Purchasing packaging machinery is not a small investment, and a suitable supplier is essential. If you are a new buyer, attending the exhibition is undoubtedly one of the most direct and efficient ways, as you can directly meet many different suppliers to discuss the best solution.

Benefits of participating in exhibitions

1. Save time and improve efficiency

E-commerce is very developed now; you can easily find a lot of suppliers on google or Alibaba, but picking the right supplier is not an easy thing; you need to consider the supplier’s company strength, service efficiency, price, quality, etc., and the communication and interaction between you and the supplier take time. Once the choice is wrong, it means your investment will suffer huge losses. Attending a packaging machine exhibition can save you a lot of time and significantly improve efficiency; in the show, you find many suppliers and, at the same time to compare and select.

2. Find alternative suppliers

Maybe you already have a good packaging machine supplier you are working with, but we all know not to put eggs in one basket because it is crucial to have a diversified, stable, and reliable supply chain.

A good packaging machine supplier should be able to produce high-quality and efficient packaging machines and have a high level of service awareness and efficiency to offer technical support.

When you have no less than two suppliers on hand, they also have a sense of competition with each other, so even if you have a good packaging machine partner, do not forget to stock up so you can use it in the future.

3. Get to know the latest technology

The market for packaging requirements of diversification and high requirements, such as packaging machines can produce different bag types of packaging, whether the operation is simple and convenient, easy maintenance, etc. Diversifying customer requirements drives the packaging machine technology innovation; the exhibition packaging machine manufacturer will bring their packaging machine with the latest technology on display. This is an excellent opportunity for you to get close to the latest technology and introduce the latest equipment if needed to seize the gap in the packaging market and finally make differentiated packaging to win more market opportunities.

4. Find a better solution

For the market needs or the introduction of new products, if your original supplier cannot provide you with a suitable packaging solution, visit the exhibition, where you can contact many intelligent packaging machines. Even if you don’t choose to buy packaging machines directly from these suppliers for some reason, you can still provide this reference information to your original suppliers.

5. Seek expert advice

Or maybe your current packaging machine process is experiencing some difficulties, such as unsatisfactory packaging results, excessive material consumption, relatively low production efficiency, etc. By communicating directly with the experts of many packaging machine manufacturers at the exhibition, they can often provide you with some constructive advice and suggestions. This will help you to solve the difficulties you are currently encountering efficiently.

What are the most famous packaging machine exhibitions?

1. PACK EXPO – USA

2. INTERPACK – Germany

3. PPMA – UK

4. IPACK IMA – Italy

5. SINO PACK – China

6. AUSPACK – Australia

7. PROPACK AFRICA – South Africa

8. Packexindia – India

What reliable suppliers can you find at exhibitions?

Viking Masek – Rotary premade pouch packaging manufacturer

Ishida – Multihead weigher and vertical form fill seal packaging machine manufacturer.

Rovema – Vertical form fill seal packaging machine manufacturer.

Mespack – Horizontal form fill seal packaging machine manufacturer.

Wolf – Vertical form fill seal packaging machine manufacturer.

Turpack – Multilane stick pack machine manufacturer.

Where to get information about the packaging machine exhibition

1. Ask your supplier

2. Google it

3. Check the show navigation website https://10times.com/.

What to do before going to a packaging machine exhibition

1. Check which suppliers are going to the exhibition.

There are usually many different halls at the show, displaying various categories of products. Make it clear that the supplier booths you may need to place are in that area, and plan your route.

2. Make appointments with suppliers.

If you have cooperative or familiar suppliers to attend the exhibition, you can inform them in advance so that they expect you to come to set up a meeting.

3. Make a good plan.

Make clear the purpose of your visit to the exhibition. Are you currently having problems with the packaging machine and need to find the appropriate experts to advise you? Or do you plan to introduce a new packing machine and need to make a plan and budget? If you can write down all the questions you want to know, make sure you can not miss them.

4. Buy air tickets and book hotels.

It is better to book your airline tickets and hotel about two weeks in advance, especially for some of the more famous packaging machine exhibitions,

As there will be a lot of visitors going to the exhibition, it will be more cost-effective to book in advance.

The end

Packaging machine exhibition allows customers to communicate directly and efficiently with manufacturers, which is an infrequent opportunity, whether you have already purchased the machine or will consider buying a packaging machine.

If the conditions allow, go to the exhibition, and you will undoubtedly gain a lot.