Show organizers say innovation will be at the forefront when ADF (Aerosol Dispensing Forum) and PCD (Packaging of Perfume, Cosmetics & Design) opens, September 6 and 7, at the Metropolitan Pavilion and Altman Building in New York City. The event will host a live Innovation Awards Ceremony and several conferences that will address innovation. Creativity from exhibitors will also be on display, in supplier booths.   

Visitors can expect to discover aerosol and packaging innovations at the Innovation Awards Ceremony, which will be held in the PCD Conference Room, September 6 at 4:30pm. Entries that were shortlisted as potential winners can be found here.  

Innovation will also be a hot topic at conferences held during the event. Attendees can learn how to source innovation using LinkedIn at a session conducted by Pamella Seales from LinkedIn, and participate in a discussion called “Creating Truly Innovative Beauty Packaging,” featuring Laszlo Moharita, Director of Global Beauty Packaging from Johnson & Johnson. Bernhard Felten, Procurement Global Category Manager Aerosol Packaging of Beiersdorf, will chair a session on aerosols entitled “Technical Advances and Innovation.” The complete conference schedules can be viewed here. 

The 130 suppliers exhibiting at the show will also be displaying innovations in their booths. Visitors can expect to see applicators & dispensing technologies, suppliers of color management & packaging digital workflow, paper, cardboard plastic, metal, glass, valves, pumps, BOVs, labels, inserts, can makers, filling and packaging machinery and more. See the full list of exhibitors here.