Press Release

No. 3 / ads / September 2016,

ProFood Tech 2017: premiere in the USA addresses needs of the industry

 Exhibitor Council places top themes of the ProFood Tech industry on the agenda , Illinois, USA  High quality individual exhibitors and country 04.04.–06.04.2017 pavilions have applied www.profoodtech.com  Great exhibitor interest in the new trade fair format for the NAFTA market Your contact: Imke Arends Around 280 exhibitors from 13 countries have to date confirmed their Tel. participation in ProFood Tech, the new supplier trade fair for the food and +49 221 821-2219 beverage processing industry in North America. They will present new Fax technologies and solutions for the processing and production of food and +49 221 821-3544 beverages to a trade public from the USA, Canada, and Mexico from 4 to 6 April E-mail 2017 in Chicago. The trade fair is organized by Koelnmesse, PMMI, and IDFA. It [email protected] offers a central platform by the industry for the industry and, thanks to an Exhibitor Council, ensures maximum relevance for the industry. High quality Koelnmesse GmbH exhibitors like Gea, Polypack, Serac, Tetra Pak, Trepko, and Veolia Water Messeplatz 1 Solutions have applied to participate in the trade fair. Denmark and Turkey will 50679 Köln P.O. Box 21 07 60 be represented with national pavilions. Group stands from , France, , 50532 Köln and other countries are in planning. The new trade fair format enjoys a lot of support in the NAFTA market. Charlie Harlfinger, CEO of Harpak-ULMA Tel. +49 221 821-0 summarizes: “There has been a crying need for a truly broad ranging Food Fax +49 221 821-2574 [email protected] Processing Show for many years now and I am confident the three organizers of www.koelnmesse.de ProFood Tech will turn this into a Show the Industry sorely needs”. Executive Board: The ProFood Tech concept of offering a central technology platform for the food and Gerald Böse beverage industry in the NAFTA region, and the stable growth of the world's largest (President and Chief Executive Officer) food market, the US, is convincing many national and international companies to Katharina C. Hamma participate in the trade fair, according to the organizers Koelnmesse, PMMI, and Herbert Marner IDFA. The opportunities in the US market are especially good for manufacturers from the European region: EU exports of process technology for the food industry in the Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board: USA increased in value between 2011 and 2015 by nearly 45 percent. European Mayor of the City of Cologne companies use ProFood Tech to present new products: “The ProFood Tech in Chicago Henriette Reker is for us the ideal platform to introduce our solution for germ reduction of food with harmless, natural infrared light to the US market”, says Jan-Udo Kreyenborg, Headquarters and place of Managing Partner, KREYENBORG Plant Technology GmbH & Co. KG. jurisdiction: Cologne District Court Cologne, HRB 952 ProFood Tech is precisely tailored to the needs of the NAFTA market. A high quality Exhibitor Council, represented by big market figures like Azo, Chr. Hansen, Delkor

Systems, Deville Technologies, Ecolab, Harpak-ULMA Packaging, Krones, Polypack, Page Serac, and Tetra Pak is involved in the conceptualization of the trade fair. In order 2/3 to create a central platform for the optimal networking of the technology providers with the industry, PMMI, as an association for packaging and processing technologies, is initiating extensive visitor measures. Accordingly, the decision makers of the top food producers of North America are expected.

ProFood Tech is organized jointly by the internationally active trade fair organizer Koelnmesse, the association for packaging and processing technology PMMI, and the dairy industry association IDFA (International Dairy Foods Association). In relation to the number of exhibitors as a whole, the organizers expect around 25 percent participation by international companies.

Your contact:

Imke Arends Communications Manager

Koelnmesse GmbH Messeplatz 1 50679 Köln Germany Tel. +49 221 821-2219 Fax +49 221 821-3544 e-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.koelnmesse.de

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About PMMI PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, represents the voice of more than 700 North American manufacturers of equipment, components and materials for processing and packaging. We work to advance a variety of industries by connecting consumer goods companies with manufacturing solutions through the world class PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows, leading trade media and a wide range of resources to empower our members. The PACK EXPO trade shows unite the world of processing and packaging to advance the industries they serve: PACK EXPO International, PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Pharma EXPO, PACK EXPO East, EXPO PACK México, EXPO PACK Guadalajara and ProFood Tech, launching in April 2017.

About IDFA Page The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is the strongest US association of 3/3 the dairy processing industry and its suppliers. The member companies generate annual revenues of around 125 billion US dollars and represent around 85 percent of all dairy products manufactured in the USA. In the context of ProFood Tech, the IDFA organizes the participation of the dairy processing industry and has the primary responsibility for the development of an extensive conference program.

Koelnmesse - Global Competence in Food: Koelnmesse is the leading trade fair organizer in the food industry and related sectors. Trade fairs such as the Anuga, the ISM and Anuga Food Tec are established world leaders. Koelnmesse not only organizes food trade fairs in Cologne, Germany, but also in further growth markets around the globe, in , in China, Colombia, in , in , in , in Turkey, in the United States and in the United Arab Emirates. These global activities enable us to offer our customers a network of events, which in turn grant access to different markets and thus create a basis for sustainable and stable international business. http://www.global-competence.net/food/

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