11,072 was the total attendance number over the three-days, which was in line with the 2009 edition. Exhibitors also reported an increase in the quality of visitors and key players from the industry coming through the doors.
Running from 27-29 September at Birmingham’s NEC, the show welcomed over 320 world-class suppliers, each dedicated to helping visitors improve their manufacturing productivity and efficiency in the food, drink, pharmaceutical and cosmetic sectors. As the biggest industrial gathering to focus exclusively on these sectors, the show welcomed visitors from across the globe looking to source the latest processing and packaging machinery.
Neil Fowell, MD of Yamato Scale Dataweigh, an exhibitor at the event, said: “We had an extremely successful three days at the PPMA Show this year. The visitors were of a high quality and spot on in terms of target for us-plus there was a constant stream of them to our stand which is always encouraging. All in all, an impressive show.”
The show also recruited a number of new exhibitors this year who were keen to showcase their range of products to the high-calibre of visitors attending. Anna Edwards, marketing manager of KDH Projects, said: “This is the first time we have exhibited at the PPMA Show and we’ve generated a lot of leads which is promising. We build and refurbish factories rather than supplying the equipment for them and this unique selling point has gone down very well with visitors – there’s no doubt that some of these customers will come back to us in the future.”
Alongside the exhibition there were a number of new attractions to ensure both visitors and exhibitors were kept up to date with the latest industry developments and trends. To celebrate the return of the exhibition this year, the organisers created the Ones to Watch Awards. The new competition recognised promising under 35 year olds who have made a real impression on the processing and packaging machinery industry.
Nicola Swann from Videojet Technologies was named winner at the award ceremony on the opening night, with Sabine Fiehl from Busch UK and Greg Austin from Endoline Machinery also collecting silver and bronze Awards.
Source: PPMA
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