Food Bev Asia

About four years ago, Alpen Capital forecast the GCC to have 57.6 million consumers by 2019. With water scarce and climate and land attributes adverse to agriculture, the region as we know it has been relying mostly on imported products. In recent years however, local manufacturing has been getting a boost from the availability of technologies, innovative and healthier ingredients as well as more efficient production lines. Such is the thinking behind one of the the region’s major trade shows, Gulfood Manufacturing – and that is to provide local manufacturers with what they need in order to create their own F&B products. This year, the event takes place annually in Dubai, and this year is scheduled on November 6-8. The October issue of Food Manufacturing Journal – Middle East features some of the companies that will be at this event such as Hydrosol, Palsgaard, Epi Ingredients, Ingredion, Ishida, Sidel, Gebo Cermex, Greatview Packaging, and GEA.  Open to new flavou

Ringier Events will be in Manila, Philippines to hold the Plastics Applications for Food and Beverage Industry Summit from 5-6 November 2018 at the AG New World Manila Bay Hotel.  With some of the country's leading names in the fields of food, plastics, and packaging joining the conference as speakers , the Summit is ideal for those seeking solutions and innovations, new technology, processes and automation. It is a venue to discuss how deal with plastic waste, food safety, and other industry issues. At the conference, Undersecretary Dr Rowena Cristina Guevara of the Department of Science and Technology - Packaging Technology Division will present "DOST's Packaging Research Initiatives And Technological Innovations". Mr Joseph Ross S. Jocson ,  President of the Packaging Institute of Philippines shares his insights on "Philippine Packaging Industry Updates and Sustainable Packaging". Founding President of the Philippine Alliance for Recycling and

In case you missed the Asia Food and Beverage Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, we've got the highlights and sidelights. Asia Food and Beverage Summit is organized by Ringier Trade Media with partners the ASEAN Food & Beverage Alliance (AFBA), Food Industry Asia (FIA), the Indonesian Food & Beverage Association (GAPMMI), the Indonesian Packaging Federation (IPF), and the Philippine Association of Food Technologists (PAFT). Asia Food and Beverage Summit updates industry members on the latest in ingredients, processing, and packaging. In 2019, the event will be held in Indonesia and Vietnam.  This year, the conference took place at the JS Luwansa Hotel  from 4-5 September 2018, attracting 216 participants interested in food safety, sustainable packaging, new technologies including blockchain, the latest food ingredients, and more. Read the post-event review:  Ta keaways from the Asia Food and Beverage Summit Watch the video for highlights and participants' feed