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ProPak China 2008, the 14th international Processing, Packaging and End-line Printing Exhibition ended last Friday on a high note. Over 500 companies from 21 nations and regions displayed latest technology solutions for the processing and packaging of all manufactured products including dairy, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, beer, beverages, FMCG and industrial products. The exhibition attracted more visitors than at last year’s show, with a total of 13,880 trade buyers attending from 78 countries. Visitors from China made up the majority of attendees, while 14% or 1,948 came from overseas.

ProPak China 2008 broke all previous records increasing the total area of the show to 28,900 sqm. Once again ProPak received the exclusive support in China of international / regional pavilions from the German Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association (VDMA): the largest foreign pavilion at the show, Japan Packaging Institute (JPI), Japan Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association (JPMMA), Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), Korea Packaging Machinery Association (KPMA), Taiwan Association of Machinery Manufacturers (TAMI), the UK’s Processing & Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA), Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) from USA and Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) representing Canadian and USA companies. Recognising the importance of this trade fair all these national and regional pavilions have again confirmed to support ProPak China 2009.