Anuga FoodTec continues on its course for success

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Anuga FoodTec, the international supplier fair for the food and beverage industry, continues on its course for success. 'The trade fair set a new record both in terms of the number of exhibitors and visitors," stated Katharina C. Hamma, Chief Operating Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH. Over 45,000 experts from the food and beverage industry gathered information on the innovations and further developments of the supply industry over a period of four days. This corresponds to a six percent increase. The share of international visitors was once again over 50 %. "The cross-process, raw material-independent concept is highly welcomed by both the exhibitors and the visitors. As such Anuga FoodTec has been able to grow successfully over the years and continually further develop in terms of quality," said Hamma. Top managers and production managers of all important food companies attended Anuga FoodTec in order to talk to the exhibitors about the optimisation, expansion and new installation of their production plants. These included managers from Coca Cola, Fonterra, ITC, Mafrig, Mondelez, Nestle, Tyson or the Yili Croup, to mention just a few. "Once again numerous innovations and all relevant aspects of the production of food and drinks were presented in Cologne," commented Dr. Reinhard Grandke, Managing Director of the DLG (German Agricultural Society) and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Anuga FoodTec, on the excellent standing of the leading trade fair. "In conjunction with a tailor-made specialised programme, the visitors were able to get a comprehensive picture of current industry themes and ground-breaking developments in the global food industry." Anuga FoodTec is organised jointly by Koelnmesse and the DLC. The fact that the trade fair was able to further increase its attendance by six percent compared to the remarkable result of 2012 was consistent with the positive prevailing mood that was perceivable from the moment Anuga FoodTec kicked off. Over 1,500 exhibitors, which corresponds to a 14 % increase, exhibited on exhibition space covering 121,000 m~2 in 2015. Around 56 % of the suppliers came from abroad.