North American Manufacturers Head to Colombia

North American packaging and processing machinery manufacturers are poised to showcase their latest innovations at Andina Pack (Nov. 19-22, 2019, Corferias Bogotá, Colombia).

Sean Riley
PMMI
Nov 8th, 2019
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North American packaging and processing machinery manufacturers are poised to showcase their latest innovations at Andina Pack (Nov. 19-22, 2019, Corferias Bogotá, Colombia).

More than 26 North American companies will be participating in Andina Pack, 14 of which are exhibiting in the North American Pavilion located in Hall 17 sponsored by PMMI, The Association of Packaging and Processing Technologies (Booth 1913). Companies displaying the latest technologies as part of the North American pavilion are AC Horn, AROL Group, Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc., BellatRx Inc, Bosch Packaging Services Inc., Columbia Machine. Inc., Enercon Industries Corporation, Haver & Boecker USA, Inc., Polypack, Inc., PPi Technologies Group, Ryson International Inc., Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific, and ZALKIN.

As the leading trade show for the processing and packaging in Latin America, Andina Pack is an excellent opportunity for North American manufacturers to bring their cutting-edge technology and newest innovations to this growing market. North American packaging and processing equipment manufacturers offer creative solutions for many supply chain challenges such as automation, robotics, sustainability, flexibility, safety and much more.

Join PMMI on Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 7:30-9:00 a.m. at the Hilton Bogotá Corferias Cerro. Cra. 37 #24-29 for highlights of the trends in the Columbian packaging market. Hear firsthand from a panel of end users sharing their thoughts on how to improve communication and understanding between brand owner companies and OEMs. 

On the heels of Andina Pack, PMMI will convene attendees from more than 125 countries over 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space at PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2020 (Nov. 8-11, McCormick Place, Chicago, USA) for the largest packaging event in North America in 2020. The shows offer new innovations in nearly every vertical market and provide an opportunity to showcase the latest advances to an audience seeking solutions to assist in addressing production challenges. For more information, go to packexpointernational.com.

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