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 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
The Advisory Board
The IFFA Advisory Board is made up of our partner associations, the VDMA and the German Butchers' Association, as well as representatives of exhibiting companies and important industry associations. The committee meets at regular intervals to discuss industry developments and to optimise the profile of IFFA as the world's most important trade fair in the field of technologies for meat and alternative proteins.
Learn more about the advisory boardFacts and figures IFFA 2019
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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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