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Experience interpack up close, on site, online, live and on demand. This is made possible by Tightly Packed TV from packaging journal and interpack. There will be a varied programme in the studio area with live talks, news and live broadcasts in the halls.
The Tightly Packed TV studio is a premiere at the Düsseldorf exhibition centre and interpack. Live television will be broadcast here for the first time - and for the entire duration of the trade fair from 4 to 10 May. Visitors can expect insights into what is happening at the trade fair and the latest developments, trends and innovations in the industry.
Tightly Packed TV is designed as a late-night studio with a focus on exclusive talks. The TV studio at interpack is a joint project of packaging journal and interpack.
The studio is located on the upper floor of the North Entrance between Halls 9 and 7. also transmitted online.
„We cordially invite you to visit our TV studio at the trade fair. We look forward to hearing many voices of experts, innovations and pioneering projects. ‚Television you can touch‘ is lived here“,
Exclusive studio talks
The programme offers around 50 live talks with exciting personalities and topics from the international packaging industry. For example, the interview with Syntegon is about sustainability in the packaging sector as a new standard, Stäubli Tec-Systems shows the possibilities of robotics and Schneider Electric talks about the future of sustainable and efficient packaging machines. QUPAQ will be talking about an official world record attempt. The market leader for tray denesting will attempt to denest 1,000 trays in just one minute at interpack.
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Many talks will focus on sustainability - climate protection and the circular economy, environmentally friendly packaging solutions, reusable packaging and recycling. To the complete programme it goes here...
Guests include Stefan Schulze-Hausmann, CEO of the foundation German Sustainability Award. Packaging is a central theme in Europe's largest award for ecological and social commitment.
Prof Jens-Peter Majschak, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV), explains how the transition to a circular economy can succeed. His talk will focus on fibre-based packaging solutions and material substitution.
Viewers can also expect forward-looking content on digitalisation. One of the studio guests is Dr Richard Geibel (see photo on the right) from the E-Commerce Institute on the topic of social commerce as the future of digital commerce and sales.
Brand management will also be a topic at Tightly Packed TV. Other user-oriented topics such as printing technologies, labelling and marking will also be discussed.
Exciting guests
In the „CEO Talks“ format, for example, the presenters will welcome Matthias Niemeyer, CEO of the Uhlmann Group, Markus Rustler, President & CEO of Theegarten-Pactec, and Christian Traumann, CEO of Multivac, to talk about the global development of the industry.
The format „Start-up Zone“ on the other hand, gives young founders the opportunity to share their visions.
Other talks will focus specifically on the process and packaging industry in various countries and regions. For example, the European Green Deal will be discussed intensively by associations, politicians and companies. With Dr Wolfgang Trunk is a representative of the European Commission as a guest. The packaging law in Germany will also be discussed and there will be insights into the packaging market in China, Egypt, Spain and the Netherlands
Associations are also involved
The studio discussions benefit from the expertise of numerous organisations and associations. Representatives from the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), the German Association of Food Processing and Packaging Machinery (VDMA), Plastics Europe, the German Packaging Institute (DVI), the European Brand & Packaging Design Association (EPDA), Pro Carton, the European Association of Cartonboard and Folding Carton Manufacturers and the Central Agency Packaging Register (ZSVR) will also be taking part.
Dr Richard Geibel from the E-Commerce Institute
Markus Rustler, President & CEO of Theegarten-Pactec
Christian Traumann, CEO of Multivac
Online and on site, live and on demand
The contact point at the trade fair is the TV studio in the North Entrance. In addition, the content will be broadcast live on the interpack and packaging journal websites and channels. German and English-language contributions will alternate.
Interested parties can also watch all the talks again here after the trade fair.
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