Events

On May 5, at the Auditorium Testori Palazzo Lombardia, Milan will host the conference “Food Safurity: bridging safety and security”.

Despite the delicate political and economic situation, 27 to 30 January last, at the SAO Expocenter in Moscow, the shows Upakovka/Upak Italia (processing and packaging) and interplastica (rubber-plastic) saw a lively participation of operators from all over the area of the CIS and neighboring countries.

Held January 9 at Veronafiere the conference “From CAD to Fork: hygienic design and Food Safety», organized by Eurocarne in collaboration with EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group) and the University of Padua.

11 and 12 February 2015 the international pharmaceutical packaging show organized by UBM was held in Paris.

Expo2015 has given its patronage to the international Food Contact Compliance conference, promoted by Istituto Italiano Imballaggio. The second edition of the international meeting dedicated to training and updates on food contact materials will be held from 23- 25 September next, at Baveno (VB).

The intense international promotion fielded by the organizers of Ipack-Ima 2015 is offset by the stages of technological insight, that are featuring in the months leading up to the big engagement scheduled 19 to 23 May in FieraMilano. Focus on the processing of cheese and dairy products and on systems for preparing, filling and distributing food liquids and other liquid forms.

The positive economic situation that characterizes the plastics industry (see box) is confirmed by the forecast growth in attendance at PLAST 2015 (the International Plastics and Rubber Industries Fair organized by Promaplast Srl.) and its “satellite shows” Rubber and 3D Plast, scheduled in Milan in conjunction with the opening week of EXPO, May 5 to 9 next.

Packaging Parfums, Cosmétiques & Design and Aerosol & Dispensing Forum ends its 2015 edition close to doubling exhibitors and visitors. A truly significant result for the former “small” Oriex show-conference, that now faces a new challenge.

Rendezvous 20 and 21 May, with roll-fed digital color printing.

In the offing the 26th edition of the International Award, an opportunity for the big brands of the perfume industry to meet and dialogue with their consumers. Packaging again in the limelight, along with all the aspects of the perfume product.

Product sustainability and efficiency in the management of resources will be the main themes of the international food and beverage show, organized by Koelnmesse GmbH in cooperation with Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft -DLG (German Agricultural Society).

The sign-ups for Messe Frankfurt’s technology and innovation fair are still on the increase (+ 5% compared to 2014).

During the Fruit Logistica fair 2015 (February 4 to 6, Berlin), Mondi is organizing a workshop to present aqua protec, the new brand featuring sustainable packaging and quality solutions based on ProVantage Aqua paperboard.

Idice enjoys success with Luxe Pack 2014, which garners praise from “audiences and critics”: more exhibitors (400), more visitors (+15% compared to 2013) and many new additions. In the forefront, as always, is the organizers’ attention to quality and packaging aesthetics, but also, in particular, technological advances and the evolution of the global luxury market.

During the 28th Technical Meeting held last November 28, Gipea presented the first study on trends in the labeling supply chain which collects and compares the performance of converters, brand owners, materials and capital goods suppliers.

With 1,000 exhibitors (against the 700 of 2011) and a good +15% of visitors (30thousand in all), Cibus Tec - Food Pack 2014 closes with a clearly positive balance and offers signs of hope: that of a reawakening of the Italian domestic market, prospected by the significant presence of Italian visitors, interested and with investment projects in their pockets.

Cosmeeting and Creative Beauty 2014, organized by Beyond Beauty Events in Paris last September 9-11, brought together 361 exhibitors and 18,248 visitors (with a high percentage of foreign people).

Two new show/conventions will join the now consolidated PCD (Packaging Perfumes, Cosmetics & Design) and ADF (Aerosol & Dispensing Forum), scheduled for this upcoming February 4 and 5 at Paris’s Espace Champerret.

More than 350 leading suppliers in pharma packaging and drug delivery technologies have already announced their participation at the 14th edition of Pharmapack Europe, taking place on the 11th & 12th February 2015 in Paris.

Packaging and processing professionals gathered in Chicago last week for PACK EXPO International and Pharma EXPO 2014, the largest packaging and processing trade show in North America. With preliminary figures topping 48,600 attendees, show owner and producer PMMI — The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies — anticipates recording a 6.5 percent attendance jump over 2012.