Poznań - it's a wrap
The three-day Taropak 2005 event is promising a series of high-profile conferences and seminars in what is being billed as "the largest trade show for the packaging and logistics industry in Central and eastern Europe".
Organizers estimate that around 40,000 professionals from the two sectors will tour the 700-plus exhibitions housed in the 17,000 square meters center. It's thought as many as 31 countries will be represented at this year's Taropak gathering.
Among the headline draws will be public forums on topics, including systems for automated goods and packaging identification, radio tagging, bar coding, and compliance with European Union legislation.
The Taropak website describes the gathering as "a chance to meet with an audience of professionals," and "the largest forum of traders, distributors and investors in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, in one place at the same time,."
Away from the cut and thrust of business there will be several awards made to honor particularly outstanding exhibitions, with the Poznań International Fairs gold medal going to top displays or products and Acanthus Aureus awards being made for exhibition designs and marketing strategies. The Solideal Sztaplar Show will tests contestants packaging skills in three different weight classes.
However, for those in search of a small injection of chic into the proceedings may well find what what they're looking for in the Printing World-sponsored session, entitled 'Pack Fashion: A paper fashion show'.
