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By February 8, 2015April 6th, 2015No Comments

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INAUGURAL GULFOOD MANUFACTURING A ROUSING SUCCESS

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A spin-off from industrial heavyweight Gulfood, the first edition of Gulfood Manufacturing won acclaim from major food processing industry heavyweights. The Dubai World Trade Centre played host to its largest-ever trade show launch, seeing participation of more than 1,100 companies from 56 countries – including 26 official country pavilions with 26,329 visitors from 156 countries.
Together with industry growing to match the economy’s scale, Gulfood Manufacturing was able to bring specialist equipment directly to us; according to Saleh Abdullah Lootah, Chairman of the Food & Beverage Manufacturers Business Group and Managing Director of Al Islami Foods. The show successfully provided a one-stop-shop for regional food processors to source latest machines, packaging equipment, ingredients and logistics, warehousing and cold chain solutions leading to better cost-efficiency and timeliness in production. Said Richard Kitchen, CSO, T Freemantle Ltd. “We were a little concerned that Gulfood Manufacturing, as a new show, might not get the same footfall as Gulfood but the spenders were at Gulfood Manufacturing and they were there to buy machinery, in some cases right off the stand”.

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According to Chairman of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry,His Excellency Abdul Rahman Saif Al Ghurair, Gulfood Manufacturing’s performance is proof that the food processing sector is looking forward to a specialist show that opens opportunities for businesses to expand and learn from each other. Billed as the largest dedicated food processing trade event in the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia (MEASA) that spanned over 50,000m² of DWTC exhibition space, the show was successful in driving local and regional companies to invest in equipment and machinery to improve their manufacturing and packaging lines. It was timely as previously local food processors had to travel to Europe and visit companies one by one to understand the latest machinery which was not an easy task with a rapidly evolving industry.

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Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice-President, Events & Exhibitions Department, DWTC concludes “We have accelerated international equipment, logistics and cold chain suppliers’ access to securing operational footholds in one of the world’s fastest growing markets”.
For more information, please visit www.gulfoodmanufacturing.com