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Held every three years during eight days in October, this year’s event attracted some 230,000 visitors, including almost 30,000 from Asia. While the total number of visitors was up from around 220,000 at previous shows, the Asian numbers were slightly down, mainly due to a steady decrease in visitors from India as reported by the organizers (9,000 as compared to 10,000 at K2013 and 11,000 at K2010). The number of exhibitors from India also was down to 104, from 145 at K2013. Out of the total of 3,285 exhibition stands (a number growing by a few dozens from show to show), 752 were taken by Asian companies, of whom 400 from China and Hong Kong, 127 from Taiwan, 46 from Korea, 30 from Japan, 17 from Malaysia and 28 from Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand.

Windmöller & Hölscher Group (W&H) will introduce several new innovations and present its comprehensive product portfolio for the production of flexible packaging from 19 to 26 October at K 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Details about the new technologies will be announced at the beginning of the show.

Busch Vacuum Pumps and Systems will be showcasing its enhanced vacuum solutions for the plastics and rubber industry at K 2016 (Hall 9 Stand 9E23) to be held from 19 to 26 October in Dusseldorf, Germany. In addition to the new size of Mink MV claw vacuum pump, an extruder degassing system will also be on display at Busch’s trade show stand.

Milano-based Bimec, established on a foundation of technical expertise and close customer relationships, has over 2,000 installations spread across 80 countries. Bimec specializes in the design and development of slitter rewinders for plastic films, paper and laminates with functional, innovative design and mature engineering. Years of experience and a range of versatile options allow Bimec to customize standard models to meet customer requirements.

Chemco is one of India’s leading packaging solutions provider meeting the demands of some of the biggest brand owners in the country. It manufactures various packaging products such as PET preforms, jars, bottles, caps and closures at its facilities in Silvassa, Daman, Vadodara, Bahrain and UAE. In a move that takes the company into a new arena, Mumbai-based Chemco has ventured into manufacturing of shrink films and in April invested in a Reifenhauser Evolution WP blown film line. The line is running at its Vadodara plant which is the company’s biggest in terms of production capacity with various Husky systems and the newly installed Evolution line.

“Value-addition, innovation and quality are the three pillars on which our company stands. We always try to add a little bit of innovation to our products. Recently we have developed products with natural feel effect, special textured effect, fresnel lens, holographic effects and others which we are showcasing at our stand. We can see a great amount of interest and appreciation for these products among the visitors to our stand at PackPlus,” says Kuldip Goel, managing director of Any Graphics. At PackPlus 2016, Any Graphics was displaying its range of products with innovative features and effects.

WOW Design, a strategic brand design consultancy has associated with Dabur for the brand creation and packaging design for its new fruit fizzy drink, Real VOLO. It all started after prime minister, Narendra Modi urged cola companies to add fruit juice to their fizzy drinks. The current rules stipulate that a minimum 10% fruit juice or pulp (5% in the case of lemon) is required to be classified as a carbonated fruit beverage. Dabur wanted to extend the brand equity to the new category to tap the new target segment, the youth by introducing the new range of fruit-based carbonated drinks. That’s where WOW Design came into the picture, that is, right from naming the brand to defining what it would stand for and then developing the visual identity for it.

Huhtamaki has acquired 51% of Val Pack Solutions (Valpack), paper cup manufacturer based in Mumbai. With the acquisition, Huhtamaki enters the growing food service packaging market in India, where many of its key customers are already present.