The packing industry covers packing materials and machines for industry and commerce as well as the information systems used to handle package related information. The member companies of the Association of Finnish Technical Traders operating in the packing industry deliver all materials and machines needed in packing, as well as the information systems necessitated by logistics. The largest customer groups are the forest, food and technology industries as well as commerce. The value of the packing business is over (€) 100 million annually.
The members of the Packing section cover most of the leading importers in Finland.
The Packing section’s members import and deliver, among others, the following products: packing cartons, foils, strapping bands, packing material of the foodstuffs industry and the machines required for handling these, including printers, scanners, computers and information systems related to packing logistics. The operations of the member companies include, more and more extensively, added value services related to improving productivity.
The goal of the Packing Section is to produce information and processes which serve the business operations of the member companies. Producing information related to the market and the changes in business operations as well as to follow the existing regulations and the regulations under development is vital in the operations of the section. Customer studies and defining the need for industry fairs are also important parts of the section’s operations.
The target of the section is to increase the coverage of market information. This information is compiled from public authorities and tailored to the needs of the section. The section follows changes in their customers’ operations based on expert’s outlines and their own research.
Mauri Nurmio, Managing Director of Mercamer Oy, is the Chairman of the section, and Gustaf Diesen, Managing Director of Cortex Oy, the Chairman of the machine and materials group. Heikki Ojanperä acts as the section´s advisor. For further information, please contact Mr. Ojanperä by phone +358 9 6824 1322, or via e-mail heikki.ojanpera(at)tekninen.fi