the contract packaging association will help bring north american members to ipackima 2015, in milano, italy in may.by contract packaging magazine staffenlargethe u.s.based contract packaging association cpa has chosen may&39s ipackima 2015 show in milano, italy, "to explore the potential of the european and mediterranean market," according to an announcement issued today. as part of the program, the cpa will bring an undisclosed number of american contract packaging professionals to milan from may 19th to 23rd. the copacking services, cpa said, will include primary and secondary packaging, filling, assembly and manufacture of packaging systems and logistics services."we are very excited to participate in ipackima 2015," said chris nutley, cpa board president. &ldquothe goal of the trade mission for the contract packaging association is to engage in dialogue with the european manufacturing and packaging community to uncover potential opportunities and synergies. we hope to learn about the needs of those manufacturers outside of the united states and find ways to help."ipackima 2015 will feature five related exhibitions meattech, dairytech, fruit innovation, converflex and intralogistica italia.contract packaging is "an increasingly important sector in the packaging industry," guido corbella, ceo of ipackima spa,adding his hopes that cpa involvement will mark "the beginning of a key cooperation bound to continue in the future." one factor that helps this goal is that cpa and ipackima spa are both served in north america by association management firm kellen company.