Marketing The 6 th Edition of agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria is a Major Milestone Event Exhibitors from 14 countries – Top level 3-day conference - Co-located: 3 rd West African Cold Chain Summit & Exhibition Due to upbeat market development and an ever-increasing interest in the Nigerian market, the 6 th edition of agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria in 2021 is all set to become a major milestone event for the Nigerian agrofood & plastprintpack industry. Global technology leaders will showcase adapted technologies and solutions for the Nigerian and West African market towards more than two thousand specialized trade visitors in the fields of agriculture, food processing, ingredients, plastics, printing and packaging. The exhibition is complemented by a top level 3-day conference featuring more than 40 Nigerian and European experts. Organized by the German trade show specialists fairtrade, the event is scheduled for 26 to 28 October 2021 at the Landmark Centre in Lagos. agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria 2021 is all set to become a major international event as already by the end of July 2021, exhibitors from 14 countries have registered and there are still more to come. They origin from Belgium, Germany, India, Italy, Lebanon, Nigeria, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, and USA. Official country pavilions are present from: • Belgium, organized by Flanders Investment & Trade supporting the international activities of Flemish companies • Germany - The German Pavilion features 19 leading suppliers, presented by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs in cooperation with the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA) and supported by VDMA Food Processing & Packaging Machinery • Taste Tunisia, the agrifood consortium for Africa offering finished agrofood products and related equipment from Tunisian market leaders fairtrade is happy to announce ROVEMA as this year’s registration sponsor. With more than 60 years of experience, Germany based ROVEMA develops and builds packaging machines and lines that meet the complex demands of the modern circular economy. 44 food Marketing & Technology • August 2021
Marketing WACCSE now co-located with agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria fairtrade is delighted to welcome a valuable addition to agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria 2021 and announces its new partnership with OTACCWA, the Organization for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa. The partnership agreement includes the organization of the 3rd West African Cold Chain Summit & Exhibition WACCSE by OTACCWA alongside agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria 2021. WACCSE is the only cold chain event in West Africa where businesses gather to find solutions and share best practices for managing the complexities of the perishable food system and pharmaceutical supply chain. Major institutional support The event enjoys the strong institutional support of the access Bank, AHK Nigeria, Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Federal German Ministry for Economic Affairs, IOPN, NABG, NAFDAC, NIFST, OTACCWA - Organization for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa, and VDMA Food Processing & Packaging Machinery. SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria fairtrade again supports SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria by donating all proceeds from visitor entrance fees and by promoting them to partners as well as throughout the campaign. 30 years of Valuable business contacts Founded in 1991, fairtrade Messe has long been one of the leading organizers of professional international agrofood & plastprintpack trade fairs in Africa and the Middle East. Over the decades, more than 36,000 exhibitors and 1.5 million trade visitors have expressed their confidence in fairtrade. Whether going down innovative digital paths with Virtual Events or opening-up new markets with international trade shows the company always finds the best possible way to enable valuable business contacts between exhibitors and visitors. fairtrade is managed by its founder Martin März and his son Paul, who joined the company in 2016, and builds on a highly motivated team of experienced and young professionals, many of them qualified in-house over three years in partnership with the German Cooperative State University to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration - Exhibition, Convention & Event Management and Media & Communication Management. ISO 9001:2015 certified and a member of UFI The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, fairtrade strives for high customer satisfaction with excellent service and innovative products. fmt 3-day conference program featuring more than 40 Nigerian and European experts agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria 2021 will again be supplemented by a 3-day program full of presentations and panel discussions, organized jointly by fairtrade and AHK Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria. More than 40 Nigerian and European experts will discuss issues such as: • The Nigerian agrofood & plastprintpack industries in times of Free Trade • Outlook of the plastics & packaging industry in Nigeria • The need for adopting global packaging standards • Enforcing food safety to promote exports • inancing opportunities for agro-tech start-ups • Digitalization of the agrofood & plastprintpack industry Key No. 99030 food Marketing & Technology • August 2021 45
