A Perfectly Wrapped Package
The Hong Kong International Printing & Packaging Fair 2009 is one of the most eagerly awaited events in the printing and packaging industries. The 2009 event will present a tremendous range of international suppliers and manufacturers and offers the ideal platform for trade buyers from around the world to wrap up beneficial trading partnerships. The fair will include printers of all kinds, packaging specialists, related services such as pre-press and post-production houses, design studios and suppliers of consumables, equipment and services.

Now in its fourth edition, the fair draws on the significant success of the 2008 event, which included booths from 377 exhibitors. The superb range and quality of printing and packaging items and services on display drew in an all-time high number of 11,397 buyers from 109 countries and regions

Fair Highlights
The fair features product zones and pavilions, making it easy for you to locate the right products from the right suppliers.

• Debuting at this event are specific new zones dedicated to Book Printing.
• Making a welcome return this year are the popular Gifts Packaging, Equipment and Systems, Digital Printing and Equipment, Printing Services and Printing Consumables and Packaging Materials zones.
• The Integrated Pre-press Service Square showcases creative and technical service skills that can add value and excellence to buyers' marketing programmes.
• The fair also features group pavilions from Shanghai, Shenzhen and Thailand.

Perfect Present
The fair is carefully timed to run concurrently with the world's biggest gift event - the HKTDC Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair 2009, with its vast international array of gift and premium ideas. This world-leading trade fair attracted 50,497 buyers in 2008 - buyers who are interested in printing and packaging products or services. There's a free-of-charge shuttle bus service for fairgoers. This connects the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, location of the HKTDC Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair, with AsiaWorld-Expo, location of the Hong Kong International Printing & Packaging Fair.

At Your Service
The fair's organisers, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and CIEC Exhibition Company (HK) Limited, are famed for their impressive services and facilities, designed to help you get the most from your visit. These include:

• Value-for-money hotels: Special rates are available for fairgoers at a selection of convenient value-for-money hotels
• Free shuttle bus service: The venue, AsiaWorld-Expo, is next to Hong Kong International Airport and is easily and speedily accessible by all means of transport. Fair participants can travel between AsiaWorld-Expo and major hotels and shopping centres in Kowloon and Hong Kong using a free shuttle bus service.
• Courtesy email centre: A free email service is available to all exhibitors and visitors at the fairground
• Prayer room: For Muslim visitors to use during the fair period
• Dragon Lounge for VIP buyers: a peaceful oasis, equipped with Internet access, complimentary snacks and beverages

Helping Hand Gets You to Hong Kong!
Avail yourself of our US$10m Buyers' Incentive Programme and take the opportunity to attend the HKTDC fairs. Subsidised packages smooth your path to Hong Kong, where you can connect with quality exhibitors from around the world. For further information, please contact HKTDC office nearest to you.

Act Now
Pre-register online to beat the crowds and get your free admission badge sent to you by mail. To take advantage of this service, buyers outside Hong Kong need to register before 2 April while those in Hong Kong should register by 22 April.

All Wrapped Up
Give your printing and packaging businesses the boost they deserve and set aside the dates now for the Hong Kong International Printing & Packaging Fair 2009.