Events Diary

Welcome to the Packaging News Events Diary, your guide to the industry’s upcoming events in the UK and across Europe.

Click on the web addresses to get more information on each conference, exhibition, show or webinar.

If you are organising an event, tell us and we will post it here. Email details to packagingnews.editorial@metropolis.co.uk

May 2012

Drupa
3-16 May, Dusseldorf, Germany
The world’s biggest print show returns to Dusseldorf for its four-yearly fortnight showcasing print technology from across the world.
www.drupa.com

June 2012

UK Packaging Awards: entry deadline
1 June
Don’t miss your chance to show the packaging world why you are the best in the business – entries close on 1 June for the 2012 competition!
www.ukpackagingawards.co.uk

Achema 2012
18-22 June, Frankfurt, Germany
Many packaging equipment businesses will be exhibiting their wares at this show covering chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology
www.achema.de

New Designers
27 June-7 July, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
Annual show highlighting the best work from London’s latest crop of design graduates.
www.newdesigners.com

September 2012

RWM
11-13 September, NEC, Birmingham
Annual show for the waste management industry exploring the latest trends in equipment, vehicles and services for recycling. The show also has a strong speaker line-up looking at the biggest issues facing waste management.
www.rwmexhibition.com

PPMA Show
25-27 September, NEC, Birmingham
As the UK’s leading processing & packaging machinery exhibition, the PPMA Show offers you an unrivalled opportunity to see cutting edge equipment and technologies demonstrated LIVE! Find all the solutions you need to help you increase productivity and achieve efficiency targets in one exhibition.
www.ppmashow.co.uk

October 2012

The BPIF Cartons Conference
3 October, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
www.bpifcartons.org.uk

easyFairs Packaging Innovations London
4-5 October, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
The capital’s premier packaging event for inspirational packaging returns following its first two editions in 2010 and 2011. The 2011 features include Luxury Packaging, Design Village, The BIG Packaging Debate, Packaging News’ learnShop and a keynote theatre featuring major brands. Packaging News is the official media partner for the show.
www.easyfairs.com/pi-london

November 2012

Brau Beviale
13-15 November, Nuremberg, Germany
The annual trade exhibition for the European beverage industry looking areas such as raw materials, energy and packaging.
www.brau-beviale.de

Pira Packaging Summit
13-14 November, London Hilton, Park Lane, London
Smithers Pira’s annual international conference on the business of packaging comes to London in a new partnership with Packaging News and the UK Packaging Awards. The one-and-a-half day event takes place in the same hotel as the UK Packaging Awards dinner, making an unmissable two-day event giving insight into the biggest issues facing packaging and the very best performers in the industry.
www.pack-summit.com

UK Packaging Awards
14 November, London Hilton, Park Lane, London
The UK’s biggest awards ceremony for the packaging sector – and the industry’s biggest annual night out. Organised by Packaging News, the UK Packaging Awards celebrates the very best in business performance and packaging development and design.
www.ukpackagingawards.co.uk

Emballage
19-22 November 2012, Paris, France
Biennial show covering every aspect of packaging production and filling.
www.emballageweb.com

April 2013

Sign & Digital UK
30 April-2 May, NEC Birmingham
Show for the sign and display industry.
www.signuk.com

June 2013

Total Processing & Packaging
4-6 June, NEC Birmingham
The Total Processing & Packaging exhibition is the UK’s largest three-day event that showcases the latest production line solutions, material developments and product innovations. There is no better opportunity for national and international exhibiting companies to reach senior decision makers with major budgets.
www.totalexhibition.com

October 2013

K 2013
16-23 October, Dusseldorf, Germany
Triennial plastics jamboree covering every aspect of the plastics business.
www.k-online.de

Please send details of your upcoming events to packagingnews.editorial@metropolis.co.uk.