NAKATAKDANG dalhin ng ProPak, ang pangunahing processing at packaging trade event sa Asia, ang kauna-unahang trade exhibition sa Filipinas.
Sa suporta ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at ng Packaging Institute of the Philippines (PIP), tagumpay na nailunsad ng UBM Exhibitions Philippines Inc. ang ProPak Philippines 2019 sa World Trade Center Metro Manila, Pasay City kamakailan.
Inorganisa ng UBM Philippines at pinalakas ng ProPak Asia, ang ProPak Philippines 2019 ay first-of-its-kind food, drink and pharmaceutical focused international trade show para sa Filipinas na magpapakita ng world-class packaging at processing machines para lalong makatulong sa kapasidad ng local packaging service providers at micro, small at medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Iginiit ni UBM President M. Gandhi na ang food manufacturing ay isa sa pinakamalakas ng manufacturing sector sa Filipinas na nagre-represent ng 65% ng manufacturing industry, na nangangailangan ng upgrading technology at mataas na level ng automation.
“ProPak Philippines will support manufacturing ambitions and serve as a springboard to expand business opportunities for the processing and packaging industries, especially in the key sectors of food, beverage and pharmaceuticals, through introducing new technology, new products, services and education to industry,” lahad ni Gandhi.
Nagtatampok ng 292 nangungunang manufacturers sa mundo kasama ang 9 na international pavilions mula sa China, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand at ang United Kingdom, magpapakita ang trade exhibition ng pinakamagaling at pinakahuling teknolohiya, makina at solusyon para sa industriya mula sa malaking scale manufacturing sa MSMEs.
Kaparehas nito, nakikita ng DTI ang importansiya ng magaling na packaging sa pagpapabuti ng marketability at competitiveness ng Philippine MSMEs at ang department ay matagal nang nakikipagtrabaho sa UBM sa pamamagitan ng pagsisikap tulad ng Pack Pinas! at ProPak Asia para mapalawak ang mundo ng MSMEs sa opsiyon sa kanilang pagpapakete ng produkto.
“Packaging is very important. When we started introducing Product Development to a lot of our MSMEs, it was so difficult to convince them to change the color, the design, the way they do things, until an event had to take place, a trade fair had to happen. Product prototypes were the ones mak-ing money and it was a realization among MSMEs that they had to innovate, they had to be more creative. They had to find out what the market needs so that they can sell more. Before, we look at packaging only to protect the product, making sure that we have a longer shelf life for the products. But now, more than that, packaging in the words of Secretary Ramon Lopez, is your form of advertisement,” pahayag ni Trade Undersecretary Zenaida Cuison-Maglaya sa libo-libong kasali.
Nagpadala ang DTI at PIP noong isang taon ng 500 MSMEs sa ProPak Asia 2018 sa Bangkok, Thailand.
Bukod sa mga exhibit, nagsimula rin ang ProPak Philippines na magsagawa ng seminar para pag-usapan ang pinakahuling pagbabago sa industriya, kasalukuyang uso at teknik sa supply at innovation para sa pagkain, inumin at ang industriya ng pharmaceutical processing at packaging.
Sa kanilang unang araw, nakapagtipon ang trade show ng halos 4,000 trade visitors kalakip ang food processors, importers, distributors, manufacturers at iba pang industry stakeholders.
Magtatapos ang trade exhibition ngayong araw na nagsimula noong Enero 24, 2019.