--- title: "Packaging Trade Shows in 2026 and 2027 | DataOrigin" description: "A guide to events for the packaging sector. What types of trade shows exist, what buyer profile you will find, what works in this sector, and how to prepare the event to generate opportunities." canonical: https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/events-packaging-sector/ lang: en site: https://dataorigin.es llms: https://dataorigin.es/llms.txt --- ![Events for Packaging Companies](/assets/img/gallery/blog/sector-packaging.webp) # Events for Packaging Companies A guide to events for the packaging sector. What types of trade shows exist, what buyer profile you will find, what works in this sector, and how to prepare the event to generate opportunities. Packaging Joaquín Montesinos • Published June 20, 2026 Packaging is a cross-cutting sector that touches almost every industry, from food to cosmetics, and its fairs gather a very varied audience. Packaging shows bring together packaging manufacturers, machinery and material suppliers, brands, and product leads around design, sustainability, and efficiency. For a company that sells in this space, an event concentrates decision-makers from many sectors at once in just a few days. It is a technical sector and at the same time closely tied to the brand, where the balance between cost, sustainability, and design shapes every decision. This guide goes over what types of events exist, who you will meet, and how to prepare your presence so it turns into opportunities. ## Upcoming Trade Shows in the Sector The sector’s next dates, each linking to its guide. The table refreshes daily. | Trade show | Dates | City | | --- | --- | --- | | [Miac 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/miac-2026/) | 7–9 Oct 2026 | Lucca | | [InSKLAD 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/insklad-2026/) | 27–29 Oct 2026 | Kyiv | | [World Food Ukraine 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/world-food-ukraine-2026/) | 27–29 Oct 2026 | Kyiv | | [Creative Paper Conference 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/creative-paper-conference-2026/) | 29–30 Oct 2026 | Munich | | [Dionysud 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/dionysud-2026/) | 3–5 Nov 2026 | Béziers | | [BrauBeviale 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/braubeviale-2026/) | 10–12 Nov 2026 | Nuremberg | | [Sustainable Packaging Summit 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/sustainable-packaging-summit-2026/) | 10–12 Nov 2026 | Utrecht | | [Empack Madrid 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/empack-madrid-2026/) | 11–12 Nov 2026 | Madrid | | [Paper & Tissue Show - UK 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/paper-tissue-show-uk-2026/) | 11–12 Nov 2026 | London | | [Cosmopharm Pack 2026](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/cosmopharm-pack-2026/) | 17–19 Nov 2026 | Warsaw | ## What Types of Events Exist in the Sector The sector brings together different formats depending on the focus. - **Packaging fairs.** The main showcase, with packaging solutions, materials, and design for all kinds of product. - **Packaging machinery shows.** Focused on packaging technology and processes, with a more industrial profile. - **Sustainable packaging events.** Geared toward recyclable materials, reduction, and circular economy. - **Sector events focused on packaging.** Where packaging is a protagonist within a specific industry, such as food. ## What Attendee Profile You Will Find At these events you will run into packaging and product leads, industrial procurement managers, brands, designers, and packaging technicians. It is an audience that combines the technical view of packaging with the brand sensibility of someone deciding how their product is presented. The decision combines cost, sustainability, and design. The person attending to you values solutions that balance those three factors, because any change in packaging affects the chain, the margin, and the image. ## What Works in This Sector - **Sustainability is a priority.** Recyclable materials, plastic reduction, and circular economy are at the center of demand. A proposal aligned with that starts with an advantage. - **The physical sample convinces.** Touching the material and seeing the finished packaging is worth more than any sheet. Bring samples the visitor can handle. - **Talk about cost and impact together.** Packaging is a margin and a brand decision. Showing how you balance both moves the conversation. - **Knowledge of the client’s sector matters.** Showing that you understand their industry’s packaging requirements builds trust. ## What to Watch Out For Packaging serves many sectors at once, so very different audiences coexist at the fair. Knowing how to filter who you are addressing avoids spreading effort among visitors who do not fit. On top of that, packaging change decisions have long cycles, because they involve production, procurement, and marketing. Do not expect immediate closes, but rather to open a process that matures toward a pilot. ## How to Prepare a Packaging Event Before you travel, it is worth knowing which companies will be there and which ones match your [ideal customer profile](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/ideal-customer-profile-trade-shows/), gathering that information with time to spare, since [getting the attendee list](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/get-event-attendee-exhibitor-list/) is the most labor-intensive part, and arriving with scheduled meetings. Our [trade show preparation checklist](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/trade-show-preparation-checklist/) works as a step-by-step guide. ## Find and Prioritize the Right Companies The challenge in the packaging sector is not a lack of events, but arriving at each one knowing which companies are worth seeing. Among attendees from many sectors, time slips away locating the ones that genuinely fit you. At DataOrigin we solve that by identifying, for each event in the sector, which companies match your ideal customer profile by sector, size, and country. So you arrive with a prioritized list and spend the show days on the conversations that matter. This guide is part of our series on [business events by sector](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/business-events-by-sector/). Explore our [event directory](https://dataorigin.es/en/blog/events/) or [contact us](https://dataorigin.es/en/contact-us/) to see how to prepare your next packaging fair with data on your side. ## Something else that might interest you. 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At Data Origin, we help exhibitors and organizers turn events into data‑rich experiences that spark real business outcomes. ### Want to make your next trade show truly stand out? [Let's connect](https://dataorigin.es/en/contact-us/)