With over 1,000 exhibitors from 49 countries, IFFA is the world’s leading trade fair and international meeting place for the sector. 70 % of visitors and 63 % of exhibitors come from outside Germany. Top marks for IFFA: 95 % of all visitors say they are satisfied.
IFFA 2019 – where tradition meets high tech
For six days, IFFA showed how the sector can get fit for the future. From the smart meat factory, packaging trends and food safety, via clean labelling, to the growing expectations on meat quality, IFFA exhibitors provided answers to the demands of the meat-processing industry and the butchers’ trade. And this against the background of an excellent investment climate.

Facts and figures IFFA 2019
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IFFA 2022 nomenclature
- Process technology for meat and alternative proteins
- Packaging technology
- Weighing systems
- Process automatization and IT solutions
- Robotics and handling equipment
- Slaughtering and meat cutting technology
- Equipment and tools for slaughtering, cutting and processing
- Natural and artificial casings processing machines
- Spices, ingredients, additives, casings
- Refrigeration equipment
- Logistics and storage systems
- Food safety and quality control
- Cleaning equipment, operational hygiene and safety at work
- Energy management and supply facilities for water, compressed air, gases
- Sales and specialist shops – products, facilities, equipment
- Services
Associations and organisations
DFV Deutscher Fleischer-Verband
Kennedyallee 53
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone +49 69 633 02-100
Telefax +49 69 633 02-120
info@fleischerhandwerk.de
www.fleischerhandwerk.de
VDMA Fachverband Nahrungsmittelmaschinen und Verpackungsmaschinen
Lyoner Str. 18
60528 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone +49 69 6603-1431
Telefax +49 69 6603-2431
nuv@vdma.org
https://nuv.vdma.org
BVDF Bundesverband der Deutschen Fleischwarenindustrie
Postfach 2951
53019 Bonn
Schedestr. 11
53113 Bonn
Telephone +49 228 26 72-50
Telefax +49 22826 72-5 55
info@bvdf.de
www.bvdf.de
Fachverband der Gewürzindustrie e.V.
Reuterstr. 151
53113 Bonn
Telephone +49 228 216162
Telefax +49 228 229460
info@gewuerzindustrie.de
www.gewuerzindustrie.de
ZENTRAG Zentralgenossenschaft des europäischen Fleischergewerbes
Grüne Str. 40-42
60316 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone +49 69 4077-216
Telefax +49 69 4077-290
gilde@zentrag.de
www.zentrag.de
70 years of IFFA – a magnet for the meat industry

The origins of IFFA go back to 1949 when, as part of a conference of the Butchers' Association of the US Zone in Frankfurt am Main, an accompanying butchers' exhibition was organised. Messe- und Ausstellungs-GmbH of Frankfurt am Main was commissioned to hold it.
Read more about the growth of IFFA over the last decadesFood technologies – trade-fair success and expertise for the food industry
Messe Frankfurt accompanies the dynamically growing global food industry with three international trade fairs in Argentina, Russia and Germany: international events that attract more than 2,600 exhibitors and around 120,000 visitors from all over the world.
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