ProPaper Dubai 2026 Expands Scope with 3 Additional Shows
ProPaper Dubai, the premier B2B trade show for the paper industry in the Middle East, will showcase an expanded platform this year, with a strategic focus on niche segments propelling growth across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) markets.
The 2026 event, scheduled from 20-22 October 2026 at Festival Arena, Dubai, will feature three high-potential verticals: Pro Corrugated Dubai, Pro Tissue Dubai, and Arab Sacs. The three events will run concurrently with ProPaper Dubai in the context of rising demand for sustainable packaging, hygiene products, and paper packaging solutions.
“The increasing demand for paper products in these sectors is driven by e-commerce growth, rising awareness on health and environment, as well as from regulatory shifts away from plastic. Paper-based packaging and hygiene products are at the heart of sustainability,” says Jeen Joshua, Managing Director at Verifair Events, the organiser of ProPaper Dubai. “Focusing on Pro Corrugated, Pro Tissue, and Arab Sacs, will help ProPaper Dubai align this leading business-only event with sunrise segments that are now driving demand and investment across MEA.”
Pro Corrugated Dubai will highlight factors such as e-commerce boom, shifting hygiene habits, rise in food manufacturing, and need for quality, sustainable paper products that are driving growth for corrugated paper and packaging in MEA, and specifically in the GCC countries. The total paper packaging market in MEA is estimated to have touched approximately $30.5 billion in 2025, with a projected CAGR of 5.1% through 2033. Led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the GCC market for corrugated products are on an upswing. Saudi Arabia is the second-largest consumer in the region after Turkey. With a massive $70 billion investment in food manufacturing in the pipeline, the Kingdom will see an exponential growth in demand. In the case of the UAE, which continues to lead in per capita consumption, the e-commerce packaging market presented a robust picture estimated at over $8.5 billion in 2025.
Driven by rising hygiene awareness and urbanisation, Pro Tissue Dubai will spotlight opportunities in the wake of anticipated sustained growth across the MEA tissue paper market at a projected CAGR of 5.02%, reaching over $3.2 billion by 2033. The GCC market is expected to touch $1.8 billion by 2034, maintaining a steady growth rate of 4.1%.
Arab Sacs, the premium sack and kraft paper industry event, will address accelerating demand for sack and kraft paper in MEA and GCC countries, fuelled by large-scale construction activity in the Gulf and the regional regulatory pivot away from plastic packaging in food and retail sectors. The sector has been seeing some of the highest growth rates in a decade. The MEA paper bag and sack market was valued at approximately $478.5 million in 2025, and is projected to reach $504.3 million by the end of 2026, growing at a CAGR of 5.2%. GCC is a dynamic market for these products, growing at a CAGR of 8.16% through 2030, and is expected to reach $700 million by the end of the decade.
ProPaper Dubai 2026 covers the entire paper industry value chain and typically attracts over 6,000 industry professionals and 200+ exhibitors, alongside top-notch conferences and the ProPaper Dubai Awards recognising innovation and sustainability.
