With the packaging industry alone boasting 300 trade shows around the world, ALL4PACK Paris, organised by the Comexposium Group, has announced the launch of ‘The Network’, an international network federating several packaging shows, granting their community access to the market information of its members.

Through the initiative, ALL4PACK Paris, the international benchmark trade show for the EMEA region in the packaging and intralogistics markets, intends to create a high-quality network, facilitate relationships and encourage the sharing of experience among major international events.

Véronique Sestrières, director, ALL4PACK Paris, said, “We are proud to be behind this initiative which has met with an enthusiastic response from our partners. In the space of a few months, The Network has already brought together 11 shows in seven countries and more exhibitions are due to follow. The creation of this packaging-process-printing-handling network underlines the desire of the Comexposium Group to contribute added value to its events in terms of content for participants, and to federate the packaging community in its international dimension.”

Valued at USD 839 billion in 2015, the worldwide packaging market could account for USD 998 billion in 2020 with compound average growth of 5% per year, rising to USD 1,100 billion by 2024. With a growing world population, demand has never been so high and the industry is more than ever correlated to countries’ economic development, in particular that of emerging markets, which see packaging as an opportunity to gain a position or emerge on the world industrial markets.

With buyers present all around the world and specificities and requirements varying according to individual markets, international trade shows are showcases for trends and needs on a local level and represent an extremely valuable source of information for trade professionals and manufacturers. To capitalise on this data and promote the internationalisation of the sector, ALL4PACK Paris has decided to bring together several of these events to encourage the sharing of information and experiences.

The Network started in April 2016 and to date has already attracted 11 partner trade shows, representing seven countries and seven markets.