insensiv will once again be exhibiting at the world’s leading trade fair for the retail industry, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary. EuroShop will take place from February 22 to 26, 2026, at the Messe Düsseldorf exhibition center and will bring together over 1,800 exhibitors from more than 50 countries to present innovative solutions for the retail industry.

As the leading international trade fair for the retail industry, EuroShop is not only the highlight of our trade fair season, but also offers the ideal opportunity to maintain existing contacts and expand our network in the core market of deposit return schemes for beverage packaging. With the introduction of new national deposit systems across Europe, this year’s trade fair will once again be an important industry meeting place for discussing current developments and future challenges.

As the leading OEM supplier for manufacturers of reverse vending machines, insensiv will be presenting its latest solutions for the reliable detection of beverage deposit containers at EuroShop. These include innovations in the field of 360° recognition units for analyzing barcodes and deposit logos, new solutions for shape recognition to analyze container shapes, and a advanced crate recognition system for evaluating beverage crates and their contents. With these new products, insensiv is building on its many years of experience in various countries and deposit returns schemes and continuing to position itself as a leading supplier of RVM components. Because already today, our intelligent camera systems for verifying deposit containers are the technological basis for efficient and secure return systems in many markets.

Come by and see us in Hall 7a at Booth B03 – we look forward to showing you our solutions in the field of reverse vending technology for beverage packaging live and to getting in touch with you!

Here you can visit the insensiv exhibitor profile.

One of the basic requirements for an efficient deposit return scheme is that the return of beverage containers containing a deposit to reverse vending machines should be as smooth as possible. This is why Germany has clear guidelines for the labeling of all integrated packaging in the one-way deposit system organized by the DPG (“Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH“).

All distributors of packaging subject to a deposit ( so-called “Users of DPG Ink“) are obliged to mark this packaging in accordance with DPG specifications and to print labels accordingly. The marking ensures that packaging is clearly identifiable and consists of the DPG deposit logo and the product-specific barcode.

To ensure the print quality of these marks, the DPG prescribes the use of specific quality assurance equipment. For many years, insensiv has been offering quality assurance units designed and calibrated in accordance with DPG specifications. With the QSE-DPG-5, insensiv is now introducing a new product generation that guarantees compliance with the latest security specification 5.0 and also enables the barcode print quality to be checked. The output of DPG-compliant measurement reports ensures that the guidelines for the special colors and shapes of the DPG marking can be adhered to when printing.

The QSE-DPG-5 is significantly more user-friendly than its predecessor and provides the user with immediate feedback via the integrated display. A quick-change adapter for use with different attachments allows the system to be used flexibly for different types of cans and labels.

To ensure that the high quality standards of production control are maintained in the long term and that reliable measurement results can be delivered on a permanent basis, insensiv also ensures that the system is calibrated annually as prescribed by the DPG. A special transport case is included in the scope of delivery so that the QSE-DPG-5 can be shipped for this purpose.

The new QSE-DPG-5 has been available to all licensed users of DPG ink since summer 2024.

More information can be found here: insensiv QSE-DPG-5

As at the last edition in 2019, insensiv was again represented as an exhibitor in Düsseldorf. In the area of retail technology, insensiv presented the micro counting center “MCC”, an innovation for the fully automated separation, verification and crushing of collectively entered deposit containers in the industrial environment. This is designed as an alternative to conventional large counting systems and can be used decentrally in existing logistics centers for clearing deposit containers.

In addition, our recognition technology for reverse vending machines was of course also showcased at our booth. As many countries in Europe are working on the introduction of deposit return schemes, the customer-friendly and tamper-proof return of beverage packaging will play an even more important role for retailers in the future.

As an additional highlight, insensiv Head of Marketing & Sales Eike Linnenbrügger gave a presentation on “DRS and EPR soon throughout Europe – Opportunity or Problem for Retail?” on Sunday, February 26 at the Retail Technology Stage in Hall 6 / I61 at 4:20 pm. All further info on the presentation can be found here.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all visitors to our booth for the many interesting discussions.

To the insensiv exhibitor profile

Lots of product demonstrations, exciting presentations and an entertaining side program with coffee specialities and a pizza truck make the open day at insensiv a successful event.

In addition to a general insight into the company, we were able to introduce many of our products and innovative new developments during the full-day inhouse exhibition. Especially the presentation of the new “CCVM” for the automated return of Coffee-to-go cups generated a lot of positive feedback. The reverse vending machine is able to take back all common types of returnable cups and therefore helps to solve the problem of increasing environmental pollution caused by disposable plastic.

After having mainly business partners, suppliers and customers as our guests in the morning, families and friends also had the opportunity to get to know the company in the afternoon. With an inflatable castle and lots of ice cream we were able to inspire the insensiv kids as well. Presentations on topics such as UAV technology, deep learning or 3D image processing completed the program. “We would like to thank all our guests for the many interesting conversations and the productive exchange. The open day was a great opportunity for everyone to get an exciting insight into the work at insensiv as well as our product portfolio”, our managing director Christian Gieselmann summed up the event.