Feed International - January/February 2010

2010 Asia shows
growing

Victam Asia and
FIAAP are boasting

more square feet than
in previous years.

Victam Asia 2010 trade features suppliers of equipment and technology used in the processing and production of animal feeds, dry petfood and aqua feeds.

Months before the shows opened their doors, the Feed Ingredients & Additives Asia Pacific (FIAAP) and Victam Asia 2010 already promised to be larger than the last show held in Bangkok in 2008. Despite a weak global economy, the combined show, to be held March 3-5 in the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, is growing while other events have been cancelled, postponed or just decreased in size.

One key reason why, says Victam
International General Manager Henk van
de Bunt, is that markets within Southeast
Asia have not been so adversely af-
fected by the economic slowdown. In
addition, he says, local industries were
able to respond more easily and quickly
to the strengthening market factors now
influencing the region and the industries
served by the shows.

What the show offers

Victam Asia features suppliers of equipment and technology used in the processing and production of animal feeds, dry petfood and aqua feeds, while FIAAP Asia’s focus is on specialist ingredients, additives and formulation technology used with the feed production cycle.

Petfood Forum
Asia returns to
Victam

On March 3, 2010, Petfood Forum returns to Victam Asia, an educational event providing leading information and knowledge to help the petfood industry continue fast growth. As a region, Asia-Pacific has seen nearly 20% growth in petfood sales over the past five years (2003- 2008), and Euromonitor International projects the region to grow even more — almost 23% through 2013.

Sponsored by WAT T’s Petfood Industry magazine, Petfood Forum Asia connects key professionals from around the world in one of the fastest-growing markets to learn about trends affecting industry growth. Attendees will learn from industry experts to help them grow their businesses, concentrating on important components, such as global and Asian market trends; nutraceuticals and immune function; fermentable carbohydrates for cats; best practices in food safety; and how to save energy and reduce waste in processing.

For more information on Petfood Forum Asia, see www.petfoodindustry.com/petfoodforum.aspx.

Victam Asia 2010, GRAPAS Asia 2010, FIAAP Asia 2010

➤ March 3-5, 2010

➤ Admission: Free of charge

➤ Hours: March 3 and 4, 10-

18hrs; March 5, 10-17hrs

➤ Bangkok, Thailand

➤ A showcase for equipment and ingredient suppliers, in which they can meet feed millers, integrators, hatcheries, grain processors, rice and flour millers

➤ www.victam.com

Making a statement

He says exhibitors are making a statement of confidence in the future investment and expansion of the feed and dry petfood markets of South and Southeast Aisa and China. It is also a sign of confidence that attendees will be of the right calibre and comprise nutritionists, feed formulators, mill and production managers, veterinarians, and company executives. Van de Bunt also added that the series of technical conferences and workshops that is supporting the 2010 event will bring senior technical executives to the event.

Conferences and workshops will
include the GRAPAS Conference, the
FIAAP Conferences, Petfood Forum Asia
2010 (see above), Biomass — Pellets
Update 2010, the Aquafeed Workshop,
and the Thai Feed Conference.

Co-located with GRAPAS

The Victam and FIAAP shows are co-located with GRAPAS Asia 2010, a new exhibition and technical conference for rice and flour milling, grain storage and processing, industrial noodle and pasta production, and breakfast cereal and extruded snack production. For more information, see www.grapas.eu.