PackPlus 2013 organisers claim to "surpass business targets"

The organisers of the show said, "More than 50 new products were launched and more than 100 live running machines demonstrated during the show. The first ever demo of a complete packaging line running on PackML protocol. The show was visited by 5012 visitors. More than five machines in converting zone were sold on day one of the exhibition."

Twin Engineers booked an order for three Twin Pump (Solvent less) – Futura on the inaugural day of the exhibition. Rollex Machinery also sold its slitter rewinder on the same day to a Nepal-based company.

“Being the first time exhibitor, it is a good show for us. We have closed a deal and have many follow-ups which we hope to convert in business soon,” said Kirit Fulbariya, director, Rollex Machinery.

 Suddha Converting Machineries has booked an eco slitting machine on the second day and received serious enquiries for the solvent-less laminator- economy model.

In the packaging segment, Pakona Engineers India displayed form-fill-seal machines generated good leads. “The show being held in Greater Noida, most of the enquiries we received were from the North. The display of machine attracted good footfall to the stall,” said Prafull S. Bhalerao, senior general manager, Pakona Engineers.

“An exhibition like PackPlus gives a chance to the visitors to choose the machine of his requirement from several options available in the industry, through live demos, free product samples and one to one discussion with the company owners. PackPlus is a very well organized event,” said, Anupam Jain of Packaging Forte.

The International Packaging Conclave held a day prior to the start of the PackPlus exhibition, turned out to be the trigger puller with 120 delegates participating in the event. “The programme benefited the audience immensely as a subject like ‘Packaging Design’ is very crucial in any segment of packaging. The speakers from diversified fields talking on one subject covered the issue from all aspects. I would want the industry to take benefit of such knowledge sharing platforms to learn and grow,” said Prabuddha Dasgupta, Consultant, Signode India- a delegate at the Conclave.

The south edition of the exhibition called PackPlus South will transpire in Hyderabad. 

Many exhibitors and industry leaders are complaining about the recent surfeit of print shows which has resulted in diminished visitor footfalls as well as serious business enquiries. Some exhibitors, while speaking to PrintWeek India said, "I think print is being revitalised and is being shown to be the real heartbeat of a marketing campaign and it's important to hearshowcase how print companies highlight the role of print. We hope print shows enable the industry to do that."