This year from January, 24 to 27 in the pavilion ¹ 2 CEC «Expocentre» in Moscow 20th International Exhibition «Upakovka/UpakItalia-2012» (along with an exhibition «INTERPLASTICA-2012») was held. Here, some 800 exhibitors presented range of innovative developments, products and services on a total area of more than 16 thousand square meters (net). The first exhibition of «Upakovka», organized by Glahe from Cologne, was held in Moscow in 1976 (an article about the history of the exhibition «Upakovka» please read in this issue).