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On 19 October, India’s Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ananth Kumar and his wife Tejaswini Kumar were warmly greeted by the organizers of K exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany as they arrived at the world’s largest exhibition on plastics. The minister was welcomed by Joachim Schafer, managing director of Messe Dusseldorf, and Thomas Schlitt, managing director of Messe Dusseldorf India as he inaugurated the formidable Indian presence at the show at the  joint pavilion of Indian exhibitors, organized by the Plastindia Foundation—the apex body of the plastics industry in the country.

Retort pouches recorded all-time top sales this year in Japan and the sector had its strongest-ever showing at Tokyo Pack 2016—an important shop window for companies serving the Asia region—where Swedish pouch manufacturer Ecolean competed with domestic suppliers for new business in arguably the most testing global market, and Japanese-owned Kururay Plantic revealed its future intentions to expand into pouches.

At Labelexpo India, Capital Graphic Supplies/Tresu Group plans to showcase ancillary equipment, including supply systems and chamber doctor blades for controlling and automating ink coating supply in narrow- and mid-web flexo printing presses.

The ninth edition of the Multilayer Packaging Films Conference will take place in Vienna from 15 to 17 November 2016. In the opening session of the conference, Kraft Heinz will discuss the expectations that fast moving consumer goods companies place on their packaging and AMI will give an update on the latest market trends driving the industry forward.

The inaugural Packaging, Design, Information & Technology (PDIT) Conference will be held in Mumbai on 16 and 17 December 2016, alongside the PackTech India/FoodPex India Exhibition. Organized jointly by IPP Star, a printing and packaging advisory, research, training and consulting firm, and Messe Düsseldorf India, the first ever PDIT Conference aims to set in motion a vital narrative that will integrate the idea of Save Food in the fast-growing packaging industry in India. The Indian packaging industry is poised to scale the US$70 billion mark in the next 3–4 years (Business Standard), of which the processed food producers will account for a huge chunk.

At drupa 2016, GSE Dispensing (Hall 3 Stand F50) will exhibit ink logistics solutions that eliminate waste, enable repeatable color on demand and reduce setup times in the label and package printing workflow. Designed for flexo, gravure and screen ink applications, these comprise dispensing systems for spot and process colors, ink bucket washers, table-top off-line proofing systems and integrated ink management software.

A big discussion on the future of sustainability in the plastics sector comes to London on 21 September at the sixth international Plasticity Forum, where the design community will learn how to help client brands, and products they are developing, become part of a worldwide movement working towards creating a circular economy in which waste is a redundant concept.