Welcome to Gulfood Manufacturing’s first edition!
Gulfood Manufacturing will debut in Dubai, November 9-11, as the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia’s (MEASA) biggest-show, conceived to capitalize on unprecedented market demand for the region’s food and beverage processing industry.
World Bakers will visit Gulfood Manufacturing. For more information you can contact Catalina Mihu, editor for European Baker and Asia Pacific Baker or Svjetlana Krznaric (advertising).
With more than 1,000 international suppliers participating in the specialist B2B platform, the inaugural Gulfood Manufacturing show is expected to gather more than 10,000 regional and global trade visitors, as well another 1,500 delegates. They will share the latest industry insights, market trends and state-of-the-art technology and product innovations in a cache of niche shows, conferences and technical workshops.
The exhibitors will present the latest ingredients, processing machinery, packaging equipment and logistics, warehousing and cold chain solutions to enable faster, cheaper and cost-effective production of safer and more reliable products. There are key enablers in saving costs and increasing revenues in the increasingly competitive global food trade industry.
The complete list of exhibitors can be read here!
“The Middle East is rightly viewed as a key growth territory for the global food processing, packaging and manufacturing sectors,” said Trixie LohMirmand, senior vice-president, Events & Exhibitions Department, DWTC. “Gulfood Manufacturing will give international equipment, logistics and cold chain suppliers a tailored investment platform to gain an operational foothold in one of the world’s fastest growing markets.”
“Internationally, the sector is seeing multi-billion dollar investments and Gulfood Manufacturing will help facilitate and accelerate regional development. The fact the show will be the region’s largest-ever trade show launch speaks volumes about how international suppliers, producers and manufacturers in various segmented industry sectors view the burgeoning regional market.”
Gulfood Manufacturing wants to leverage Dubai’s strategic position as a recognized manufacturing and logistics gateway between East and West and the primary re-export hub to emerging countries and economies across MEASA.
With GCC food imports forecast to reach USD 53.1 billion by 2020 according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Gulfood Manufacturing will reverse the ‘finished foods’ focus of February’s annual Gulfood showcase and, instead, highlight the region’s ripe business potential as a leading international manufacturing and processing hub. MEASA’s largest-ever, industry-specific Hosted Buyer Programme will be a key asset in turning promise into product.
Designed to enable large multinational food producers to explore the potential of an expansion in the region and to respond to increasing customer demand,
the Gulfood Manufacturing Hosted Buyer Programme in partnership with Tetra Pak will ensure companies seeking the manufacturing business improvement tools needed to compete in increasingly competitive global markets make multi-million dollar investment decisions at the event.
With influential buyers from Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Iran, Nigeria and others attending the show, the Hosted Buyer Programme encapsulates the entire Gulfood Manufacturing mandate: to highlight growth avenues, prompt dialogue and increase inward investment.
Bakery Innovations Summit
The Bakery Innovations Summit will guide investors and industrial bakeries through this fast changing market. Organized by market experts and key knowledge partners, Bakery Initiatives, the program will combine workshop and keynote sessions with practical case studies covering Bakery Financials & Strategy, Business Cases, Hardware Innovations & Technology, Trends & Marketing.
The seminars’ program for Day 1, November 9:
- Power Of Wholegrains – Better Bakery Products For Consumer Well Being
- The Volatility Of The World Grain Market And Future Expectations
- How Bakers Can Make Better Business Decisions
- Vacuum Cooling, The Golden Opportunity For Food Safety And Quality Improvement In Baked Goods
- How The Frozen Process is changing the Bakery Market
- Information Technology For Bakeries…And Why Bakers Should Get To Know It
The seminars’ program for Day 2, November 10:
- Clean Label For Bakery Products
- Innovations in bakery equipment, How machinery is cutting process time, Producing better product and greater profit
- Worldwide Trends In The Food Industry
- Success In Frozen Bakery Products
- The Future Of Sourdough
- Industrial Bakers & Artisan Bakers: A Profitable Partnership