Fairtrade Agrofood and Plastprintpack Nigeria 2017 fair Holds in Nigeria

Mon, Mar 13, 2017 | By publisher


Agriculture

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THE Agrofood and Plastprintpack Nigeria 2017 organised by the German trade fair specialists, Fairtrade, will hold from March 28 to 30, at the Landmark Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. More than 100 exhibitors from 19 countries will be represented, making it a record participation.

This event is the first ever exhibition filling both halls of the Landmark. For the first time there will be an official German Pavilion featuring 31 German exhibitors. The French Pavilion is already in for the third time and once again presents a French Live Bakery. Also Italy and China for the first time both will have a remarkable presence. VDMA once again holds a food tech symposium. More than 2,000 visitors are expected.

The exhibitors come from Austria, Benin, Brazil, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Taiwan, Togo, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

The event will hold at the Landmark Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

Leonie Ganser, project manager at Fairtrade said, “It is the first ever exhibition filling both halls of the Lagos Landmark Centre.”

For the first time Germany will host an official German Pavilion at the fair featuring 31 German technology leaders presenting their innovations on 510 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, and supported by VDMA-German Engineering Federation. For the third time the French agrofood association, adepta, leads a delegation of French companies. “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 in the sector”, said Aude Roelly, area sales manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, adepta.

VDMA will hold a symposium on food and drink technology under the slogan “German Technology – Tailor made for foodstuff processing and packaging”. “This year again we will present the strengths of German engineering in Lagos”, said 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.”

— Mar 13, 2017 @ 19:15 GMT

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