drink technology India strengthens its position

High demand | 9925 visitors, 201 exhibitors and a total floorspace of 11 400 square meters – these are the figures achieved by drink technology India (dti) organized by Messe München.

The trade fair took place from 12-14 December 2019 in New Delhi and was co-located with pacprocess and food pex India, hosted by Messe Düsseldorf. The trade fair is now well established in the Indian Capital. The supporting program was expanded and addressed all segments and topics of the beverage, dairy and liquid food industry in conferences and seminars.

Bhupinder Singh of Messe München India, comments: “The 30 percent increase in exhibition floorspace is proof that companies are responding to the continued high demand in India for machinery for producing, processing and packaging beverages, dairy and liquid food products.”

Richard Clemens of VDMA’s Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association also confirms the importance of the event: “Demand amongst Indian consumers is growing across all segments of the beverage and liquid food industry and is expected to have risen by around 89 percent by 2022 according to market researchers. Indian suppliers are therefore importing systems and machinery in order to be able to meet this demand.”

At the fair international exhibitors accounted for 12 %, with China being the most represented country, followed by other international exhibitors from Germany, Italy, Spain and Turkey.

The Packaging Design Innovation & Technology Conference was held for the first time at the trade fair. Companies operating in the consumer goods industry presented interesting solutions and thought-provoking impulses relating to packaging design, sustainability, food safety and smart packaging. The supporting program also included the Indian Dairy Association’s Conference, which showcased packaging solutions for the dairy industry. The place2beer and the Buyer Seller Meetings, which were with more than 400 business talks extremely popular again, are now firm fixtures of dti. As the fair alternates every year between Mumbai and New Delhi, the next edition will take place in Mumbai from December 9 to 11, 2020.