The 6th agrofood West Africa all set for growth in 2019

Together with its partner event plastprintpack West Africa the show is scheduled for 10 to 12 December 2019 at the Accra International Conference Centre. Agrofood West Africa covers the entire value chain, from field to fork, consisting of the three sub-brands agroAgroTech West Africa, food + bev tec West Africa and food + hospitality West Africa.

Agrofood is West Africa’s 6th international trade show on agriculture, food processing & packaging, ingredients, bakery & confectionery and food & hospitality.

The 2019 event features five official country pavilions, namely from China, Germany, France, Netherlands and Turkey.
In connection with a strong institutional support both in West Africa and internationally as well as an excellent conference program a successful show is guaranteed.

As an exhibitor or visitor you are allowed to communicate and to arrange business meetings before, during and after the event with our interactive platform.
The entrance is free of charge for trade visitors!

Follow the link to pre-REGISTER NOW or book your stand: https://www.agrofood-westafrica.com/agrofood-westafrica0.html

The race to formulate the tastiest, healthiest and ‘trendiest’ food and drink products is on! So just how can retailers, manufacturers and food service push the boundaries and deliver innovative food and drink science, tech and formulation strategies which satisfy market trends, claims, regulations and consumers’ needs? In 1 day, 20 brand-side speakers will explore the latest technical, methodological and smart formulation developments to deliver nutrition whilst integrating functional ingredients, exploring alternatives and replacements to create products and menus that meet claims, labelling and regulations and end-consumer demands at The Innovative Food & Drink Science, Tech & Formulation Conference in London, 21st January 2020.

Book before next Thursday to save £150 using discount code ‘FoodBev’!

1. Mars Wrigley Confectionary EMEA, Senior Director, Product Innovation & Raw Materials, Nadia Attar-Bashi
2. Greggs, Head of Technical, Emma Adams
3. Anheuser-Busch InBev, Director R&D Co-Product Development, Steffen Münch
4. Kerry Taste & Nutrition, Food Service Nutrition & Clean Label Manager, Caoimhe McQuaid
5. Arla Foods, Global Product Manager – Milk, Anna Talach
6. Nomad Foods, Group Sustainability Director, Annelie Selander
7. Mitchells & Butlers, Culinary Innovation & Strategy Manager, Amir Ali
8. Dalston’s Soda Co., Founder, Duncan O’Brien
9. Simply Cook, Head of Product Development, Anisa Jamal
10. Rude Health, Head of Innovation, Bertel Haugen
11. allplants, Senior Development Chef, Joey O’Hare
12. Kerry Europe & Russia, Director of Technology & Innovation, Deirdre Smyth
13. EAT., Launch Manager, Jessica Ayling
14. Chartwells, Compass Group, Senior Nutritionist, Clare Megeney BSc Rnutr
15. Baxter Storey, Head of Food & Nutrition, Anthony Reilly
16. Jacksons, Head of Innovation & NPD, Nicola Diogenous
17. Bio-tiful Dairy, Head of Product Innovation, Jake Schneider
18. Kepak Group, Head of Innovation, Elaine Bourke
19. allplants, Customer Experience Director, Ferdinand Richmond
20. Biscuit International, Head of R&D France, Audrey Echertier Bonnard

11 – 12 February, 2020 | London

Discount code: FOODBEV2020

With new disruptive players entering the food and beverage market and consumers demanding more digital interactions, brands and retailers need to adapt to remain competitive. Join over 100 Heads of Commerce and Digital at Digital Food and Beverage EU to gain an insight into how Europe’s leading retailers are embracing digital to engage their consumers and increase sales.

Why should you attend?

• Connect with 100+ innovation leaders representing the world’s leading brands and retailers such as Amazon, Carrefour, Uber eats, Danone, Nestle and Iceland.
• The ultimate industry opportunity to network and learn from Heads of Commerce and Digital who have faced your challenges and have implemented innovative strategies to remain competitive.
• Exciting content covering the hottest topics in the industry, with a focus on data analytics, marketplace and D2C strategies implementation and personalized customer experiences creation.

Download our conference agenda to see the full speaker line-up, topics of discussion, wonderful networking sessions, and much more.

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AmericaPack Summit (Feb 21-22, 2020, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas) a strictly closed-door event, is the premium forum bringing senior packaging executives together with top notch industry service providers. This will be marcus evans Summits5^th year running the AmericaPack Summit, which is a spin-off of our very successful EuroPack Summit, one of the longest running marcus evans summits in Europe.

Delegates will include VPs, Heads and Directors of Packaging, Package Design, Packaging Innovation, Packaging Development, Packaging R&D, Procurement/Packaging Procurement, Innovation, Design, Packaging Technology and Packaging Engineering.

The dynamic program explores the latest & greatest packaging trends and delivers critical information to professionals across the packaging value chain & empowers attendees with best practices on a variety of topics including: ‘innovation & design’, ‘reducing packaging costs’ and ‘improving efficiency and exploring sustainable strategies’.

For further details contact Anestis Hadjicostas ([email protected]) or visit our page: https://events.marcusevans-events.com/americapacksummit-2020

Pack Expo East’s 6,000 attendees include teams from major CPGs in 40+ vertical industries. They are managers, engineers, brand managers, package developers, sales and marketing professionals and others looking to keep up with technological change, improve production and enhance their brand. The show, located in Philadelphia, brings together approximately 400 leading suppliers of advanced packaging equipment, automation, robotics and controls, materials, containers, printing and labelling technologies and other supply chain solutions.

Pack Expo East’s 6,000 attendees include teams from major CPGs in 40+ vertical industries. They are managers, engineers, brand managers, package developers, sales and marketing professionals and others looking to keep up with technological change, improve production and enhance their brand. The show, located in Philadelphia, brings together approximately 400 leading suppliers of advanced packaging equipment, automation, robotics and controls, materials, containers, printing and labelling technologies and other supply chain solutions.

Preregistered overseas buyers will enjoy 2-night FREE stay in a 5-star hotel. Rooms are limited. First come, first served!

Review of China VMF 2019

Hosting 365 exhibitors occupying 13,045 sq.m net exhibition area, China VMF 2019 registered 32505 visits in 3 days. Exhibitors were grouped in 3 themed exhibiting areas— Vending Machines & Self-Service, New Retail & Payment Solutions, and Fresh Delivery & Cold Chain Tech Equipment—each featured with key players from its category, such as Fuji Electric, Sanden, Bianchi, Easy Touch, YoPoint, LE Vending, Foxconn, TCN, Holo, Comma, DeepBule, Superlead, CPI, Nayax, Union Pay, laqtia etc

Preview of China VMF 2020

Receiving unanimous praise from worldwide insiders for the past few years, China VMF has become the most popular and largest annual exhibition in the global self-service vending industry. With 86% exhibitors from 2019 looking forward to 2020, it is expected that China VMF 2020 will congregate 700 exhibitors on a show floor of 50,000 sq.m. We have specially set aside a well-located International Pavilion for our overseas exhibitors to achieve better results. 

Based on these upbeat market developments, the 6th Agrofood Nigeria 2020 is to continue its success story.

The event is organized by the German trade show specialists Fairtrade Messe and it is scheduled for the24th to 26th March 2020 at the Landmark Centre in Lagos. The event is held in conjunction with plastprintpack, Nigeria’s 6th international plastics, printing and packaging trade show.

Agrofood Nigeria covers the entire process chain, consisting of the three sub-brands agro AgroTech Nigeria, food + bev tec Nigeria and food ingredients Nigeria.

NEW: food ingredients Nigeria 2020!

With almost 200 million inhabitants, Nigeria has long been the largest food market on the African continent. Expenditure in the F&B sector is growing steadily and F&B production is by far the largest segment of the Nigerian processing industry.

Accordingly, the demand for food and beverage ingredients is rising continuously. So it was only natural that more and more leading international ingredients companies took part in Agrofood Nigeria.

Fairtrade supports SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria

The cooperation between SOS and fairtrade in Africa has been going on for 16 years now. It all started back then in Algeria and Morocco.

On the occasion of Agrofood & plastprintpack 2018 in Lagos, it was extended to Nigeria for the first time, and the cooperation has been continued ever since. SOS got a stand and was included in the entire marketing campaign around the fair. Representatives of SOS were introduced by fairtrade to potential cooperation partners on the part of the exhibitors, for example for internships, apprenticeships, donations… The proceeds of the exhibition was donated to SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria.Plot 2 & 3, Water Corporation Dr, Victoria Island, Annex, Nigeria

FoodEx is the UK event for the food and drink processing, packaging and logistics industries.

The show will shine a light on top trends across the food manufacturing sectors including improving traceability and consumer trust, transforming productivity and highlighting the latest new ingredients and super foods to make an impression on the industry. FoodEx is a one-stop shop for manufacturing professionals across the full industry spectrum.

ANUFOOD China will celebrate its debut at Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center in Shenzhen, China from 15 – 17 April 2020. The exhibition is poised to establish a comprehensive platform covering the food and beverage market in Southern China. Over 700 exhibitors and more than 15,000 visitors are expected within 20,000 square meters for this grand industrial event.

Taking advantage of shared expertise and resources from successful affiliated events – Anuga – the world’s largest food trade fair in Cologne, Germany, ANUFOOD China is about to amaze the food and beverage industry in Southeast Asia.

ANUFOOD China attracts exhibitors specialize in baby food, seafood, dairy, sweets and snacks, meat, fruits and vegetables, drinks, fine food, organic products and food service from around the world gather under one roof. The fair will also cover trend topics such as health and functional foods, private labels, vegetarian products, non-GMO products, ready-to-eat products, superfoods and organic products.

Supporting programmes, with diverse themes such as matchmaking, conferences and seminars and culinary competitions will be comprehensively enlarged and upgraded to generate more business opportunities. Meanwhile, ANUFOOD China offers an ideal platform for trade buyers to enjoy sensory experience on food and catering with strong support from associations and partners.

Hosted buyer programme, will present precise business matching for effective one-on-one exchange empowering retailers, reshaping the industry ecosystem with new retail formats and aiming at facilitating the commercial cooperation is about to start months before the show. Exhibitors are able to meet with distribution channel representatives and get to know e-commerce platform executives along with 200+ high-quality trade buyers, who are mainly importers, e-commerce, and from supermarkets, hotels, neighborhood market stores and catering service.