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About us

The Centre for Food and Packaging Technology (ZLV - Zentrum für Lebensmittel- und Verpackungstechnologie e.V.) in Kempten/Allgäu is your competence centre for innovations along the entire value chain from industrial food production and packaging to a sustainable circular economy. We support companies and projects through scientific cooperation and close collaboration with our members and partners. Thanks to the strong economic structure in the Allgäu region, we support the development of pioneering solutions for the processing and packaging of food. We bring companies together.

We strengthen the industry and actively drive innovation through targeted further training, practical working groups and public relations work.

Our goal: networking, sharing knowledge and shaping the future together.

ZLV - The network for food and packaging technology

Vision

  • The ZLV is a leading, interdisciplinary competence centre for the entire value chain of "food - packaging - packaging machine - packaging process - distribution - trade - circular economy" based in Kempten/Allgäu.

Focus on practical relevance

  • ZLV Academy ⇒ Knowledge transfer via seminars, packaging symposium, workshops
  • Match making and information broker between practice & research
  • Involvement in the KLEVERTEC competence centre for food and packaging technology at Kempten University of Applied Sciences
  • Project initiation and participation in research collaborations

Our USPs

  • Comprehensive understanding of the value chain is the best prerequisite for progress and innovation
  • Interdisciplinary knowledge creates competitive advantages
  • Trusting cooperation is a good basis for genuine cross-disciplinary innovations
  • The ZLV connects all relevant partners from industry, science, research, education, service providers and politics