You really need to attend Foodtech Packtech

New Zealand’s largest three-day food manufacturing, packaging and processing technology event is worth putting into your calendar as a ‘must attend’.

• Foodtech Packtech
• 23-25 September 2014
• ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland
• More information - www.foodtechpacktech.co.nz
• Visitor registration - www.foodtechpacktech.co.nz/register

The trade-only event reaches thousands of businesses and workers in the food and packaging technology industries and has a long, proven track record of providing business opportunities. The sector is key to New Zealand’s domestic economy as well as its vital export earnings, and the technologies and developments visitors will experience at Foodtech Packtech will help them find solutions that will keep their business, and New Zealand, internationally recognised as among the best in the world.

Over 200 local and international exhibitors are scheduled to showcase their products and services to thousands of the industry’s most high-profile professionals as well as many others associated with the food and packaging industry. These exhibitors will be demonstrating brand-new technology and have experts available to answer questions and offer insights into global best practice.

Through detailed research, event organiser XPO Exhibitions knows that millions of dollars in business and trade will be achieved at the event. At Foodtech Packtech 2012, almost half the visitors organised a quote or appointment at the show, 56% saw something they were likely to buy and 83% were likely to make contact with an exhibitor after the event. For anyone serious about growing their business and finding the latest opportunities for the sector, this event is certainly one you won’t want to miss.

This year’s Foodtech Packtech will be at least as good as the last. Not only will visitors experience the multitude of displays and technologies that exhibitors have on offer, they can also attend the free development and business seminar series where industry leaders and guest speakers such as Professor Gordon Robertson, author and expert in the food packaging industry, will be present. The Plastics NZ Awards and the Pride in Print Awards will feature and the internationally renowned NZ Food Awards (www.foodawards.co.nz) will run alongside the show on Thursday 25 September, the last of the three days of Foodtech Packtech. The Australian Institute of Packaging will be present running a half-day training course on Labelling & Matching the Label with the Package - tickets are now available for this.

In addition, the New Zealand Food lnnovation Network (NZFIN) will be on hand to showcase its services. Set up as a national network of science and technology resources, NZFIN is resourced to support the growth and development of New Zealand food and beverage businesses of all sizes by providing facilities and the expertise needed to develop new products and processes from idea to commercial success. The network’s leaders and others will speak about those who have been through the program and achieved commercial success. Alongside the NZFIN, the ingredients sector will be featured in a dedicated space.

Put Foodtech Packtech into your diary now