PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2019

7 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 11/19 www.petpla.net Good prospects for drink technology India in New Delhi From filling plants, innovative beverage additives, new beer variations and dairy products to new packaging concepts: drink technology India shows all facets of the beverage, dairy and liquid food industry. The trade fair will take place in New Delhi from December 12 to 14. The list of national and international exhibitors is filling up: about 100 exhibitors will present themselves in December. Hence, about two months before the event, more than 90 per cent of the exhibition space at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi has been booked. In addition, the events pacprocess and food pex India will take place in parallel. The co-location of the trade fairs offers exhibitors and visitors a comprehensive all-round view. From beverages, liquid food to food and packaging solutions, the events cover all segments of the industry. Rising demand boosts packaging industry India is one of the most important sales markets in Asia for companies manufacturing machines for the production, processing and packaging of beverages and liquid food products. The forecasts for the coming years are also entirely positive. According to the VDMA Food Processing and Packag- ing Machinery Association, the demand of Indian consumers is rising in all sectors of the bev- erage and liquid food industry. According to the VDMA, the total demand for beverages is expected to grow by about 89 per cent by 2022. Rajesh Nath, Managing Director of VDMA India, also observes significant growth in the packaging sector: “The increasing demand for bev- erages as well as dairy and liquid food products is boosting the packaging industry. Auto- matic mould filling and sealing machines as well as aseptic Tetra Pak packaging machines for sterile filling and packaging of products are just some of the industry’s top topics.” In addition to solutions presented at the trade fair by the exhibitors, a new platform will also provide impetus for the packaging industry. The Packaging Design Innovation & Technology Conference will take place in New Delhi for the first time. Companies from the consumer goods industry will talk about packaging design, sustainability, food safety and smart packaging. Buyer-seller meetings The concept of the buyer-seller meetings, which have been an integral part of drink technology India in Mumbai since 2016, has proven to be successful. Exhibitors meet with potential cus- tomers to establish possible new business partnerships. With about 430 conversations at the last drink technology India 2018 in Mumbai, the concept received an enthusiastic response. www.drinktechnology-india.com/en 1 st Aseptic blower FDA certified in USA ABF 1.2 is the Aseptic Blow-Fill system featuring the very first sterile aseptic blower approved FDA. The GEA ABF 1.2, installed and successfully validated in the USA, obtained the FDA certificate for shelf-stable, low acid beverages produced and distributed in the USA. Thanks to ABF 1.2 each single step of the sterilization process is monitored, whilst the aseptic blower, housed inside a microbiological isolator, avoids any potential risk of recontamination. Another milestone for GEA 10 years after the first FDA certificate received for its PAA based sterilization system.