Packaging Innovations 2014, to be held at the Birmingham NEC, 26-27 February, will feature over 350 leading suppliers, interactive features and more than 30 hours’ worth of educational content.
Show organiser easyFairs say this year’s complimentary learnShops programme will provide visitors with “vital information to achieve targets and improve your packaging”.
Whether through case studies, informative presentations or panelled debates, each seminar at the event is created to engage with different industry sectors and deliver positive insight.
Representatives of brands will be speaking, from companies including Procter & Gamble, Tesco, Asda, Marks & Spencer, Neal’s Yard, DHL Supply Chain and Wilkinson.
Seminar schedule highlights will include:
Lars Wallentin – founder, Packaging Sense: ‘Twenty ideas how to be more efficient – information is good but communication is better!’ (26 Feb, 11:30-12:00)
Ian Schofield – own label manager, Iceland Foods: ‘Packaging challenges for retail’ (27 Feb, 11:30-12:00)
Paul Day – packaging technologist, Neal’s Yard Remedies: ‘NPD in packaging’ (26 Feb, 12:30-13:00)
Peter Singleton – principle engineer, package development, global B&R, Procter & Gamble (26 Feb, 11:00-11:30)
Lucy Frankel – VegAware: ‘Latest thinking on vegetable based packaging’ (27 Feb, 12:15-12:45)
Phil Huggett – own brand packaging manager, Wilkinson: ‘How we made a million’ (27 Feb, 14:00-14:30)
