Member Of The Interpack Trade Fair Family Posts Clear Growththe Second Food Processing Amp Packaging Exposyum Fppe Held At The Kenyatta International Conference Centre Kicc In Nairobikenya From 18 To 20 November 2014 Has Drawn To A Very Successful Close Positive Feedback Even Came From The Highest Political Circles On The Periphery Of The Event The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Congratulated The People Responsible In A Personal Conversation And Explicitly Rated The Special Concept Of Fppe Realised By Starlingexpo In Cooperation With Messe Duumlsseldorf As Very Suitable For Bringing Urgently Required Technologies To Kenya Over 1000 Participants From Kenya And The Neighbouring Eastern African States Visited The Exhibition Cum Symposiumthe Exposyum Gave Participants A 360deg Market Overview On The Focal Theme Of Food Losses And Efficient Food Processing And Packaging By Mean Of Handson Content From Local Experts As Well As International Exhibitors Companies From This Sector Presented Their Demanddriven Solutions Political Institutions Explained The Political Framework And Possible Support For Suppliers To Local Producers While The Latter In Turn Outlined Their Requirements The Fao Used The Occasion For Hosting A Oneday Conference On Food Losses Speakers There Inferred Recommendations For Avoiding Food Losses In Kenya And Eastern Africa From Practical Case Studies From Various Countries And Industriesexplaining The Motivation Behind The Event Werner Matthias Dornscheidt Ceo Amp President Of Messe Duumlsseldorf Explained Ldquoby Holding The Processing Amp Packaging Exposyum We Are Bringing The Supply Of And Demand For Demanddriven Packaging And Process Technology Together Locally In This Way We Create A Ldquobasis For Businessrdquo For Our Customers Inkeeping With Our Mission While Making A Key Contribution To Fighting Food Losses As Part Of The Save Food Initiative Ndash Which Is A Pressing Problem Especially In Subsaharan Africardquothis Year We Have Again Succeeded In Compiling An Especially Accomplished Mixture Of Talks From Highcalibre Speakers For The Exposyum Due To The Allround Information Conveyed As Well The Contacts With Key Figures In The Industry And From The Political Sphere This Unique Concept Makes It Especially Easy For Potential Suppliers To Local Food Producers To Get A Foot In The Door Of A Very Promising Future Marketrdquo Says Urs Albert Ingold Ceo Of Starlingexpo Agthis View Is Also Underlined By Exhibitor Testimonials Jeanclaude Nduwimanai Sales Manager At Miele Italy Confirmed Ldquowhen We Took Part For The First Time In 2013 We Were Able To Make Many New Contacts Three Of Them Have Now Visited Us At The Trade Fair In Order To Place Specific Orders With Us We Had Not Expected This Fppe 2014 Proved Very Successful For Usrdquomartina Claus Responsible For Market Development Africa At Vdmarsquos Food Machinery And Packaging Machinery Association Adds Ldquothe Concept Of The Event Has Convinced Us Entirely And The Participants Of Our Joint Stand Have Managed To Establish Important New Contacts We Look Forward To Coming Back Next Yearrdquovisitors Were Also Full Of Praise Case In Point Is Dr Michael Wawire Of The Jomokenyatta University For Agriculture And Technology Who Is Commissioned To Deal With Packaging Issues By The Industry He Was Enthused With The Products Displayed By The German Exhibitor Mall Herlan Ldquothe Bottles And Aluminium Flasks Are An Innovation I Have Never Seen Before And They Open Up Completely New Dimensions To The Suppliers Of Consumer Goods While Making For A High Degree Of Flexibilityrdquoearly Signals For Fppe Kenya 2014 Have Already Been Very Positive Both Exhibition Space And The Number Of Exhibitors Were Significantly Higherthan At The Premiere Event 65 Companies And Organisations Took Part Ndash A Marked Increase Over The Debut Event With 21 Exhibitors One Year Ago The Exhibiting Organisations Also Included The Vdma Featuring A Joint Stand Housing Seven Participants Furthermore The Save Food Initiative Promoted By The Partners Fao Unep And Messe Duumlsseldorf Was Represented With A Stand Involving 14 Enterprises And Associations Over The Three Days Of The Exposyum To The Tune Of 40 Talks Were Presentedthe Next Food Processing Amp Packaging Exposyum Will Be Held In Nairobikenya From 3 Ndash 5 November 2015
