september 27-29, 2021, at the Las Vegas Convention Center was the Pack Expo Las Vegas, one of the most important North American trade shows dedicated to the packaging and processing industries that takes place every fall alternately in Chicago in even-numbered years and Las Vegas in odd-numbered years.

The 2021 edition, after a digital version in November 2020 due to the pandemic, was attended by more than 1,545 exhibitors.

ICE-Agency Chicago, in cooperation with the UCIMA association, organized an Italian Pavilion for the third time, which, positioned in the Upper South Hall, occupies 158 sq. m.
Inside the Pavilion 13 leading companies in the packaging technology sector are exhibiting: ABM, Bertolaso, Brevetti Gasparin, Fabbri Group, Gorreri, IMS Technologies, MG2, Omas Tecnosistemi, Quality Tools, Ricciarelli, STV, Tropical Food Machinery, TT Italy.
ICE Chicago Office staff will be present at the Institutional Stand to provide support and assistance to exhibiting companies at booth No. 8159.

The following advertising campaign has been produced:

- advertisements in the newsletters of the specialized magazine Packaging World

- to professional databases via Packaging World magazine

- social media campaigns and through the ICE portal www.old.machinesitalia.org

- catalog of the Italian collective exhibition at Pack Expo 2021

The United States continues to be a strong importer of packaging technology and machinery. Foreign suppliers meet about 30 percent of total demand, which reached a total value of $12.4 billion in 2020. The majority of packaging machinery in the U.S. is absorbed mainly by the food and beverage sectors, followed by pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
Italy has been present in the U.S. market for years and maintains the second place among the main packaging machine supplier countries, with total sales of $541.1 million USD in 2020, and a share of nearly 18%. In the first 6 months of 2021, the sector saw a growth of 26.4 percent compared to the same period in 2020; Italy in particular saw a growth of 57.2 percent with a 22.0 percent share of total U.S. imports.

For more information on this initiative, please contact chicago [at] ice.co.uk (subject: Machines Italy E-newsletter)