NEWS | Industry Updates A successful French vending show
The first edition of the Vending Show the French vending exhibition – held from June 21 to 23, exceeded all expectations and established itself as the must-attend event for all professionals in the sector. With 3,000m2 of exhibition space at the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles,
the Vending Show took its rightful place in Paris’s ‘temple’ of events. Over 2,600 trade visitors were registered for the three days when the show opened, and the total number of visitors eventually topped 4,000.
While most visitors were from France
(67%), there were also many foreign trade visitors, accounting for 33% of the total. These included a significant number of Italian, Belgian and German professionals, as well as many visitors from Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland, and Turkey. The event – owned by the French Vending Association (NAVSA), which organised it in collaboration with Venditalia Servizi – welcomed 119 exhibitors from 17 different countries, who spread out over the 3,000m2 of hall space. International exhibitors took up around half (46%) of the available space. The Vending Show is the benchmark event in France for vending professionals from the country and beyond – a national and international event that showed visitors the full extent of the industrial offering available to the sector. Finally, the Vending Show also provided an opportunity to discuss the major current and future challenges facing the vending industry. The five panel discussions organised by the Association, which invited leading professionals and experts to take part in the event, gave the audience an opportunity to find out about, reflect on and question the major issues facing the sector, and to consider the collective responses that are needed.
In 1853, mill owner Daniel
WMF Professional Coffee Machines marks 170 years
Coffee machine specialist WMF is celebrating 170 years since it was founded in Geislingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company has stood for metal craftsmanship, quality, sophisticated design and has decades of experience with professional tools. From pure metal processing at its beginning, a comprehensive portfolio has developed into three business areas of consumer products, coffee machines for the professional sector, and hotel equipment. Over the years, the company has achieved a considerable number of milestones, patents and design icons.
Straub and the Schweizer brothers founded the Straub & Schweizer metal goods factory in Geislingen. In 1880, the company merged with the Ritter & Co metal goods factory to form the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik. Today the brand can look back on 170 years of change and success and is proud to still bear its roots and heritage in its name: WMF - Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik. More than 100 million people worldwide use WMF products every day in their kitchens, or in restaurants and hotels. In the professional segment of the catering and hotel industry,
WMF Professional Coffee Machines and WMF Professional Hotel Equipment are among the leading global players. “170 years full of innovative spirit and fantastic milestones
– that is a special achievement. I am very happy to be able to work for a company with this history,” says Oliver Kastalio, chief executive at WMF. “And I am equally proud that we continue to develop the values of the founder, the demand for design and high quality with our products in a contemporary way. We are aware of our precious heritage and yet we are always looking ahead. Because - we still have a lot ahead of us.”
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