PPMA show to support Starpack awards

The PPMA Show, the UK's annual showcase for processing and packaging machinery, is supporting the Starpack 2008 Technical Innovation awards

The 2008 Starpack Awards have seen a move away from the traditional reliance on material sectors to create a more open approach to the awards categories by basing them on market-led categories, to make them more relevant to what industry delivers.

In addition, Starpack organiser IOP: 'The Packaging Society' is launching the Starpack Summit, a major strategic business conference that will take place on the day of the Starpack Awards.

The Starpack Summit builds on the success of the agenda-setting conference that was organised by IOP at the Total Processing and Packaging Exhibition 2007.

The inaugural Summit in May 2008, "The Packaging Dilemma - The Consumer Challenge", will concentrate on the role of packaging in society through the eyes of major brand owners and retailers; designers and packaging experts; and importantly environmental organisations and consumer groups.

'"We are delighted to be supporting the Starpack Awards 2008, particularly given the many exciting new initiatives that are being introduced around the event" commented Liz Finlay, PPMA Show Exhibition Director: "Starpack is about celebrating excellence but equally important, it is about relating this to the issues, trends and developments that affect and drive the industry as a whole.

And this ideally complements the aims and objectives of the PPMA Show".

The PPMA Show takes place at the NEC Birmingham from 30th September - 2nd October 2008.

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