Sri Lanka to host APF ‘Annual Events 2017’ next week

Conducting of Asian Packaging Federation (APF) events in Sri Lanka this year is of great significance to the packaging fraternity in our country as the incumbent President of Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging (SLIP),  Rohan Victoria who is the senior Vice President of APF is expected to be elected as the next President  of the Federation and will assume duties from 1st January 2018.  

Rohan Victoria will be the third person from Sri Lanka to adorn this Prestigious position as the President  of the Asian Packaging Federation..

Out of the member organizations of the APF from 16 countries - Bangladesh, China,  India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Turkey, Iran and Kazakhstan around 30 delegates from 9 countries in the Asia-pacific region have already registered to attend the annual events this year at Galadari Hotel from 10th to 14th December.

This year’s annual events include meetings of three working committees two of which will be chaired my Dharmatilake Ratnayake, a past President of Asian Packaging Federation and the Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging.

The meeting of the Board of Administration and the General Assembly of the Federation is scheduled to be held on 13th December.   The grand finale  of  these events will be the Asia Star2017/Lanka Star Awards Presentation on 13th December at the Grand Ball Room commencing at 7.00 p.m.

The Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging is making arrangements to felicitate a senior and a world recognized member of the Sri Lankan Packaging industry Dharmatilake Ratnayake , a past President of  the Institute and the Asian Packaging Federation and also a past Vice President of the World Packaging Organization (WPO) during the awards presentation for being honoured by the WPO by conferring him Lifetime Achievement in Packaging Award 2017  on May 2017 in Dusseldorf, Germany.