PackPlus, along with SupplyPlus, PackSol, CartonTech and India Converting Show, brings together more than 400 companies showcasing their products and services. This year, the event is hosting more than 100 product launches, with more than 200 running machines and several other attractions.

Some notable product launches scheduled for PackPlus 2018 include handheld inkjet printer model IJP-M3S/M3S from Advanced Industrial Micro Systems; Fibber laser from Aztec Fluids & Machinery; next generation X-Ray and check-weigher from Ishida India; cushion packaging / void fill packaging from Jayalakshmi Poly Packs; ‘Kolsite’ brand semi-automatic strapping machine from Maharashtra Plastic & Industries; two-lane creamer machines from Makewell Engineering; returnable packaging, featherweight pallets and compressed wood pallets from Benz Packaging Solutions; and high speed doors, insulated rolling shutters from Avians Innovations Technology.

Among live demos at PackPlus, this year, Ace Finepack will display Bestcode CIJ printing and UCS TTO coding machine; Clearpack will offer high-speed case packing and shrink wrapping machines; Inpack Fabrications will demonstrate automatic VFFS machine; Jay Instruments and Systems will present a flow wrap machine, X- Ray inspection machine; KGK Jet India will demonstrate inkjet printers; Saurabh Flexpack Systems will display Kawach 700 automatic VFFS packaging machine and Spheretech Packaging will showcase the latest tin making plant from Korea along with other weigh metric and volumetric filling lines.

In the PackSol segment, AG Ploy Packs will present PET & HDPE bottles with creams jar for cosmetic and pharma companies; Ganesh Packaging Store will offer fill-flo air cushion packaging and shoes wrap packaging; Selmex Industries will present silicone sealants, air bubble films and poly shrink film; Vikas Packaging will showcase honeycomb pallets; Teknobyte India will present PET preforms, PET/HDPE bottles, jars, caps-closures and Guangzhou Hengrui Non-woven will offer laminated paper and laminated nonwoven.

There will also be Avtar Mechanical Works which will present paper bag-making machines; Hydrotek Engineers will launch digital flexo printing blocks for photo/ halftone printing; Sahil Graphics will present automatic paper shopping making machine along with high-speed nonwoven bag-making and printing machine; Vardhman enterprises will launch a high-speed paper cup machine and BST Eltromat India will offer a new division of automation for printing machines.

CartonTech will drive lot of attention with Orange O Tec introducing digital cutting machine KoloRado; 3S Graphic Solutions displaying semi-automatic rigid box machines including plate type dust-free grooving machine; Ample Graphics showcasing the new advanced video-assisted positioning system for accurate rigid box manufacturing and Neelkanth Machinery displaying fingerless corrugation machine, to name a few.

The International Packaging Conclave, the knowledge-sharing interactive platform, will happen on 27 July at the same venue. The focus this year will be on ‘Safe Packaging: New Regulatory Landscape’.