Interpack 2014 promises to be a packaging wonderland

20th edition of Interpack will be held at Dusseldorf, Germany from 8-15 May 2014. The highlight of the show for the Indian packaging industry will be the Indian pavilion which will be at stall 7A 36 B25 and will feature major Indian exhibitors which include Specialty Polyfilms, Nichrome (India), Pakona Engineers and Indian Institute of Packaging.

07 Jan 2014 | By Mihir Joshi

70 Indian exhibitors are expected to be present at Interpack. The packaging megashow will be bigger than ever before in its 20th edition with 2,700 exhibitors from 60 countries.

N C Saha, director, Indian Institute of Packaging said, “In 2011, IIP opened up an India pavilion with the funding of the Government of India for the Indian exhibitors at the InterPack exhibition in Dusseldorf. In InterPack 2014, there would be two India pavilions of 490sq/ft area each, one for Indian packaging machinery manufacturers and the other for Indian packaging materials manufacturers.”

Apart from the exhibition, Interpack will also host a two-day Food Congress to explore the aspects and solutions to reduce global food loss and food wastage. Components for processing and packaging staged for the first time in 2014, the event will act as a supplementary exhibition for the companies engaged in drive, control and sensor technology, industrial software etc.

Other highlights at the event include InnovationParc, a platform to present practical approaches from areas such as packaging design, packaging materials etc. and Metal Packaging Plaza, a meeting point for international metal packaging community and its supplier industry.

Further information regarding Interpack can be availed from Messe Dusseldorf offices in New Delhi and Mumbai.