Own-label manufacturers and suppliers will be out in force at this year's PLMA.
North Downs Dairy will be showcasing its range of cheeses and packaging facilities. Export sales and marketing manager Tim Harrap says it is well worth having a presence at the show due to the "quality of the people" attending.
Greencore Groceries will be exhibiting its ambient private-label grocery products, from cooking sauces and salad dressings to marinades, condiments and traditional pickles.
Other representatives from the food and drink sector include Abergavenny Fine Foods, Britannia Biscuits International and Discovery Foods.
Non-food manufacturers like specialist paper product producer LPC Group and Linco Care, the manufacturer of sun and personal care products, will also make an appearance.
The LPC Group hopes to expand its business in Europe at the show. The company is a major player in the UK's own-label paper products market, but now wants to transpose this success across Continental Europe - starting with France and Germany.
LPC marketing manager Ray Seagrave
says: "Retailers are far more brand orientated
in some parts of Europe compared to the UK. "In Italy, for example, 80% of paper products are brands and only 20% are own-label; in the UK it's a 50/50 split across the whole category. With kitchen towels alone the split is 70% own-label and 30% brands. There is a lot of potential in Europe."
Nice-Pak is exhibiting its range of baby,
facial and household wipes with an emphasis on biodegradable and sustainable wipes, says marketing director Ian Anderson.
He adds: "There is an awful lot of interest in environmental issues and we have produced several new products as a result of our developmental work, which has been going on for some time now. We are also concentrating on organic themes."
Anderson explains that environmentally concerned customers tend to fall into three separate groups: those interested in biodegradable and sustainable items, customers who want products that have not been contaminated with pesticides, and those who consider organic as the overriding issue.
Nice-Pak has developed completely new wipes to suit all of these tastes, says
Anderson. n
North Downs Dairy will be showcasing its range of cheeses and packaging facilities. Export sales and marketing manager Tim Harrap says it is well worth having a presence at the show due to the "quality of the people" attending.
Greencore Groceries will be exhibiting its ambient private-label grocery products, from cooking sauces and salad dressings to marinades, condiments and traditional pickles.
Other representatives from the food and drink sector include Abergavenny Fine Foods, Britannia Biscuits International and Discovery Foods.
Non-food manufacturers like specialist paper product producer LPC Group and Linco Care, the manufacturer of sun and personal care products, will also make an appearance.
The LPC Group hopes to expand its business in Europe at the show. The company is a major player in the UK's own-label paper products market, but now wants to transpose this success across Continental Europe - starting with France and Germany.
LPC marketing manager Ray Seagrave
says: "Retailers are far more brand orientated
in some parts of Europe compared to the UK. "In Italy, for example, 80% of paper products are brands and only 20% are own-label; in the UK it's a 50/50 split across the whole category. With kitchen towels alone the split is 70% own-label and 30% brands. There is a lot of potential in Europe."
Nice-Pak is exhibiting its range of baby,
facial and household wipes with an emphasis on biodegradable and sustainable wipes, says marketing director Ian Anderson.
He adds: "There is an awful lot of interest in environmental issues and we have produced several new products as a result of our developmental work, which has been going on for some time now. We are also concentrating on organic themes."
Anderson explains that environmentally concerned customers tend to fall into three separate groups: those interested in biodegradable and sustainable items, customers who want products that have not been contaminated with pesticides, and those who consider organic as the overriding issue.
Nice-Pak has developed completely new wipes to suit all of these tastes, says
Anderson. n
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