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fdt Africa

10 Jun 2021

fdt Africa cancelled

By Staff Writer

food & drink technology (fdt) Africa, the premier trade fair for the processing, filling, packaging and logistics for Africa’s food and beverage industry, has been cancelled. Suzette Scheepers, CEO of event organisers Messe Muenchen South Africa, says the event, which had been scheduled to take place at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 2...
12 Jun 2020

SA’s exhibition industry expected to bounce back in 2021

By Staff Writer

Despite lockdown event postponements and cancellations in 2020 local exhibition organisers expect the industry to weather the disruption. South African exhibition organisers say they are optimistic the industry will be able to rebound next year, following a year of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and global lockdowns. Revenge attendance This emerged during a web...
21 May 2020

Key industry events co-located to boost science-based industry development

By Staff Writer

Messe Muenchen South Africa, organisers of several of Africa’s major industry trade shows, have co-located food & drink technology (fdt) Africa, IFAT Africa and analytica Lab Africa to bring science and innovation closer to food & drink, water, sewage and waste treatment, for one-stop access to the interconnected value chains in these sectors. The future...
14 May 2020

Business unusual with the fdt Africa team

By Staff Writer

Even though times are different, the team of food & drink technology (fdt) Africa are running and doing business unusual. The team may be working from home, but are geared up and in full swing for our bigger and stronger event in July 2021. The exhibition fdt Africa brings together leaders in the processing, filling,...
13 May 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa aims to boost local food and beverage production

By Staff Writer

There are new opportunities for equipment suppliers as sub-Saharan Africa looks to step up manufacturing capacity. Countries across sub-Saharan Africa are actively seeking to reduce their dependence on food imports and grow local manufacturing, pointing to future demand for food and beverage processing machinery and equipment across the continent. The need to step up local...
06 May 2020

Craft brewers will need to innovate and collaborate to re-boost industry after lockdown

By Staff Writer

Expecting to take years to recover after the national lockdown is lifted, the craft brewing and distilling sector hopes that it may survive by collaborating and innovating. This emerged during an online panel discussion hosted this week by Messe Munchen South Africa, the organisers of the food & drink technology (fdt) Africa trade fair, which...
15 Jul 2019

Collective responsibility needs to be taken to ensure food and water

By Staff Writer

With the planet at a ‘tipping point’, civil society, industry and public sector have to take urgent collective action to reduce plastic, eliminate waste and ensure food and water security, experts said at the opening of IFAT Africa, food & drink technology (fdt) Africa and analytica Lab Africa this month.
10 Jul 2019

Emerging agro-processors to appear at fdt Africa

By Staff Writer

South African agro-processing, development finance and export development organisation Food South Africa has aligned with the upcoming food & drink technology Africa trade show to showcase top agro-processing entrepreneurs.
20 May 2019

fdt Africa’s Exhibitor of the week

By Staff Writer

BillerudKorsnäs is fdt Africa’s exhibitor of the week.
20 Mar 2019

SA packaged food consumption on upward trend

By Staff Writer

As an important pillar of the South African economy, food and beverage production has almost doubled in the past 10 years, reaching ZAR 392 million (26 million euros) in 2017.
11 Feb 2019

IWMSA aligns with IFAT Africa to support industry collaboration

By Staff Writer

The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Messe Muenchen South Africa, organisers of IFAT Africa, to collaborate on the 2019 exhibition and conference.
11 Feb 2019

Consumers drive change in food and beverage industry

By Staff Writer

Increasingly connected and engaged consumers have become a key driving force for change in the food and beverage industry in SA, say stakeholders.
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