Packaging
Expectations far exceeded at Agro Pack & Plast Iraq 2022
Monday 28. November 2022 - The 5th Agro Pack & 3rd Plast Iraq 2022 has come to a close. Finally, 196 exhibitors from 10 countries presented their products and solutions to a total of 7,758 visitors, many invited as Hosted Buyers in delegations from all over Iraq.
The large number of trade visitors far exceeded the exhibitors expectations, and it reflects the great interest and high investment needs of the Iraqi agrofood & plastprintpack industry.
Lets see how the exhibitors assessed the event:
ERKIM – Alper Eralp (right), Manager
Erkim is one of the leading producers of PP bags, fabric pouch, types of fabrics and shade nets for the agricultural industry in Türkiye. Our products are designed according to International Standard Quality.
We are producers of big bags and shade nets and we would like to check out the Iraqi market in this sector. We met private consumers as well as wholesalers at the Agro Pack Iraq.
Priva Middle East – Giovanni Angiolini, General Manager
Priva was founded over 65 years ago and helps cities transform into sustainable urban deltas by developing cutting-edge technologies, services and knowledge of climate control and process automation for buildings, horticulture and all intermediate sectors.
Iraq is working hard to maximise its food security strategy. Therefore, we see lots of opportunities for Priva, not only by offering our products and services, but also to collaborate with the government, farmers, retailers and knowledge institutes.
We met various representatives from the public and private sectors. Many are very helpful and share the market potential. The interest in horticulture solutions is there, even if this sector is yet a small part of the event.
Almutahida Packaging – Ibrahim Nabeel Hancioglu (right), Sales Manager
Almutahida and its sister company Alhemma are plastic packaging companies located in Babylon, Iraq and are currently the market leaders in the country.
We think that the Iraqi market is a snowball sliding down the hill – so its getting bigger each second
Here at Plast Iraq & Agro Pack, we met lots of our customers, new potential customers and high-quality leads. We have a huge chance to build new partnerships at the show. We want to expand our influence in North Iraq. At the show, we were able to make new contacts and with those we learned even more about the market.
Bhagwati – Mostafa Navasi, Manager Foreign Trade
Established in 1991 Bhagwati is one of the leading manufactures and exporters of Basmati rice, with a lot of experience and reliability on high quality standards from farm to destination.
The Iraqi market holds great potential for our products. Here at Agro Pack 2022, we could meet some new customers, traders as well as local wholesalers.
Asel Amg Drinks B.V. – Burhan Kerdige, CEO
Asel Amg is a leading producer with offices in Turkey, the Netherlands and Germany, active in the wholesale of beverage products and with a range of certified energy drinks of high quality.
It is important to us to bring our European quality drinks on the Iraqi market. Agro Pack 2022 has totally met our expectations and provides a great opportunity to us to reach new customers.
Al Jabri Plastic & Paper Products Factory- Mohammed Ateeq Khan, Sales and Marketing Manager & Saleh Salim Al Jabri, Sales Executive
Al Jabri Plastic Packaging has been a leader in flexible plastic packaging since 1997 and also manufactures thermoformed plastic packaging at its new plant in Dubai. Al Jabri Plastic supplies flexible packaging as well as cups and containers.
Iraq is an untapped market for companies which can supply quality products. Now the market is growing very fast so Iraqi market has good potential for our products.
We were visited by traders, dairy product manufacturers and beverage manufacturers and we collected very good inquiries for our products. We are very optimistic of closing deals
Jokey – Zafer Bastürk (right), Regional Export Sales Manager
The JokeyGroup is a company in the plastics processing industry. For more than 50 years, the name Jokey has stood for high competence in plastic injection molding and customer-oriented service, supplying customers in around 80 countries.
The Iraqi market is of key importance to us as it has huge potential for the dairy and ice cream market. Especially from our factory in Türkiye, we can supply different sizes of packaging products to the Iraqi market.
At Agro Pack and Plast Iraq we also discussed business with ice cream, dairy and food manufacturers from all over Iraq. They represent a large potential of buyers looking for packaging items for their specific needs. We hope to reach out to new potential customers.