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Interpack shows it all
Spring and Interpack are in full bloom here in Dusseldorf, Germany. The Interpack show, which is said to be the world`s largest packaging show in 2008, is well underway. There is a spectacualar array of packaging technology on display at the show, with exhibits spilling across 18 halls at the Messe Dusseldorf Fairgrounds.
Almost everything you can imagine in materials, eqiupment, services and finished packaging is on display. There are many companies I have never heard of, (most European). Yet they are showing advanced equipment designed with European flair. There is a distinct international flavor at the show. You would expect to hear German, French and Italian at a European show: Still; in the expected crowd of more than 170,000; you are just as likely to hear Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and even American English. Over 100 U.S. manufacturers are here, trying to expand their export sales and take advantage of exchange rates that might make their goods and services more attractive to overseas customers.
Among my first impressions is the amazing variety of product specific packaging machinery. I have watched in awe as machines package cookies at high speed without breaking a single one. The machines are filling, sealing, packing, cartoning and conveying in every direction you look. One company is showing a packaging line robot so strong that it is lifting one of the small Smart cars that you see zipping around the city and getting into the tiniest of parking spaces.
Sustainability, which is such a hot topic to American packagers these days, is not a main part of the marketing message for most of the European companies. I guess they are so far ahead of the U.S. in this area that sustainable practices are a given. The machinery simply must have sustainable characteristics. When it comes to environmentally friendly packaging, though, bioplastics are certainly a hot topic. In one hall, more than 40 suppliers are showing bioplastics resins or materials available for packaging uses.
For now, it is back to the exhibits to find more topics on which to report.
Interpack shows it all
April 25, 2008
Spring and Interpack are in full bloom here in Dusseldorf, Germany. The Interpack show, which is said to be the world`s largest packaging show in 2008, is well underway. There is a spectacualar array of packaging technology on display at the show, with exhibits spilling across 18 halls at the Messe Dusseldorf Fairgrounds. Almost everything you can imagine in materials, eqiupment, services and finished packaging is on display. There are many companies I have never heard of, (most European). Yet they are showing advanced equipment designed with European flair. There is a distinct international flavor at the show. You would expect to hear German, French and Italian at a European show: Still; in the expected crowd of more than 170,000; you are just as likely to hear Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and even American English. Over 100 U.S. manufacturers are here, trying to expand their export sales and take advantage of exchange rates that might make their goods and services more attractive to overseas customers.Among my first impressions is the amazing variety of product specific packaging machinery. I have watched in awe as machines package cookies at high speed without breaking a single one. The machines are filling, sealing, packing, cartoning and conveying in every direction you look. One company is showing a packaging line robot so strong that it is lifting one of the small Smart cars that you see zipping around the city and getting into the tiniest of parking spaces.
Sustainability, which is such a hot topic to American packagers these days, is not a main part of the marketing message for most of the European companies. I guess they are so far ahead of the U.S. in this area that sustainable practices are a given. The machinery simply must have sustainable characteristics. When it comes to environmentally friendly packaging, though, bioplastics are certainly a hot topic. In one hall, more than 40 suppliers are showing bioplastics resins or materials available for packaging uses.
For now, it is back to the exhibits to find more topics on which to report.
Posted by John Kalkowski on April 25, 2008 | Comments (1)
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