Food Magazine April 2018 | Page 66

SIAL 2018 is Asia ’ s largest food innovation exhibition of the year , and is the fourth biggest food and beverage show globally , so this is a really major event on the calendar . This year will be the event ’ s fifth and organisers are looking to build on the incredible success last year , which saw numbers swell to over 100,000 . More than 3,000 exhibitors are expected this year with innovation expected to come from a range of spaces including retail , catering , hotel and restaurant services , food services , the import / export trade and manufacturing . www . sialchina . com

Over 170,000 attendees are expected at ACHEMA , a world-renowned forum for chemical engineering , process engineering and biotechnology held every three years . There will be more than 4,000 from over 50 different countries presenting new products , processes and services ranging from laboratory equipment , pumps and analytical devices to packaging machinery , boilers and stirrers through to safety technology , materials and software , essentially covering the multiplicity of needs in the chemical , pharmaceutical and food production industries . One of the things which makes ACHEMA unique is the accompanying congress across the event , featuring 800 scientific lectures and numerous guest and partner events , complementing the wide range of themes covered . www . achema . de

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