1,600 exhibitors to participate in Drinktec trade fair

The world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry, Drinktec has been scheduled to come up between 11th and 15th September, this year in Munich, Germany.

 The organisers who made this known during a press presentation at the ongoing 3rd International Trade Exhibition Agrofood & Plastprintpack Nigeria 2017 at the Landmark Center Victoria Island Lagos, said the exhibition was meant forbeverage and liquid food producers and other stakeholders in the liquid food industry.

Drinktec trade fair is expected to attract 1,600 exhibitors from 70 countries and more than 70,000 trade visitors from more than 180 countries all over the world.

According to the Head of Market Development VDMA (German Engineering Federation) Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association, Martina Claus“The exhibition will show the entire production process in the beverage and liquid food industry, starting from manufacturing, filling and packaging to marketing, raw materials, beverage ingredients and logistics solutions.”

Other highlights of the exhibition include the Innovation Flow Lounge (IFL) -an exclusive networking and communication platform for decision makers and managers in the fields of marketing, sales as well as product brand and innovation managers.

Also, there will be the  Drinktec Forum where independent experts from research and practical work provide answers and present pioneering ideas to practical solutions.

The event will feature the place2beer which the organisers said would be “a  perfect place for brewers, beer lovers, and all that have something to do with beers.”.

Other speakers at the press presentation were, Executive Director Institute of Packaging Nigeria, Ahmed Omah,  Consul General of Germany, Ingo Herbert, and the  Managing Director KHS Nigeria, Michael Kloss.

The trade fair which comes up every four years began in 1951 as “Deutsche Brauerei Ausstellung”, which was called later Interbrau and then drinktec-interbrau and since 2005, has the name drinktec. It connects manufacturers and suppliers from all over the world, such as market and industry leaders as well as regional and medium-sized companies, with producers and dealers for drinks and liquid food.

For more information on the Drinktec Trade Fair 2017, please visit www.Drinktec.com