The Emballage World 2008 packaging exhibition will take place at Nord Villepinte in Paris from 17 to 21 November 2008. Held biennially, the thirty-eighth event will focus on packages and containers machines, equipment and related services. The event is expected to attract more than 2000 exhibitors and numerous visitors from across the globe. There is also a concerted effort to attract Indian exhibitors and visitors as our growing economy and packaging industry begin to catch the world’s attention.

Emballage includes some special themes, conferences, and focus areas that are organised simultaneously within the show for the participation of all the visitors. These include:

Bio Materials area in which packaging innovations made of biomaterials address current environmental issues. From 2006 to 2011, the consumption of biomaterials packaging is expected to rise at an annual rate of 22 per cent (Intertech/PIRA/June 2007).

Trends area located at the entrance of Hall 6, for displaying the most outstanding and representative new products among nearly 500 new products announced by exhibitors. The innovations displayed will be selected by a jury of international journalists.

The Pack.Vision Symposium which assemble key players in package innovation packaging manufacturers, brands, design agencies for a program of about 20 presentations during the five days of the exhibition on varied themes such as eco design, biomaterials, environmental labelling.

An art and packaging exposition that will highlight the close links and multiple influences between art and packaging.

A Plastic Eco Design Center aimed at providing concrete assistance to companies for the design of plastic products with the lowest impact on the environment. The center will propose high value added services to anyone who has a package design project.

A Packaging Observatory which is a unique market barometer initiated in December 2005 to provide recurrent strategic and economic monitoring tools on the business prospects of the packaging related industries in France.

Emballage is well known in the packaging industry especially for luxury and cosmetic packaging. This year the international pavilions include those from Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey. From France the participating companies include -- Breizpack, CCI Bethune, Cosmetic Valley, CCI 77, Eure Expansion.