For the first time, the name Pack Expo, owned by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA), is being applied to a new exposition, Pack Expo Brasil 2000, to be held Sept. 12 to 15 at the Intl. Trade Mart in São Paulo. Primary sponsor is ABRE, the Brazilian Packaging Assn.; coproducers of the Expo are PMMI and Grupo Brazil Rio (São Paulo, Brazil). ABRE plans to stage the exposition each September.
“There is no doubt that this market deserves special attention,” says Jorge Izquierdo, PMMI’s director for Latin America. “So much so,” he continues, “that between 1993 and 1997, the increase in Brazilian imports of packaging machine was in the order of 350 percent, to U.S.$282 million. Brazil has become the largest importer of packaging machinery in Latin America.”
The packaging exposition will be co-located with Techno Plus 2000, a show sponsored by the Brazilian Assn. of Machinery Manufacturers. This show focuses on processing equipment advances for markets as diverse as food processing to computers and software. Combined, the two shows expect to attract 15ꯠ attendees to a total of more than 400 exhibitors from Brazil and other countries. The shows will be open from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Sept. 12 through Sept. 15. A list of exhibitors will follow this preview.
