Converflex 2015 Is a Hit
- Published: July 16, 2015
MILAN, ITALY | Centrexpo, organizer of the recent Converflex, reports the event was a success. Co-located with IPACK-IMA and the vertical shows Meat-Tech, Dairytech, Fruit Innovation, and Intralogistica Italia the show took place a the Fieramilano in Milan May 19–23. 
Centrexpo says converting and package printing technologies are increasingly package-oriented and are attracting growing interest from end-user industries, both food and non-food. This proved a magnet for a significant number of visitors: more than 22 thousand (22,750), with 25% of visitors coming from 116 countries outside of Italy.
On registering to the exhibition, 51% of IPACK-IMA’s visitors indicated they planned to also visit Converflex. In total, the Fieramilano exhibition complex registered 108,000 participants to the six shows, all accessible through a single entrance ticket. 
“Converflex definitely gave interesting results, we obtained excellent contacts both in Italy and in foreign countries," says Marco Calcagni, president of ACIMGA and sales director of OMET. “We believe the fruitful cooperation with ACIMGA in recruiting buyers to invite to the exhibition contributed to the success of all participating companies, as did the conjunction with Ipack-Ima and the other packaging exhibitions."
Two meetings promoted by ACIMGA proved to be popular among the public: exhibitors and users from the supply chain dialogued with printing and packaging solution providers, experts, and end-user companies. The central topics of the two discussions was the advantages of flexible packaging for food products and innovative converting solutions to brighten up points of sale.
“Converflex’s conjunction with IPACK-IMA created positive synergies and ensured a constant influx of visitors,” says Costanza Cerutti, communication manager, Cerutti Packaging Equipment. “We obtained new contacts from all over the world, including Middle East, India, Thailand, and Indonesia.”
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