This document announces several upcoming trade conferences and exhibitions in India and Spain focused on the food and beverage industry. It provides details on PackEx India in September 2012, which will be colocated with other Indian food industry events. It also provides details on the Alimentaria 2012 trade show in Barcelona, Spain from March 26-29, 2012, which brings together over 4,000 companies from the global food and drink industry across multiple sub-sectors. Contact information is provided for both events.

1. TRADE FAIRS & CONFERENCES
in collaboration with the All India Food name for the packaging exhibition: Alimentaria and Deputy Managing
Processors Association. “PackEx India” being organized concurrent Director of Alimentaria Exhibitions.
For more details contact: to International FoodTec India, Dairy Francisco Carrio, Managing Director of
Universe India and Sweet & SnackTec Alimentaria Exhibitions and Reed
Print-Packaging.com Pvt. Ltd. India, which will be held during September Exhibitions Iberia Horacio Gonzalez-
F 101, Tower No.7, First Floor, 11 – 13, 2012 at the Bombay Exhibition Aleman, Secretary General, FIAB (Spanish
International Infotech Park, Centre in, Mumbai. acronym for the Spanish Food and Drink
Vashi Railway Station, For more details contact: Industry Federation) Sra. Vanesa Burgal
Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400705 Events Manager of Alimentaria
T: 91-22-27812093, 27812619 Koelnmesse YA Tradefair Pvt. Ltd.
6-3-885/7/B, 1st Floor, V.V. Mansion, Raj Exhibitions. Francisco Sensat, President,
F: 91-22-27812578 Bhavan Road, Somajiguda Circle, Association for the Advancement of the
E: info@indiapackagingshow.com Hyderabad - 500082, Mediterranean Diet (ADDM). Antonio
W: www.indiapackagingshow.com Andhra Pradesh, India Argandona, Lecturer in Economics, IESE-
T: +91-40-65707722/65594411 Business School. The world’s leading
✯✯✯ F: +91-40-66684433
G. Vamshidhar
business school, according to the MBA
programme ranking published by the
T: 040 - 65594411 Economist.
F: 040 - 66684433 Alimentaria 2012 will be made up of the
Dair y Univer se E: g.vamshidhar@koelnmesse-india.com following shows:
India - 2011 W: www.dairyuniverseindia.com Organic Food organic food show
W: www.sweetandsnacktecindia.com Congelexpo, frozen foods show
Sweet & Snack Tech Expobebidas, water, soft drinks,
India 2011 ✯✯✯ beer, must and cider show
Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre Expoconser, preserves and semi-
Mumbai, India preserves show
Date: 6-8 December 2011 Intercarn, meat and meat products
This December, all the stake holders of
Alimentaria 2012 show
Venue: Barcelona, Spain Interlact, milk and dairy products
the Indian dairy, sweet and snack industry
will be in the most dynamic city of India, Date: 26-29 March 2012 show
Mumbai to be the part of the most important Alimentaria, the International Food and Interpesca, fish and seafood,
trade fairs for these sectors which are the Drinks Exhibition, will return to aquaculture and farmed fish
satellite shows of Anuga FoodTec: Dairy Barcelona 26-29 March 2012. products show
Universe India - International Exhibition on Alimentaria 2012 will include two new Intervin, wine and spirits show
Dairy Processing, Packaging & exhibition halls at the Fira Gran Vía Mundidulce sweets, biscuits and
Distribution Technology, Equipment & venue and expects to provide close to confectionery show
Supplies and Sweet & SnackTec India - 100,000 m2 of product offerings and Multiproducto, general food
International Exhibition on Sweet & Snack culinary, business and innovation products show
Processing & Packaging Technology, activities. The trade fair is warming up Olivaria, Olives & vegetable Oil show
Equipment & Supplies which are being for a new edition that will focus all its Restaurama, international eating
organized during December 6 - 8, 2011 strategic attention on competitiveness, out show
@ Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. international expansion and brands in These 12 shows, each centred around
After the successful organization of the the food and drinks industry. a certain product family, are joined by the
2010 edition of these trade fairs along with An International Presentation on Autonomous Communities Pavilion –
International FoodTec India where in there “Alimentaria 2012” was held earlier in where participants from the various
were 366 exhibitors including group August 2011 where leading Luminariers
participations from China, France, Spanish autonomous communities are
from the Food & Drink Industry including gathered, the International Pavilion –
Germany, Sweden & Taiwan and was those from the Organising Committee of
witnessed by 12142 trade visitors - in 2011, bringing together some of the international
“Alimentaria” spoke on the prospects and companies and Premium, which for the
these two trade fairs will be organized
concurrent to each other excluding the trends of this leading food event. third consecutive edition will gather
International FoodTec India. Among the leading speakers were : companies specialising in gourmet
As in 2010 edition, Dairy Universe India Hon. Josep M Pelegri, Minister of the products and high-end cuisine.
2011 will also be jointly organized by Department of Agriculture, Livestock, In this regard, with this edition
Koelnmesse YA Tradefair, Indian Dairy Fishing, Food and Environment, Alimentaria 2012 will once again be the
Association (west zone) and German Generalitat of Catalonia Isabel Bombal trade show which attracts the sector's
Agricultural Society (DLG). General Manager of Food Industry and major global operators. With an
The only specialized event in India for Markets Fernando Salazar, Executive anticipated 4,000 companies - one third
Sweet, Snack and Confectionery Vice-Chairman, Spanish Institute for of them from abroad - and 140,000
processing industry - Sweet & SnackTec Foreign Trade (ICEX) Josep-Lluis buyers - 25% international, the show will
India 2011 (with a new name and logo) Bonet, Chairman, Alimentaria Organising confirm its position as an international
will open its gates for the 6th time during Committee. Chairman, Freixenet. hub for business transactions.
December 6-8, 2011 in Mumbai. This Chairman, Fira de Barcelona Jesus For more details contact:
event covers all aspects of Sweet, Snack Serafin Perez, President, Spanish Food
and Confectionery industry like - and Drink Industry Federation (FIAB in its Alimentaria Exibitions
processing technologies, packaging Spanish acronym) Chairman, C/ Diputación 119
solutions, ingredients, distribution, Confederation of the Food and Drink 08015 Barcelona, Spain
refrigeration, quality management, etc. Industries of the EU (FoodDrinkEurope). T: +34 93 452 18 00
PACKEX INDIA 2012 Chairman, Alimentaria Expobebidas E: alimentaria-bcn@alimentaria.com
Koelnmesse YA Tradefair announces new show. J. Antonio Valls, Director of W: www.alimentaria-bcn.com
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