Pack Print International 2007 - The International Packaging and Printing Exhibition for Asia - closed its doors on 29 April, ending a highly praised and
highly successful inaugural event. The four-day show held at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) drew more than 20,000 trade
visitors from 62 countries with 285 exhibitors from 25 countries taking part.
The extremely positive feedback from visitors and exhibitors alike at this first-time exhibition stemmed from the vast experience of the three event organizers. Over the past decade, The Thai Printing Association and The Thai Packaging Association have been responsible for putting on the biennial AsiaPrint and AsiaPack events. Messe Duesseldorf Asia, with its vast experience in conducting international events, teamed up with the two Thai Associations and helped to add an international touch to this year’s show.
Mitsubishi, together with its exclusive press sales agency in Thailand - SM Graphic Center, were on hand to meet and greet the many show visitors. While the 72 square meter stand was short on press hardware, it certainly wasn’t short on press enquiries and new press orders.
During the course of the show, Mitsubishi and SM Graphic Center conducted a press conference, announcing one of the single largest orders concluded at the show. Thai printer CPI Interprint signed a contract for the purchase of two Mitsubishi sheet-fed offset presses; an eight-color DIAMOND 3000TP and a four-color DIAMOND 3000LS. The presses are scheduled for delivery to CPI’s new plant at Sinsakhon Printing City.
At the same time, Mitsubishi also announced a large package order received from Eastern Printing and Sahakij Packaging - one of Thailand’s largest commercial and package printing groups. The order, scheduled for shipment later this summer, includes one four-color DIAMOND 3000LS, two five-color DIAMOND 3000LS, and one five-color large format Mitsubishi 6H sheet-fed offset presses.
Prior to the conclusion of the show, Mitsubishi also received separate orders for two four-color and one five-color DIAMOND 3000LS sheet-fed presses, raising the total number of press orders received during the exhibition to nine presses.
The four-over-four DIAMOND 3000TP for CPI Interprint will be the first Tandem Perfector to go into Thailand. It will also be the 100th Tandem Perfector to be delivered globally since the press was first introduced in 2002. The press will also establish one more milestone as it will become the 100th Mitsubishi printing press delivered to Thailand.
The next Pack Print International will take place again in Thailand in 2009 and promises to be bigger and even better.
