IN Brief:
- TraceGains has opened a 2026 European event programme spanning Berlin, Birmingham, Düsseldorf, and a UK customer forum.
- The company is centring the programme on compliance, supplier data, packaging workflows, and faster new product development.
- The schedule lands as manufacturers face heavier documentation demands, supply chain pressure, and shorter launch cycles.
TraceGains has opened its 2026 European event programme with an emphasis on regulatory readiness, supplier visibility, and faster product development, after beginning the season at Food Safety Kongress in Berlin in February.
The company’s next major stop is the UK Food Manufacturing Summit on 24 March in Birmingham, where it is listed as headline sponsor and part of the speaker programme. There, TraceGains is scheduled to appear with Ashbury Global to discuss the regulatory changes shaping 2026 and what an audit-ready operating model looks like in practice. The event’s wider agenda reflects the same pressures already bearing down on the sector, including rising costs, compliance, supply chain resilience, digitalisation, automation, and workforce transformation.
TraceGains is also due to take part in the European Food Manufacturing Summit in Düsseldorf at the end of April, where the company is planning a roundtable focused on how manufacturers manage ingredient sourcing, supplier data, packaging and artwork flows, and compliance requirements at the same time. That event is expected to bring together around 100 food and beverage leaders, with strong representation from manufacturing, supply chain, operations, quality, safety, engineering, and technology.
Later in the programme, TraceGains will hold its annual UK Get-Together in June, positioning the event as a forum for customers, brands, and industry leaders to compare how digital workflows are changing product development and launch decisions. The company enters the programme with a sizeable installed base: it says it serves more than 1,500 customers worldwide, including half of the top 100 global food and beverage manufacturers, and connects them through a network of more than 100,000 supplier locations and over 600,000 ingredients and products.
Michelle Henry, director, European sales at TraceGains, said: “We’re seeing a clear shift across the European F&B market. We know that brands are under intense pressure, whether that’s when entering new markets, reformulating products, or responding to evolving regulations.”
Across the programme, the company is linking compliance, packaging data, supplier collaboration, and NPD speed into the same operational conversation rather than treating them as separate functions. Event details are available via TraceGains’ events page and the UK Food Manufacturing Summit.
