UCIMA heads to Algeria and Uzbekistan

8 April 2025

Double international stop to promote Italian packaging abroad

April marks the beginning of a busy month for UCIMA, which will take part in two major international trade events in Algeria and Uzbekistan to promote the excellence of Italian packaging machinery.

From April 7th to 10th, UCIMA will attend Djazagro, the leading trade fair for the food industry in North Africa, held in Algiers. UCIMA will be present with a collective exhibition organized in collaboration with ICE-Agency, featuring the participation of 50 Italian companies—a significant number that reflects the strong interest in the Algerian market. Algeria is, in fact, a strategic destination for the packaging machinery sector: in 2024, the country imported machinery worth a total of €230.3 million, with Italy and Germany as its main suppliers. Italy confirmed its leadership with 31.9% market share and exports valued at €73.4 million, marking a +59.2% increase over 2023. Algeria is currently the 24th largest export market for Italian packaging machinery and ranks first in Africa, ahead of Egypt and Morocco.

Simultaneously, from April 8th to 10th, a small delegation from the Italian packaging machinery sector will attend UzFood in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, marking the sector's first-time participation in the country. UzFood is an international trade fair dedicated to food, ingredients, and food technologies. Uzbekistan is also proving to be a market of great interest: in 2024, it imported packaging machinery worth a total of €124.5 million, with Germany and Turkey as the main suppliers. Italy ranks fourth among Uzbekistan's trading partners, with a 10.6% market share and exports valued at €13.2 million, showing a +4.4% increase compared to 2023.

These two exhibitions represent the fourth and fifth stops of the "We Make Packaging" world tour, UCIMA's brand created to promote Italian excellence in packaging machinery through participation in high-profile trade fairs. The tour will continue in the coming months with new stops in other strategic markets.

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