Think big

The power of attraction

IPACK-IMA is renowned as the reference exhibition for one of the richest markets in the world: Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. This geo-economical area includes 900 million consumers and the market is worth more than 8 billion Euros for packaging machinery manufacturers. Within this area, Italy alone absorbs 800 million Euro’s worth of investment in technology and represents 13% of the entire European food industry.

84% of visitors from outside of Italy attending the 2006 edition came from this geo-economical area. The exhibition’s appeal on foreign markets has grown compared to 2003 (27% compared to 24%), and the number of market players visiting the exhibition has also grown considerably. The total number of visitors to IPACK-IMA 2006 was 50,000, + 11% compared to the 2003 edition .