IndiaPack 2010 to be held in Mumbai from 30 Sept -3 Oct 2010

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“What IT did for urban India, packaging could do for rural India,” said P K Dash, IAS, Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, echoing a thought put across to him in a meeting held earlier in the day before the IndiaPack 2010 press meet. The joint organizers, Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) and Koelnmesse formally announced the dates (Sept 30-Oct 3, 2010) for the next edition of IndiaPack 2010 in a press meet held in Mumbai on 11 January. The venue is Mumbai’s Bombay Exhibition Centre.

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P K Dash, the Chief Guest, outlined his vision for IndiaPack. It is being strongly supported by the central government, through the ministries of food processing industries and the commerce and industry ministry. He said, “We must look at getting visitors from the African and ASEAN block. We would gladly bear the expenses for this visitor drive and also ensure expediting visa formalities. Let us look at getting exhibitors and visitors form North-East part of the country.” He also suggested taking the IndiaPack brand to other parts of the country, by reaching out to the actual markets in rural and tier II cities. He encouraged the organizers to make the IndiaPack show ASEAN’s largest fair. He further added, “We need a vibrant SME sector. 40% of all perishables like fruits and vegetables rot before reaching the consumers resulting in loss for the farmers. Thus large corporates and retail chains must be encouraged to be part of the value chain.”

Earlier, in his welcome address, Sanjay Bhatia the new Chairman of IIP welcomed the gathering. N C Saha, Director, IIP gave a complete run down on the current scenario of the Indian packaging industry and highlighted on IndiaPack 2010. This was followed by a status presentation by Ashwani Pande, MD, Koelnmesse Trade Fair India on IndiaPack 2010 and the concurrent events.

Concurrent Events
IIP will be holding two concurrent events to the IndiaPack Show:

International Summit for Packaging Industry (ISPI 2010) Conference. The conference will be a one and half day event to be held over 30 Sept and 1 Oct 2010.

The National awards for Excellence in packaging viz. INDIASTAR & PACMACHINE.

There will also be two concurrent exhibitions being organized on the IndiaPack platform:

- International FoodTec India 2010, International exhibition on Food processing & packaging technology, equipment and suppliers will be organized by Koelnmesse Ya Tradefair. Two incorporated events are Sweet & Dairy Factory India and Dairy Universe India

- Asia Coat+Ink Show 2010 will be organised by All India Printing Ink Manufacturers’ Association (AIPIMA).

IndiaPack 2010 has received official support from World Packaging Organization (WPO), Asian Packaging Federation (APF), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Govt. of India, Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging, Sri Lanka Packaging development Centre, KPMA-Korea, PlastIndia Foundation, AIPIMA, AIFTMA, AIFMP, AIPMA, GSPMA, FPEWA, FCBM, IIP Alumni Association, MMS, Plex council and a host of trade journals.

During the Q&A session, besides the usual, Packaging South Asia (PSA) raised the issue of new draft notification on plastics in packaging issued by Ministry of Environment & Forests. To this, both N C Saha and Sanjay Bhatia replied that it was too early to comment, but IIP had put across its views to the concerned ministry. Ashwani, in response to PSA’s question, said that exhibitor companies from Germany, France, China, Korea, Taiwan have already confirmed their participation. Besides, there would be decent flow of visitors from overseas, especially from neighbouring countries. Diwakar Shetty, Chairman, Exhibition Sub-committee proposed the vote of thanks.

Contacts
Indian Institute ofPackaging: E-2, MIDC Area, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 093, INDIA
Tel: +91-22-28219803/9469.Fax: +91-22-28375302. Email: iipend@iip-in.com.

Contact Person: Mr ShekharAmberkar
Koelnmesse YA Tradefair:Delhi : # 50, 1st Floor, Ansal Fortune Arcade, Sector 18, Noida201301, INDIA.
Tel: +91-120-3128506,6889270. Fax: +91-120-4541867.
Email:n.seth@koelnmesse-india.com. Contact Person: Mr Naveen Seth

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