PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2015

TRADE SHOW REVIEW 32 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 04/15 www.petpla.net Anuga FoodTec 2015 The driver of innovation for the food and beverage industry 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 develop- ments of the supply industry over a period of four days. This corresponds to a 6% increase. The share of international visi- tors was once again over 50%. 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 instal- lation of their production plants. These included managers e.g. from Coca Cola, Fonterra, ITC, Mafrig, Mondelez, Nestlé, Tyson or the Yili Group. The fact that the trade fair was able to further increase its attendance by 6% 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, exhib- ited on exhibition space covering 121,000m² in 2015. Around 56% of the suppliers came from abroad. Since the requirement for new technologies and intelligent solutions for the processing, production and packaging of food and drinks remains as high as ever, innovations played a cen- tral role at the trade fair. Overall, the willingness to invest is high within the food industry. Numerous companies are planning to expand or upgrade their plants. The target here is not only the automation of the individual components, but also of the entire production line. Predominantly the themes resource efficiency and sustain- ability led to an increased demand for new technologies and applications at Anuga FoodTec. With respect to the challenges of the future, concepts for saving energy, water and raw materi- als were in high demand. The trade fair was able to set impor- tant impulses regarding profitability, sustainability and competi- tiveness. Featuring new cup sterilization applications Claranor featured at Anuga FoodTec new cup steriliza- tion applicationas using pulsed light and highlighting its part- nership with OEMs. The French company celebrates in 2015 its tenth anni- versary. Claranor has sold more than 150 pulsed light units for packaging sterilization worldwide since its creation. It has established its dry and non chemical range of equipment as an efficient and competitive solution for combined cups / lids, caps, and preform necks sterilization. At Anuga Foodtec, Claranor highlighted its cup decon- tamination range of solutions. This range covers markets going from canned food and beverage with no post thermal treatment (powder milk, sensitive beverage...) to refrigerated products (dairy desserts, spreads...):  for linear or rotary fillers on plate conveyors, until 12 rows, running at single or double stroke.  Claranor displayed on its booth a cup sterilization unit which was installed on an Hermann Waldner filling line just after the show.  Bosch Packaging-Ampack also showed a eight rows Claranor unit integrated on a filling line on its booth  for on the fly treatment on pallet conveyors: the applica- tion was demonstrated on Claranor booth with the display of a pulsed light sterilization system for steel can filling line.  Claranor was presented on a common booth with Loehrke GmbH, its exclusive distributor for Germany and Austria. www.claranor.com www.loehrke.com This year, for the first time, P.E. Labellers participated at Anuga FoodTec The food industry is one of the three most important sec- tors for P.E. Labellers, which is provided with small label- lers for the high-quality canning industry as well high-speed labellers for oil and milk multinational companies. Especially with regard to the sector in question, the P.E. Labellers range comprises machines for label applications with guaranteed seal reinforced with hot glue on polished caps for glassware or tamper-evident applications with Maya, the new sleeve applicator. Another section of reference for this sector is dedicated to Adhesleeve products, similar to solutions applied on Friesland-Campina cans or on drinkable Yogurt such as Yoplait. P.E. Labellers completed the technology portfolio with the Bi-Pack applicator, a solution for food products to pro- mote on the market with 2x1 promotional configurations. www.pelabellers.com Anuga FoodTec in figures: 1,501 suppliers from 49 countries, (2012: 1,320), 56% of whom came from abroad, exhibited at Anuga FoodTec 2015 on exhibition space covering 121,000 m². These included 649 exhibitors and 6 additionally represented companies from Germany as well as 835 exhibitors and 11 additionally represented companies from abroad. Over 45,000 trade visitors from 137 countries attended Anuga FoodTec 2015, the share of foreign visitors was over 50 percent. www.anugafoodtec.com