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PMMI pavilion at Ipack-Ima

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Ipack-Ima, Europe’s packaging exhibition sponsored by the Italian Association of Automatic Packaging Machinery Manufacturers (UCIMA), will be held in Milan on March 4 to 8, 2003. Debuting for the first time is a Packaging Machinery and Manufacturing Institute (PMMI) pavilion.

This year, the show is focusing on logistics integration and is adding a section dedicated to packaging materials. As of November, there are 1꼩 exhibitors: 46% packaging machinery, 20% packaging materials, and 20% food processing and 14% beverage machinery.

For more information on Ipack-Ima, see www.ipackima.it.

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