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Drink technology + PET India—A+ |
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Friday, 14 December 2007 |
After the doors closed to the first drink technology + PET India conference in Mumbai, India Nov. 29 to 30, the two-day conference was classified as a "success," according to conference officials. More than 500 visitors took part in the conference and related exhibition, it was reported.
Forty-two renowned companies from 11 countries made presentations at the Grand Hyatt Hotel where the conference was held, while participants reportedly networked in the hotel lobby gathering information on the latest market developments and current trends in beverage and liquid-food technology.
More than 500 specialists from 15 countries including beverage distributors and manufacturers traveled to Mumbai to experience drink technology + PET India. Besides conference participants from India, who made up the majority, there also were visitors from Bahrain, Germany, France, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Austria, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, the United States and Vietnam. Visitors also included 30 media representatives from India and other countries.
The event was sponsored by four companies—Reliance, KHS, Krones and Ziemann.
According to Norbert Bargmann, the managing director at Munich International Trade Fairs, "We were always convinced that this event would be a success. Still, this kind of positive response and a premiere that is practically perfect is not something one takes for granted. Apparently, our concept, i.e. the combination of specialty lectures, an accompanying exhibition and time for networking, worked completely. Everyone involved appreciated the short distances and having all the information available under a single roof."
Richard Clemens, managing director of the German-based VDMA Association for Food Processing and Packaging Machinery, also felt that the exhibition reached its objective of bringing together the supply and demand sides of the market: "We are pleased at the positive response among visitors from India and neighboring countries. Our feeling that there is a great deal of interest in modern beverage technology...proved to be correct. That was clear in all of the discussions that we held with participants between conference events. This event helped participants to make new contacts, and we hope that everyone manages to strengthen those contacts—perhaps when the conference is held again next year."
The next drink technology + PET India is scheduled to take place in late November or early December 2008. |
