Cannex - 2009 Report
Judging by the buzz and energy at last month’s Cannex Asia Pacific trade show in China, the canmaking business is gearing out of the economic gloom.

Mónica Higuera, John Nutting and Daniel Searle report The metal packaging industry found a haven of positive economic activity when it met at the Cannex Asia Pacific show in Guangzhou, China, last month.

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Key to the success of Cannex Asia Pacific, the first of its kind ever held in China, was collaboration with the Ministry of Science & Technology and local authorities. At the opening ceremony, Shi Fuhua, deputy director of the Department of Science and
Technology of Guangdong Province, welcomed delegates along with Luo Yaowu,
president of the Guangdong Food and Packaging Machinery Association and Zhou Yong of the Guangdong Metallurgical Energy Technology Association.

SLAC to create China’s first “canmaking city” An industrial park devoted to canmaking machinery manufacturing and development is being built with government support at Jiangsu Province in China.