June 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contact:

Anne Meerboth-Maltz
Tel. (312)781-5185
Fax (312) 781-5188
email: ameerboth@mdna.com

Messe Düsseldorf North America
150 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 2920
Chicago, IL 60601

MESSE DÜSSELDORF TO PROMOTE PACKAGING TRADE FAIRS AT PACK EXPO 2010

Messe Düsseldorf will participate in PACK EXPO 2010 in order to promote its worldwide program of international packaging trade fairs, including interpack PROCESSES AND PACKAGING 2011 (to be held from May 12 – 18, 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany), UPAKOVKA/ UPAK ITALIA 2011, 19th International Trade Fair for Packaging Machinery, Packaging Production and Packaging Material (scheduled for January 25 - 28, 2011 in Moscow, Russia) and PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2011, 3rd International Packaging and Printing Exhibition for Asia (to take place from August 31 – September 3, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand). At PACK EXPO booth N4447, exhibitor and visitor information for the trade fairs will be available as well as information on hotel and travel arrangements.

interpack 2011 is the No. 1 international trade fair for the industry, where every three years more than 2,700 exhibitors from all over the world showcase the very latest in packaging systems and machinery, packaging materials and confectionery machinery as well as accompanying services. In 19 exhibition halls covering an area of over 2 million square feet net, a comprehensive international range of products is presented. At the show’s last staging in 2008, 179,000 visitors from 121 countries took part.

Following difficult months due to the international economic crisis, the Russian packaging industry is experiencing increased demand for innovative packaging solutions from food and beverage producers, confectionery manufacturer and companies in the cosmetics as well as the pharmaceuticals industry. Russia is still set to become one of the world’s biggest consumer markets and packaging manufacturers in the Russian Federation need to invest in order to meet the growing expectations of the consumers – and UPAKOVKA provides the ideal platform. In February of this year, 300 exhibitors presented their products to 21,000 industry professionals from the entire Russian Federation at UPAKOVKA (the visitor number includes attendees at the concurrently held INTERPLASTICA trade fair).

PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL is one of Southeast Asia's premier exhibitions for the packaging and printing industries, providing a unique platform for manufacturers of packaging and printing machinery, processing companies, designers and suppliers to display their products to a targeted audience. The majority of the 13,000 trade visitors came from Thailand, India, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam.

For information on visiting or exhibiting at interpack 2011, UPAKOVKA/UPAK ITALIA 2011 or PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2011, please visit booth N4447 at PACK EXPO 2010 or contact Messe Düsseldorf North America, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2920, Chicago, IL 60601. Telephone: (312) 781-5180; Fax: (312) 781-5188; E-mail: info@mdna.com; Visit our web site http://www.mdna.com; Subscribe to our blog at http://blog.mdna.com; Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/mdnachicago

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