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| Italian businesses are showcasing their home country's engineering ingenuity to manufacturers in Vietnam at Propak Vietnam 2015. — VNS Photo Quynh Hoa |
HCM CITY (Biz Hub) — Viet Nam's leading international processing and packaging exhibition, Propak Viet Nam, opened on March 31 in HCM City.
Organised by Singapore Exhibition Services and local partner VCCI Exhibition Services to serve the then new and upcoming processing and packaging industry, Propak Viet Nam 2015 marks its 10th anniversary this year.
This year's event not only showcases many new technologies and equipment but also offers networking opportunities for industry professionals.
The three-day exhibition has attracted 267 exhibiting companies from 28 countries and regions, with foreign exhibitors occupying 79 per cent of the 6,000sq.m of exhibiting area.
There are eight international pavilions representing Germany, Korea, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand.
Bruna Santarelli, Trade Commissioner at the Italian Trade Commission in Viet Nam, told Bizhub that her country's 11 best plastics and packaging manufacturers were taking part.
The Italian firms featured at this year's exhibition include experienced manufacturers of an array of packaging machinery for extrusion lines, thermoforming, multi-layer blown film lines, pasteurising, filling, cleaning, labelling, and palletizing.
The Italian businesses will showcase their home country's engineering ingenuity and their latest developments to manufacturers in Viet Nam.
Italian design remains among the most sought internationally and the government of Viet Nam believes that applying this technology in Viet Nam is integral to meeting its widely stated goal of industrialisation by 2020.
This Italian-Vietnamese partnership has been working well and the future looks bright.
Last year Italy's packaging exports to Viet Nam were worth 23.4 million euros (US$25.2 million).
BT Tee deputy chief representative of Singapore Exhibition Services' representative office in Vietnam, said: "The future for producers and exporters in Viet Nam is bright.
"In 2014 Vietnam became the largest exporter to the USA, ahead of ASEAN's more established manufacturing bases.
"Strengthening retail sales, FMCG consumption, accelerating industrial production and improving investment sentiment point to an even larger Propak Vietnam event in the coming years".
There will be a seminar titled "Viet Nam - Food Safety, Green Packaging and Eco Manufacturing" to discuss some burning issues in Viet Nam.
At the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre, District 7, Propak Viet Nam will go on until April 2, attracting an estimated 7,600 visitors.—VNS