New "components for processing and packaging" event to be hosted alongside interpack 2014
About 2,700 exhibitors form about 60 countries will present at interpack 2014, taking up a net space of 174,000sqm, announced the organizer, Messe Düsseldorf.
A parallel event, "components for processing and packaging" will be staged for the first time in 2014 for companies who are engaged in drive, control and sensor technology, products for industrial image processing, handling technology, industrial software and communication, and complete automation systems for packaging machinery.
In addition to manufacturers of machine parts, components, accessories and peripherals as well as those who manufacture components and auxiliaries for packaging means, around 75 companies are taking part in the event, which will be held from May 8-10, according to organizer. A daily lecture forum will also be organized there.
On May 7, one day before the opening of interpack 2014, the SAVE FOOD Congress will take place. The two-day conference highlights the topics of global food loss and food waste and explores the aspects involved.
Among other things, the 2014 congress will present the results of the new Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) studies conducted in developing and emerging countries to investigate local food losses.
"All the industries involved in the food, packaging and logistics sectors have an especially important role to play in the SAVE FOOD initiative. Ultimately, it is the products developed by these companies which offer concrete approaches to solving the problems we all face. We want SAVE FOOD to act as a catalyst for establishing contact with other enterprises and organizations to carry these approaches further," explains Director Jablonowski, the author of this initiative that was originally launched at interpack 2011.
As a regular feature at interpack, the special show INNOVATIONPARC PACKAGING (IPP) 2014 will also also be staged under the motto of SAVE FOOD. Over 20 participating SAVE FOOD members will present practical approaches from areas such as food processing, packaging design, packaging materials and machine construction to avoid food loss and food waste.
The METAL PACKAGING PLAZA, launched in 2011, will again feature at interpack this year. Organized by VMV, the German Metal Packaging Association and the European Metal Packaging association (Empac), for the first time exhibitors here will include packaging steel manufacturers such as ThyssenKrupp Rasselstein and ArcelorMittal under the umbrella of APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging.
interpack 2014 will be held from May 8-14 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
