The numbers confirm the optimism of the organizers of the two events. Over 90% of the spaces already assigned, more than 1000 exhibitors expected.
The brilliant performance of pre-registrations and more internationality also stands out, due also to the strategic alliance with Messe Duesseldorf.
Recently, at the meeting with the exhibitors at the Club House of Fiera Milano, Riccardo Cavanna and Domenico Lunghi (respectively President and Managing Director of the organizing company) recounted how and why 2018 represents a turning point for the two events scheduled for 29 May to 1 June next. Also present were Enrico Aureli, president of Ucima, and Bernd Jablonowski. Global Portfolio Director Processing and Packaging at Messe Duesseldorf. Back from the agreement that provides mutual support to the process and packaging events organized by Ucima and the Interpack Alliance in the world.
With the return of the great manufacturers of national machines, which for a few years had deserted "in particular Ipack-Ima - Cavanna pointed out - becomes a moment of fundamental promotion for the" made in Italy "in its entirety. In this context, the intention to construct a supply chain event marked by the will to create a system was very important, structuring a strong synergy between all the components that animate the packaging world and related and complementary sectors »
But beyond a high level technological offer in terms of machines and materials "that will give reliable answers to the needs of productivity and safety", the President of Ipack-Ima Srl has been keen to point out with passion - we will above all have the possibility of explore together the major issues that cross our sector, comparing us on Industry 4.0, e-commerce, sustainability, anti-counterfeiting and serialization ...
Or again, on the production specifications related to "free from" food and sanitary design, to the own brand and to the private one.
Our task, as organizers of the event, is to develop the best tools to help traders to share knowledge and skills, because the fair is confirmed as a proactive moment able to attract qualified buyers from all over the world and do business.
Ipack Ima' s sectors
Automatic machines for the process and packaging and packaging materials will therefore find a strategic and privileged position thanks to the initiatives that are marking the new course of Ipack Ima.
Divided into eight pavilions divided according to the business communities to which the exhibiting companies belong, Ipack-Ima will therefore be an increasingly shared and shared event, also thanks to a clearer redistribution of specific products: pasta, bakery, milling and confectionary in the pavilions 1 and 3; food processing and packaging in pads 5 and 7; non-food (cosmetic and industrial goods) in the pad. 4 to machinery. The hall 14 will host the transversal equipment and devices for the various sectors (technologies for labeling, coding & tracking) while the companies operating at the end of the line will occupy halls 6 and 10, complete with the exhibition offer at Intralogistica Italia, an event organized by Deutsche Messe and Ipack-Ima, and dedicated to internal logistics.
In his speech, Domenico Lunghi, brought to the attention of the audience the pluses related to the Innovation Alliance, the exhibition project created to bring together in a single solution Ipack-Ima, Plast, Print4All, Intralogistica Italia and Meat-Tech.
In practice, an entire supply chain at the fair: from plastic processing technologies to process and packaging (food and non-food) up to printing and customization of packaging and labels and the subsequent handling and storage of goods.
Behind the project, a solid conviction: "The Innovation Alliance" was born to be a natural multiplier of opportunities for all these events.
Also worthy of note are two tools that will facilitate the use of the event by exhibitors and visitors, through My Matching, an online matching platform, which allows users to be profiled and offers suggestions, it will be possible to plan B2B meetings with greater security.
In order to facilitate the meeting between supply and demand, the organizers also provide one that combines the classic information of the exhibition catalogs with the information that companies publish on their web channels, also integrating with the promotion through the official social media channels of the two fairs on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.
Daniele Toni