The 2017 EXPO PACK took place in Guadalajara, JA, from June 13 to 17, 2017. Fifteen thousand professional buyers - from a wide range of industries, including food processing, beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics & personal care, graphic arts, chemicals, textile, footwear, automotive, hardware, furniture and electronics -  attended the Guadalajara event; the largest Latin American show for packaging and processing technologies and materials.
EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2017 featured 500 companies on nearly 13,000 net square meters of exhibit space (140,000 net square feet).
The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) Mexico office and UCIMA, the Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association, hosted an Italian pavilion featuring 11 leading Italian technology companies:
Ariflex, Camozzi, Cellografica Gerosa, Imeta, Ilpra, IMS Deltamatic, Matrix, Melegari Manghi, Reda, Tropical Food Machinery.
In 2016, Italy exported over 125 million Euros worth of packaging machinery and equipment to Mexico and, with a market share of 18.2%, it was the second most important supplier of packaging technology to the NAFTA country.
According to a market report prepared by UCIMA, the packaging machinery market in Mexico should grow by 5.3% by 2018.  The cosmetics, food processing and chemicals industries should lead the growth with expected rates of above 6%.
 
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