Meet World Bakers’ team at Anuga FoodTec!

One of the most prestigious trade fairs for food and beverage industry opens its gates on March 24-27, and World Bakers’ team will be attending.

Over 43,000 trade visitors from 130 countries spend four days learning about the latest developments in food processing, food packaging, food safety, food ingredients and services and solution sectors, which are represented by over 1,300 exhibitors at Anuga FoodTec, in Cologne, Germany.

“One for all – all in one” is Anuga FoodTec’s motto of the trade fair, and its main theme this year will be “focus on resource efficiency”.

The registration figures for the coming trade fair can be seen across all sectors of the fair. The list of exhibitors for the 2015 trade fair is posted online and is updated daily.

In addition to the traditional focus on processing and packaging, Anuga FoodTec also offers cross-sector solutions for all processing phases and food industries. Under the heading “Services & Solutions” leading companies from the conveyor technology, inert gases and lubricants sectors, among others, will be appearing at Anuga FoodTec.

Conference programs

Anuga FoodTec 2015 will also be accompanied by conference programs. Among others, the “2nd International Conference + Drying Technologies for Milk and Whey” will take place on March 23 and 24.

The Robotic Pack Line will be demonstrated again. The theme in 2015 is an industry 4.0 line as a live demonstration with a dozen processing and packing stations.
A Veggie Pack, with its various raw food products, will be put together, inspected, packed, labeled and collated into larger packages.

For the second time, several international teams of design students will be working on new products, packaging and displays in the open “Idea workshop”. Under the direction of Prof. Jenz Grosshans from the Cologne International School of Design of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, a new, current theme will be tackled every day, addressed in the course of a workshop during the day and presented in an extremely vivid way by the afternoon.

FoodTec Awards

International FoodTec Awards Once again, DLG e.V. (German Agricultural Society) will be conferring the International FoodTec Award. This year, 18 innovative projects from the international food and food supply industry will be distinguished with the renowned award. AFT QUARTERLY 1/2015 Page 3 of 3 Anuga FoodTec is jointly organised by Koelnmesse GmbH and the German Agricultural Society (DLG).

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