Expo PACK México 2012

EXPO PACK México, the premier trade show for packaging and processing in Latin America, welcomed 25,139 attendees and 1,015 exhibiting companies to a show floor that was 13 percent larger than previous editions.

EXPO PACK México 2012 (June 26 – 29, Centro Banamex, Mexico City) the leading business forum in packaging and processing technology for the Mexican and Latinamerican market opens today as the biggest in 27 years of experience. According to PMMI, owner and producer of the show, this year 1,012 companies from 32 countries exhibit in a show area of 18,500 square meters net (200,000 square feet approximately), 13% more than 2011.

Whether you think beauty is skin-deep or believe it comes from within, the cosmetics and personal care industry in Mexico paints a pretty picture — complete with the promise of growth, backed up by expanded production capacity. And EXPO PACK México (Centro Banamex, Mexico City; June 26-29) is bringing that picture to the forefront, with 246 of its more than 900 exhibitors showing solutions that serve the cosmetics and personal care industry’s specific needs.

The PROCESA Pavilion at this year’s edition of EXPO PACK México (June 26-29; Centro Banamex, Mexico City) has doubled in size to more than 2,000 net square meters (21,500 net square feet), giving attendees and suppliers greater resources for proactively addressing trends and changes in the processed food marketplace in Mexico and Latin America.

• PMMI Anticipates Largest Mexico Show Ever
• PMMI Pavilion sold out

• Introducing The Sustainability Pavilion
• EXPO PACK Verde Returns
• AMEE Dedicates Full Day to Sustainability

According PMMI research, key trends in the Mexican market include retailer calls for “custom” packaging and private label goods, sustainability, new business practices and the country’s evolving dietary habits.

EXPO PACK México 2012 (Centro Banamex, Mexico City; June 26–29) has already sold more than 90 percent of its exhibition space. The high demand for the space seven months before the show begins clearly demonstrates exhibitor confidence in the market, said José Martínez, Latin American office director for show owner and producer PMMI.

PMMI, owner and organizer of EXPO PACK México and ANPDAPAC (National Association of Producers and Distributors of Purified Water) announced a strategic alliance during the ANPDAPAC 2011 congress last week.

PMMI, owner and producer of the PACK EXPO trade shows, reports that with more than 26,000 attendees, 1,559 exhibitors and nearly 630,000 net square feet, PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011 (Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 26-28) broke its event records on these and several other counts.

Attendance up 23%
• 26,361 qualified buyers
• 5,953 exhibitor personnel
• 902 exhibiting companies
• 16,323 net square meters of exhibit space