MEDICA has its roots in diagnostics. It began in 1969 as ‘Diagnostics Week’. Laboratory medicine remains an integral part of its thematic DNA. As a cross-disciplinary medical field, it provides a vital basis for decision-making across numerous specialties and plays a central role in prevention, diag…

The healthcare industry is under growing pressure to translate innovation into care more quickly and consistently. This is precisely where MEDICA and COMPAMED 2026 come in: as platforms that not only reflect trends but also enable concrete implementation. With new themes, programme formats and targe…

interpack 2026 made the energy of an entire industry truly tangible. Once again, it became the global meeting place for the processing and packaging industry and impressively demonstrated how concrete transformation is already being implemented in technology, materials and processes.

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Everything communicates with everything else – in the pharmaceutical industry, this type of production process has long been more than just a vision for the future. Already, artificial intelligence and the digital transformation are streamlining the first pharmaceutical plants. Good news for an indu…

interpack is set to open its doors in Düsseldorf in eight weeks’ time. From 7 to 13 May 2026, the global processing and packaging industry will meet to discuss AI, automation, innovative materials and new skills. Market leaders and newcomers from all areas of the value chain are getting ready. The t…

Around 75 presentations, sessions and panel discussions: The Spotlight Forum at interpack 2026 brings together key debates on regulation, resource efficiency, automation and securing skilled labour. International experts from industry, politics, associations, start-ups and institutions will shape th…

“Innovative Materials” is one of the hot topics at interpack 2026 and the packaging materials area of the trade fair brings together the packaging industry’s concentrated expertise – with over 1,000 exhibitors and a globally unique variety of packaging solutions, packaging materials and packaging ai…

"With numerous programmatic changes and the new theme ‘Meet Health. Future. People.’, we have made this year's MEDICA the starting point for a process of change that addresses the transformation of the international healthcare industry and underlines our commitment to actively shaping this change wi…

“The Power of Plastics! Green – Smart – Responsible” as a motto put into practice – sector boasts innovative power, responsibility and a sense of departure.

K 2025, the most relevant trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry worldwide, drew to a successful close on 15 October 2025 after 8 days…

As one of the world's most innovative industries, the medical technology industry faces a challenging environment and turbulent times. Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, digitalisation and interconnected care are the features of the changing healthcare business. Simultaneously, regulatory requi…