As a build up to drupa 2024, BOBST and its Egypt/Sudan-based partner IPS concluded their highly-successful conference, held yesterday (17 April, 2024), at the upmarket Renaissance Cairo Mirage City Hotel. BOBST was joined by leading technology partners, including Baumer hhs, Dynamic Environmental Corporation DEC – Impianti, IMS Technologies, and Reifenhäuser.
The event saw over 100 high-profile attendees including CEOs, managing directors, and technical, plant, and production directors from a broad spectrum of industries such as converters of folding cartons, corrugated board, and flexible packaging, to label production.
Jointly embarking on a journey of vision, innovation, and sustainability, the conference showcased ground-breaking solutions to be launched at drupa 2024. Unlike the traditional roadshows that were held in the previous years, the Cairo event was tailormade by BOBST to provide an insight into its preparations for drupa and to stimulate interest and curiosity to join the BOBST booth at the marquee event in Düsseldorf. Zero fault packaging in folder-gluers, e-commerce solutions, die-cutters, and hot foil stamping; financing solutions; sustainable solutions for blown films; narrow mid-web for simplifying label production; innovation in slitting for film and flexible packaging converters; DEC solvent recovery units; and visits to packaging centres at drupa were all part of the day-long agenda.
Top-notch industry speakers including Business Director AFMETR Region Eric Pavone, Group Trade Finance Director Piero Grasso, Technology Sales Manager EEMEA Yannick Ulmann, Technology Sales Managers Mauro Luini and Stéphane Cuérel, and Zone Business Director Middle East, Egypt & Pakistan Khaled Joundi (BOBST); International Sales Manager Martin Schoppe and General Manager Mehdi Mezni (Baumer hhs); Area Sales Manager Africa Alfred Menhart (Reifenhäuser Blown Film); Area Sales Manager Fabio Saponara and Massimiliano Brenna (IMS Technologies); and CEO & TSD Director Andrea Formigoni and Technical Sales and Applications Manager Mouna Feki (DEC – Impianti), drew on their extensive experience and expertise.
Besides extensive knowledge sharing and an inspiring Q&A session, attendees enjoyed a day full of networking over a sumptuous lunch and evening cocktails.
