30th Lecture Event of the VFV
“Trends 2025 in the Field of European Food Packaging “
on 06 May 2025 in Aschaffenburg

The VFV Lecture Event took place in the Stadthalle (Municiple Hall) Aschaffenburg on 6 May 2025.

On the occasion of the annual general meeting of the research association "Verein zur Förderung der Forschung und Ausbildung für Faserstoff- und Verpackungschemie e. V. (VFV)", the lecture event on current topics in the field of food packaging or food contact materials took place for the 30th time.

Again, many issues could be covered by expert speakers from various sectors of manufacturing, finishing and analysis of food packaging.

The conference language was German. However, all presentations were translated simultaneously into English or German.

In addition, on the occasion of the 30th VFV conference, a “Come Together” took place the evening before from 6:30 p.m. at the ISEGA premises, Zeppelinstrasse 3-5, Aschaffenburg, in order to exchange ideas in a relaxed atmosphere, making new contacts and deepen existing ones, as well as offering an opportunity to visit the institute.

Agenda of the 30th Lecture Event of the VFV on 6 May 2025 Stadthalle Aschaffenburg
Time	Topic	Speaker
09:15 am	Opening of the specialist conference	Stefan Glaab VFV president
09:30 am	Towards a new Regulatory approach for food contact materials in the EU	Dr. Sabine Lindner PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V., Frankfurt
10:00 am	The EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) was adopted - now everything is clear, right?	Karsten Hunger Industrieverband Papier- und Folienverpackung e.V. (IPV), Frankfurt
10:30 am	Coffee break
11:00 am	NIAS assessment (concept) using the example of siloxane D4	PD Dr. Sebastian Zellmer German Federal Institute for Risk assessment (BfR), Berlin
11:30 am	Post-consumer recyclates in food packaging – Current state and what is not possible (yet)!	Dr. Andreas Grabitz FCMExperts, Reinstorf
12:00 pm	Lunch break
1:00 pm	Papers for eternity – Relevance, analytics and evaluation of PFAS in paper	Maximilian Nobis LAVES, Institut für Bedarfsgegenstände, Lüneburg
1:30 pm	German Printing Ink Ordinance – Challenges inimplementing the requirements of the German Printing Ink Ordinance	Dr. Jochen Schneider Zeller & Gmelin GmbH & Co. KG, Eislingen
2:00 pm	Digital tools optimizing the communication and compliance along the packaging value-added chain: the web-based SML-Calculator	Dr. Gerald Albrecht Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen
2:20 pm	Coffee break
2:45 pm	Daily challenges of a packaging manufacturer in the jungle of regulations	Dr. Sigrid Gerold/Carola Poggenbohl Mayr-Melnhof (MM), Frohnleiten
3:15 pm	Current legislation for food contact materials - challenges in analytics	Dr. Hedda Hillmann ISEGA GmbH, Aschaffenburg
3:45 pm	Final discussion
4:15 pm	VFV member Meeting
Chairman: Dr. Ralph Derra

30th Lecture Event of the VFV “Trends 2025 in the Field of European Food Packaging “ on 06 May 2025 in Aschaffenburg

Agenda of the 30th Lecture Event of the VFV on 6 May 2025 Stadthalle Aschaffenburg

30th Lecture Event of the VFV
“Trends 2025 in the Field of European Food Packaging “
on 06 May 2025 in Aschaffenburg

Agenda of the 30th Lecture Event of the VFV
on 6 May 2025
Stadthalle Aschaffenburg