Press releases

May 07, 2025

Final dash for the German Packaging Award 2025

The merry month of innovation! Companies, organisations and individuals from Germany and abroad still have until 31 May 2025 to submit their innovations and best solutions to Europe’s largest showcase for packaging. The German Packaging Award, organised by the German Packaging Institute (dvi), is decided by an independent jury of experts across all materials and sectors in 10 categories. The festive award ceremony takes place as part of a special industry event on the first day of the FACHPACK trade fair in Nuremberg.

The merry month of innovation - Final dash for the German Packaging Award 2025

Mar 25, 2025

New managing director for the German Packaging Institute e.V.

On 1 April 2025, Dr. Natalie Brandenburg will take over as Managing Director of the German Packaging Institute (dvi). The packaging industry network looks forward to welcoming an experienced manager with particular expertise in networking, sustainability, leadership and change management, who will bring together different perspectives from the value chain and create space for the development of innovative approaches.

New managing director for the German Packaging Institute e.V.

Mar 12, 2025

Launch of the German Packaging Award 2025

The submission phase for the German Packaging Award 2025 is now open. Companies, organisations and individuals from Germany and abroad have until 31 May 2025 to submit their innovations and best solutions to Europe’s largest showcase for packaging. The award, organised by the German Packaging Institute (dvi), is decided by an independent jury of experts across all materials and sectors in ten categories. FACHPACK will host a major industry event for the award ceremony.

Sep 25, 2024

Five Gold Awards at the German Packaging Award 2024

The first day of FACHPACK in Nuremberg showcased the big stage for major innovations. The German Packaging Institute (dvi) organised 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 honour 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.

Five Gold Awards at the German Packaging Award 2024

Jul 23, 2024

Wow factor: 41 winners of the German Packaging Award 2024

The 27 independent members of the German Packaging Award jury certainly had their work cut out: Almost 250 submissions from 13 countries flooded in to the German Packaging Institute e.V. (dvi), the organiser of Europe’s largest packaging exhibition, to be individually assessed and evaluated. In the end, 41 innovations in 10 categories were honoured with the prestigious and long-established award. The dvi is thrilled to see so much class at the top and across the board – and cordially invites the industry to the awards ceremony and the announcement of the Gold Awards at FACHPACK.

Wow factor: 41 winners of the German Packaging Award 2024

Apr 10, 2024

German Packaging Award 2024 begins

15 April 2024 marks the start of the submission phase for the German Packaging Award 2024. Companies, organisations and individuals from home and abroad have until 31 May to submit their innovations and best solutions to Europe’s largest independent showcase for packaging. The award, organised by the German Packaging Institute (dvi), is decided by an independent jury of experts in 10 categories across all materials and sectors. And this year the application process is being made even easier with a new portal.

German Packaging Award 2024 begins

Sep 13, 2023

Four Golds at the German Packaging Award 2023

On Wednesday 13 September 2023, the industry assembled at the German Packaging Institute (dvi)’s invitation in the “Meistersaal” historic concert hall in Berlin for the presentation of the German Packaging Awards 2023. During the celebrations, the winners of the Gold Awards were also announced, where the jury further honours four particularly ground-breaking innovations from among the already successful winners: an aluminium packaging for solid care cosmetics by Aroma Elite Naturkosmetik Manufaktur, a machine for producing sustainable packaging from common paper production fibres and other natural fibres by Kiefel GmbH, a recyclable mono-PE stand-up pouch with outstanding oxygen barrier and deinking features by Siegwerk and an innovative battery packaging with storage and separation system for full and dead batteries by student Leonie Theurer from HTWK Leipzig.

Four Golds at the German Packaging Award 2023

Aug 09, 2023

34 innovations make it through at the German Packaging Award 2023

The independent jury of the German Packaging Award 2023 has announced the winners of Europe’s largest showcase for packaging achievements. A total of 34 innovations from England, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria triumphed in the cross-material showcase organised by the German Packaging Institute (dvi) for the best solutions in packaging. The dvi is delighted with the high quality, diversity and range of innovations. The award ceremony will take place on 13 September 2023 in the Berlin “Meistersaal” historic concert hall. The winners of the Gold Award, which further honours particularly ground-breaking innovations from among the already successful packaging award winners, will also be announced here in an exclusive feature.

34 innovations make it through at the German Packaging Award 2023

Jun 15, 2023

New study on the climate relevance of packaging: 94% less CO2 achievable by 2045

A recent study by the GVM Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung market research company and ifeu – Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg gGmbH, commissioned by eight industry associations, shows that the greenhouse gas emissions associated with packaging in the German market could be reduced by 94 per cent by 2045. The study predicts that packaging consumption in Germany will have peaked in 2021 and continue to decline in the future. On top of this, the use of recycled materials and recycling proportions will both increase.

Feb 01, 2023

Launch of the international German Packaging Award 2023!

Curtain up for the German Packaging Award 2023! Companies, organisations and individuals have until 19 May 2023 to submit their innovations and new solutions to Europe’s largest showcase for packaging. The award, organised by the German Packaging Institute (dvi), covers 10 categories across all materials and is open to companies, organisations and individuals from home and abroad.

Launch of the international German Packaging Award 2023!

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