Eu'Vend (official subtitle ''the international trade fair for the vending industry'') is organised every two years by

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(Koelnmesse) at the fairground in

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. The conceptual sponsor of the fair is the German Vending Association (bdv), international partner is the European Vending Association, Brussels. The show is open for trade visitors only. Last Eu'Vend took place from 19.-21. September 2013. The next show will be from 24.-26. September 2015 again. Since 2011 Eu'Vend takes place in conjunction with coffeena (official subtitle "international coffee fair"). In 2013 the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe was the official education partner of coffeena for the first time.

Product segments

The trade fair focuses on * Vending machines (including hot drink vending machines,

Water cooler A water dispenser, known as water cooler (if used for cooling only), is a machine that dispenses and often also cools or heats up water with a refrigeration unit. It is commonly located near the restroom due to closer access to plumbing. A drain ...

, snack vendingmachines,

reverse vending machine A reverse vending machine (RVM) is a machine that allows a person to insert a used or empty glass bottle, plastic bottle, or aluminum can in exchange for a reward. After inserting the recyclable item, it is then compacted, sorted, and analyzed acc ...

s, change machines) * Filling products (

coffee Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world. Seeds of ...

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...

und cold drinks, food, other filling products) * vending machine cups * Payment systems ( cash dispenser,

bill validator A currency detector or currency validator is a device that determines whether notes or coins are genuine or counterfeit. These devices are used in a wide range of automated machines, such as retail kiosks, supermarket self checkout machines, ...

, cashless payment systems). * Machine accessories/Components and spare parts in and for vending machines (for example

water filter A water filter removes impurities by lowering contamination of water using a fine physical barrier, a chemical process, or a biological process. Filters cleanse water to different extents, for purposes such as: providing agricultural irrigation ...

). * Services for Operator (including Money counting and sorting machines). * Kiosk Systems. * Operator.

Visitor target groups

Eu'Vend is addressed to Operators but also to people searching for employee or customer catering. Including * Canteens, caterer * Transport authorities, airlines * Bakeries * Schools, universities * Hospitals, homes * Hotels, youth hostels * Tobacco product wholesale * Casinos, gambling halls * Doctors, tax consultants, lawyers

History

Till 2001 the interested companies exhibited their products at

Anuga Food Fair The Allgemeine Nahrungs- und Genussmittel-Ausstellung (Anuga) (“''General Food and Drink Trade Fair''") is described by promoters as the world’s largest and most important food and beverage fair. “Anuga” takes place every second year in C ...

. Than the vending industry decided to launch an own platform. At the first Eu'Vend in 2003 there exhibited 178 companies from 13 countries. Within these three days there came 3.968 trade visitors from 49 countries to Cologne - Germany. In the following years Eu'Vend has grown further. The participants in Eu'Vend 2013 comprised 217 suppliers from 23 countries. These consisted of 126 exhibitors from Germany and 91 exhibitors (42%) from abroad. With approx. 5.000 visitors from 60 countries (34 percent from abroad) Eu'Vend & coffeena is deemed to be the most international vending and coffee fair.

Innovation Award "Vending Star"

Koelnmesse has been granting the innovation award 'Vending Star' since 2007 in conjunction with the German Vending Association (BDV) at Eu'Vend & coffeena Night. The competition aims to optimize the application possibilities and services in the vending field and thus also acts as the instigator for the branch. The Members of the jury are: Helmut J. Düvel (CA Vending Krugmann GmbH & Co KG), Dr. Aris Kaschefi (BDV), Hans-Jürgen Krone (Lebensmittel Praxis Verlag), Ralf Lang (JAM Verlag), Asim Loncaric (Forum Zeitschriften), Michal Piotrowiak (Mastercup Vending, Polen), Matthias Schlüter (

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 ...

), Eric Schwaab (Vending Report), Wolfgang Schwarzenberger (

Dallmayr Alois Dallmayr, usually abbreviated to ''Dallmayr'', is the largest delicatessen business in Europe and one of the best-known German coffee brands: The company has a history of over 300 years and is still in family ownership today. The corporate ...

Automaten-Service serviPlus), Gerald Steger ( café+co International, Österreich), Gerold Stüwer (Stüwer GmbH) und Jan Marck Vrijlandt ( Selecta Group). .

References

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