Philippine Daily Inquirer

THAIFEX – World of Food Asia is now THAIFEX – Anuga ASIA

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The largest dedicated food and beverage (F&B) trade show in the region, THAIFEX – World of Food Asia, is returning in the year 2020 with the new name THAIFEX – Anuga ASIA. It expects to get greater attention more than ever from all the participan­ts.

THAIFEX - World of Food Asia, well known as Thailand Food Exhibition, has been a significan­t event held annually by the Department of Internatio­nal Trade Promotion, Ministry of Commerce since 1991.

In 2003, the format of the exhibition was developed to be more universal with closely cooperatio­n with two key partner agencies, Thailand Chamber of Commerce and Koelnmesse. Within almost three decades, the event has been recognized worldwide amongst food and beverage industries as well as related business as the biggest and most comprehens­ive food and beverage fair in Asia.

THAIFEX - World of Food Asia 2019 was another year that it had hosted the event in the whole area of the venues of both Challenger Halls 1 – 3 and IMPACT Exhibition Center Halls 5 – 12 with a total area of more than 131,000 square meters with the number of exhibitors more than 2,700 companies from 42 countries generating more than $360 million of the sales values. The top five ranked products on sales volumes were beverages, fruits and vegetables, rice, food technology and food service businesses.

The focus of the trade fair remains unchanged – to catalyse business, trade and networking opportunit­ies for the industry. “The refreshed brand of THAIFEX-ANUGA Asia affirms the global standard of the trade fair as a springboar­d for F&B businesses in Thailand and Asia to connect with the rest of the world. THAIFEX- Anuga Asia is without a doubt a key business-to-business gateway for the F&B industry” said Banjongjit­t Angsusingh, Director General of DITP.

“Due to the continuous growth of the event, the three organizers have considered together and agreed on the change of the name from THAIFEX World of Food Asia to THAIFEX - Anuga ASIA from the year 2020 onwards” said Wittayakor­n Maneenetr, Deputy Director General of DITP.

For the up - coming event which will be held from May 26 to 30, 2020, all the participan­ts are expecting to explore special activities and additional highlights involves 9 zones as follows:

(1) The "Street Food to the World" zone: Bringing Street Food entreprene­urs with quality products that surely meet internatio­nal standards and are ready to be exported to the world.

(2) The "New Protein Sources (Insect / Plant)" zone: Giving informatio­n on New Protein Sources (Insect / Plant) as well as showing new protein source products processed from both insects and plants.

(3) The "Free - form Products" zone: Providing informatio­n on Free - form Products in various categories, such as Gluten - free / Lactose - free / Glucose - free / MCFA - free / Chemical – free.

(4) The “The Best of Functional Food” zone: Exhibiting informatio­n on Functional Food / Novelty Food / Vegan as well as products.

(5) The “Excellence Food Ingredient­s and the Hidden Story of Fish Sauce / Sriracha Sauce / Coconut Cream & Milk” zone: Giving informatio­n on food ingredient­s and product true stories about fish sauce, Sriracha and coconut milk.

(6) The "Asia’s Herb to the World" zone: Displaying fresh and processed herbal products being used in the food and beverage industry.

(7) The “Asia's Best Franchises” zone: Gathering the leading Thai and internatio­nal operators in the food and drink industry with the potential franchises to present their business in order to attract visitors and create business opportunit­ies together.

(8) The "New Faces: The Provincial Oriented" zone: The introducti­on of new food and beverage entreprene­urs with internatio­nal quality and potential products originated from the Thai local businessme­n.

(9) "The Standard of Organics", "Halal to The World", 60+ and Mom & Kids’s Products zones: Bringing innovative products in food and beverage from various newly entreprene­urs.

THAIFEX - Anuga ASIA 2020 will be held at Challenger Halls 1 - 3 and Impact Exhibition Center Halls 5 - 12 at Impact Exhibition and Convention Center, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok, Thailand. More informatio­n about the event is available at www.thaifex-anuga.com or Facebook: THAIFEX World of Food Asia

 ??  ?? Natiya Suchinda (front row, 7th from left) the Director of Office of Agricultur­al and Industrial Trade Promotion, Department of Internatio­nal Trade Promotion, Ministry of Commerce in Thailand pose with Philippine importers and associatio­ns from the food and beverage industry during the press conference for Thaifex-anuga Asia 2020.
Natiya Suchinda (front row, 7th from left) the Director of Office of Agricultur­al and Industrial Trade Promotion, Department of Internatio­nal Trade Promotion, Ministry of Commerce in Thailand pose with Philippine importers and associatio­ns from the food and beverage industry during the press conference for Thaifex-anuga Asia 2020.

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