Anuga FoodTec (official subtitle: "International Supplier Fair for the Food and Beverage Industry") is a

trade fair A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and ...

for the food and beverage industry. It covers aspects of food production including process

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, filling and packaging technology, packaging materials, ingredients and food safety, and

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. It is structured into eight product segments: food processing,

food packaging Food packaging is a packaging system specifically designed for food and represents one of the most important aspects among the processes involved in the food industry, as it provides protection from chemical, biological and physical alteratio ...

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and analytics, digitalisation, automation, intralogistics, environment and energy, science and pioneering. The fair takes place every three years in

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. The event is organised by

Koelnmesse Koelnmesse GmbH (''Cologne Trade Fair'') is an international trade fair and exhibition center located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With around 80 trade fairs and over 2,000 conferences annually, Koelnmesse is one of the country's ...

, and is sponsored by the Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft e.V. (

German Agricultural Society The German Agricultural Society (''Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft''), commonly known as DLG, is an international non-profit organisation for agricultural industry in Germany. DLG was founded in 1885 by Max Eyth, has over 23,000 members as of ...

History

Originating from the former Anuga-Technica and DLG-FoodTec, Anuga FoodTec has been providing an overview of food production technologies since 1996. Since 2011, Koelnmesse has maintained a strategic partnership for Anuga FoodTec with the "Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute" (PMMI), USA (the organiser of Pack Expo and Expo Pack). In April 2016, Koelnmesse entered into a cooperation with Fiere di Parma to jointly organise the Cibus Tec food technology in

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in the future. In 2012, it had 42,986 visitors (from 126 countries) and 1,289 exhibitors (from 41 countries), and was conducted on a gross area of 127,000 m². In 2012, exhibitors increased by over 10% and visitors increased over 27%. In 2015, it had 1,479 exhibitors (from 49 countries) - an increase of 15 percent, a gross area of 129,700 m² and 45,604 visitors (from 139 countries) - an increase of 6 percent. Over 54 per cent of visitors came from abroad. In 2018, 1,657 exhibitors and over 50,000 visitors (from 152 countries) came to the fair. In 2021, the trade show had to be postponed to April 2022 due to the

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. At the unscheduled special edition in 2022, the physical trade show will be complemented by the digital extension Anuga FoodTec@home. The 2022 Anuga FoodTec is planned to take place from April 26 to 29, 2022.

Services

The Anuga FoodTec provides an overview of the technologies of the manufacturing and packaging process in the production of food and drink. It is arranged in separate segments like: * Process technology * Filling and packaging technology * Automation, software and control equipment * Laboratory technology, analytics, biotechnology and quality equipment * Operation materials and environmental technology * Refrigeration and air-conditioning technology * Conveying, transport and storage facilities, logistics and intralogistics * Ingredients and auxiliary materials * Components, assemblies, surface technology and accessories * Service firms, organisations and publishers * Packaging materials, packaging and packaging aids

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