Int’l processing, packaging exhibition opens in HCM City (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA)♓ – The 17th InternationalProcessing and Packaging Exhibition and Conference (ProPak Vietnam 2024) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 3.
The three-day event attracts 310exhibitors from 30 countries and territories, including India, theRepublic of Korea, China’s HongKong, Singapore, Spain, and the US. It also features a number ofinternational conferences, seminars, and technical sessions. Joseph Ross Jocson, Chairman of Asian PackagingFederation, said visitors will meet manyleading experts and enterprises in the industry to update a variety ofsolutions to improve production and business in the future. In addition, thebusiness community is also helped to directly access useful information inthe domestic and global markets on packaging processing and packagingtechnology. Chu Thi Van Anh, Vice President and General Secretaryof the Vietnam Beer - Alcohol - Beverage Association (VBA), said that coming toProPak Vietnam 2024, businesses will have a chance to look for new packagingmaterials, access technology and innovative technical ideas from around the world, and cooperate with potential suppliers. Meanwhile, visitors will have anopportunity to explore large operating machineries with authentic factory-likeexperiences right at the exhibition. ProPak Vietnam is a top sourcing andnetworking trade event for food, beverages, and pharmaceutical processing andpackaging technology in Vietnam. Since its inception in 2003, ProPak Vietnamhas grown into a regional industry hubwhich has helped improve the processing and packaging sector inVietnam and beyond./.
The 14th International Processing and Packaging Exhibition and Conference (ProPak Vietnam 2019) kicked off at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on March 19.
Over 450 exhibitors from 30 countries and territories will join the 16th international exhibition on processing, and packaging food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industry – ProPak Vietnam 2023 that is slated to take place in Ho Chi Minh City in November.
The packaging industry, which is projected to expand 15-20% in the next few years, is among sectors posting highest growth rate in the country, experts said at a press conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 29 to introduce the 17th International Processing and Packaging Exhibition and Conference for Vietnam (ProPak Vietnam 2024.)
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Int’l processing, packaging exhibition opens in HCM City (Photo: VNA) 
