Post Show Report Agroprodmash 2016

Agroprodmash 2016 offered technological solutions for different sectors of the food industry. Nineteen thematic salons showed an upward trend. The industry experts met new participants and learned about new brands and technological solutions. 

Dates: 10-14 October 2016

Venue: Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia

Organized by Expocentre

Supported by the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Russian Federal Fishery Agency

Auspices of the Russian Chamber of Commerce

Exhibition area: over 63,000 sq m

Exhibitors: 732 companies

Russian exhibitors: 395 companies

Total attendance: 22,000 people

Countries: 34 (Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, the UK, Ukraine, and the USA)

International pavilions: Germany, India, China

Types of products on display: equipment, technologies, raw materials and ingredients for the food processing industry

Show Highlights

• Salon of Equipment for Meat Processing is the largest exposition with 154 companies from 20 countries, among them GEA, Marel, Foodmate, Alvik-Tsentr, Hartmann, Meyn Food Processing Technology and others.
• Confectionary and Bakery Salon showed good results this year. New solutions were proposed by Van Meer, Ozstar Makina, Cagri (AlhanRus), Rondo Rus (Switzerland), Anton Ohlert (Germany), etc.
• Salon of Equipment for Processing Fish and Seafood, Fishery, Fishfarming – Rybpromresurs^NEW! featured equipment for fishing, reproduction and processing of aquatic bioresources. 107 companies from Denmark, Lithuania, Russia and Spain, offered new solutions for the fishing industry, among them Оptimar Kapp, Haarslev Industries, Tekhnologicheskoye Oborudovanie (Technological Equipment), X City, and others.
• Salon of Equipment for Fruit and Vegetable Processing and Equipment for Canned Food Production with 95 companies participating from Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, and others. The salon featured equipment made by Rusbana Engineering, KRONEN GmbH Nahrungsmitteltechnik, Boema S.p.A. plus many others.
• Ingredients, Additives and Spices Salon with 80 companies participating from Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, and Tajikistan. The newcomers to the salon were the UK and France. India and China arranged their group stands.
• Packaging Equipment and Materials Salon with over 120 companies participating. Visitors met key manufacturers and dealers from 13 countries.  The participants were Merpasa, Ishida Europe, Camozzi Pnevmatika, Multivac, Freshpack Solutions, Linde Gas, Tavil Inde, Ima Industries, Ilpra spa, Mespack, Ixapack, and other companies.
• Salon of Equipment for Dairy and Cheese Production showed an upward trend. Modern equipment and technology were showcased by 148 companies from Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and others. The newcomers were Fibosa, Nichtome, G.Larssons Mekaniska Verkstad AB, Agrotek, Belpromengineering, Clever Machines, and others.
• Salon of Refrigeration and Climate Control Equipment
• Salon of Food Safety and Quality
• Salon of Equipment for Vegetable Oil and Sauce Production
• Salon of Equipment for Beverage Production
• Salon of Storage Equipment, Logistics and Transport
• Salon of Weighing, Measuring and Laboratory Equipment, etc.

 Key Associated Events

The participants discussed the most relevant issues in the meat industry, innovative solutions for the dairy, bakery and confectionery industries, fruit and vegetable processing and the latest fish processing technologies. The event program featured forums, workshops, congresses, round tables and other evens, among them

• Industry meeting on Machine Building for the Food Processing Industry
• Conference on How to Build a Plant organized by the DairyNews Information Agency.

Show Competition for the Best Meat Boner Award was organized by Gorbatov Russian Meat Research Institute.

The traditional Expocentre for Counterfeit-Free Exhibition Project, aimed to minimize counterfeit products showcased at exhibitions, was continued. 

The next 22^nd edition of Agroprodmash is to run from October 9 through 15, 2017 at Expocentre Fairgrounds.

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