Delegation of 32 Brazilian companies totals 411 contacts and 639 meetings, reinforcing the country’s leadership and results generation at Latin America’s main packaging trade fair
Credit: Think Plastic Brazil
Audio Description: Brazilian pavilion at a trade fair, featuring a blue banner and the ApexBrasil logo. In the space, packaging exhibitors, meeting tables, and visitors engaged in professional conversations.
Think Plastic Brazil took 32 Brazilian companies to CirclePack 2026, held from April 14 to 16 in Santiago, Chile, strengthening the converted plastics sector’s presence at one of Latin America’s leading packaging industry gatherings. The initiative is the result of a partnership between ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) and the INP (Brazilian Plastic Institute).
During the three-day event, the Brazilian delegation made 411 commercial contacts and participated in 639 business meetings. As a result, US$ 2.5 million in immediate business was recorded, with an expectation of US$ 13 million over the next 12 months.
For Carlos Moreira, Brazilian Plastic Institute Executive Director & Think Plastic Brazil CPO, the participation reinforces the international positioning of Brazilian companies. “CirclePack is a strategic environment for expanding connections and identifying concrete business opportunities. The results show that Brazil remains competitive, with solutions aligned with global demands for innovation and sustainability,” he says.
The participating companies presented a diversified portfolio, with solutions in flexible and rigid packaging, and technologies focused on productive efficiency and the circular economy. The Brazilian presence also contributed to strengthening relationships with buyers and partners in the region, expanding the reach of brands in the Latin American market.
The overall assessment of the participation was positive: 50% of the companies rated the experience as very satisfactory and 46.8% as satisfactory, while 78% indicated interest in participating in future editions. In total, 32 evaluation forms were recorded.
With the results achieved, participation in CirclePack 2026 consolidates the role of Think Plastic Brazil as a platform for supporting internationalization, promoting the competitiveness of the Brazilian industry and expanding its insertion into strategic markets.
About Think Plastic Brazil
Think Plastic Brazil started its activities with 38 companies and, over the last 20 years, has expanded its participation to more than 250 companies. During this period, the Portfolio promoted 4,773 participations of companies in the industry in 240 projects specifically for Trade Promotion, resulting in 64,366 meetings. The economic impact was significant, with more than US$1.247 billion in business generated and a total investment of US$12.338 million, achieving an impressive ROI of US$101.04 for every dollar invested.
For those interested in buying from Brazil and contacting Brazilian companies associated with Think Plastic Brazil directly, please contact cristina.sacramento@thinkplasticbrazil.com and daniela.ornelas@thinkplasticbrazil.com via email or visit the website (https://thinkplasticbrazil.com/en/home-en/). Think Plastic Brazil is a non-profit, non-commissioned organization that can facilitate your direct contact with Brazilian producers.
About INP
Founded in 1989, the Brazilian Plastic Institute – INP arises amid the process of globalization and the need to make the plastic market more competitive internationally. Its strength and representativeness are the results of the union of the Brazilian Processed Plastic and Recycling Industry (ABIPLAST), the Brazilian Association of the Chemical Industry (ABIQUIM), and the Union of Synthetic Resin Industries in the State of São Paulo (SIRESP).
As a sectoral technological body, the INP’s is to be the focal point for the entire plastics production chain in Brazil. To this end, the body maintains an extensive workforce qualification program, promotes access to the most modern technologies, especially for small and medium-sized companies, and develops Technical Standards so that products with better quality be manufactured.
About ApexBrasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and attract foreign investments to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy.
In order to achieve its goals, ApexBrasil carries out several trade promotion initiativesaimed at promoting Brazilian products and services abroad, such as prospective and trade missions, business rounds, support to the participation of Brazilian companies in major international fairs, visits of foreign buyers and opinion makers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, among other business platforms that also aim at strengthening the Brazil brand.
The Agency also acts in a coordinated way with public and private players to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil with a focus on strategic sectors for the development of the competitiveness of Brazilian companies and the country.
