International market leaders represented at the leading trade fair for the sector

New: packaging segment to be enlarged

Preparations for IFFA – Technology meats Business: No. 1 for processing, packaging, selling – from 8 to 13 May 2010 are in full swing. With over 900 exhibitors presenting their latest products and services on an area of over 100,000 square metres, the world’s leading trade fair for the sector is set to surpass the already high level set by the previous event in 2007. At the fair, suppliers from more than 40 countries will show machines and equipment for meat processing and packaging, spices and additives, butchers’ requisites and products for butchers’ shops. Messe Frankfurt expects around 60,000 trade visitors from over 100 countries to attend IFFA 2010.

Major manufacturers of machines and plant for slaughtering, dismembering and processing will present their products and innovations in Halls 8 and 9. These international companies will exhibit not only large machines and equipment for industrial meat processing but also machines for making meat and sausage products in butchers’ shops. The spectrum of products to be seen in Hall 9.0 ranges from machines and plant for slaughtering, dismembering and processing to transport and storage technology, cooling plant, automation technology and supply facilities. The big exhibitors in Hall 9.0 include Itec/Attec, Metalquimia and MPS Read Meat Slaughtering with solutions for slaughtering, dismembering and processing, as well as for automation and hygiene equipment. For example, WVG Kainz will present highlights in the field of materials handling and conveying equipment.

Among the exhibitors showing cutters, mixers and mincers of all types and sizes, butchers’ machines, boiling and smoking plants and other accessories for meat processing in Hall 8.0 will be CFS Maschinen & Einrichtungen, Handtmann, Maja, the Marel Group, Polyclip, Seydelmann, Tipper-Tie, Townsend Further Processing, Treif Maschinenbau and Vemag.

In Hall 9.1, trade visitors will find slaughtering and dismembering equipment, hygiene technology, materials handling and conveying equipment, occupational safety equipment, cleaning plant, forming and sausage machines, lifting and tilting equipment, etc., at the stands of, for example, Cretel, Dörfel, Elpress, Formcook and Mohn.

The current trend is towards packaged meat and sausage products, which satisfy the growing consumer demand for smaller quantities and greater convenience. At IFFA, visitors can see a cross section of relevant packaging technology, from packing lines to important peripheral equipment for labelling, as well as scales and marking technology. Suppliers of these products make their presentations in Halls 4.0 and 6.0. The international manufacturers of packaging machines and equipment represented at IFFA 2010 include Inauen, Espera-Werke, Webomatic and Ulma Cye in Hall 4.0. Also in Hall 4.0 and to be seen at IFFA for the first time is the Robotik-Pack-Line special show, a fully automatic production and packaging line especially for the food industry. In Hall 6.0, manufacturers of packaging machines and facilities present their solutions in combination with manufacturers of measuring and weighing technology and IT systems. They include Bizerba, CSB System, Digi, Multivac and Mettler-Toledo.

The spices and additives segment at IFFA is a growth area because culinary foodstuffs are always seasoned. Moreover, technologically effective additives are also used to make meat products. In Hall 4.1, over 100 producers will show the latest trends for ingredients and additives used in this connection. In addition to major suppliers of artificial and natural casings, such as Case-Tech, Devro, Kalle and Naturin, renowned spice manufacturers, including AVO-Werke, Moguntia, van Hees and Wiberg, will also be making presentations at the fair.
 
The ‘selling / everything for the butcher’s shop’ product segment in Halls 6.0 and 6.1 is aimed primarily at the butchers’ trade and food retailers and visitors can see the latest products from spice manufacturers such as Raps in Hall 6.0. The ‘Modern Butcher’s Shop’ special show in Hall 6.1 offers insights into optimum product presentations. Also to be seen here are lighting specialist Bäro with products for the butchers’ trade, the German Butchers’ Association (Deutscher Fleischer-Verband – DFV) and the Central Cooperative of the German Butchers’ Trade (Zentralgenossenschaft des deutschen Fleischergewerbes – ZENTRAG).