Rwanda conference on sustainable packaging

Source：Ipack-Ima Release Date：2013-06-14 232

Food & Beverage

The first conference on sustainable packaging organised by Ipack-Ima in Kigali, highlighted the importance of packaging as a strategic leverage for technological upgrade and increased competitiveness of local SMEs; and promoted upcoming East Afripack 2014

MILAN, Italy – Rwanda in Central-East Africa has a population of about 9 million and is characterised by one of the highest economic growth rates in the Sub-Saharan region: a yearly 7-8%. It was a fitting venue for the first international conference titled Sustainable Packaging for Competitiveness and Development on SME’s in EAC Region held on 3-4 June in the capital Kigali.

Ipack-Ima SpA, a leading event organiser of B2B shows for processing, packaging, material handling and converting, put together this important initiative with the support of the Italian Trade Promotion Agency (ICE) and the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) and in partnership with: East African Community, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Kenya’s Ministry of Industrialisation and Enterprise Development.

At the event, Claudio Peri, a professor emeritus from the University of Milan, presented a speech agenda that raised the interest of a large, attentive public. Both the organisers and partners had a double objective:

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