Seminar: Flexible Packaging – from demands to solutions

How will PPWR and new recyclability requirements shape the future of flexible plastic packaging? On 8 October in Aarhus, Teknologisk Videndeling hosts a seminar bringing together experts and companies from across the packaging value chain to explore the challenges, choices and solutions ahead.

With Packaging Day 2026, Teknologisk Videndeling focus on the themes shaping the plastic packaging sector right now.

What do new requirements and extended producer responsibility mean in practice?
Which considerations are important in the development and selection of plastic packaging?
Where do the most significant trade-offs arise between functionality, material choice, and recyclability?
What challenges are particularly evident in flexible packaging?
How do companies practically adapt their packaging solutions to new conditions?

Who should attend:

Professionals with responsibility for or interest in the packaging field, including:

Packaging development and packaging engineering
Quality and product safety
Procurement and specifications
Production and processes
Sustainability, compliance, and documentation
Materials, converting, and packaging manufacturing

The day is relevant for packaging producers, material suppliers, food companies, and other stakeholders working with plastic packaging as part of their business or professional field.

Participants can expect:

Updated insights into current development trends
Professional presentations on key topics within plastic packaging
Concrete perspectives on challenges and solutions in practice
Opportunities to hear different viewpoints and experiences from the industry

Organizers

This seminar is organized by Carsten Lund from Epsilonplus and Alexander Bardenstein from Teknologisk Institut – members of Teknologisk Videndeling’s plastic technology steering group.

When
8. oktober 2026

Time
09:00 - 15:40

Where
Teknologisk Institut
Kongsvang Allé 29
8000 Aarhus C
Room AR 1.5.12 (Conference hall)

Price
200kr./1.125kr./2.995kr./3.595kr.

Registration deadline
1. oktober 2026

Dagens program

09:00 - 09:30

09:30 - 09:40

09:40 - 10:10

The PPWR will greatly impact the recyclability of materials and the use of recycled content, with the aim of improving the circular economy, reducing the use of fossil raw materials, and keeping materials in circulation. Regarding flexible packaging, the main packaging materials used today are polymer-based, but we are seeing more fibre-based solutions with better barriers coming onto the market. This shift is driven not only by ecological concerns by consumers and image aspects, but also by the impact of multi-level cost savings and profitability.
Peter Désilets will demonstrate the key requirements that flexible packaging will need to fulfil by 2030 and beyond, and what potential solutions might look like.

Speakers: Peter Désilets, General Manager, Pacoon

10:10 - 10:40

Speakers: Per Sigaard Christensen, Business Manager, Teknologisk Institut

10:40 - 11:00

11:00 - 11:30

EU’s new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is reshaping the framework for packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Denmark. This presentation provides an overview of the key changes and examines their implications for producers, importers, and other stakeholders across the value chain. Particular attention is given to the interaction between the PPWR and the Danish EPR scheme, including new requirements, roles, and expectations in the years ahead.

Speakers: Marianne Roed Jakobsen, CEO, VANA A/S

11:30 - 12:00

Speakers: Peter Holst-Hansen, Owner & Specialist in food contact materials, FCM Testing

12:00 - 13:00

13:00 - 13:30

A hands-on review of the challenges Arla faces in adapting its flexible packaging to comply with the PPWR. The session will explore the strategic choices that must be made when the view ahead is obscured by a lack of viable solutions for product protection and genuine recyclability.

Speakers: Grane Maaløe, Sustainable Packaging lead specialist, Arla Foods

13:30 - 14:00

Packaging development increasingly takes place in a changing regulatory landscape, where requirements and guidance on recyclability may differ across authorities, industry initiatives and assessment methodologies. This presentation explores how companies can make robust packaging decisions while navigating frameworks such as Germany’s Central Packaging Register Agency (ZSVR), CEFLEX and RecyClass. It addresses the balance between regulatory compliance, recyclability and the functional requirements of packaging. Using HiPP as an example, the presentation also illustrates how the company’s different roles under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) – including producer, manufacturer and co-packer – create responsibilities from several regulatory angles. This makes a coordinated assessment of the entire packaging portfolio essential. The session offers practical perspectives on developing a future-oriented strategy that supports both compliance and efficient adaptation across product categories.

Speakers: Mette Olsen, Packaging Developer, HiPP Baby Food

14:00 - 14:30

What do EPR and PPWR mean to Polyprint A/S and our value chain? How can we help and which choices need to be taken. As a supplier to the food industry, it’s important to be proactive, and innovative with new solutions, this means working closely with both customers and suppliers.

Is it possible to find solutions for all the different food contact materials, and what are the costs of doing so. It’s very important that the customers know that it will take a lot of commitment and time when changes in production or new machinery are needed.

Speakers: Malene Villadsen, Environm./Sustainability Manager, Polyprint

14:30 - 14:50

14:50 - 15:30

15:30 - 15:40