Benvenuto a Bologna!

Undeterred by a lengthy and unforeseen pandemic pause, Cosmoprof Bologna celebrated its 53rd year with a long-awaited return to Italy’s beautiful Emilia Romagna region, drawing more than 220,000 attendees from over 140 countries and over 2,700 exhibiting companies from 70 countries.

The beauty landscape has undoubtedly shifted in the last two years and attendees flocked to Bologna to get a first-hand account of the transformation as well as new market trends, products, and of course, packaging.

Gianpiero Calzolari, president of BolognaFiere, expressed pride in this year’s exhibition results despite the current “complicated scenario” of global events.

“The exhibitors highlighted the impressive professional quality of visitors and the high number of international operators,” he commented. “It was very exciting to see the aisles of the fair come alive with operators from all over the world, concluding orders and discussing new projects. We hope to have offered companies and professionals a profitable experience.”

He additionally noted that European attendees represented