KARACHI – More than 170 world’s leading manufacturers from 22 countries are displaying the latest plastic and packaging equipment, pharmaceutical technology and food chemicals at the eight PLASTI and PACK and 8th IFTECH Pakistan 2011, inaugurated at Karachi Expo Centre on Tuesday.
Major international brands manufacturers such as Kampf GmbH, Windmoller and Holscher from Germany, Bertuzzi Food Processing and Rossini of Italy, Sinomech and Yus Mold Machine of China, Quality Minerals of Thailand, BSW Machinery of Austria, K Tron of Switzerland and Borough of UAE are displaying their wares at the exhibition. The event is also featuring country pavilions from China, Turkey and Italy.
Pegasus Consultancy is organising the International Plastic and Packaging Industry Exhibition – PLASTI & PACK Pakistan 2011 and the International Food & Technology Exhibition Incorporating Pharmaceutical Technology & Food Chemicals – IFTECH Pakistan 2011.
Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) former President Khalid Firoz, who inaugurated the event, told the media that top international manufacturers are displaying their products at the show, because they eye big opportunities for their products in
Pakistan. “They want to tap this potential and instead of selling the finished packaging products they are now selling the machines which produce these products”.
“Our government needs to project this potential to foreign countries so that Pakistani manufacturers prefer to buy top quality machines”, he added.
Responding to a question, Firoz said that the businessmen were demanding only three things from the government, improved security, uninterrupted power supply and water for their industrial units.
He appreciated the organisers for arranging the event in a trying situation and attracting world’s top machine makers to Pakistan through this exhibition. It will not only help local entrepreneurs to examine a wide variety of machines and technology under one roof, but will go a long way in improving Pakistan’s image in the outside world, he observed.
Pegasus Consultancy Chairman Aasim Siddiqui said that the world’s top manufacturers were displaying products at the show. “We have received an overwhelming response from leading international and local companies. Some of them have come to Pakistan for the first time”, he added.
