Tapping into the rapid growth of e-commerce services in China, a new niche event focused on - e-commerce packaging will be launched next year. The new show, Epack-Tech Asia, will be organised in 2019 and it will focus on food and non-food processing and packaging technologies.

The new show will be organised by Fiera Milano through Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai, its Chinese joint venture with Deutsche Messe AG and it will be held along side CeMAT Asia in October 2019.

Gary Liu, managing director of Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai, commented, “Our mother company Fiera Milano host Europe’s second large packaging show IPACK-IMA every year, while Epack-Tech Asia is going to be IPACK-IMA’s extension in Asia. Based on the blowout development of China’s e-commerce industry, market demands for better sales and customer experiences by improving packaging technology is intense.”