Interpack organizers will focus on seven topics at the SPOTLIGHT Forum, a different one for each day of the exhibition. The information platform is staged at the North entrance.
The end stage of the manufacturing process is emerging on the other side of a major sustainability transformation. With a set timeline to PPWR conformity, the ‘ifs’ are quickly becoming ‘when’ in short-term planning for food businesses, bakeries included. Until August, interpack is the innovation stepping stone in the journey to more sustainable – and, at the same time, smarter – packaging and processing.
The three-year wait is almost over. For those planning their trip to Düsseldorf, here are some of the companies worth visiting for bakery professionals, listed from A to Z, and the advances they are highlighting at their stands.
For bakeries focusing on the private label sector, PLMA is an important source of inspiration and innovation. Reflecting the evolving trends shaping today’s private label market, the Idea Supermarket at PLMA’s World of Private Label has been reimagined as PLMA’s World of Ideas.
AIBI and Fedima are co-hosting the 2026 Congress, organized by the International Association of Plant
Bakers every two years. The associations will welcome participants for two and a half days of learning,
sharing and highly-anticipated reunions. This time, the background of the hemisphere’s main event for
industrial bakers will be the French Riviera.
interpack 2026 will bring together the industry’s technological offerings across three halls covering around 40,000 square meters, to reflect a growing industry undergoing transformation. The confectionery and bakery zone spans Halls 1, 3 and 4.
The German Bakers’ Confederation and GHM (Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH) extended their cooperation until 2039. As the conceptual sponsor of iba, the German Bakers‘ Confederation has again commissioned GHM to organize the exhibition for the upcoming five editions.
Under the theme ‘Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow’, the 2026 AIBI Congress will be held at the Mouratoglou Hotel & Resort, in the technology park of Sophia Antipolis on the French Riviera, from May 27 to 29.