The Indian food industry is poised for huge growth, increasing its contribution to world food trade every year and offering an immense employment generation opportunity. The food sector is among the few that serves as a vital link and provides synergy between the two pillars of our economy, industry and agriculture.

With this immense business potential being offered by food processing and packaging sectors, Koelnmesse YA Tradefair Pvt Ltd, India’s leading trade fair organisers, will be organising the 13th edition of ANUTEC-International FoodTec India. The event will be held at Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre between September 27 and 29, 2018.

Formerly known as International FoodTec India, the event, which is India’s leading supplier fair for the food and beverage industry, will have four concurrent events, namely PackEx India, the second essay of Food Logistics India, ANUTEC Ingredients India (which will make its debut) and concurrent to the 13th essay of Annapoorna World of Food India.

Witness innovations
India’s biggest and most sought-after trade fair for the food and beverage processing industry will cover a gross area of 40,000sq m this year, providing more synergy to visitors. It will provide them an opportunity to source from and connect with international suppliers and witness innovations in the sector of food, beverage and packaging technology and equipment and supplies in the event.

Sandeep Kumar, project manager, Koelnmesse YA Tradefair Pvt Ltd, explained, “The USP of ANUTEC-International FoodTec India and its concurrent events has always been the perfect mix of buyers from the food and beverage sector thereby creating the best of the platforms to discuss and deliberate the latest technological developments for both these sectors.”

“Keeping to this faith, the show has grown manifold and has now become not only the meeting place for the whole industry to exchange their ideas, but also the stage for the world leaders in the food and beverage processing technology suppliers to use it as a launchpad for the whole industry from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region.”

Highlights
Kumar said, “There will be over 300 live demonstrations of machinery, products and technology launches by the companies and business-to-business (B2B) business matchmaking.”

Co-located events
The event will have co-located events which will cover different segments, including food packaging, food logistics, ingredients, sweets, snacks, dairy, etc. Sweets and Snacks and Dairy are the segments included in ANUTEC-International FoodTec India.

PackEx India
With growing exhibitor and visitor numbers year on year, PackEx India has established itself as the most valuable platform for packaging materials and machinery suppliers and packaging users.

In the current market scenario, wherein New Product Innovations – New Packaging Solutions is the success factor, emphasis on packaging has reached a new level. PackEx India brings together the best in packaging material and machinery, thus making it the most attractive platform for the packaging development professionals and decision makers from across the industry sectors in the Indian sub-continent.

Kumar said, “The Indian packaging industry is the fastest-growing sectors in the country’s economy, with the annual growth rate of 15 per cent per annum, is estimated to achieve an annual turnover of $32 billion by 2025.”

Food Logistics India
The second edition of Food Logistics India, the international exhibition on logistics, warehousing and transportation for the food and beverage industry supported by the ministry of food processing industries (MoFPI) and the Federation of Cold Storage Associations of India (FCAOI).

FCAOI will be organising a technical seminar on cold chain management and a regional meeting of the West Zone members shall be attended by over 300 cold storage owners from across India.

This year, a panel discussion on best utilisation of cold storage facilities will be held. It will focus on innovation in cold chain industry, traditional cold storage versus conventional cold storage and importance of refrigeration and transportation to save food. It will also host awards on Excellence in Cold Chain Awards for the following categories:

•    Emerging Young Leader in Cold Storages
•    Dynamic Leadership in Cold Storages
•    Progressive Cold Storage Facility
•    Progressive Frozen Cold Storage Facility
•    Progressive Multi-commodity Cold Storage Facility
•    Cold Storage Facility in Remote Areas

Business Matchmaking
Business Matchmaking is about bringing the right buyers to the right sellers.

Anutec Ingredients India
Being held for the first time, ANUTEC Ingredients India will open doors to the ingredient and nutraceutical sectors along with the Anutec event. Anutec Ingredients India is supported by the Health Foods and Dietary Supplements Association (HADSA) and the Fragrances and Flavours Association of India (FAFAI). The trade fair brings together food ingredients like food colours, food extracts, flavours, preservatives, enzymes, functional foods, spices and herbs and vitamins.

Kumar mentioned, “The food industry, which is currently valued at $39.71 billion, is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11 per cent to $65.4 billion by end of 2018. India has a substantial food-loving consumer base leading to a significant market size for the food and beverage industry. The Indian food and grocery market is the world’s sixth largest, with retail contributing 70 per cent of the sales.”

He added, “Understanding the need of the hour, and the efforts taken by the Government of India as well as the industry for this sector, we decided to organise a brand new segment concurrent to ANUTEC International FoodTec India – Anutec Ingredients India.”

Annapoorna
The 13th edition of Annapoorna World of Food India will be held concurrent to Anutec- International Foodtec. This trade fair will be jointly organised by Koelnmesse YA Tradefair Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of Koelnmesse GmbH, Germany (which organises Anuga, ISM, etc.) and the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), is a B2B platform for the Indian food and beverage market.

This year, the theme of Annapoorna – World of Food India is Taste the Success and exploring the possibilities of making India a global food trade business hub.

Visitors and exhibitors
This year, over 700 exhibitors from India and abroad will be participating in the event. It will witness the participation of about 32 countries. This exhibition has become the most coveted show for the suppliers of food, drink and packaging industry in the Indian sub-continent addressing the needs of the business owners, product managers, production line and research and development (R&D) personnel and other allied industry sectors.

Kumar said, “Continuing the success trend, this exhibition is receiving an overwhelming participation response from both national and international companies with group participation from China, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey showcasing the technological strength of their respective regions.”

He added, “Many other international food processing and packaging solution providers from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Greece, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Monaco, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Ukraine and the United States are part of this exhibition.”

“With the presence of 48 per cent international exhibitors, the show signifies its importance to the industry and make it the most sought-after trade fair for the food and beverage processing industry in India and neighbouring countries,” Kumar said.

Talking about visitors, Kumar said, “We are expecting over 18,000 visitors.”

The event will once again bring together some leading names to the food and beverage industry, viz ACG Worldwide; Andritz; Azo GmbH; Bosch; Buhler; CKD India; Domino Printech; Festo; Fristam Pumps; GEA; Heat and Control; HRS; Hosokawa Group; Huhtamaki; IFM Electronic; IMA; Intralox; Ishida; Kanchan Metals; KHS, Krueger and Salecker; Maddox Metal Works; Mespack; Multivac; New Era Machines; Omori; Paharpur 3P; Parle Global; Pavan Group; Netzsch; Nichrome; Sanko Machinery; Shanghai Precise; Siemens; Sollich; Sacmi Filling Spa; Sapal SA; Sarp; Sealed Air, Standard Machinery Marketing Corp; Uflex; Veripack, Yamato and many more.

Seminars
September 27, 2018
Anutec Exhibition is actively supported by the Institute of Packaging Machinery Manufacturers of India (IPMMI), an exclusive national body representing the packaging machinery manufacturers in the country.

They cater to the need of the packaging industry, covering package conversion, packaging line operations, packaging systems, online and end-of-line systems, ancillary machinery and equipment besides testing and quality control equipments.

This year, IPMMI will be organising a seminar on Packaging – Value Creation through Innovation on September 27, 2018.

September 28, 2018
The event, which is also supported by The Indian Flexible Packaging and Folding Carton Manufacturers’ Association (IFCA), will help in raising the innovation and creativity capabilities of the industries.

As a national body, the association also addresses the industrial and fiscal issues faced by the industry. IFCA will be hosting a one-day seminar titled Technology for sustainability in Consumer Packaging on September 28, 2018.

The Indian food industry is witnessing significant reforms by the Government of India and several state governments offering 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) under government  approval route for trading, including through e-commerce, in respect of food products manufactured or produced in India; enhanced investment in the food processing sector; proactive steps simplifying ease of doing business, delisting of horticulture crops, exemption and reduction of excise duty for dairy, food processing and packaging machinery, establishment of new cold chain projects, food parks, food testing labs and fiscal relief, insurance schemes to support the vulnerable farmers and farm products, which shall make this sector more competitive, market-oriented and a step closer to achieve nation’s food security. Availability of raw materials, changing lifestyles and relaxation in policies have given a considerable push to the industry’s growth.

In line with these objectives, Anutec has been aptly positioned to kick-start new business opportunities to ensure sustainable growth in the food processing and packaging sector in India.