EVENT PREVIEW PETplanet Insider Vol. 26 No. 06/25 www.petpla.net 44 Global innovation hub for the beverage and liquid food industry drinktec 2025 by Miriam Trotter From September 15 to 19, 2025, Munich will once again become the epicentre of the global beverage and liquid food industry. As the world’s leading trade fair for this sector, drinktec brings together cutting-edge technologies, international market players, and expertise across the entire value chain – from raw materials and processing technology to filling, packaging and logistics. More than 1,000 exhibitors from over 50 countries are expected to take part. Around two-thirds of all participants – on both exhibitor and visitor side – will travel from outside Germany, highlighting drinktec’s international scope as a platform for innovation and exchange. Focus topics: Circularity, Data2Value and Health drinktec 2025 places a strong focus on three major themes shaping the industry’s future: Circularity & Resource Management, Data2Value, and Lifestyle & Health. These do not just represent technological priorities, they reflect broader societal and regulatory dynamics. Circularity & Resource Management will address water reuse, energy recovery and the valorisation of production residues. Packaging solutions will also be in focus, especially in response to the EU’s proposed Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation”(PPWR). Data2Value explores the use of digital tools, artificial intelligence and machine learning, from flavour prediction and predictive maintenance to AIsupported cleaning processes. Lifestyle & Health reflects the growing demand for functional drinks that promote wellbeing, such as those enriched with vitamins, plant-based proteins, probiotics or dietary fibres. The trend towards personalisation and sustainable nutrition is clearly on the rise. Dr Roman Werner, Managing Director TUM Venture Lab Food/Agro/Biotech; Rolf Keller, Managing Director at Yontex; Markus Kosak, Executive Director of the drinktec Cluster; and Richard Clemens, Managing Director of the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association, at the drinktec press conference on June 3, 2025
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