MEATing POINT Magazine: #08/ 2016

‘‘MEATING’’ POINTS
Business
and
knowledge
platform
in Brazil
Supporting programme relevant for
regional market participants – Agribusiness
growing despite macroeconomic recession
Business, innovation, information: the
second edition of ANUTEC BRAZIL is
opening with this trinity. From 2 to 4
August, the regional trade public from
the food industry will meet renowned
manufacturers from the food technology
segment in Curitiba, including Bizerba
(Germany), CPM Wolverine (USA), DSI –
Dybvad Stål Industri (Denmark), Foodmate
(Netherlands), Milmeq (New Zealand),
Prime Equipment (USA), Promens (Iceland/
Canada) and Turan Plastik (Turkey). Thanks
to a supporting programme tailored for
the industry, the organiser Koelnmesse
is in particular anticipating a high level
of trade visitor quality and the presence
of top decision makers from Brazil and
neighbouring markets. Many leading
institutions from education, science and
industry will offer lectures and seminars
on current developments in the industry.
Themes include, for example, functional
ingredients, clean labelling and innovations
involving the packaging of meat.
The organisations participating in the supporting
programme include the renowned Brazilian
educational institution Getúlio Vargas Foundation
(FGV), the Institute for Food Technology ITAL,
the Technical Institute for Food and Health
itt Nutrifor and the Agency for Industrial
Training SENAI. The main speaker is Roberto
Rodrigues from the FGV, who will speak about
the great future potential of Brazil for the
global food industry. Experts will also discuss
the current economic situation of Brazil and
the supporting effect of the agricultural and
food industries. In the past these branches of
the economy grew steadily even in periods of
crisis, which has been confirmed once again
in the face of the current recession facing the
overall economy.
Agribusiness and the food industry are
developing positively
As the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture announced
in March, the total sales of agribusiness
increased in February by 0.7 percent yearon-year
and thus achieved a record value.
Fish production in aquaculture grew in 2015
by 10 percent in comparison to the previous
year. The production quantity should increase
once again in 2016 by 12 percent. The food
industry relies increasingly on foreign sales
markets in times of recession. According to the
ministry, the export of agricultural products
reached a historic record value of 6.71 billion
US dollars in February 2016. This corresponds
to an increase of 37 percent in comparison to
February 2015.
An overview of the supporting
programme:
-Getúlio Vargas Foundation
The respected school of economy Getúlio Vargas
Foundation (FGV) is represented by three
speakers. Roberto Rodrigues, the coordinator
of the ‘FGV Agribusiness Center’, will speak on
food safety and Brazil’s role in the worldwide
food industry. Manoel Reis, project coordinator
of FGV, illuminates the themes of logistics and
supply chains in agribusiness. Felippe Serigati,
a scientist at the ‘FGV Agribusiness Center’,
will discuss the stabilising effect of the food
sector on the overall economy. Lectures will
take place on the second day of the trade
fair, 3 August, in auditorium 3.
- ITAL
The Institute for Food Technology ITAL is
dedicated to the themes of meat and milk
processing and packaging. ITAL experts
invite guests to a business seminar and will
discuss ‘Trends in meat packaging‘ and ‘Trends
and challenges of animal-based foods’. The
seminars will take place on the first day of the
trade fair, 2 August 2016, in auditorium 1.
- itt Nutrifor
The Technical Institute for Food and Health itt
Nutrifor will be informing on technology and
innovation for healthy food on the 3rd day
of the fair, 4 August 2016, in auditorium 1.
- Senai
The National Service for Industrial Training,
Senai, is offering a seminar on the themes of
innovation, refrigeration and trends in the food
industry on the first and second trade fair days.
Other Latin American organisations, associations
and media are supporting the second edition
of the trade fair, including ABIMAQ – the
association of the Brazilian machine industry,
ABIEC – the Brazilian association of meat
exporters, Abividro – the technical association
of automated glass processing in Brazil,
Sindiavipar – the federation of poultry product
manufacturers of the State of Paraná and the
Latin American trade journal for the meat
processing industry, Carnetec.
www.anutecbrazil.com
56 www.meatingpoint-mag.com | 2016