Record turnout of BCMPA members at Packaging Innovations confirms increasing importance of 3rd party outsourcing This year’s Packaging Innovations event at the NEC hosted no fewer than 20 members of the BCMPA - The Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics - in its Contract Pack & Fulfilment (CP&F) zone, with visitor numbers demonstrating significant demand from retailers, brands and new entrepreneurs for fully integrated and robust 3rd party supply chain partners. From product manufacturing, filling, contract packing to end to end delivery, BCMPA members fielded an extensive range of enquiries from new prospects in a wide variety of sectors including Food, Nutraceuticals, Personal Care and Household Chemicals. Almost 6,000 visitors visited the Packaging Innovations show, with the CP&F area proving popular on both days. In addition, the BCMPA sponsored panel exploring the challenges and current innovations in e-commerce and fulfilment, was a highlight, with strong engagement and interest shown by attendees.
Emma Verkaik, Membership & Marketing Director of the BCMPA
Almost 6,000 visitors visited the Packaging Innovations show, with the CP&F area proving popular on both days.
and agility, by offering FBA and a full range of e-commerce fulfilment services. Verkaik said, “We have exhibited at half a dozen shows this year, and at each one, the trend has been the same; whatever the sector, clients are becoming
Prolog Fulfilment, Laura Palmer from PHL
increasingly convinced of the importance
Group and Glenn Hayes from Worldwide
of speaking with experts about the
Logistics, set out the benefits for brands
provision of an effective 3rd party supply
and retailers, old and new, of using 3rd
chain, and the BCMPA has been able to
party co packers and fulfilment houses,
introduce them to members active in
from scale up to end-to-end distribution to customers. In particular, the recent exponential growth in the number of businesses trading as resellers for online platforms
Chaired by Emma Verkaik, Membership
has further increased demand for resilient
& Marketing Director of the BCMPA,
and dependable third-party outsourcing
attendees heard Neil Daniells from
suppliers – an area that BCMPA members
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have been able to embrace with speed
their sector.” “It was fantastic to be out again at our flagship show, and as we now represent over 200 members, we are already excited for 2023, when we fully expect the BCMPA Contract Pack & Fulfilment zone to grow still further.” www.bcmpa.org.uk
