3rd International Trade Show on Agriculture, Food, Beverage & Packaging Technology and Food, Beverages & Hospitality

Organized by the German trade fair specialists  fairtrade  agrofood Nigeria 2017 will take place from 28 to 30 March 2017 at the Landmark ...

Organized by the German trade fair specialists fairtrade agrofood Nigeria 2017 will take place from 28 to 30 March 2017 at the Landmark Centre in Lagos. Exhibitors from ten countries have already booked, among them many global technology leaders. The exhibitors come from Benin, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

FRENCH PAVILION
by adepta

Official French Pavilion featuring Live Bakery

“For the third year, the French agrofood association adepta leads a delegation of French companies to agrofood Nigeria featuring for instance AIT Ingrédients, IDENA, EUROGERM, JAC, PROLAC and VMI”, so Aude Roelly, Area Sales Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, adepta. “From farm to fork, companies specialized into equipment and know-how for agriculture, livestock, food processing and packaging offer their solutions to the Nigerian food industry. Highlight of the French Pavilion will once again be the live bakery, a great opportunity for Nigerian entrepreneurs to test the equipment and discuss their investment projects with specialists of the sector.”

Official German Pavilion

For the first time Germany will host an official German Pavilion at agrofood Nigeria 2017 featuring more than 20 German technology leaders presenting their innovations on 500 square meters net exhibition space. The German Pavilion is presented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry AUMA.

“Representatives from our VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association and a Delegation of German member companies participated in the first two international agrofood & plastpack Nigeria trade shows” outlines Martina Claus, Head of Market Development Africa – VDMA  Food Processing & Packaging Machinery Association. “In 2017 we will again present the strengths of German engineering in Lagos. For the first time an official German Pavilion will introduce the best know-how, services and latest technology for the production and packaging of food and beverages.”

German exhibitors include among others ADM's Wild, AWILA, BBM, Bosch Packaging, DIOSNA, Döhler, Fritsch, GEA, German Pavilion - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Güntner, Ingredion, Inoex, IPT, Kautex, KHS, Kuhne, Leistritz, Mall + Herlan, Motan-Colortronic, Muehlenchemie, Symrise, VDMA German Engineering Federation, Vibrofloors, Werner & Pfleiderer and Windmöller & Hölscher.

VDMA again holds food tec-symposiumVDMA again holds a Symposium on food and drink technology under the slogan “German Technology – Tailor made for foodstuff processing & packaging”. “This year again we will present the strengths of German engineering in Lagos”, so Martina Claus, Head of Market Development Africa, VDMA. “This event will give an excellent opportunity to meet leading manufacturers of machinery for the production and packaging of food and beverages.”

Institutional support by highest authorities
agrofood Nigeria 2017 is supported by the Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, adepta, Advantage Austria, AHK-Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria, Business France, IOPN-Institute of Packaging Nigeria and the Nigerian-German Business Association.

Strong market facts
Nigeria has imported agricultural machinery and equipment worth 119 million Euro in 2015. Nigeria is also the 2nd largest importer of food processing and packaging technology in Africa making up for 234 million Euro in 2015 (VDMA). Food trade with Nigeria is a 13.4 billion USD business as Nigerian food imports summed-up to 8.5 billion USD in 2014 and food exports for 4.9 billion USD (WTO).

Date: 28 - 30 March 2017
Venue: Landmark Event Center (Plot 2&3 Water Corporation Road Victoria Island Annex Lagos, Nigeria)
Event Website: agrofood-nigeria.com