Over 450 exhibitors to join ProPak Vietnam 2023 in HCM City
Over 450 exhibitors from 30 countries and territories will join the 16th international exhibition on processing, and packaging food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industry – ProPak Vietnam 2023 that is slated to take place in Ho Chi Minh City in November.
A press conference announcing the ProPak Vietnam 2023 is held in Hanoi on August 16. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Over 450 exhibitors from 30 countries and territories will join the 16thinternational exhibition on processing, and packaging food,beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industry – 🐻ProPak Vietnam 2023 that isslated to take place in Ho Chi Minh City in November.
Speaking at a pressconference announcing the event held in Hanoi on August 18, BT Tee General Directorof Informa Markets Vietnam – the event organiser - said that the amount ofplastic waste in the world has doubled in the last two decades and only 9% ofthe waste was recycled successfully. Meanwhile, the world’sdemand for plastic packaging keeps increasing and is expected to double in2040. Businesses are seeing amajor transformation in the packaging industry which requires technicalinnovation, and increased use of new renewable sources of raw materials, hesaid. At ProPak Vietnam 2023,businesses will showcase technologies in areas includingpackaging, processing technology, raw materials, pharmaceutical technology,cold supply chain, logistics, and warehousing. The event expects toattract more than 10,500 visitors, mostly business owners, management boards,and senior decision-makers in businesses. Within the framework ofthe exhibition, a series of international seminars on the processing andpackaging industry will be held. Notably, Informa Markets Vietnam willcollaborate with the Environment and Resources Media Centre to organise aseminar themed "Opportunities and challenges for the packaging industry ina new context: Roadmap for environmental protection, carbon emissionreduction" on September 8./.
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A press conference announcing the ProPak Vietnam 2023 is held in Hanoi on August 16. (Photo: VNA) 
