show spotlight - FoodEx

With the accent on product and production innovation, skills and food safety, this year’s largest event in the UK for food, drink and bakery professionals set the tone for new ideas during 2010.

Foodex 2010 and the Baking Industry Exhibition (BIE) attracted an encouraging 300+ exhibitors, demonstrating new products, processes and materials, says organiser William Reed Business Media, signalling the recovery from recessionary times. According to show manager Daren Rose-Neale, “Exhibitions are a proven way to help companies out of the recession as we have seen with the recent successes at Anuga 2009, and the International Trade Fair: World Market for Baking (IBA 2009).”

FOODEX 2010

Foodex, previously known as Foodex Meatex was re-branded to better communicate the broad appeal of the show from meat and poultry, on to fish, dairy, fruit, vegetables, drinks, confectionery, cereals, organics and ready meals.

• Meat @ Foodex covered all aspects of meat & poultry production

• Dairy @ Foodex looked at milk, cheese and other dairy products.

• Fresh @ Foodex focused on fresh seasonal produce • Seafood @ Foodex

examined all types of seafood. • Beverage @ Foodex

demonstrated the latest ideas

for both alcoholic and non- alcoholic beverages.

As usual the show had a large number of features including a full day of innovative research and development at Foodex Live (X080) presented by Campden BRI that were held on March 22 as well as presentations in the Briefing Theatre (R001) on skills

development by the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink Manufacturing, food safety by IFH, and the latest processing and packaging technologies.

Speakers at Processing and Packaging Technologies included Chris Bolton, operations director of PFM and Chris Williams, managing director, Amori Europe. Each day

Martin Keay, chief executive of En-sure Consulting informed delegates about the implications of the new Machinery Directive and PUWER regulations for their sector.

Foodex also featured a new Retail

and Ingredients Arena, located near the busy Foodex Live Theatre, offering an insight into ‘In Store’ preparation and packing, plus the latest trends in ingredients for healthy eating.

Competitions included the search for the best sausages, burgers, pies and black puddings from the NFMFT.

Seriously

futuristic labels from Ravenwood

Chilled food packaging specialist Ravenwood Packaging turned heads at Foodex/Meatex with examples of the very latest in drop-dead gor- geous, linerless adhesive backed labels, and the ultra-efficient, plan- et-friendly labelling machines and systems that apply them. NEW on display at Foodex/Meatex was the Nobac 125 labeller, a high speed la- belling system which is introducing

new customers to the linerless la- belling system. Its unique linerless labels eliminate the need for waste- ful, non-recyclable backing papers, and the absence of backing material means that reel changes are quicker and easier. Also on show was the Nobac 500T, a twin-sleever that has been added to the range to build on the need for higher speeds, less downtime and quicker product changes. The twin head enables continuous operation by virtue of the two labelling heads in line. The sleever is an inline machine de- signed for maximum flexibility and eliminates the need to turn the packs. The Nobac 500T is like the Nobac 500 in that it is capable of applying sleeves in five formats: top, top and side, top and two sides, C-wrap, and full wrap.

paul@ravenwood.co.uk.

New exhibitors beef up Foodex

More than 70 new exhibitors made their debut at Foodex 2010. They joinED a strong list of over 200 com- panies, such as Reiser, Interfood Technology, Marel and Ishida Europe which, says organisers William Reed Business Media, demonstrates the con- tinuing strength of the Foodex brand. Foodex, previously called Foodex Mea- tex, with a heritage which stretches back to the 1980s, was re-branded to better communicate the broad appeal of the show from meat and poultry, on

to fish, dairy, fruit, vegetables, drinks, confectionery, cereals, organics and ready meals, said show manager Daren Rose-Neale. However Rose-Neale em- phasised: "The meat and poultry sector continues to be a core element of the show and there is a strong representa- tion from technology and service companies for the meat industry in both returning and new exhibitors. While a number of events, presenta- tions and competitions have a very distinct meat industry focus."

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