EXPO PACK México—recognized internationally as the most comprehensive packaging machinery and materials tradeshow in Mexico—offers exclusive access to the packaging industry in Mexico and Central America. At EXPO PACK México 2006, more than 700 exhibitors will showcase packaging and processing machinery, materials, components and containers, providing proven solutions for processing, packaging, storing and distributing your products.

PROCESA, the food and beverage processing machinery and equipment show for Mexican end-users, will be co-located with EXPO PACK México 2006, along with INTERPHEX, the premier show for the pharmaceutical industry, to broaden the scope of the show and draw more attendees from the pharmaceutical market segment. The co-located shows will support the entire production line.

At the 2005 four-day show, more than 30,000 qualified attendees and exhibitor personnel were in attendance. More than 35 percent of the attendees were CEOs and key decision-makers. Attendees represented buyers from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela and the U.S.

EXPO PACK México 2006 attendees represent a wide range of industries: food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, graphic arts, medical, chemical, automotive, tools, electric and electronics, among others. Their main interests are packaging machinery, materials and containers, and other related goods and services.

PROCESA will feature the newest developments in processing machinery and technology. Exhibitors will display state-of-the-art equipment in the fruit and vegetable, beverage, dairy, meat/poultry/seafood and frozen and preserved foods industries.

A conference program accompanies the show. For information on those sessions, visit www.expopack.com.mx. For more information on the show, contact the show's organizers and producers, the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (www.pmmi.org), at 703/243-8555.

The following exhibitors have a marketing message in this issue:

A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp.—1420: Page 22.

Automated Packaging Systems—2002: Page 65.

Cognex Corp.—413: Page 26.

Fogg Filler Co.—823: Page 4.

Hytrol Conveyor—1212: Page 60.

ID Technology—2116: Page 27.

Klöckner Pentaplast of America—1019: Page 14-15.

Markem Corp.—1911: Page 8.

National Starch & Chemical—518: Page C-4.

Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute—1700, 1800: Page 33.

Posimat—1021: Page 44.

Quadrel Labeling Systems—1516: Page 13.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.—2918: Page 1.

Universal Labeling Systems—2003: Page 47.