Luxe Pack Monaco Shines Spotlight on Prestige Packaging

The 16th annual Luxe Pack Monaco will once again draw an international audience to see manufacturers of luxury packaging, including fragrances and cosmetics, jewelry, food, wines and spirits.

This year, 320 exhibitors will spotlight products over 5,000 square meters at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality of Monaco from Oct. 22 to 25. Idice Monaco, show organizer of Luxe Pack expects approximately 5,000 visitors from America, Asia and Europe are expected to attend.

Every facet of the luxury packaging industry will be represented at Luxe Pack Monaco. Manufacturers of paper, cartons, tissues, woven and printed ribbon, labels, samples, cases, shopping bags, boxes, caps, plastic and glass bottles, pumps, finishes and more will be on display at the event.

Special Events Planned

On Thursday, Oct. 23 at 2:30 pm, award-winning designer Marc Rosen will moderate a seminar entitled The Luxury Evolution. It will feature a panel of respected industry professionals and will analyze how the concept of luxury continues to evolve in the United States.

Additional seminars, created and moderated by professionals from other countries, will be held throughout the show.

First Time Design Award

The grand prizewinner of the Monaco Luxe Pack Design Award, an international competition introduced this year for young package designers, will be announced at a special evening reception held on Friday, Oct. 24 at Monaco’s Hotel de Paris.

Five preliminary competitions were held in the United States, France, Germany, Italy and Brazil. Professional designers, working in any business sector from one to five years, were invited to enter the competition by submitting a concept for a perfume bottle with secondary packaging, with the theme, Monte Carlo Dream. A jury of executives chose the finalist from each regional competition. The finalist from each region then received the equivalent of e2,000 (approximately $2,000) to create a three-dimensional model of his or her design, as well as travel expenses and accommodations during the final competition.

The work of the five finalists will be on display during the show in Verriere Hall of the Grimaldi Forum. The grand prizewinner of the Monaco Luxe Pack Design Award, which will be announced at the Friday evening event, will receive e10,000 (approximately $10,000) as well as a trophy designed by a famous sculptor.

For more information about Luxe Pack, please visit www.luxepack.com, or call KX Associates, (212) 925-2507.