschuss Deutscher Verpackungshersteller (Joint Committee of German Packaging Producers, GADV). The bulk of production was represented by paper and cardboard packaging, while plastic packaging accounted for the highest production value.
about 19.6 million tonnes of packaging materials were manufactured in 2021, which equates to a 4.8 percent increase in production volume. Production value increased significantly, by 10.9 percent, to approximately EUR 35.8 billion in 2021. As in previous years, plastic packaging accounted for the largest share of production value at about 44 percent, while paper and cardboard represented the largest share by volume of packaging materials, at about 49 percent.
Strong export performance for packaging machines
The packaging machinery sector, which has a strong export focus, is also currently being slowed by adverse conditions and crises affecting production and the global economy. based on the export volume achieved in the first half of the year, combined with a good order book, a small increase in production is still expected for 2022. According to the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Division, the production volume for packaging machinery increased by 4.6 percent in 2021, to EUR 7 billion.
Exports by the approximately 300 manufacturers rose to EUR 5.922 billion in 2021 (previous year: EUR 5.673 billion), which is only slightly below the previous record volume achieved before the Covid-19 pandemic. The value of exports accounts for 84 percent of the production volume. The largest buyers of German packaging machines have traditionally been the EU countries, ahead of North America and Asia. In terms of buyer countries, the USA is well ahead of China, France and Poland. Global foreign trade in packaging machinery totals almost EUR 22 billion, with the highly innovative German industry having occupied the top position (currently about 26 percent) ahead of Italy for a number of years.
Save the date: FACHPACK will take its normal scheduled break in 2023 and will be held again at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 24 to 26 September 2024.
