If you are heading to Asia’s number one packaging and processing exhibition ProPak Asia 2019 then visiting the 22 international pavilions that represent hundreds of world-leading solutions from 14 countries is a must.

According to Mr Justin Pau, General Manager of UBM Asia (Thailand) Co., Ltd, visitors will be have the opportunity to see the latest innovative packaging and processing solutions available from Australia, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, and USA; all under one roof.

“From a visitor perspective the International Pavilions provide a unique ability to showcase the technical and innovative capabilities of each country in one zone. All of the exhibitors across the 14 countries are committed to supporting the ASEAN Region with the ability to customise solutions and provide localised sales and service teams, with a growing number opening factories and manufacturing plants here,” Mr Pau said.

“This year visitors will also have the opportunity to see new pavilions from Switzerland, Fooma (Food Machinery Group from Japan) and Shantou (Food Machinery Group from China),” he said.

Italian Pavilion

The Italian Pavilion - hosted by UCIMA, the Association of the Italian packaging machinery manufacturers, and ITA, the Italian Trade Agency - is the largest and fastest growing with a 40-company delegation of exhibitors coming to Thailand in June.

Mr Gian Paolo Crasta, Marketing & Communication Manager, Ucima, added that ‘Ucima offers support to member companies, and in general to all Italian companies, through activities such as technical consultancy, international law, lobbying activities, Business Intelligence, training services, communication to international promotion.’

Singapore Pavilion

According to Shen Huizhen, Manager, International Relations, Association of Small & Medium Enterprises (ASME), who hosts the Singapore Pavilion, the purpose of bringing exhibitors to Thailand is showcase Singaporean products and services to the ASEAN and international markets.

"We recognised many years ago that ProPak Asia is a must-attend for us as it is a truly ASEAN Regional show. Our exhibitors come back each year to not only support their existing customers in the region but also to meet new businesses and to showcase new innovations and technologies.” Shen Huizhen said.

North America Pavilion

The North America Pavilion - hosted by PMMI – will be showcasing 10 companies including AFA Systems, Squid Ink, EconoCorp, iTRACK- Magnemotion, NIMCO Corp., Paper Machinery Corp., Clayton Solutions, American Extrusion, Green Bay Machinery and PMMI.

According to Mr Jorge Izquierdo, VP, Market Development, ‘the purpose of the American Pavilion is to showcase North American processing and packaging machinery to the South East Asian market.'

Spanish Pavilion

The Spanish Pavilion - hosted by Amec Envasgraf and Alimentec; which is the largest association specialising in industrial manufacturers in Spain – will have 8 companies in their zone. Companies include Effytec, Tavil, Ulma, Tecaire, Mespack, Invpack, Patper and Prodec.

Mr Marc Bertran, International promotion - Services division, Amec, added that ‘Spanish companies exhibit at ProPak Asia to provide increased visibility and sales opportunities in the region.’

Bavaria Pavilion

The Bavaria Pavilion, which has been exhibiting at ProPak Asia for nine years, has also grown the number of exhibitors this year and is designed to showcase a variety of Bavarian companies that all settled down in the south of Germany.

Hosted by Bayern International GmbH – The Bavarian Bureau for International Business Relations offers a trade fair participation program by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs for Bavarian SMEs that provides the opportunity to present themselves within the Bavarian joint booth.

The VDMA, a network that includes over 450 member companies in mechanical engineering, will also be participating in the show.

Ramona Köhler, Referentin Messen, Bayern International GmbH mentioned that ‘they will have 14 exhibitors in the Bavarian Pavilion in 2019.’

United Kingdom Pavilion

The United Kingdom Pavilion, hosted by PPMA Group of Companies, will be back for the 12 th consecutive year and will be showcasing processing and packaging machinery and vision and robotics solutions from Durham Duplex, Jacob White Packaging Ltd, DC Norris & Company Ltd and Marcote UK Ltd.

Mr David Harrison, Group Exhibition Manager, PPMA Group of Associations, added that ‘PPMA, incorporating British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) and UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA), is the national trade association for manufacturers and suppliers of processing and packaging machinery and represents over 500 member companies.’

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