In collaboration with the Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO), the Arab Union for Food Industries (UAFI) and the Union of Arab Chambers, the Arab Union for the Paper Industries held a press conference yesterday to launch the Arab StarPack Pro. Noting, that the competition is organized by UNIDO and Liban Pak with the support of the International Packaging Organization (WPO) and the Lebanese ministry of industry. The event comes as part of the Arab Private Sector Forum within the activities of the 4th session of the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, to be held in Beirut on Sunday. On the occasion, Liban Pak director said the competition aims to raise awareness and motivation of employees in small and medium Arab enterprises (SMEs) about the importance of skills development in the packaging sector to achieve greater successes in marketing and exporting across various industrial arenas. For his part, the head of UAFI underlined the role of packaging based on two main factors: the first is technical, as it defines the distinctive features of the product to make it appealing to consumers, and the second focuses on the preservation of the product so as to reach customers properly. The latter is especially true about food products. (Al Mustaqbal, January 17, 2019)