Events

The United States represents the largest market for beauty products, not only for its size and the significant projected growth rates for the next three years, but also because it has always anticipated the trends in taste and consumption patterns as they emerge in the rest of the world.

+40.8% visitors at the fifth edition of TuttoFood, the biennial event dedicated to the food industry, organized by Fiera Milano last 3-6 May, alongside a special edition of Venditalia and the opening of EXPO.

Registration will open later this month for Labelexpo Europe 2015 which is set to return to Brussels Expo between 29 September 29 - 2 October. With a plethora of new feature areas and big names exhibiting, Labelexpo Europe 2015 is well on its way to being the biggest ever in the show’s 35 year history.

September 22, Cesena Expo Centre, Macfrut 2015 Forum September 23 to 25, Rimini, Macfrut 2015

From May 19 to 23... five days spent at the fair, rushing from one event to another, from one meeting to the next and, in between, many fortuitous encounters with greater or lesser known people, with chats about widely known as well as surprising facts. Precious little time at my own stand, with the regret of having missed a few excellent opportunities to better understand the state of the world…

The signs revealed in the second half of 2014 showing a good run of the packaging and food processing sector are consolidating: the first months of 2015 have in fact seen a reinforcement of the growth dynamic across the entire sector (suppliers of technology, materials and services associated with activities of processing and packaging food and other products, and the users of these products and…

During the last Anuga FoodTec (Cologne, 24-27 March 2015) the CEOs of Koelnmesse and Fiere di Parma communicated the signing of a strategic agreement, that consolidates and extends Italo-German cooperation in the shows dedicated to food and the relative technologies, already started up at CibusTec.

The printing and packaging industries combine forces for the next Printpack.

June 30 is set as the deadline for presenting to Oriex ([email protected]) proposals for reports to be presented during ADF &PCD 2016 (Paris, Espace Champerret, February 3-4).

Paris, 17-18 June 2015. Last year 225 exhibitors (+20%) and 3154 visitors of wide consumption brands (+2%) convened at the French special occasions packaging fair in search of packaging for their promotional campaigns, gift products, seasonal offers and so forth.

Barcelona, 11-13 June 2015.The European plastic distributors association EPDA gathers in the Spanish city to give updates on sector trends in technology and markets, and for the sake of networking.

The international show of food and beverage technologies last 24-27 March brought together more than 1,500 exhibitors (+14%) on a total surface of 121,000 m2, 56% of which hailing from abroad, and more than 45,000 visitors (a 6% increase), more than half from abroad.

1,229 exhibitors, 31 processing islands, 15 themed areas, 9 themed showrooms, 10 excellence plazas, 103 conferences and encounters organized by concerns, universities and research institutes. So concludes MECSPE 2015 (March 26-28, Fiere di Parma), the international innovation technologies fair organized by Senaf, “cashing in” on the confidence expressed by Italian concerns in recent months.

Last ProSweets Cologne, dedicated to the suppliers of the confectionery and snacks segment, organized by Koelnmesse the last 1 to 4 February to coincide with the ISM (the largest global event in the sector), closed to the general satisfaction of all involved.

The Berlin fresh produce sector fair Fruit Logistica has put in further growth, closing the 4-6 February 2015 edition with 65 thousand visitors from 135 countries, as many as 84% foreign, and 2,785 exhibitors from 83 nations.

The international packaging and administering systems fair-conference for pharmaceuticals was held in Paris on 11 and February 12, 2015 with 3,040 visitors and 372 exhibitors from 32 countries, including 79 new entries. This year witnessed the first time representation of Taiwan, Luxembourg and Slovenia, while the number of Italian and Spanish companies has increased significantly.

Over 65,000 trade visitors from 135 countries and 2,785 exhibitors from 83 countries have confirmed Fruit Logistica as the key international fresh produce event.

A lively flow of visitors and particular interest in the initiatives that give lustre to the show: Cosmopack 2015 (Bologna, March 19 to 22), the key event for the beauty industry production and supply chain, which this year drew 420 exhibitors from 33 countries to the fair, closed with positive ratings.

Scheduled at the Tüyap Istanbul Events Centre the 21th edition of Eurasia Packaging, one of the major events of the Eurasian area for solutions in the field of packaging, processing and wrapping.

The fifth edition of Danone Supplier Awards, held in Barcelona, Spain, as ever saw the multinational food multinational award its best suppliers, Cristina The Transparent Packaging winning the coveted award for the best innovative idea.