The first day of FACHPACK in Nuremberg showcased the big stage for major innovations. The German Packaging Institute (dvi) organized the award ceremony and, together with more than 380 guests from the industry, celebrated the 41 winning innovations at this year’s German Packaging Award. The moment everyone was waiting for at this special industry event was the announcement of the five Gold Awards. The independent German Packaging Award jury hands out these Gold Awards to honor particularly ground-breaking innovations that stand out even from this illustrious circle of 41 packaging award winners. This time, gold went to outstanding solutions in the categories of Digitalisation, Functionality & Convenience, Sustainability and Packaging Machines.

From the moment the doors to the Munich Hall of the NCC Mitte opened yesterday, excitement and anticipation filled the air. The German Packaging Institute had already announced the winners of Europe’s largest packaging exhibition back in August. The unanswered question on everyone’s minds was: which of the Packaging Award winners would also walk away with one of the particularly exclusive Gold Awards?