16th Hong Kong International Printing & Packaging Fair: March Online and July Physical in 2021

March 17 to 31, 2021 (with promotion through the HKTDC, concluding with the physical fair at the end of July); physical fair dates and venue: July 26 to 29, 2021, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, under the International Sourcing Show. Official website: www.hkprintpackfair.com. Organisers: CIEC Exhibition Company (HK) Limited and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Concurrent events include the Hong Kong International Gifts and Premium Fair, Hong Kong Baby Products Fair, Hong Kong Houseware Fair, Hong Kong International Home Textiles Fair, Hong Kong Fashion Week and Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair; together with the Hong Kong International Printing & Packaging Fair, the seven shows form the International Sourcing Show.

1. Fair Features: Distinctive and Different. The event is a UFI professional brand exhibition, providing a premier regional showcase for suppliers of printing and packaging products, materials, services and solutions. It completely overturns the traditional pattern in which equipment suppliers are exhibitors while downstream printing and packaging plants are buyers purchasing the latest equipment and consumables.

Exhibitors at the Hong Kong printing and packaging fair are made up of various printing service providers and packaging service and solution suppliers. The downstream buyers are prospective end users across global manufacturing, services, finance and other industries that need printing and packaging services.

1. Past Edition Highlights. In 2019, the fair attracted 17,361 buyers. Of these, 6,967 were Hong Kong trade buyers and 10,394 came from outside Hong Kong. By region, Asia accounted for 7,916 buyers, Europe 933, North America 688, Australia and the Pacific Islands 392, the Middle East 197, Latin America 165 and Africa 103.

Well-known Hong Kong printing and packaging companies such as Zengyong, Minsheng Envelope, Gangfeng Plastic Boxes, Caihui (Plastic Bags), Hong Kong Xindao and Next Technologies (HK) Limited introduced their latest products and technologies at the fair.

Leading mainland Chinese printing enterprises and industry champions also exhibited, including Shanghai Jielong Industrial Group, Shanghai Tobacco, Shanghai Longlide, Shenzhen Jiuxing, Xiamen Jihong, Shanghai Zidan, Yongxin Packaging, Guangzhou Hengyuan, Fujian Nanwang, Zhejiang Shuguang, Taizhou Senlin and Zhejiang Xinya. Niche leaders included Dongguan Jingli and Shenzhen Meishenglong in metal packaging, and Shenzhen Shengxiang and Yisen in paper display stands.

Exhibitors also took part actively, giving the fair strong value across the overall printing and packaging service supplier landscape.

The International Sourcing Show is held in a dual online-and-physical format.

With the March online edition and the July physical edition, buyers and sellers can use the HKTDC’s dedicated online exhibition platform during the March sourcing peak for business matching and remote video meetings while the pandemic continues. As conditions ease, they can capture more opportunities through the physical fair in July.

In July and November 2020, the organiser held two online events, the Summer Sourcing Show and the Autumn Sourcing Show. The Autumn Sourcing Show drew more than 27,000 quality buyers from various countries and regions. Besides local Hong Kong buyers, other buyers mainly came from India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan, the UAE and the United States. Through a global network of 50 offices, the organiser invited international buyers and arranged more than 9,000 online business matching video meetings.