ProPak China 2026, the 31st Shanghai International Processing and Packaging Exhibition, was held from June 15 to 17, 2026 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. Shanghai Chase also attended the show and focused on processing equipment, filling technology, packaging machinery, automation, packaging materials, and related sectors.
During the exhibition, many conversations were not limited to single machine specifications. Customers were more interested in how raw material handling, sterilization, filling, packaging, installation, and commissioning can work together in a real factory project.
For food factories, the value of such an exhibition is not only seeing more machines. From our observation, it is a chance to rethink whether a new or upgraded project should be planned as separate equipment purchases or as a complete processing and packaging line.
In fruit juice, puree, tomato paste, coconut milk, and concentrate projects, equipment does not work independently. Pretreatment affects extraction or pulping. Product viscosity affects sterilization and pipe resistance. Packaging format affects storage, logistics, downstream use, and factory turnover.
A single machine may look efficient at an exhibition, but the real question is how it connects with upstream and downstream systems. A UHT sterilizer should be evaluated together with holding time, pipe layout, aseptic tank, filling method, and CIP/SIP cleaning. A filling machine should be selected together with packaging format, product behavior, and downstream usage volume.
After attending the exhibition, we suggest factories organize supplier information around three questions: What process section does this equipment connect to? What production problem does it solve? Does it match the product, capacity, packaging, plant layout, and utility conditions?
Shanghai Chase focuses on this type of engineering judgment when discussing food processing projects. Exhibition visits are useful for market observation and equipment comparison, but project decisions should return to raw materials, product targets, sterilization, filling, packaging, storage, and site conditions.