Conference

CPHI Europe

Name: CPHI Europe
Location: Rotating

The largest global pharmaceutical exhibition, covering the entire supply chain from active ingredients and packaging to digital manufacturing technologies.

When: October, Late October
Where: RotatingView on Google Maps
Format: In person
Organiser: Informa Markets
Region: Europe
Scale: About 45,000 attendees
Founded: 1990

The Signal

CPHI Europe is an immense, globally rotating exhibition organized by Informa Markets that brings together the international pharmaceutical supply chain. It connects ingredient manufacturers, contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs), packaging suppliers, and biopharma companies. The event increasingly highlights smart manufacturing, digital twin technologies in factories, and supply chain tracking software. For healthcare technology and supply chain operators, it represents the physical marketplace for understanding global manufacturing capacity and pharmaceutical logistics.

What to expect

Contract development and manufacturing organization partnership announcements
Sourcing agreements for active pharmaceutical ingredients
Demonstrations of smart pharmaceutical manufacturing and IoT systems
Sustainability initiatives in drug packaging and distribution

Who is in the room

Pharmaceutical supply chain directors, contract manufacturing executives, chemical suppliers, packaging engineers, and formulation scientists attend.

Background

CPHI was launched in 1990 as a small chemistry trade show and has since scaled into a massive, multi location global brand. The European edition is the flagship event, rotating among major cities like Frankfurt, Barcelona, and Milan to support the continent's major pharmaceutical hubs. It has successfully integrated digital supply chain platforms into its physical trade infrastructure.

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