PPMA Show 2023 hailed as a massive success

The organisers of the PPMA Show say the event has once again been a triumph, with thousands of visitors filling hall 5 at the NEC Birmingham, ready to scale up their businesses.

The exhibition hall was busy every day, showcasing the latest in processing and packaging machinery, robotics and industrial vision systems. This vibrant show is known for its broad range of cutting-edge technology on display, and this year’s show did not disappoint.

Peter Williamson PPMA CEO, said: “From the very first day of PPMA Show 2023 it was clear that our visitors were attending with a solid purpose; to make contact and to purchase equipment. The fact that several of our exhibitors were selling straight from the show floor demonstrates that. Of course, this is great news for our members and for us as an organisation. We can confidently say that PPMA Show 2023 was a massive success and has once again proven itself to be the premier process and packaging machinery event in the UK.”

The reputation of the show for being at the forefront of innovation attracts an ever-increasing number of visitors from all over the world. This year was no exception with visitor registrations exceeding those of the previous years.

This sentiment was seconded by PPMA Chairman James Causebrook who said: “It looks like we’ve had a good show in terms of footfall and quality of leads. Well done to the PPMA staff and the exhibitors on yet again setting the benchmark on how to do an industrial exhibition."

As show director, Richard Little could not have been more pleased at the show’s success, saying, “As show director I am delighted that the PPMA show was as good as it’s ever been, in fact since well before Covid. Many visitors were new to the PPMA show and it’s excellent that they had heeded the call to take advantage of all the experience in the room to help solve problems and improve processes. The fact that so many visitors stayed on until later in the day illustrates how much there was there to see and talk about.”

Exhibitors at PPMA were quick to reap the benefits of the high footfall and keen to help the visitors find the right solution for their needs.

Visitors to the show had an opportunity to meet up with leading companies such as Reiser, Ulma, Omori, Ishida, PFM, Somic, SMC, Beckhoff, Telemecanique, Westrock, S4 Engineering, Rotech, Scayl, Coveya, Sharp Systems, Gordian Strapping and Autopack.

Miguel Mari Matute, development engineer at Rotech Machines, said: “It’s been great this year, really busy, and the quality of the leads were through the roof, one after another.”

Once again, the PPMA Show provided an invaluable opportunity for buyers to see the latest products and technologies from an impressive lineup of over 300 exhibitors and 2,600 brands represented.

The fantastic networking opportunities at the PPMA Show provide visitors with a large choice of impressive exhibitors to talk to face-to-face. It provides the perfect opportunity for them to learn about the latest technology and solutions available and how they could be implemented into their businesses.

Mike Weaver, engineering lead at Unilever said: “I would definitely come again. We saw some suppliers that we don’t get to see face to face, so perfect. If you only talk to your suppliers by email, come here. See them face to face.”

For other visitors it was a chance to scope new innovations that could improve their business process. Aaron Moore, asset maintenance manager at Nestle, said: “Fantastic day here at the PPMA Show, lots of suppliers that we work with. Some really innovative solutions, and a lot of relatable things for us, so we are taking lots of lessons home.”

The PPMA Show proved to be the perfect place for all to prosper from valuable business connections, expand professional networks, develop and reinforce existing relationships and find new business partners, or clients.

This year’s show also featured a captivating seminar programme with impressive presentations by over 25 leading industry experts. These dynamic industry speakers provided visitors with an opportunity to not only learn from their wealth of industry expertise and knowledge, but also to find out about current trends affecting their industry.

During the three days of seminars, visitors had great opportunities to hear talks from industry leaders such as Cassandra Stavrou of PROPER Snacks, Chris Corkan from Make UK, and Dimitrios Spiliopoulos from Amazon Web Services, not to mention Ross Verrall of NVIDIA EMEA.

Next year’s PPMA Show will take place 24-26 September at the NEC Birmingham.