The India Package Meet Reaches Out To Packaging Users In The Grassroots Tour
Three Uttarakhand towns traversed in three days.
India Package Meet- the roving show of Print-Packaging.com that is a distinctive B2B event as well as a promotional medium for the packaging related events of the company crisscrossed the 'Deva Bhumi' of Uttarakhand with three shows in three towns in the space of three days creating a stir among the industry. The meet that has been to over twenty towns and cities across the country and also to Colombo and Dhaka was on what was dubbed as the 'Grassroots Tour' with the objective of taking the event to where the packaging is actually used and was in fact reaching out to the new industry clusters that are coming up in Uttarakhand to take advantage of the fiscal benefits offered by the Government. Roorkee, Dehradun and Haridwar were the chosen venues to receive the daylong meets. Over 500 business professionals benefited from visiting the traveling show in the three days.
The coming together of the four-niche events- India Packaging Show, India Converting Show, India Corrugated Show and India Flexo Show from 21- 24 August 2007 at Pragati Maidan has aroused a great interest in the industry and provided the perfect background to take such a tour. While five top speakers had lined up presentations on subjects of contemporary interest, over twenty-five leading companies had joined the tabletop show to make for an interesting days event at each town.
The grassroots tour was supported by the regional associations and included The Indian Industries Association, Uttrakhand Industrial Welfare Association, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association - Uttaranchal, Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Haridwar, Bhagwanpur Industries Association, Sidcul Industrial Association, Roorkee Small Scale Industries Association and Haridwar Industrial Development Association.
NL Reddy, President, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Uttaranchal that has members mainly in the Bhagwanpur Industrial Area, Shiv Chadha, Vice President, Roorkee Small Scale Industrial Association and RP Sharma, V. President, Bhagwanpur Industries Association were the special guests at the Roorkee event. 'We are gratified to see that professional organisers have taken the trouble to bring such an event to our doorsteps,' said Sharma while wishing the upcoming event in Delhi a grand success.
'The growing importance of packaging in every sphere is underlined by this meet,' said Harish Gurbux, Executive Director, SIDBI, and the chief Guest for the Dehradun event. He exhorted entrepreneurs to explore emerging opportunities in the field of packaging and promised SIDBI's help for any such ventures. Earlier, he lit the traditional lamp to formally open the Dehradun event.
Kaushalya Bandhu, General Manager, District Industries Centre, Dehradun, Md. Latif Chaudhary, President, Uttaranchal Industries Welfare Association, Selaqui Chapter and Sominder Gupta, Chairman, Indian Industries Association, Dehradun Chapter were the other special guests in the second days event.
Harinder Garg, General Secretary, Sidcul Industrial Association, Haridwar, Sandeep Jain, President, Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Haridwar, Ashok Sharma, President, Uttaranchal Industries Welfare Association, Haridwar Chapter Rajan Mishra, President, Haridwar Industrial Development Association were the special guests at the Haridwar Event.
