Thirty-seven outstanding innovations has been selected from over 200 submissions from 15 countries and three continents for the German Packaging Award 2025 across all materials.
The 37 German Packaging Award 2025 winners come from Germany, Iran, Austria, Switzerland and the USA. The German Packaging Institute (dvi), the organizer of Europe’s largest packaging exhibition, also received innovations from China, England, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Serbia, Spain, the Czech Republic and Turkey.
The institute has announced all the winning innovations on its website. The award ceremony and three Gold Awards will be announced at Fachpack in Nuremberg on 23 September 2025.
Deserving winners
The innovations cover the entire range of materials. They use glass, wood, rigid or flexible plastic, metal, paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard. Looking at the exhibition categories, the jury awarded four innovations for functionality, four for design, a total of 14 in the sustainability segments, one each for the new material, packaging machines (engineering, technology, software) categories and three each for cost-effectiveness and product presentation. Two solutions were awarded in the young talent category.
Wide range of first-class solutions
The winning solutions cover the entire range of packaging services in the B2C and B2B sectors – from product, shipping, transport and outer packaging to strapping, displays and bubble wrap, labels, in-mould labels and machines.
They mark significant progress in the diverse aspects of sustainability and circular economy, product protection, convenience, handling, branding and product presentation, aid food and FMCG, construction and spare parts, chemical liquids, solar panels and heat pumps.
“We see forward-looking solutions and new standards in so many areas: closed-loop systems; reusability and refillability; development of innovative sources and applications for recyclate; new bio-based materials; optimal unboxing and intuitive user experiences; mono-material composites and barrier functions; product protection, residual emptying, first-opening protection, single-variety recycling and reusable systems,” says Natalie Brandenburg, managing director of the dvi.
“Our thanks and respect go to all the entrants, whose admirable work has made the award a real and exciting showcase of achievement. A huge thank you and profound appreciation also goes to the experts on our independent jury, who personally examined and discussed all the submissions in a two-day meeting,” said Brandenburg.
Award ceremony and Gold Awards
The dvi, together with its premium partners Fachpack and IGEPA group as well as its partners Sappi and Mitsubishi Electric, invites all players in the packaging industry to the award ceremony on 23 September 2025 at FACHPACK. “We will present trophies and certificates to the winning innovators on a large stage there. To top this all off, we will also be announcing the three recipients of our exclusive Gold Awards. We also look forward to interesting discussions and new contacts over a celebratory drink to round off the event,” says Brandenburg.
All information about the award ceremony and the 37 packaging award winners for 2025 is available from the dvi on its verpackungspreis.de and packagingaward.de websites.
