< Previous50www.fdiforum.netMULTIMODALImproveload fillShipmore is launching STAKA, which savesmoney by safely stacking pallets insidefreight vehicles to improve load fill on foodshipmentsThe foodindustrytransports manyproducts inbagged form –flour, sugar,spices and foodingredients aretypical examples.Early trials with afood ingredientsmanufacturerhave shown big savings in reduced transport costs and goodsdamage. Pallets of bagged goods create challenges for vehicle load fill.Shipmore’s founder Philippa Bell says, “There’s a natural limiton the numbers of bags on a pallet before the bottom layer splits.Pallets of bagged goods don’t have a flat surface - making itimpossible to stack pallets without risk of goods damage orpotential injury to unloading staff.”STAKA is a modular double-deck solution to suit most freightvehicles. Comprising a lightweight steel frame with a woodendeck, STAKA stands over a pallet of goods enabling a secondpallet to travel above. The extra pallet and the STAKA need to bestrapped down to the vehicle deck but the extra handling is smallcompared to sending a vehicle out twice.Shipmore’s co-founder Richard Malczyk says, “The flexible,reusable nature of our product means you can equip an entirevehicle with STAKAs to create a double-deck, or just one or twopallet spaces – enabling a mix of tall and small pallets to traveltogether.” STAKA saves money by improving space efficiency inexisting vehicles. The product pays for itself in just a few trips andcontinues delivering savings thereafter.Shipmore are launching the STAKA product on Stand 126at Multimodal. Contact them on 01442 872986 orinfo@shipmore.co.uk, or visit www.shipmore.co.uk.Potter Group LogisticsPotter Group Logistics will be exhibiting its expertise in regulated logisticsat Multimodal. Stuart Taylor, Business Development Director, explains,“Multimodal is an excellent venue to showcase our integrated freight, trans-port and logistics services. The exhibition has previously brought in prom-ising new business enquiries and contacts so we have high hopes.”Potter Group Logistics provides specialist storage, handling and distribu-tion solutions focusing on the chemical, paint and coatings, agricultural,pharmaceutical, building material, paper, food and drink and eco industries.The company operates from five distribution centres in strategic locationsacross the UK, Droitwich, Ripon, Ely, Selby and Knowsley providing a fullyintegrated multimodal service. Significant investment and commitment has been made by the company toachieve some of the highest accreditations and regulatory standards in the in-dustry. Achievements across all five centres include top tier COMAH, MHRA,HACCP, TASCC and most recently an SQAS evaluation at Droitwich. Tel: +44 (0)1353 646703 Email: enquiries@pottergroup.co.uk www.pottergroup.co.ukUKWA Pavilion Stand 320Quorate ConsultingQuorate Consulting supplies both Cube Designer (packaging design) andCubeMaster (cargo loading) optimisation software for numerous companiesincluding Ahmad Tea.Ahmad Tea is a UK based tea company that has just commissioned a newstate of the art tea packing factory for its global operations. The new oper-ations created an opportunity to redesign the ship case and palletisation ofits entire range of over two hundred SKUs. Ahmad Tea used Cube Designerto optimise both the dimensions of the outer cases, as well as the best formof palletisation.Dr A Afshar of Ahmad Tea says, “The software was critical in helpingAhmad Tea to analyse key product choices and ultimately decide on the bestdesign of ship cases and method of transportation. We found the softwareto be intelligent, flexible, detailed and fast. We also received great support.”Tel 01730 234512 www.quorateconsulting.co.ukStand 11848-50:Layout 1 2/4/12 09:53 Page 3easyFairs PACKAGINGwww.fdiforum.net51Brand managers, marketers, manufacturers, retailers, engineersand technologists flooded in through the doors over the two daysfor the ultimate packaging solutions.easyFairs Packaging & Print Portfolio at Birmingham’s NEC wasbuzzing from start to finish, thanks to a high number of visitorsand the 350 companies who exhibited with many of themrebooking on-site for the 2013 event, which takes place on 27th –28th February.This was reiterated by exhibitor Peter Lennie, ManagingDirector from Bell Packaging. He says, “This was Bell’s firstexhibition in the UK for several years. We were delighted at thenumber of visitors and the quality of enquiries. Companies who wehave wanted to make contact with were at the show – retailers,brand leaders and FMCG companies were all there.”The show focused on five key areas - PACKAGINGINNOVATIONS, ECOPACK, CONTRACT PACK,PACKTECH and PRINT INNOVATIONS, which made its debut. The show included 46 comprehensive ‘free to attend’ learnShopsseminar programmes providing some of the world’s foremostauthorities to address packaging’s hottest issues and trends.During both days of the show a Dragons’ Den-inspired contest‘Lions’ Lair’ took place, with the Logson Group taking first placeon day one with Bottlesafe, a unique solution to transport winebottles with no breakage. The product took nine months todevelop with USP and passed the test for production by survivingten drops from 80cm - on all faces and edges of the package, withno breakage. Bottlesafe was describe as the packaging that takesthe kicking not the bottles.Day two The Southern Cross Company were crowned the kingsof the jungle with their packaging solution OvenPack. A safe andfunctional hot meal delivery system designed specifically for afantastic cooking and eating experience, whether the meal is servedonto a plate or eaten out of the tray. Matt Benyon, Managing Director of organisers easyFairs UK andIreland, adds, “The NEC is our flagship packaging show and it justkeeps getting better. There was a real buzz around the show, andthe BIG Packaging Debate always causes a stir! We’ve receivedsome incredible feedback from both visitors who found newpackaging solutions, and exhibitors who expect to achievesignificant ROI from the show – which is always great to hear…I’m already looking forward to next year’s show!”easyFairs Packaging & Print Portfolio will also take place inBirmingham’s NEC on 27th and 28th February 2013.PACKAGING INNOVATIONS London 2012 takes place on 4thand 5th October 2012.For further information visit www.easyFairs.com/UK orcontact +44 (0)20 8843 8804.Premier packagingshow is packed outThe easyFairs Packaging and Print portfolio once again brought the packaging industry together and led theway with innovative design and up-to-the-minute packaging technology. 51-53:Layout 1 23/3/12 12:52 Page 1Greiner PackagingAs easyFairs, Greiner Packaging explained to numerous visitors how they can help make their packaging a success-ful product, using its “unique packaging proposition”.UPP products distinguish themselves by their appearance, giving a unique image to each and every brand. GreinerPackaging helps create the uniqueness of every product to ensure it can compete with others internationally. Theytry to ensure their packaging is a high quality marketing tool.Greiner Packaging International strives to make packaging a trademark. Innovative solutions ensure the companyis Europe’s first call for individual solutions. High quality plastic and plastic combinations are the basis for its suc-cess, along with their excellent service. They have production centres and sales offices throughout Europe,meaning customers are always able to reach their staff, in addition to their competence with develop-ment, production and marketing. Creative ideas and solutions, along with design, functionality,materials and technology make Greiner Packaging International the ideal partner.Tel: 028 8772 3131 www.greiner-gpi.comAdvanced DynamicsAdvanced Dynamics, the sole UK distributor ofPack Leader’s range of labelling equipment, has in-stalled an ELF-50 desk top labelling unit at OrchardValley Foods’ production site in Worcestershire.The purchase is already paying off, reporting im-provements in productivity following the installa-tion of the equipment on a line of own brand 165gtubs of Secret Ingredients confections and decora-tions. For manufacturers like Orchard Valley, theversatile ELF-50 is ideal as it can be moved aroundproduction areas and is easily adjustable for a largerange of round bottles. In addition to the ELF-50, the Pack Leader rangeincludes the PRO-625 front and back system whichcan automatically label any shaped bottle, the high-speed PRO-516, ideal for high output and im-proved up-time, while the inline PRO-515 wrap around labelling machine and PL521 horizontal wrap system for medical and cosmetic vial labelling com-plete the line-up.Tel: 01274 731222 www.advanceddynamics.co.uk52www.fdiforum.neteasyFairs PACKAGINGAdpakAdpak Machinery Systems are currently celebrating their25th anniversary, and are recognised as oneof the leaders in packaging technology. AteasyFairs, they were able to explain howthey can apply the latest technology and in-novations to unusual and sometimes diffi-cult packaging problems that arise due to thechanging nature of today’s consumer market. Adpakdeal in both new and second hand machinery, and providefull after sales back up for all systems sold.Adpak Palletising was expanded in 2000 and now market arange of innovative palletisation and pallet stretch wrapping sys-tems, being based in a purpose built facility with six thousand square metres of production, ware-house, demonstration and office space. Today, Adpak Palletising goes from strength to strength,currently supporting over a hundred systems in the UK.Adpak’s pioneering involvement within the packaging industry over the last few years has ledto a long list of satisfied clients, large, medium and small.Tel: 01282 601444 www.adpak.co.ukNational FlexibleAt easyFairs, National Flexible showcased severalof their latest developments including two innovativeversions of easy open/resealable films packs. This cre-ated a massive interest and National Flexible receivedan unprecedented number of enquiries.National Flexible also rolled out its unique valueproposition for users of flexible packaging Zero-Zero-One. This is an added value approach to packaging re-duction whereby National Flexible reduce the amountof packaging films held on site at their customers’ fac-tories to zero through JIT supply as required. NationalFlexible also offer to reduce lead times to zero - evenfor bespoke printed laminates by pipelining base ma-terials for slitting, printing and lamination.Customers can take advantage of a single fixed pricefor their packaging films, eliminating market pricefluctuations and simplifying packaging costs across arange of packing lines.Tel: 01274 685566Email: sales@nationalflexible.netwww.nationalflexible.co.ukUPM ConveyorsUPM Conveyors have developed a new version of their Rotary Table (Lazy Susan) to operateas an integrated part of a product handling system or to act as a standalone unit to act as a bufferwhen required for accumulating and unloading product for £1600.An optional extra is the overhead mounted multi-adjustable product flow orientation guide toensure “first in first out of product” plus UPM guarantee the elimination of any operator trappoints as the underside of the table is enclosed.UPM launched the Lazy Susan at the EasyFairs show which resulted in several orders from con-tract packers for 30 units to improve efficiency and better staff utilization.In feed and out feed belt conveyors can also be supplied from a standard range of plastic link beltswhich include bends, allowing versatility in areas where space is limited.Tel: +44 01753 548801 Email: royf@upm.co.uk www.upmconveyors.co.uk51-53:Layout 1 23/3/12 12:52 Page 2Visit us at:NotboxWant to remove cardboard from your supply chain?Is one of your KPIs to lower your carbon footprint?Need a quirky, re-usable packaging solution for a mar-keting campaign or for the consumer market? To these and many other questions, the answer isNotbox, the cost-effective, environmentally-friendly,multi-use, reusable, recyclable alternative to tradi-tional one-use cardboard boxes. Notboxes can carry your brand, are available in over 20colours, come in a variety of sizes, are available to purchase orlease and can be designed to provide a wide-range of bespokepackaging solutions.For one customer using a million single-trip cardboardboxes a year in a cycle from its distribution centre to retailstore, replacing them with the lease of 125,000 Notboxes will save over £200,000 per year. They’ve calculated that every100 boxes they take out of their supply chain will reduce their annual CO2 emissions by 74kg.Tel: +44 (0)845 689 3700 Email: contact@thenotboxcompany.com www.thenotboxcompany.comPacker ProductsSpeedMan, an innovative new paper void-filling ma-chine, has successfully been launched by leading pack-aging equipment and materials supplier PackerProducts.SpeedMan provides a cost effective and environ-mentally friendly solution to void filling, dispensingSpeedMan paper made from 100% waste paper andcompletely recyclable. Rapid void filling with minimumexertion achieves a maximum fill capacity that is ap-proximately equivalent to seventy times the originalvolume of the paper, cutting down on storage spaceand costs. Launched at the recent easyFairs Packaging Innova-tions show, SpeedMan requires no capital investmentand attracted a lot of attention, with a number of no-obligation trials in place.SpeedMan is made under licence from Easypack.Tel: 01268 885885Email: sales@packer-products.co.ukeasyFairs PACKAGINGwww.fdiforum.net53Gainsborough Engineering CompanyGainsborough Engineering’s range of VerticalForm Fill & Seal machines are based on a modularconcept in which the frame size is determined bythe bag size. The optional components are then se-lected by the user enabling them to achieve maxi-mum flexibility in their choice of machinerequirements to match specific needs. At easyFairs,a GV2K1 Vertical Form Fill & Seal machine wason show.Further flexibility within the range enables theuser to specify the type of drive, pneumatics, plc andelectronics through to the type of feed interface.Changeover times have been dramatically reducedby incorporating easy wash down features, tool freeparts and settings easily accessed via the touchscreen control panel. The screens have self-helpmenus that make life easy for the operator – evenwarning if conflicting data is entered.Fault diagnostics reporting can be carried out viaconnection to a base station and texting an engineer.Tel: 01427 617677 Email: sales@gains-eng.co.uk www.gains-eng.co.ukDenny BrosDenny Bros enjoyed great success at easyFairs Packaging. Not only did they success-fully launch their new product, Bookmaxx PLUS, a credit-card sized sixteen page booklet,but they also had some quality visitors to their stand enquiring about what’s new in theworld of the original multi-page label – Fix-a-Forms.Nicola Salisbury, Marketing Executive for Denny Bros, says, “The show itself contin-ues to get bigger and better and the results for us so far have been very positive. The qual-ity of the visitors to the exhibition this year were exceptional. This is largely credited tothe work put in by the easyFairs team to bring added value to both visitors and exhibitorsand it has greatly contributed to the success of this year’s show and we look forward to see-ing what next year will bring.”www.dennybros.comVisit us at:www.fdiforum.netwww.fdiforum.net51-53:Layout 1 23/3/12 12:52 Page 354www.fdiforum.netSAFETY & HEALTH EXPOSafety & Health Expo is run inpartnership with the British SafetyIndustry Federation, the Royal Societyfor the Prevention of Accidents and theInstitute of Safety & Health. All ofwhich bring to the show a multitude ofexperience and expertise along with theenthusiasm for ongoing professionaldevelopment which is instrumental to theongoing success of the show. Free educational content will provideopportunities to enhance the CPD valueof attending the show. The SHP LegalArena returns with a varied programmeof speakers poised to share theirexperience and knowledge. Legislationand regulation are the main drivers ofhealth and safety practice in the UK, andkeeping abreast of developments in thisarea is a key part of the practitioner’srole. The Legal Arena will give advice onsome of the key legal developments ofthe last year, as well as analysis on someof the biggest cases in health and safety.New to the show this year is TheAcademy sponsored by ARCO, set toinclude sessions from best-selling authorSteve Asbury about ethics and MagnetGroup on their SHP IOSH Awardwinning ‘Serious about Safety’campaign. The Occupational HealthTheatre sponsored by Posturite willfeature sessions from Maria Bourke ofLetsgethealthy.co.uk, Bob Raigon ofSafety Groups UK and Dr Sayeed Khan,Chief Medical Officer at EEF. It willalso feature panel debates with some ofthe leading voices in occupationalhealth.The IOSH stand and mini lecturetheatre will offer a schedule ofinformative presentations. IOSH will alsohost a series of networking groups fortheir construction, food and drink, retailand distribution, sports ground andevents, fire risk management andMidlands branches. All sessions are freeto attend and are seated on a first comefirst served basis.The face-to-face nature of Safety &Health Expo, combined with the fact thatit has become an annual meeting placefor professionals from all over the UKand Europe, makes it a convenient andefficient networking environment whichlends itself to sharing experiences andbest practice perfectly. In the wake of the recentLöfstedt Report, it is morepertinent than ever for safetyprofessionals to remain abreastof what is going on in theindustry. Reacting to this,Safety & Health Expo returns toBirmingham NEC from 15th to17th May for its mostcomprehensive show to date. For further information on Safety & Health Expo and to register for free, visit www.safety-health-expo.co.uk. You can alsonetwork with the Safety & Health Expo community through Twitter (@SHExpo) and LinkedIn (Safety & Health Expo group).For those interested in exhibiting, contact Event Manager David Bishop david.bishop@ubm.com. The premier meeting place forhealth and safetyDeniosDenios is the core name of note – in the field ofUK manufacturing of high quality and reliable prod-ucts for the storage, handling and containment ofhazardous, flammable and dangerous chemicals andsubstances within the food processing industry.As an international specialist manufacturer, thecompany was founded 25 years ago and is thereforethe acknowledged market leader, thanks to theirknowhow and knowledge of requirements and solu-tions. Their complete product range has intrinsiccompatibility with all laws and regulations taken intoconsideration, ensuring total peace of mind.The Denios ethic is to study and understand thepractical needs of the environment, prioritise hy-giene and supply energy saving solutions at all times. The company meets ISO 9001 and 14001.Tel: 01952 811991 Email: sales@denios.co.uk www.denios.co.ukHall 1 Stand A24/A3054-55:Layout 1 23/3/12 12:55 Page 1SAFETY & HEALTH EXPOwww.fdiforum.net55GBS FastWorksGBS FastWorkssoftware enables or-ganisations to exploittheir investment inhealth and safety (in-cluding OSHA), qual-ity, environmental andbusiness risk compli-ance, delivering accel-erated value back intothe business, promot-ing continuous im-provement, reducingcost and the impact of liability and risk.Regardless of the scope of your organisation’s compliance environment,GBS FastWorks is an effective tool for defining and implementing policy,conducting audits and reviews, minimising the risk of product and plantfailures, avoiding compliance fines and penalties, avoiding executive negli-gence cases and cutting overall costs. GBS FastWorks provides a suite of browser-based, integrated applica-tions that support the administrative, management and reporting needs ofthe compliance management processes. Modules can be purchased orrented individually presenting solutions that meet all budgets. A customersays, “GBS FastWorks provides a range of capabilities that have enabled usto increase the efficiency and flexibility of our approach to health andsafety.”Tel: 0161 266 1066 Email: info@uk.gbs.comwww.gbs.com/gb/complianceHall 1 Stand A46Safer LifeWhen safer cutting is the objective, the right selection of blades and safetyknives is essential and there are occasions when hands, eyes, and toe pro-tection can further assist the safer cutting objective. For certain cutting ap-plications there are occasions when one or more of these products arerequired to be worn in conjunction with the use of a safety knife or otherhand cutting tool. Safer Life has sourced and is now supplying a very specific quality rangeof products, including EN344-1 certificated safety overshoes (Wilkuro),EN388 certificated level 5 cut-resistant gloves (Tilsatec), EN166 certificatedsafety eye wear (Pyramex), the GS certificated safety knives (MARTOR)and the very economical enclosed blade knives (Klever Kutter).Safer Life can advise and where appropriate train operatives in safer cut-ting.Tel: 01924 281666 Email: sales@safer-life.co.ukwww.safer-life.co.ukStand J7554-55:Layout 1 23/3/12 12:55 Page 256www.fdiforum.netVITAFOODSVitafoods Europe caters to a rapidlygrowing nutraceuticals industry, which isprojected to be worth $207 billion by2016. With the market booming, bothevents are set to welcome hundreds ofingredient suppliers, dietary supplementmanufacturers and equipment and serviceproviders over the three-day show, alongwith thousands of industry expertsdiscussing the key developments shapingthe market.Visitors to both shows will also have theopportunity to do business with anddiscover new ingredients fromnutraceutical companies around the world,with exhibitors from China, Israel, Croatia,Poland, Slovenia, South Africa and NewZealand all present across the two shows. The New Products Zone, located at theshow entrance, will act as a guide mapfor visitors, with over 150 new productsexpected this year. New for 2012, theThe most powerfulnutraceuticals platformVitafoods Europe, and the co-located Finished Products Expo, take placefrom 22nd to 24th May at Palexpo, Geneva. They are on course to exceedlast year’s record-breaking events, when more than ten thousand visitorsbenefited from cutting-edge insights from leading industry experts. Poster Sessions on the exhibition floorwill give researchers an opportunity toshare their innovative projects with otherpotential collaborators, researchers andcommercial partners or investors.Alongside Vitafoods Europe, the co-located Finished Products Expo will hostits own dedicated features, including theNew Products Zone, which offers visitorsa guide to where the latest innovationsare being showcased. Also expected to bepopular is the Tasting Bar @ FPE, whichprovides the opportunity to sample thelatest innovations in the functional foodand drinks market and vote on the bestproduct in each category.Away from the show floor, VitafoodsEurope will also host its annual scientificand commercial conference with anagenda that has been shaped and peerreviewed by its new Executive AdvisoryBoard, which consists of renownedscientists and commercial experts. More than forty presentations willdiscuss consumer trends, the globalperformance of functional food and drink,health claims, clinical trials and humantesting, brain and mind health andregulation. Delegates will be able to learnabout essential nutrients and cognitivefunction, generating food structures to aidconsumer weight management and howto better measure food quality. Visitors, exhibitors, delegates andspeakers will also be able to attend theVitafoods Europe Discussion Forum,chaired by Guy Valkenborg from EASand featuring a panel of leading expertsin the fields of marketing, regulation,ingredients and finished products. The2012 discussion will focus on “The futureof innovation in Europe: the key areas ofopportunity and concern in the next fiveyears”. The Discussion Forum regularlyattracts over 300 participants.Vitafoods Europe and Finished Products Expotake place at Palexpo in Geneva on 22nd to24th May. For more information, or to registerto attend, visit www.vitafoods.eu.com orwww.finishedproductsexpo.com.56-57:Layout 1 23/3/12 11:10 Page 1Cambridge CommoditiesCambridge Commodities have recently undergone expansion and moved into a cus-tom-built 36,000 sq ft business premises. They specialise in the import/export, distri-bution and manufacture of nutritional ingredients, as well as creating customblends.Cambridge Commodities have established themselves as the unassumingsuccess story behind the leading market brands. The company has recentlyenjoyed their best ever start to a year, and look forward to even more suc-cess, with plans for further expansion into the export market in Europe. The company mission is to enable customers to create the very best prod-ucts through their commitment to market knowledge, technical expertise,innovation and the highest quality ingredients. The vast array of ingredientsavailable offer high botanical actives, enhance functional performance, anddeliver a wide range of health benefits in a variety of consumer products inthe health, nutrition, food and drink, cosmetics and sports industries.www.c-c-l.comStand 1242VITAFOODSwww.fdiforum.net57DuPont Nutritional PortfolioWith the acquisition of Danisco, DuPont has become theworld’s premier speciality food ingredients and food safety busi-ness, creating unprecedented opportunities for manufacturers offoods, beverages and dietary supplements, especially in the well-established area of nutrition and health.To the customer, this means a more extensive product portfo-lio backed by greater resources and a stronger science focus thanever before.Focusing on the wants and needs of consumers, the companywill continue to use several condition-specific platforms as thebasis for its nutrition and health portfolio in key areas such ascardiovascular health, digestive health, immune health, bonehealth, weight management and sports performance.Visitors to the stand will be able to talk with experts abouthealth-promoting ingredients from the DuPont Danisco range,including HOWARU premium probiotics and PinVita phytos-terols, among others.www.danisco.com Stand 1226Gelita Collagen ProteinsAt Vitafoods, Gelita will be exhibiting theirCollagen Proteins – advanced solutions forbeauty, health and capsule shelf life.VERISOL influences the skin’s collagenmetabolism directly from the inside. In thisway it increases the skin elasticity and reduceswrinkles. Meanwhile, FORTIGEL is scientif-ically proven to stimulate measurable regen-eration of joint cartilage by stimulating thecartilage cells to increase the production ofboth collagen and proteoglycans – the twomajor components of cartilage.PEPTIPLUS provides nutrients requiredfor many processes that take place in musclesand cells. It replaces the energy used up intraining while it is easily absorbed by the bodyso that its energy becomes readily available.GELITA RXL Gelatine provides capsuleswith a longer shelf life and increased stabilityby reducing the cross-linking of gelatine cap-sules.On 23rd May at Vitafoods, Gelita will behosting a seminar on GELITA RXL – optimised gelatine for reduced cross-linking andprolonged shelf life for capsules.www.gelita.com/Vitafoods Stand 1248MantroseMantrose, usually known for its confectionery coatings and glazes, has launched anew product, Reducit. This is a food acid that can be used as a food additive under itsE-number 514ii. Acids have always been used in the production and preservation offood and drink, for colour and stability of wine, and for preserving the colour and fresh-ness of cut fruit, vegetables and salads. A multifunctional product, Reducit was first used to maintain the freshness and thecrispiness of chips and crisps. Since then it has been used for taste and flavour developmentin beverages and for masking the bitter taste of intense sweeteners like Stevia. It can also beused for stabilising natural colours and flavours. As colours and flavours play a vital role in the production of food, drink and nutraceuticals,Reducit could be a new formulation aid. Mantrose continues to search for new ingredients for thefood and drink industry. www.mantrose.comStand SP0956-57:Layout 1 23/3/12 11:10 Page 2Features• ENVIRONMENTAL SPOTLIGHT • FLOW MEASUREMENT & CONTROL • CONVEYING • MEAT POULTRY & SEAFOODS • ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (BREWING & DISTILLING) Regulars• COMMERCIAL PROPERTY • IMPORT & EXPORT • INSTRUMENTATION SHOWCASE • MEET THE EXPERT Previews• LONDON INTERNATIONAL WINE FAIR • THAIFEX • SUSTAINABILITY LIVE • easyFairsIRELANDNext month inINTERNATIONALFood&DrinkFood&Drinkwww.fdiforum.netMay 2012 - Deadline 11th April 2012 Subscribe today and receive3 issues for FREETELEPHONE+44 (0) 1472 310305FOR FURTHER DETAILSFrom only £31.50 youreceive 12 issues ofFood and DrinkInternational, theequivalent of 3 free issues,delivered direct to yourdesk.£31.50 UK£42.30 Europe£68.58 ROWPHOTO: GREENE KING58:Layout 1 23/3/12 11:11 Page 1of production.Expected to draw more than 23,000 trade visi-tors, it promises to be the largest event since itsinception in 2004. Demand for space within areassuch as Halal food, seafood, hospitality and cater-ing services have increased by around 10% yearon year.For more information, visit www.worldfoodasia.com.5th-7th JuneCHOCOVISIONMorosani Schweizerhof Hotel, DavosLeading multinational manufacturer BarryCallebaut has organised a neutral platform forinformed debate on the future of the chocolateindustry, and invited major stakeholders fromthe cocoa, chocolate and retail sectors. Thetheme of this first event is “Balance theChallenge. From cocoa to chocolate - strategy,sustainability and success”.Numerous speeches and panel discussions withexperts and professionals from all stakeholdergroups will focus on strategy, sustainability andsuccess. Visitors will have the opportunity tonetwork with senior business leaders in the cocoa,chocolate and retail industries.For more information, visit www.chocovision.ch.7th-8th JuneSustainable Foods SummitMovenpick Hotel, AmsterdamThe Sustainable Foods Summit focuses on theleading issues the food industry faces concerningsustainability and eco-labels. For the fourth con-secutive year, the European edition will take placein Amsterdam.Central themes of this sixth show are sustain-able commodities and food authentication. Withgrowing incidents of food fraud, the summit dis-cusses emerging technologies and modern toolsto authenticate sustainable foods. Methods of de-commoditising ingredients by sustainable develop-ment will also be explored. Other topics coversupply chain efficiency, novel distribution models,mobile technology, social impacts and marketingbest-practices.For more information, visit www.sustainable-foodssummit.com17th MayEAS Strategic WorkshopSingaporeInternational food policy experts EAS host aworkshop giving functional food companies aclear picture of the laws and practices in keyAsian markets and the European Union. Titled“Practical implications of Claims Regulations inAsia & Europe: the key steps to successfulmarket access for functional foods and healthsupplements”, the event will see EAS expertsexplaining the global picture for health claims,detailing the opportunities and restrictionswithin the Association of South East AsianNations and clarifying the rules for health claimsin non-ASEAN markets in Asia.For more information, visit www.eas.asia/Event/4622nd-24th MayVitafoods Europe and FinishedProducts ExpoPalexpo, GenevaWith the market booming, both VitafoodsEurope and Finished Products Expo are set towelcome hundreds of ingredient suppliers, dietarysupplement manufacturers and equipment andservice providers during the show, along withthousands of industry experts discussing the keydevelopments shaping the market.Visitors to both shows will also have theopportunity to do business with and discover newingredients from nutraceutical companies aroundthe world, with exhibitors from China, Israel,Croatia, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa and NewZealand all present across the two shows. For more information, visit www.vitafoods.eu.com.23rd-27th MayTHAIFEX – World of Food AsiaIMPACT Exhibition Centre, BangkokThis event is the leading trade platform forthe growing food and drink industry in SouthEast Asia. The show is a one-stop shop, andfrom processing technology and ingredients tothe end products, the trade fair covers all areas15th-18th MayHispackGran Via Venue, BarcelonaHispack features PoS products, design solutions,new materials, machinery for the manufacture ofpackaging, bottling, labelling and intermediateprocesses, and a whole range of packaging for theindustrial and consumer sectors. The eventpromises an international impact and more than45,000 visitors. More than half of visitors come from the packing and packaging sector and the foodindustry.Machinery and accessories for packaging, bottling and labelling and packaging materials attract themost interest, and the show is visited by numerous professionals from all over Spain and across Europe.For more information, visit www.hispack.com.1st-3rd MayMultimodal 2012NEC, BirminghamMultimodal 2012 is the only gathering for allsectors of the UK and Irish logistics industry andits customers. The event, now in its fifthconsecutive year at the NEC, promises thestrongest showing from exhibitors yet, and willhost a wide spectrum of companies, includingthird party logistics providers, ports, deep-sea andshort-sea shipping lines, freight forwarders,international hauliers, rail service providers,terminal operators and equipment and technologysuppliers. A host of leading companies haveconfirmed their presence this year, including ABP,DB Schenker, Pall-Ex and many more.For more information, visit www.multimodal.org.uk.15th-17th MayHostex Cape 2012International Convention Centre, Cape TownAfrica’s leading International Hospitality andCatering Exhibition returns to the Western Cape.Hostex is the longest-running exhibition of itskind in Africa, and is uniquely endorsed by theSouth African Chefs Association, attracting oversix thousand visitors in three days. An integralpart of the local food services and hospitalitysector, and returning to the Cape for the ninthtime, the show promises familiar and newattractions including the SA Chefs Village, theHostex Wine Circle, the SA BaristaChampionships and the Global Pizza Challenge.For more information, visit hostexcape.co.za.15th-17th MaySafety & Health ExpoNEC, BirminghamSafety & Health Expo is Europe’s definitiveannual event that brings together the safety andhealth industry. It is the only show with supportfrom IOSH, RoSPA and BSIF. The show featuresthe industry’s leading manufacturers, distributorsand suppliers showcasing their latest innovations.Visitors will also benefit from over a hundredhours of educational content and demonstrationsat the event, providing valuable knowledge andbest practice.The show welcomes a variety of seniorprofessionals looking to source new suppliers,network with colleagues and hear leadingindustry speakers.For more information, visit www.safety-health-expo.co.uk.Food & DrinkEventswww.fdiforum.net5959:Layout 1 23/3/12 11:13 Page 1Next >