Last October, MIAC, the International Exhibition for the Paper Industry, celebrated its 20th edition, achieving a record attendance and strengthening its role as one of the major international exhibitions of machinery and equipment for the paper industry. This event takes place every year in Lucca at the heart of the Paper District.
The event, established in 1994, has seen a steady rise in the number of exhibitors and visitors over the years.
This can be seen in the numbers recorded at the end of the 3-day event: with 270 exhibitors attending (130 direct exhibitors + 140 represented companies), the 2013 edition achieved a record attendance from Italy and abroad. In fact, MIAC recorded over 4,100 visitors from 57 different countries and, including all those attending on the days following the initial recorded data, the number totalled over 5,200 visitors.
“In this difficult economic climate, we have further confirmation that MIAC is an increasingly international event acknowledged worldwide,” commented Gianmaria Pfeiffer, director of MIAC, “We have had visitors from all over the world, with a large number from Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey and Arab countries, as well as from non-European countries. MIAC has therefore showed its internationalization, a path that we began a few years ago and that has brought the expected results. Moreover, the 20th edition of MIAC achieved record attendance: on all three days of the event, the number of visitors recorded exceeded those of the previous 19 editions”.
