Third Annual Luxe Pack New York Will Showcase Sixty Leading Packagers, Monaco Awards, and Seminars

Luxe Pack New York is set for June 7th and 8th at New York's Metropolitan Pavilion, where attendees will have close access to 60 of the industry's most prominent manufacturers of luxury packaging. In the first phase of the "Monaco Luxe Pack Design Award," the show will host a special invitation-only cocktail reception, |on June 7th at 6 p.m. in the Metropolitan Pavilion, to announce the U.S. Finalist in the award competition dedicated to emerging package designers.

Renewing its partnership with The Fragrance Foundation, Luxe Pack New York will also showcase the FiFi Award winners in a striking display at the entrance of the show. In addition, a full slate of informative seminars will be offered during the two-day event.

Gaël Ollard shows off the latest from QSLD at last year's Luxe Pack.

"Luxe Pack New York provides visitors and exhibitors with an exceptional and unique opportunity," says Pierre-Yves Maisonneuve, president of Luxe Pack. "It is a selective event designed specifically to meet the needs of the luxury packaging buyer or developer. It is also the opportunity to observe the trends in this sector. All this in a relaxed, friendly, and upscale environment.

The high profile manufacturers exhibiting at Luxe Pack New York cover the gamut of luxury packaging components and materials - bottles, caps, pumps, cartons, samples, crystals/decoration, ribbons/textiles, glass, metal, plastics, paper, raw materials, and much more. Exhibiting for the first time are Brosse, Cameo Metal Products, Lawrence Schiff Silk Mills/Schiff Ribbons, Oekametall Oehlhorn, Qualipac America, Stoelzle-Oberglas, Valois of America, VTA France, and Wilco.

Martin Wolczko of Texen and Gilda Cutri of SGB Packaging Group exhibit their prize products.

Among the manufacturers returning this year are: AGI/Klearfold, Alcan Packaging-Techpack, Alliora, Arkay Packaging, Augros, Axilone USA, Bormioli Luigi, Biopack, Bufkor, Bormioli Rocco, Cole Fabrics, Cosfibel, Dapy Paris, Dupont, FiberMark, Flexpaq Corporation, Gerresheimer Group, Heinz Glas, ICG/Holliston, Iggesund Paperboard, Ileos Group, Interconti Systems, Keenpac, LeGift/Codiplas, MBF Plastiques, Meadwestvaco, Pfeiffer of America, Pochet of America, Préface Deux/G. Pivaudran, QSLD New World, Rexam Beauty & Pharma, Saint-Gobain Desjonqueres, Seidel, Sin Rejac, Sleever International, Smart Papers, Socoplan, Sullivan Paper, Swarovski, Texen, Technicaps Packaging, among others.

Last year's Luxe Pack New York attracted 1,185 top-level visitors and showcased 50 exhibitors. Luxe Pack NY, LLC, the organizer of Luxe Pack New York, is a partner of Idice Monaco, the organizer of Luxe Pack Monaco and Luxe Pack Sao Paulo.

Luxe Pack Monaco started in 1988, and is still devoted to its mission of attracting professionals in luxury product packaging devoted to fragrances-cosmetics, jewelry-watches, agri-business, wines and spirits, tobacco products, and tableware. Luxe Pack Monaco 2005 will be held November 2-5 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, and will look to add to last years' totals of 320 exhibitors and 5,390 attendees.