PackPlus 2009
The evolution of India’s ‘Total’ Packaging Event.

The curtains rise on the 2009 edition of India's fastest evolving Packaging exhibition. Positioned as the complete packaging, processing and supply chain event, PackPlus 2009 will comprise of ten niche shows and four distinct zones. Scheduled from 8- 11 July, 2008, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, PackPlus will be spread over 20,000 m2 of space catapulting the event to a new height. “As technologies evolve at a furious pace and processes get automated and synchronised, a collaborative environment becomes a necessity. A visitor may be a specialist in just one segment but has a more than peripheral interest in the entire supply chain. This is the rationale to bring the various segments onto one platform,” says Anil Arora on behalf of the organisers.

The Packaging Zone will showcase the India Packaging Show. It will have exhibitors displaying packaging machines and equipment like coding and on-line printing machines, foiling, capsuling, feeding and labeling machines, packaging containers, packaging materials, closing and sealing materials, label and package converters, package designers and consultants and testing materials and software.

Visitors to the Packaging zone will include brand owners and users of packaging from all industries with focus on food pharma, personal care and organised retail.

The Converting Zone will feature the India Converting Show, India Flexo Show and India Corrugated Show. The zone will have exhibitors displaying package printing, converting and finishing equipment as well as corrugated box making machinery, together with materials and services used by the package converters and corrugated box makers.

This zone will target corrugated box makers, printers and convertors of flexible packaging and cartons.

India Automation Show, Food Technology Show and Pharma Technology Show will come together in The Processing Zone. The exhibiting segments will include technology, equipment, materials and solutions for production and processing of food and pharmaceuticals. Automation for industry, factory & processes, motion drives and robotics that has applications across industries with special focus on packaging and processing of food and pharma will be the segments on display in the Automation show.

This zone will attract visitors across all industry segments with specific focus on food and pharma technology including providers of equipment, machine and solutions to this industry.

The Supply Chain Zone will comprise of India AIDC Show, India Logistics Show and India Retail Show. Integrators and providers of bar code, RFID and card technologies, shopfit & design, retail technology, signage, integrators of supply chain systems, cold chain, ware housing systems, material handling and weighing, software and services will exhibit in this zone.

The visitors to this segment will again be across all industry segments with special focus on food, pharma, logistics and organised retail.

Adding value to the main event will be the concurrently held PackAge Conference and the AIMCAL Converting School, which will be back for a third consecutive year. “Existing exhibitors are coming back with bigger stalls while there have been many new sign-ups as well. All this points to an even bigger show in the making," said Neetu Arora on behalf of the organisers.