Exclusive video: interpack organisers and companies hail success for 2026 event
This year's interpack was jam-packed with industry talent, as our second video interview reveals. Pic: Messe Dusseldorf
A full week-long celebration of the packaging and processing industry came to a fitting conclusion this Wednesday at interpack, with its organisers hailing the event as a key success.
Editor Neill Barston offers the second part of our exclusive video review from this year’s show, including commentary from Theegarten-Pactec’s CEO and president, Markus Rustler, as well as contributions from Espen Mile, of Syntegon, Stuart Grogan from UK equipment firm BCH, plus fellow British industry specialist Mark Brooker, UK director for the Cama Group. (watch our exclusive video below)
In addition, we speak to Jason Scott of Coperion, and finally, Allan Aasted, of Danish confectionery equipment business, Aasted offers his views on the show, which focused on smart manufacturing, equipment innovation and developing skills of the future for the sector’s workforce.
As Messe Düsseldorf notes, this year’s attendance for interpack was a strong one, with a recorded total of more than 127,000 visitors from around the world across the week-long show.
While this may not quite have matched previous figures, uncertain economic conditions on an international scale have been influential in that total, yet as Confectionery Production found speaking to many businesses across the event, there was a sense that the actual quality of visitors was notably high across the event.
As the organising team noted, from 7-13 May, some 2,804 exhibitors from 65 countries and trade visitors from 161 countries came together in Düsseldorf on the fully booked exhibition grounds.
In total, of all visitors, 75 percent came from outside Germany, including 28 percent from outside Europe. Around 100 additional companies were represented at components, the supplier trade fair held in parallel. This made interpack 2026 the largest edition in its history in terms of exhibitors, underlining what was clearly felt in the halls: this was an event with exceptional impact.
Speaking to Confectionery Production, Thomas Dohse, director of interpack expressed confidence that the event had exceeded expectations on a number of levels.
He said: “That was a top interpack. Busy halls, intensive exchange and concrete projects showed the strength of this global community. interpack is the most important meeting place for the industry worldwide, and this edition impressively confirmed that.”
As the team added, solutions and partnerships took centre stage, with many discussions leading to projects and investment decisions. The trade fair thus confirmed its role as the leading platform for the global processing and packaging industry, with the food, as well as pharma sectors in particular strongly represented across the event’s 18 halls.
- See our subsequent edition of Confectionery Production for a full review of the show.
