Interpack, 11 May Packaging Futures -A guided industry walk

Join us at Interpack 2026 for a curated, high-impact experience:

“Packaging Futures” – A Guided Industry Walk
Starting point: BASF Booth (Hall 10, A44)
11 May | 02:00 pm CEST (duration: 1 hour)

This exclusive tour, organised by European Bioplastics, connects you directly with key innovators across the bioplastics packaging value chain.

What to expect

• Guided visits to selected industry booths
• Live product showcases and technical deep-dives
• Insights into biobased, biodegradable, compostable, and recyclable packaging solutions
• Context on PPWR and circular economy requirements
• A small, curated group (max. 20 participants)

The value chain – in one hour

From upstream materials to market-ready applications:
BASF → Futerro → ITENE → AIMPLAS → Taghleef Industries

 

The tour concludes at Taghleef Industries (Hall 9, A21) — where you are invited to join the follow-up session:

“CIRCULARITY, INCREASED – The Real Alternative: Compostable Packaging’s Place in a Circular Future”
Start: 3 pm CEST

Extend your experience with deeper insights and industry discussion right after the tour.

Register now (limited to 20 participants)!

Your guides:

• Chiara Bearzotti
• Denise Valdix

The “Packaging Futures” walking tour is a curated, one-hour guided experience at Interpack 2026 designed to bring industry representatives face-to-face with you, European Bioplastics members, to gain insights about your most innovative biobased, biodegradable, compostable and recyclable packaging solutions on the market. Led by a European Bioplastics expert, the tour navigates participants through up to five selected booths of EUBP members and consortium partners, spanning materials producers, converters, and brand owners active in both food and non-food packaging segments.

Each booth stop is structured as a brief 10-minute deep-dive: a live product showcase, a short technical introduction by the exhibitor, and a focused Q&A. The tour connects the dots between individual innovations and the broader EU regulatory landscape, from the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to biodegradability and compostability standards and design-for-recycling criteria, giving participants a coherent narrative rather than a fragmented trade fair experience.

The format targets a small, qualified group of up to 20 participants, pre-registered to ensure relevance and engagement. Participants receive a printed or digital tour map with booth locations, company profiles, and key product facts. The walk concludes with an informal networking moment at a designated meeting point, reinforcing connections made along the route.

Beyond its immediate value as an industry networking tool, the tour positions European Bioplastics as a knowledgeable, trusted guide in the transition to sustainable packaging, translating scientific and regulatory complexity into tangible, market-ready solutions visible on the fair floor.

Stopovers

These five profiles are drafted to flow as a connected narrative across the tour — moving from materials chemistry (BASF, Futerro) → research & innovation (ITENE, AIMPLAS) → conversion & market application (Taghleef) — giving participants a coherent picture of the bioplastics packaging value chain in action.