Propak Philippines, tagged as the “first-of-its-kind food, drink, and pharmaceutical processing and packaging focused trade exhibition” in the country was held at the World Trade Center in Manila last week —bringing in 292 leading companies from 29 countries, nine international pavilions from China, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK together with a full programme of industry seminars.
According to show organiser UBM, the three-day business convention comes at a time of huge economic growth and exports in the Philippines and emphasizes the need for business owners in the country to adopt innovative packaging and processing solutions.
Apart from exhibits, ProPak Philippines hosted PackPinas —a series of experts-led sessions that covered various topics, from food safety, standardisation and business expansion, to packaging design and sustainable practices in packaging.
Other sessions touched on Quality Control and Food Safety where ProPak had four specialised seminars, namely: Mandatory Label Requirements for the Philippines and the World, Safety & Quality Requirements of Packed Food Products, FDA Requirements for the Processed Food and Non-Food Industries, and Safety Quality Requirements of Packed Food Products.
ProPak Philippines was supported by the Department of Trade and Industry, the Packaging Institute of the Philippines, the Dairy Confederation of the Philippines, the Production Management Association of the Philippines, the Philippine Printing Technical Foundation, the Association of Laguna Food Processors Inc., the Philippine Association of Food Technologists Inc., and other allied industries and associations. Next year’s Propak Philippines is scheduled on February 4-6, 2020.
Propak Philippines exhibitors
Urschel’s ‘cutting-edge’ food machines
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Already present in the Philippine market, Urschel continues to offer cutting-edge food slicing technology. Dennis Wong (extreme right), a director for Urschel tells Tasty Asia that the market for their technology continues to grow as more F&B outlets in Asia require pre-cut and sliced ingredients for their operations. His able Urschel colleagues in Manila (from left) Joshua Ceballos, lab/service engineer; and Nomer Catilo, area sales manager, were on hand to explain Urschel’s technology to visitors.
Patkol welcomed ProPak visitors
In true Thai hospitality, Jakapan Plyongarj, Patkol Public Company’s marketing supervisor happily greets visitors at the Patkol booth. The company, which has been supplying refrigeration systems in the Philippines for a number of years has also started offering food and dairy machineries two years ago.
Bühler Group’s end-to-end food processing machines
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