interpack goes Social Media: Its own groups on Xing, LinkedIn and Facebook

Today, millions of members worldwide use the Internet platforms Xing, LinkedIn and Facebook for their businesses, jobs and careers. Beginning immediately, interpack will also be offering its own specialised group in each of these networks – with the goal of giving exhibitors, visitors and interested persons an optimal opportunity to conduct discussions with and provide information to one another and to comprehensively prepare for the forthcoming interpack in Dusseldorf.

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In addition to the successful online web site of interpack processes and packaging which it has had for years, the world’s leading trade fair for the packaging industry will now also use the most important international social media platforms Xing, LinkedIn and Facebook for communication and the professional exchange of ideas: Beginning on 1 January 2011, the visitors and exhibitors will be invited to prepare for their trade fair visit to Dusseldorf in the German and English-language groups in a targeted and beneficial manner.

Informative supplement to the real trade fair

Furthermore, even after the event, the members will thus still have the opportunity to communicate, to develop the relationships with the contacts they made at the trade fair, to find new contacts as well as to quickly and directly exchange information with one another. As a valuable supplement to the real industry trade fair which takes place every three years in Dusseldorf, the members of the group will find updated news from the packaging world upon a daily basis here and the readers can comment on such news. Moreover, the “Topic of the Month” will provide information about trends and innovations pertaining to the currently three most important pillars of the industry: Sustainability, convenience und safety.

Information and discussions online

Frequent newsletters and special campaigns will provide additional benefit to members. In the forum section, they can discuss professional issues with one another, comment on other persons’ entries, announce and/or search for or find their own specific professional events or job openings. And whoever has concerns about the current data protection discussions: Nobody must make entries, but everyone can profit from the abundant information and countless advantages of membership in the group.

Face-to-face on-site

During the real interpack this next May in Dusseldorf, it will have its own central meeting place for the members of these groups directly on the trade fair grounds. Thus, you will then have the chance to have personal contact, face-to-face meetings and a direct exchange of ideas with other members of these groups because - even in the age of Xing, LinkedIn, Twitter and Co. - the quite traditional purpose of a trade fair still applies: Despite globalisation and boundless communication opportunities, bringing together people from throughout the world to a central meeting place. And in the time before and after an interpack trade fair, thanks to the social networks, no one today has to go anymore without updated news and a professional exchange of ideas.