Packaging & Label Awards Empack
Mechelen 2025

October 22, 2025

On October 22, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., Empack and Packaging & Label Magazine will host the Packaging & Label Awards. This award highlights the most groundbreaking innovations in the packaging sector.

The Packaging & Label Awards 2025 not only reward technological innovation, but also the creativity and entrepreneurship of companies active in the Belgian packaging sector. Thanks to their place within Empack Mechelen, these awards are the ideal crossroads between professional knowledge, innovation, and commercial relevance.

In Collaboration with:

On October 22, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., Empack and Packaging & Label Magazine will host the Packaging & Label Awards. This award highlights the most groundbreaking innovations in the packaging sector.

The Packaging & Label Awards 2025 not only reward technological innovation, but also the creativity and entrepreneurship of companies active in the Belgian packaging sector. Thanks to their place within Empack Mechelen, these awards are the ideal crossroads between professional knowledge, innovation, and commercial relevance.

In Collaboration with:

3 Categories

1.
Most innovative packaging/packaging material

This category highlights innovative packaging solutions, both in terms of form and function. Entries may relate to primary packaging (such as consumer packaging for food, cosmetics, or pharmaceutical products), secondary packaging (such as cardboard boxes, trays, or displays), and tertiary packaging (such as shrink wrap, stretch film, pallet covers, or transport packaging).

2.
Most innovative
label/tag

Labels and tags have long been more than mere carriers of information. This category focuses on label solutions that add an extra dimension to the packaged product, whether in terms of technology, sustainability, interaction, or aesthetics.

3.
Most innovative packaging machine

Efficient, reliable, and flexible packaging technology is essential in any modern production chain. This category recognizes packaging machines and technologies that go one step further in automation, sustainability, or digitization.

Who are the Awards for?

The Packaging & Label Awards are open to brand owners, designers, suppliers, and manufacturers of packaging, labels, and packaging machines operating in the Belgian market. All innovations entered must be commercially available in Belgium and launched after January 1, 2024.

Prijsuitreiking

Oktober 22, 2025
5 p.m.

The Packaging & Label Awards 2025 ceremony will begin at 5 p.m., providing the perfect conclusion to Empack Mechelen 2025. The winners will be announced by Nadine Francus, Event Director of Empack, and Kurt De Cat, Editor-in-Chief of Packaging & Label Magazine. This will be followed by a networking opportunity with snacks and drinks.

Recognition

During the Packaging & Label Awards 2025, each nominee has the chance to win two awards:

  • The Jury Certificate, awarded by an independent jury of experts.
  • The Public Certificate, determined by votes from the public via the Packaging & Label Magazine newsletter and live at Empack.

In addition to the Innovation Certificate, the winners will also receive an exclusive quality label—a powerful marketing tool that underlines their innovative strength and craftsmanship and can be widely used in communications to customers, partners, and the sector.

In the run-up to the trade fair, all nominees will be presented in detail in the newsletters of Packaging & Label Magazine, with clear photos, product information, and a direct link to the voting form.

In addition to the Innovation Certificate, the winners will also receive an exclusive quality label—a powerful marketing tool that highlights their innovative strength and craftsmanship and can be widely used in communications with customers, partners, and the sector.

In the run-up to the trade fair, all nominees will be presented in detail in the newsletters of Verpakking & Label Magazine, with clear photos, product information, and a direct link to the voting form.