Gulfood Manufacturing focuses on the region's potential to become a hub

Published: Thursday, October 6, 2016



Three distinct industry sectors will be featured under one show in Dubai, UAE

Gulfood Manufacturing is the largest and most influential trade show for the food processing and manufacturing sector in the MENASA region. Launched in 2014 and already endorsed by 1,500 international suppliers from over 58 countries, it recognizes the region’s ripe business potential as a leading international manufacturing and processing hub to serve domestic and international demand.

Gulfood Manufacturing, which will take place from 5-7 November 2016 at Dubai World Trade Centre, is expected to bring together 35,000 qualified food manufacturers. The delegates will also have direct access to a bonus 15,000+ buyer footfall from four co-located shows running alongside Gulfood Manufacturing. These shows focus on the gourmet, seafood, confectionery and snack industries.

Over three days, this event will offer a cache of segmented, niche shows, conferences and technical workshops, including Ingredients Middle East, ProPack Middle East and Food Logistics Middle East. The three main conferences this year will include, Next Generation Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Innovation and Food Logistics.

Visitors will gain great insight into the region’s processing, packaging and manufacturing sectors and discover over 1,500 world class suppliers of state of the art solutions and packaging designs from around the globe including Germany, Italy, France, USA, Turkey, Iran, India, China, Taiwan and Japan – just to name a few. Logistics will also be included to address warehousing, transportation, refrigeration, materials handling and supply chain management software.

The MEASA region’s food and beverage processing industry is witnessing phenomenal growth with booming foodservice markets and diverse and affluent consumers demanding new trends, tastes and products. Whether you are looking to buy ingredients, find new equipment, source logistics solutions, expand your production capacity or network and win new customers in new markets, Gulfood Manufacturing is a must- see event.