Get ready for interpack 2014: No other show has more to offer

Udo Schuertzmann, managing director, Messe Dusseldorf India; Werner M Dornscheidt, president & CEO Messe Dusseldorf Germany; Fredbert Klefenz, president packaging technology at Robert Bosch GmbH and Xavier Rebello, executive director, Messe Dusseldorf India during recently organised get-together in New Delhi to promote interpack 2014.The world’s most important trade fair for the packaging sector and related processing industries, interpack 2014 is scheduled to be held at Dusseldorf Exhibition Center, Germany during May 08-14, 2014. Its 19 halls have already been booked out by the official deadline for registration at the end of the February 2013. As in previous editions, about 2,700 exhibitors from 60 countries are expected from industries ranging from food and beverages, confectionary and baked goods to pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, non-food consumer goods, industrial goods and related services. Besides, sustainable packaging solution, flexible packaging and technology of the future, there is so much more to discover at interpack 2014. The last edition of the event in 2011, attracted 2,703 exhibitors and 1,65,000 visitors, of whom 84 percent were decision makers at the respective companies.

This year there are some new events parallel to the show which includes: Components for Processing and Packaging – an additional exhibition for suppliers to the packaging industry. The previously held Innovationparc Packaging (IPP) – now a regular feature at interpack presenting practical approaches from areas such as packaging design, material and machine construction to fight the problem in concrete way will be staged under the motto of Save Food. Also, the Metal Packaging Plaza 2014 – premiered at the last edition of interpack has now become a new meeting point.