Food Africa and pacprocess MEA 2023 to Launch in December

01 May 2023: Following the success of Food Africa and pacprocess MEA last year, concrete plans to expand this year’s duo of trade fairs have begun. Here, exhibiting companies can expand their contacts in Africa and the Arab region in a targeted manner.

Food Africa, Africa’s leading trade fair for the food industry, will take place together with pacprocess MEA again in 2023 at Egypt International Exhibition Center (EIEC), Cairo from 12-14 December 2023. The show is organised by Messe Düsseldorf together with its partners IFP Egypt and Konzept under the umbrella of the interpack alliance.

The total area of Food Africa has been expanded from three to four halls. This means that an exhibition area of approximately 40,000 square metres is available overall. “The decision to expand the trade fair by an entire additional hall is our response to appropriately meet the demand and also creates opportunities for additional formats and special exhibitions”, says Thomas Dohse, Director of the interpack alliance. In the past year, a total of 25,821 visitors from over 72 countries attended both trade fairs.

Egypt as an important actor on the global market

Looking back on the past seven years shows the huge development of the Egyptian food industry. The number of companies more than tripled in this time period. Factories were continuously modernised and a total of 16.3 billion euros was invested in the food industry. Thus, the Egyptian market for food and beverages generated 4.1 billion dollars in the past year and constituted 14 percent of the country’s total exports. These figures show that the future of the Egyptian food and beverage market is promising.

Food Africa is the industry’s leading trade fair

Building on its long-standing presence in the African food and beverage industry, Food Africa has developed into the most important event for decision-makers from all over the world to harness the business potential of Egypt, Africa and MENA region.

pacprocess MEA unlocks potential

pacprocess MEA is also highly anticipated and will again showcase a wide range of packaging materials, processing and packaging technologies as well as solutions for automation and digitalisation. In addition to benefiting from the strong food industry in Egypt, the exhibiting companies are also operating in the environment of a strong consumer market with more than 100 million inhabitants, which offers a huge potential for consumer goods manufacturers.

www.pacprocess-mea.com / www.foodafrica-expo.com