7th International Packing Trade Fair Packing, Machines and Processes, Logistics

March 22th to 26th, 2010 Parque de Exposições do Anhembi São Paulo (SP) – Brazil

BRASILPACK: IMPORTANT BUSINESS GENERATOR CENTER FOR THE SECTOR

BRASILPACK, the main packing industry specialized event in the Southern Hemisphere, synthesizes the tendency that has been gaining force among the business trade fairs – qualified public and expressive sales volume.

The trade fair integrates the INTERNATIONAL PACKING, PRINTING AND LOGISTICS WEEK that also includes the FIEPAG (International Paper and Graphic Industry Trade Fair), FLEXO LATINO AMERICA (International Flexography Trade Fair), the SALÃO EMBALA INOVAÇÃO (Packing design and development converters and agencies), and the BRASIL SCREEN & DIGITAL SHOW (International Serigraphy and Digital Printing Trade Fair).

The INTERNATIONAL PACKING, PRINTING AND LOGISTICS WEEK 2010 expects to attract about 1,000 exhibitors from more than 26 countries, and about 45 thousand visitors/purchasers from 30 countries.

The event is supported by the Brazilian main entities in this sector: Abimaq (Brazilian Machines and Equipments Association), Abiplast (Brazilian Plastic Industry Association), Abflexo-FTA Brasil (Brazilian Technical Flexography Association), Abief (Brazilian Flexible Plastic Packing Industries Association), and Abre (Brazilian Packing Association), among others.

MARKET INFORMATION

Brazil is the second most innovative country in packing

Brazil is the second country that launches more packing a year, only losing for the United States. According to the Packing Global Laboratory data, from the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), the Country jumped from the sixth position in 2008, to the second place in January and February 2009. This meant more than 20 thousand innovative packing last year, and 48% of this number to the food sector. As a consequence of this development, the Brazilian design received seven Lions in the 2009 edition of the largest publicity festival in the world.

Last year, the packing Brazilian Industry achieved R$ 36.6 billion in Sales against R$ 33.5 billion in the previous year. The main participation was the plastic packing segment with 37.64%. The wave cardboard and card papers were in the second place with 28%, followed by the metallic with 16.94%, paper with 7.12%, and glass with 5.23%.

Meanwhile the packing exportation generated US$ 545.9 million in Sales to the sector in 2008. The value is 13.91% higher than 2007 and the best performances were registered by the metallic sector with 28.41%, and plastic with 22.42%

On the other extreme, the empty packing importation increased 30.16% and represented US$ 479.6 million in sales. With the results, the sector trade balance had a superavit of US$ 66.3 million. Concerning the industries that use packing, the pharmaceutical and the clothing and accessories sectors are highlighted, since both had a production volume increase of 12.66% and 3.46% comparing to 2007, respectively (ABRE - Brazilian Packing Association data).

SECTORS

- Machines, equipments and systems for the processing, packing and bottling;
- Packing materials (metal, plastic, glass and paper);
- Packing accessories and inputs;
- Packing machines, equipments and recycling systems;
- Instrumentation, control and systems;
- Logistics;
- Point of sales materials;
- Banks, entities, publishers and services.

TARGET AUDIENCE

- Businessmen
- Purchasers
- Traders
- Sector Professionals
- Students

WHY TO PARTICIPATE?

- BRASILPACK is the sector largest business generator center for the international and national markets in Latin America;
- The trade fair is an excellent opportunity to exhibit products and trademarks to a segmented and highly qualified public;
- Possibility to narrow even more the relationship with the purchasing public and conquer new customers;
- Opportunity to enlarge the new suppliers and representatives portfolio, in addition to updating and generating data for the company database;
- Knowledge of the market tendencies and competition analysis.