This edition of interpack, organized this May 8-14, attracted over 175,000 visitors and 2700 exhibitors, according to the organizers, Messe Dusseldorf.
The 19 halls of the Dusseldorf Exhibition Center was fully booked by companies interested in exhibiting their novelties in the packaging sector and the associated process industries.
“interpack has provided impressive proof of its leading international role yet again this year. This success confirms our fundamental philosophy of addressing the international industries in their respective markets in a very targeted manner – already in the run-up to the event thereby bringing them to their most important event in Düsseldorf every three years”, explained Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, President & CEO of Messe Düsseldorf.
All in all, over 120 countries sent representatives to the 2014 edition of interpack and among the main topics discussed during the event, efficiency of resources, quality and safety were on top of the list of most participants, of which over 60% were from outside Germany. Hand in hand with these topics, as well as others such as diversity and flexibility for a wide range of equipment and products, were the high number of innovations introduced by both major players and smaller companies, some of which specifically addressed the frozen food sector. “For a leading international trade fair it is not enough just to rent out exhibition space and offer perfect organisation. Trend themes must be identified, anchored in the concept and finally also driven in a consistent manner. This is the only way to secure thematic leadership in an industry. We have succeeded in doing this very well once again this year,” said Bernd Jablonowski, director of interpack & Save Food, the congress attended by over 450 participants and held during the event, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
Frozen Food Europe will include a special review on interpack, in the May-June edition.