Organisers of Asia's largest packaging trade show, Tokyo Pack, have announced dates for the 2014 edition of the biennial event.
The show, owned and operated by the Japan Packaging Institute (JPI), will take place on 7-10 October at Tokyo Big Sight, the Japanese capital's international exhibition centre.
The secretary general of the Tokyo Pack 2014 secretariat, Yoichi Sonoyama, has also predicted the 2014 show will break records in terms of visitor and exhibitor numbers on the back of continued expansion of the Asian packaging market in general, and the Japanese packaging industry in particular.
“For Tokyo Pack 2014, we intend to go all out to expand the scope and scale of the exhibition,” Sonoyama said.
“Tokyo Pack is the largest packaging exhibition in Asia with group participation from China, Korea and Taiwan; it attracts attention as a regional Asia-specific exhibition where you can learn the latest trends of packaging from across Asia.”
He said the previous edition, in 2012, had set a strong benchmark for the scale of the show.
In 2012, Tokyo Pack achieved an increase in registered visitor numbers to 65,311, from the 62,182 registered visitors to the previous edition. In all, more than 170,000 people visited Tokyo Pack 2012 during the four-day exhibition.
Exhibitor numbers also grew 8.9 per cent to 600, while the total number of booths rose 7.2 per cent to 2,270.
The 2014 show is expected to feature more than 2,600 booths representing 600 companies in the 23,000 square metre exhibition space.
Launched in 1966, Tokyo Pack regularly features state-of-the-art packaging, production and processing solutions for companies in the main sectors of food and beverage, confectionery and bakery products, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, non-food consumer goods and industrial products.
Also on show in 2014 will be a range of related products and services: packaging materials; printing; testing and inspection; logistics and distribution; and recycling and disposal.
Many of Japan’s largest packaging players have already registered their participation as exhibitors in 2014, including: Rengo, Toppan Printing, Toyo Jidoki, Toyo Ink, Takara Pac, Kyodo Printing, Idemitsu Unitech, Ishida, Anritsu Industrial Solutions, Taisei Lamick, Furukawa and Fujiseiki, as well as the Japanese divisions of global corporations such as Crown, EDM Corporation and Strapack Corporation.
Sustained growth in the Asian packaging market has led organisers of Tokyo Pack 2014 to predict a record-setting year for the biennial exhibition.
