The Middle East’s premier paper industry B2B trade show, ProPaper Dubai, this year will present an expanded trade platform with niche focus on paper industry segments that leads growth across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) markets.
The upcoming edition of the trade exhibition and conference focused on the paper, tissue, packaging and converting industries during October 20 to 22, 2026, will feature three high- potential verticals Pro-Corrugated, Pro-Tissue and Pro-Arab Sacs – in the context of rising demand for sustainable packaging, hygiene products and paper packaging solutions.
“The increasing demand for paper products in these sectors is driven by e-commerce growth, rising awareness on health and environment as well as from regulatory shifts away from plastic. Paper-based packaging and hygiene products are at the heart of sustainability,” said Jeen Joshua, Managing Director, Verifair Events, organisers of ProPaper Dubai. He said focusing on Pro-Corrugated, Pro-Tissue and Arab Sacs, will help ProPaper Dubai align this leading business only event with sunrise segments that are now driving demand and investment across MEA.
‘Pro-Corrugated Dubai’ will highlight growth on the back of e-commerce boom and rise in food manufacturing in the backdrop of MEA paper packaging market estimated to have touched USD 30.5 billion in 2025, and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1% through 2033. Demand in this segment is anticipated to accelerate, particularly in the backdrop of Saudi Arabia, the second-largest consumer in the region after Turkey, investing nearly USD 70 billion in food manufacturing. In the case of the UAE, which continues to lead in per- capita consumption, the e-commerce packaging market presented a robust picture estimated at over USD 8.5 billion in 2025.
Driven by rising hygiene awareness and urbanisation., the ‘Pro-Tissue Dubai’ segment will spotlight opportunities in the wake of anticipated sustained growth across the MEA tissue paper market at a projected CAGR of 5.02%, reaching over USD 3.2 billion by 2033, while the GCC market is expected to touch USD 1.8 billion by 2034.
‘Arab Sacs’ event will address accelerating demand for paper sacks fuelled by large-scale construction activity and plastic-reduction regulations. The MEA paper bag and sack market was valued at USD 478.5 million in 2025, and is projected to grow at 8.16 per cent in GCC, anticipated to touch USD 700 million by the end of the decade.
ProPaper Dubai 2026 covers the entire paper industry value chain and typically attracts over 6,000 industry professionals and 200+ exhibitors, alongside the top-notch Conferences and the ProPaper Dubai Awards recognising innovation and sustainability.
