Packaging materials and supplies

What the PPWR means for companies from 2026 - Dr Markus W. Pauly

10 November 2025

The new EU packaging regulation PPWR is changing everything: in this recording from Future Resources 2025, lawyer Dr Markus W. Pauly explains what obligations companies will face from 2026 - and why now is the right time to prepare.

Silent heroes - The role of peatlands in climate change - Alexander Kornelsen

10 November 2025

Peatlands are the silent heroes of climate protection: they store more CO₂ than all forests combined - and could be a key to climate change. In the recording from Future Resources 2025, Alexander Kornelsen explains how renaturalisation works and why peatland protection has an immediate effect.

Recyclable design and new obligations under the PPWR - Gunda Rachut

10 November 2025

Recycling-friendly design, declarations of conformity and tight timeframes: Gunda Rachut from the Central Agency Packaging Register explains in the recording from Future Resources 2025 what challenges the PPWR poses for companies - and why much of it should have been implemented long ago.

"A strong signal for the industry" - Exhibition Director Heike Slotta takes stock of FACHPACK 2025

26 September 2025

Three days full of dialogue, innovation and packaging trends: In the closing discussion, Heike Slotta, Executive Director Exhibitions at NürnbergMesse, sums up FACHPACK 2025 - and gives an initial outlook on the future of the exhibition in 2027.

Is the beverage carton the most sustainable packaging? Martin Schröder (FKN) on the circular economy, recycling and the new campaign

26 September 2025

It has been with us for over 70 years - but is the beverage carton really the prototype of sustainable packaging? Martin Schröder from the FKN trade association explains at FACHPACK why the industry is convinced that it has done its homework - and what is behind the new „Think Inside the Box“ campaign.

Plastic packaging under pressure - but with a future? Dr Isabell Schmidt (IK) talks about regulation, recycling and realistic

26 September 2025

What is the real state of plastic packaging in Germany and Europe? In our talk with Dr Isabell Schmidt, Managing Director of the IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen, we clarify where the industry stands today, what hurdles need to be overcome - and what urgently needs to change so that plastic can find its place in the circular economy.

Circle of Packaging Solutions: How MULTIVAC thinks holistically about packaging

26 September 2025

What happens when machine, material and expertise interact perfectly? With its „Circle of Packaging Solutions“, MULTIVAC shows how holistic packaging consulting works in practice - technically sound, sustainably conceived and implemented with the customer in mind. The talk with Teresa Lambacher and Tobias Wegmann deals with typical challenges, real innovations and the question of why the right packaging is more than just a sleeve.

How packaging is perceived in Europe - Winfried Mühling, Pro Carton

25 September 2025

What do consumers really think about packaging? In an interview with FACHPACK TV, Winfried Mühling from Pro Carton talks about why cartonboard often wins the race and which countries take sustainability particularly seriously.

The challenges of PPWR - Sonja Bähr, Berndt+Partner Creality

24 September 2025

What does the PPWR mean for companies in concrete terms? Why is time now running out for many? And how is the packaging industry changing from the inside out? Packaging expert Sonja Bähr provides first-hand answers on FACHPACK TV.

PPWR: Test of recyclability - Maresa Zimmermann, Henkel

24 September 2025

Maresa Zimmermann from Henkel Adhesive Technologies talks to FACHPACK TV about the challenges of developing recyclable paper-based packaging, technical hurdles and the requirements of the EU packaging regulation PPWR.

The paludiculture carton from OBI and LEIPA

23 September 2025

A cartonboard that actively contributes to climate protection? This is exactly what the conversation with OBI at FACHPACK 2025 is all about. Head of ESG Claudia Schulte-Beckhausen explains how the paludiculture cartonboard was created from reed canary grass and waste paper - and why peatland renaturation plays a decisive role in this.

"Christstollen-Gate" and how an association is fighting against the madness - Karsten Hunger, IPV

23 September 2025

Karsten Hunger, Managing Director of the Industrial Association for Paper and Film Packaging (IPV), talks to us about the opportunities and challenges of flexible packaging in the current packaging industry.

The PCR gap: Circular Packaging 2030 - Dr Jan Hendrik Kempkes, Interzero

23 September 2025

The use of recyclate is faltering: packaging should become more sustainable - but the necessary post-consumer recyclate (PCR) is in short supply in many places. In a new market analysis, Interzero shows where the causes lie and what companies can do now. In conversation: Dr Jan-Hendrik Kempkes, Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs.

The D-Pak™ packs the future - Dirk Endlich, Elopack

23 September 2025

With the D-Pak™, Elopak is presenting packaging at FACHPACK that is set to set new standards as an alternative to plastic packaging. Vice President Dirk Endlich explains why the D-Pak™ is not only more sustainable, but also performs significantly better in terms of logistics, design and recycling.

How Rossmann is making packaging more sustainable - Helena Bomholt, Dirk Rossmann GmbH

23 September 2025

What is Rossmann doing about packaging? Project manager Helena Bomholt explains to FACHPACK TV how the drugstore chain is making its own brands more sustainable - from recycling quotas and the use of recyclates to microplastic-free formulas.