interpack 2011: One of The Most Successful Ever

The choice and presentation of the special themes also added to the appeal of interpack 2011. According to participating companies and visitors alike, these themes are unparalleled in quality worldwide and made interpack all the more a unique communication platform.

The premiere of the SAVE FOOD campaign which demonstrated how each stage in the packaging value chain can help in the worldwide fight against wasting of food, was organized by Messe Düsseldorf in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. Over 300 participants from all over the world—ranging from producers and the packaging industry to retailers and politicians as well as society and non-government organizations—took part in this congress on May 16 and 17. First-rate speakers such as Ilse Aigner (Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection), Prof. Klaus Töpfer (former Executive Director of the UN Environment Program and Chairman of the Ethics Committee for Atomic Energy recently set up by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel) and Shraddha Shridhar Jadhav (Mayor of Mumbai), highlighted the problem of global food loss from various points of view.