Mixed Industry — Belgium
Empack Gent 2026
Ghent, Belgium — 22–23 September 2026
- 20+ years experience
- Active across Europe
- Active at every major fair
Stephanie
Trade fair stands
Curious what we can build for Empack? Call Stephanie directly, or send the details below.
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Flanders ExpoDates
22–23 September 2026
Exhibitors
125+ exhibitors (Empack alone); 200+ across the co-located halls with Transport & Logistics and Logistics & Industrial Build
Visitors
3,000+ visitors (Empack alone); 6,000+ across the three co-located shows sharing one badge
Stand sizes
No official stand-size grid or pricing is published by Easyfairs for Empack Gent — exhibitor packages are quoted directly per stand, and Empack's own scale (125+ exhibitors in a shared hall with two other Easyfairs shows) points to a compact, machinery-and-materials floor rather than large custom-build territory
Sector
Packaging machinery, materials & technology
Before you book
What you actually need to know about Empack.
Empack Gent is Belgium's dedicated packaging-industry trade fair — machinery, materials, labelling and packaging technology — held every two years at Flanders Expo, sharing its halls with Easyfairs' co-located Transport & Logistics and Logistics & Industrial Build events under one visitor badge.
Traffic & timing
A visitor badge here covers three shows at once — Empack, Transport & Logistics, and Logistics & Industrial Build — so packaging exhibitors are competing for attention against two entirely different sectors on the same floor, not just other packaging suppliers. The co-located Belgian Packaging Festival and the Packaging Woman of Belgium / Packaging & Label Awards ceremonies pull crowds to specific timed moments in the programme.
Key deadlines
Plan backwards from move-in.
Biennial format — confirm before assuming this year's dates
Empack alternates Ghent and Mechelen every two years (Ghent 2026, Mechelen 2027) — the next Ghent edition is expected in 2028 but Easyfairs hadn't published dates as of this research, so confirm the live edition and its deadlines directly with Easyfairs before quoting a build timeline.
Stand & technical service orders
Easyfairs does not publish a public exhibitor manual with fixed order deadlines for Empack Gent — request the technical guide and its order cut-off dates directly from marketing-empack@easyfairs.com as soon as a stand is booked.
Award & conference programme slots
The Packaging Woman of Belgium and Packaging & Label Awards, plus the conference programme, are built around a published schedule — confirm your stand's proximity to those sessions early, since they concentrate footfall at fixed times rather than spreading it evenly across the two days.
Watch-outs
Flanders Expo, not a generic hall.
Two days, not the usual three-to-five
Empack Gent runs a compact two-day floor (22–23 September) — a build and staffing plan sized for a typical week-long trade fair will overshoot both budget and crew time here.
Sharing a hall with two unrelated sectors
Transport & Logistics and Logistics & Industrial Build exhibitors sit in the same halls under the same badge — a stand designed only to speak to packaging buyers can get lost in a floor that's one-third logistics and transport visitors.
No public exhibitor manual to plan against
Unlike venues that publish a technical guide (height limits, materials, loading access), Easyfairs doesn't post one for Empack Gent — budget time to request it directly rather than assuming generic Flanders Expo rules apply unchanged.
Biennial means design teams forget the details
With two years between Ghent editions, exhibitors often reuse a stand design without re-checking whether hall assignment, dimensions or house rules changed since the last edition — confirm current specifics rather than reusing 2024's plan.
Built for this floor before
What we've built for mixed industry exhibitors.
[PLACEHOLDER] Corvex Packaging Systems
A two-day packaging stand built to hold its own in a shared hall
Corvex's Empack stand needed to read clearly as a packaging-machinery specialist despite sitting in a hall shared with logistics and transport exhibitors under one combined badge. We built a stand with strong sightlines and a working-machinery demo positioned to catch cross-sector foot traffic, not just packaging-industry regulars.
Stand traffic held steady across both show days, including visitors who'd badged in primarily for Transport & Logistics.
See more workEmpack Gent 2026
One shared badge covers three trade fairs at once — your stand is competing with logistics and transport exhibitors for the same footfall, not just other packaging suppliers.
Process
From idea to installation.
Work with one experienced partner instead of coordinating designers, fabricators and installers yourself.
Discover
Understanding the brand, space, requirements and objectives.
Develop
Design development, materials, production planning and technical preparation.
Produce
In-house / coordinated production with attention to materials, finish and detail.
Install
Professional installation, logistics and on-site coordination.
Frequently asked
Empack, answered.
Is Empack Gent an annual event?
No — it's biennial, alternating with Empack Mechelen. Ghent hosted in 2026, Mechelen follows in 2027, and the next Ghent edition is expected in 2028, though dates weren't yet published at the time of this research.
Do we need to design for packaging visitors only?
Not exclusively — Empack shares its halls and visitor badge with Transport & Logistics and Logistics & Industrial Build, so a meaningful share of footfall comes from those adjacent sectors too.
Is there a published technical/build guide for the venue?
Easyfairs doesn't publish one publicly for this event — we'd request the exhibitor technical manual and order deadlines directly from the organizer once a stand is confirmed.
Exhibiting elsewhere too?
More fairs we build for.
Request a proposal
Ready to plan your Empack stand?
Tell us your hall, deadlines and budget for Empack Gent 2026 in Ghent — we'll come back with a concept, a timeline, and the approvals you'll need to hit.
Stephanie
Trade fair stands
Curious what we can build for Empack? Call Stephanie directly, or send the details below.
Call Stephanie — +1 (212) 555-0148