Pro2Pac is the UK's only biennial processing and packaging exhibition dedicated entirely to the food & drink industry.

Co-located with IFE - the only global food & drink event dedicated to innovation - Pro2Pac offers a truly unique proposition to exhibitors.

The Pro2Pac/ IFE partnership is unrivalled in delivering a dedicated food & drink audience of manufacturing professionals and designers as well as global brand owners and domestic and international retailers who are driving demand.

«UFIR-2009» combines interconnected popular international specialized exhibitions and thematic expositions that successfully supplement each other. Forum allows to gather under the same roof the hole range of manufacturers, distributors and consumers of the wide production assortment: 12^th International specialized exhibitions «UkrMeatMilkIndustry-2009», «Cold-2009», 3^rd International specialized exhibitions «Ingredients-Kiev-2009», «World of trade-2009», «VendingExpo-2009».

The goals of the exhibition are:

• to favour the development of packing assortment on the Ukrainian market;
• to indicate tendencies of the development of the domestic and international markets of packing materials;
• to attract consumers’ attention to Ukrainian production;
• to raise business activity and producers’ productivity;
• to present new tendencies and technologies in this sphere;
• to assist in information exchange and mutually advantageous contracts concluding.

Thematic sections:

• Packing construction and design
• Finished products, packing materials and articles
• Packing machines and equipment
• Dosing and weight equipment
• Equipment for filling and packaging of loose (granular), liquid and paste products
• Filling lines
• Equipment for labeling and marking production and bar coding
• Conveyor equipment and complement equipment
• Printing equipment and materials
• Development and production of disposable packaging and containers
• Styling and decorative design
• Auxiliary packing means and articles
• Up-to-date packaging for food industry
• Industrial containers and packaging
• Raw materials and semi-finished items for packaging production
• Corking means
• Storage facilities
• Recycling
• Professional and specialized editions, web-sites

Within the framework of exhibition:

• Thematic seminars
• Presentations
• Round-tables
• Branch competitions

IPACK-IMA's objective is to bring together the supply and demand of the processing and packaging technology industries. IPACK-IMA is where suppliers of food and non-food technology and trade buyers do business, exchange ideas and opinions and form alliances creating one of the most influential communities on the worldwide scene.

First held in 1961, IPACK-IMA has never stopped growing around its pivotal point: integration.
How? By linking the different stages of industrial activity and helping to make this relationship as smooth and effective as possible.
Today IPACK-IMA is a system exhibition, showcasing integrated solutions for product handling, from processing to packaging, up to the point of sale.
Statistics prove it beyond doubt: the 2006 edition registered 1,527 exhibitors.

Italy has a primary role on the worldwide packaging scene and IPACK-IMA is the natural showcase for "made in Italy" products.
IPACK-IMA is more and more growing as an international event: 1 in 4 exhibitors come from a company outside Italy. However, there is one thing all exhibitors have in common no matter where they come from: satisfaction with IPACK-IMA. 82% of exhibitors were satisfied with the last edition.