Anuga FoodTec sees growth in visitors

The trade fair for the food and drinks manufacturing industry attracted more than 50,000 people, 63% of whom came from other countries.

They were there to see the latest innovations in five areas of the exhibition: food packaging, safety & analytics, food processing, food ingredients and services & solutions.

Resource efficiency​

The key topic of resource efficiency saw a range of innovations showcased, from Lotus effect packing that reduces the loss of foodstuffs to initiatives to reduce water or energy use in production.

Dr Reinhard Grandke, managing director of the DLG (German Agricultural Society) and chairman of the Advisory Board of Anuga FoodTec, which organised the event, said: “The extensive specialised programme on the highly relevant key theme, resource efficiency, offered the international audience numerous opportunities to systematically learn more about the optimisation of production processes – always with the aim of consuming less energy and water and reducing food waste.​

“In Cologne, the latest scientific findings about food technology were once again linked up with the requirements of business practice in an exemplary way.”​

Abroad​

Katharina C. Hamma, chief operating officer of Koelnmesse GmbH, the event organiser, said: “This year’s increased number of visitors was above all attributable to the rise in the number of trade visitors from abroad. We were particularly able to register significant growth from China, Italy, Korea, Poland, Russia and South America.”​

There were 1,657 suppliers from 48 countries at the event (2015: 1,479), including 655 exhibitors from Germany and 1,002 exhibitors from abroad. Visitors were from 152 countries and the share of foreign visitors was over 63%.

The next Anuga FoodTec will take place from 23 to 26 March 2021 in Cologne.