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1990-1999
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interpack
Signpost for a new millennium
The interpack gained further groups of customers due to the increasing liberalization of the Eastern European states and the opening of their borders. At the 1990 trade fair, which was opened by Honorary President Otto Hänsel, the former GDR, Hungary and Czechoslovakia were represented with exhibitors for the first time. In 1993 the fair took place under the direction of the new interpack President Ernst H. Berndl. The trade fair for metal packaging Metpack was held at the same time as interpack in the nearby city of Essen. Many visitors used the free shuttle coach service to visit both fairs. The interpack 1999 was intended to show the packaging industry the way into the new millennium. Packaging mechanical engineering had by then become the most important purchaser of robot systems after the automobile industry. A trend towards intelligent monitoring systems became evident together with continuing automation based on computer technology.
