Despite prevailing situations the 12th International Exhibition of Plastic, Printing and Packaging: PLASTI&PACK and 11th International Exhibition of Food and Beverage Processing and Packaging IFTECH FOOD + BEV TEC, was inaugurated at Lahore, Expo Centre on Thursday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today at expo centre by Sher Ali Khan, Minister of Mines and Minerals, Government of Punjab.
"We see lots of potential of these kinds of B2B, (Business to Business), exhibitions in the country", he said. "The concern industries' International and local participation even in this prevailing situation indicates the seriousness of the business community," he further added. Later on, Punjab minister visited the exhibition and took keen interest in the product technologies and service of the exhibiting stall holders.
President Lahore Chamber of Commerce, Sohail Lashari, Guest of Honour of the exhibition also graced the occasion with his presence and visited various stalls. While addressing the Media he said: "The exhibition is building a great image of Pakistan and the presence of huge foreign participation is the indicator of the upcoming foreign investment in the country."
College of Tourism and Hotel Management,(COTHAM), in collaboration with Chefs Association of Pakistan is having a demonstration of culinary arts and hospitality management skills; they will also be having a food competition during the three days of the exhibition. The show offers latest in plastics, printing and packaging materials and machinery for all manufacturing and processing industries along with food ingredients and chemical products.
The exhibition gathered more than 200 local and international companies from around 23 countries include major participation from Canada, China, Germany, USA, UK, Italy, Spain, Turkey, UAE, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Luxembourg, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Switzerland and Netherlands. Pegasus Consultancy organized more than 100 international exhibitions and Conferences in last 14 years, more than any other organisers put together in Pakistan.-PR