In Himachal Pradesh, the Baddi Industrial belt comprising Baddi, Barotiwala and Nalagarh has close to 2400 registered units out of which 1,200 are already in production. Around 20,000 crores investment has already flown into this belt that has earned the distinction of becoming the largest pharma hub in entire Asia. Besides, several other industries including FMCG, food, personal care and electronics have set shop and are large consumers of packaging. The adjacent town of Parwanoo hosts several food processing units.

Uttarakhand has become a beehive of industrial activity with clustered industrial development. The Haridwar-Roorkee-Dehradun belt that includes Selaqui and Patel Nagar Industrial areas in Dehradun, IIE SIDCUL at Haridwar, Roorkee Industrial Area and Bhagwanpur Industrial Area has large pharmaceutical and food processing industries and some of the largest names in package converters.

India Package Meet, once again travels to the grassroots in an extensive tour of the area. The daylong programme in Baddi and Haridwar will include a half-day conference and day long tabletop exhibition.

Conference: At the core of the meet will be a half-day conference that will focus on technological developments in packaging, package printing and corrugated box making.

Table Top Exhibition: An exhibition that will showcase products and services on a tabletop featuring 30 companies at each venue. Providers of machines, materials and services to end users, package converters and corrugated box makers will participate.