EGYPT

drinktec is the main gateway to beverages and liquid-food technologies. drinktec presents all the updated innovations and latest trends in these sectors, therefore serving globally the demands and needs of all the visitors, exhibitors and decision-makers. This fair offers visitors all the required information, all in one place and all at the same time – from top exhibitors to top forums and conferences offering the solutions this industry needs.
Dalia Kabeel, Foodstuff Sector Portfolio Manager, Egyptian Exporters Association – ExpoLink, Egypt

IRAN

I have no doubt that visiting drinktec always has its attractions not only for those who have been involved in the beverage industry for many years but for newcomers too. In my opinion, for every bottler who is looking for new solutions for extending his activity in the future, it is absolutely necessary to pay a visit to the drinktec fair.
Allah-Gholi Arab-Ameri, Head of Beverage Machinery Dept., Kar-O-Andisheh Engineers Corporation, Iran

 The market for functional beverages and dairy-based drinks has experienced growth in recent years due to increased consumer awareness and the promotion of healthy eating and lifestyle. drinktec 2009 is the best place to visit and choose modern and suitable equipment & machinery for the production of innovative, healthy products and packaging, resulting in winning against business competition.
Mohammad Daneshi, Food Technologist, Iran Dairy Industries Co., Iran
 
An excellent opportunity to meet and promote beverage technology.
Reza Mosayebi, Marketing Director, Padideh Pars Co., Iran

SOUTH AFRICA

drinktec is a priority for any company or person involved in beverage and associated liquid-food technologies. Global village allows you to meet with everybody from the industry. The trade fair, which is well structured and organized and which I have experienced during previous visits, offers the unique opportunity for discussions and exchange of new innovations and applications. Specifically it creates a huge networking stage, meeting new and existing clients, colleagues from around the world promoting new business. Eddie Wepener, Marketing Manager, GEA Process Engineering (Pty) Ltd., South Africa

ARGENTINA

My first visit to this important show was realized the 18 of September of 2001; it was a very special one due to the sad events of the Twin Towers. The experience was very important, we appreciated the tremendous technological advances of the leading companies, and contacted the suppliers. The result: Our company turned round 180º, we had contact with representatives of equipment, beverages producers etc. In 2005, I returned again. Again the fair….SURPRISING, once again a magnificent experience. Jorge Luis Álvarez, Director, Jorge Alvarez y Asociados, Argentina

As I see it, drinktec 2009 is an important event for international trade and commerce in our industry. This is particularly true for the filling industry in the Pacific Area, which I have been taking care of for many years in the Regina Group. I have been coming to the fair in Munich for a number of years. Over the course of this time, we have gained many new contacts on both the industry and commercial sides, and these have had a positive effect on our business.
Peter V. Gaber, Area Manager, Regina Catene Calibrate S. p. A, Argentine

BRAZIL

Today Bebidas Fruki S.A. has a modern industrial park and advanced management systems. We have been a regular participant in the drinktec events for many years. drinktec is the ideal place for a beverages company to raise its profile and expand its activities. Nelson Eggers, President, Bebidas Fruki S.A., Brazil

USA

Scholle Packaging supplies bag-in-box technology to processors and manufacturers of retail and institutional beverages. In my role as Manager of Advanced Technologies, it is my responsibility to create new technologies that overcome the challenges our customers face. Visiting drinktec will give me an opportunity to measure our current success in this endeavor, as well as gain valuable insight into the direction the industry is heading.
Simon P. Edwards, Manager of Advanced Technologies, Scholle Packaging, USA

drinktec is an absolute must-attend for anyone in the beverage industry. All the key suppliers in the world and their customers are there. All technologies relevant for the beverages production are under one roof providing a very efficient means for our members to make their purchasing decisions for the next year. Mark Hammond, Senior Vice President and CFO, American Beverage Association, USA

INDIA

2005 was my first visit to drinktec and I was absolutely impressed. What stood out the most was the amazing efficiency with which the entire show was conducted, the unique opportunity to meet members from the entire spectrum of the beverage and packaging industry, right from global giants to local companies. Last but not the least, the kind of innovation and cutting-edge technologies across products and services that we got to see and experience was simply invaluable. We shall be definite visitors to drinktec 2009. Harshawardhan Apte, Managing Director, Apte Packaging, India

A visit to drinktec 2005 encouraged me to set up a state-of-the-art Greenfield Brewery in West Bengal, which has now become a part of Carlsberg Group. I wish every success and popularity to drinktec.
Debasis Mukherjee, Promoter Director, Parag Breweries Limited, India

KOREA

drinktec is an excellent place to study the latest developments and to gain new contacts with industry specialists from all over the world. The milk treatment and processing sector occupied a large area and displayed the complete range of process technology. Our group was especially impressed with the scale of the event where entire machinery systems and plants are set up and demonstrated in action. We also found the seminars really inspiring. There is no doubt that Korea's presence in this show has room to grow.
Myung-Guil Kim, Vice President (former), Korea Dairy Industries Association, Korea

NEW ZEALAND

Attending drinktec for key decision-makers at Zymus, ranks highly within our organisation. Opportunities presented such as meeting with world class suppliers to the industry, gaining insights on the latest trends and innovations from around the globe, for realizing and pursuing new business opportunities, gaining strategic direction, all this in a couple of days and by being in one place is positively awesome. drinktec is the most motivating and inspiring trade fair you will ever attend. See you there! Maria Dagger , Managing Director, Zymus International Ltd, New Zealand

TAIWAN

Great Reliance, specialized in beer brewery, visits drinktec to look for brewery equipments and raw materials. As the world’s largest trade fair in this field, drinktec gathers the largest numbers of companies in the supply industry. The fairs in the US are not comparable to drinktec. We use drinktec to find partners.  Eddie Chang, General Manager, Great Reliance Food & Beverage Co., Ltd., Taiwan

 
drinktec is a trade show that is very well known to worldwide manufacturers, traders and customers. Yih Kuang, as a manufacturer of various kinds of valves and hose fittings, had the chance to visit drinktec for several times in previous years. The main purpose is to learn and study the progress and the latest trends of products. In addition to the good opportunity to meet some of our customers that exhibit at drinktec, I always meet new friends and discover new products. Each visit has always been a unique experience.
Johnson Yen, Senior Manager, Yih Kuang Metal Corporation, Taiwan

THAILAND

Travelling long distance is hassle for us, and we are traveling only with good reason. drinktec is an event happening every 4 years, and we can witness the most up-to-date innovations at the exhibition. After drinktec we often stay more days in Europe, giving us good reason to visit existing and new suppliers in Germany and Europe. And of course, a side trip to beautiful touristic places, as the weather in Europe in September is very nice and comfortable for Asians. So, the trip to drinktec makes our travelling completely worthwhile. Lt. Chesada Thamavit, CEO, Thamavit group of cos, Thailand

VIETNAM

drinktec is the most important trade fair in the world for beverages and liquid foodstuffs. By taking part in this show, Vietnamese companies will not only have the opportunity to choose modern products but also access innovative technology as well as apply new methods in order to optimize production and establish new business ties for investing in a beverage industry with potential like Vietnam. Vietnam Beer – Alcohol – Beverage Association will be the bridge to connect Vietnamese companies to the world of beverages.
Nguyen Van Hung, Vice Chairman of Vietnam Beer – Alcohol – Beverage Association, Vietnam

CZECH REPUBLIC

For our trade journal and for our institute, drinktec is the most important exhibition in the sector. I have been coming along to this fair regularly since 1985. The biggest manufacturers, like Krones, KHS and Ziemann, as well as other manufacturers, concentrate their new launches and their promotional effort on drinktec in Munich. So, I am already looking forward to my next trip.
Ladislav Chládek, a member of the Beer Research Institute of Prague and editor of the Journal for Brewing, Malting and Beverage Industry, Czech Republic

GERMANY

For our company, Bertrams, drinktec is a must. Each time it is the place to take a look at the technical developments that have been emerging in the previous four years. Because it covers beverage manufacturing across a wide range of segments, for a company like us it is the most important source of information in 2009. The international scope of the fair points out global trends in beverages manufacturing and gives us valuable ideas that we can put into use in our operations. Wilfried Bertrams, President Association of the German Fruit Juice Industry and owner of Gebr. Bertrams GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

	100 years of Sinalco – in 2005 Sinalco International was able to celebrate this auspicious date in style in Munich with its worldwide partners. That was the first time Sinalco had been represented at drinktec. Our main aims in taking part were to forge contacts with potential licensees and to offer technology and marketing support to existing partners. drinktec 2005 was very successful for Sinalco, and we are looking forward to being back again in 2009. Mongi Goundi, Managing Director, Sinalco International GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
	Not only is drinktec one of the international key trade fairs in the field of beverage technology. It is also the ideal place for cultivating business contacts to partners and suppliers. The fact that the fair takes place in Munich – and thus more or less at our door step – makes it a set date in our diary.“ Stefan Hoechter, Managing Director, Adelholzener Alpenquellen, Germany

 

	I have a particularly emotional connection with this fair, because my father used to bring me here when I was a child. At that time it was still called Interbrau, but then as now I was fascinated by the machinery and systems on display. For me drinktec is quite simply the most important industry gathering. This is the place where former fellow students, brewery experts and competitors come to meet and talk. And the exhibitors always seem to manage to present new developments and innovations at their stands. Georg Schneider VI, Director, Private Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH (Schneider-Weisse), Germany
	For us drinktec is a trade fair of special significance. It offers us the chance to engage in a wide range of discussions, not least with suppliers. Also it is a showcase for innovations in flavour and filling technology. And: we make good use of this platform to engage in networking and exchanging ideas and information with colleagues from all over the world, in the interests of moving our business further forward. Dr. Klaus Peter Stadler, Technical Director Germany & Director Environment & Water Resources Europe, The Coca-Cola Company, Germany
	drinktec has now become a key event for the dairy industry. And for the employees of muva kempten, too, drinktec in Munich is a must. Dr Thomas Westermair, Director of muva kempten, Germany

DENMARK

drinktec is probably the event for the industry, where you really get some value out of linking up with the suppliers of capex equipment, technology but also have an opportunity to meet your colleagues and your peers from other breweries. It’s a nice event.
Kasper Madsen, Senior vice-president supply chain, Carlsberg Group, Denmark

FRANCE

drinktec is a must-attend event for beverages producers who are looking for reliable and competent partners with whom to realise industrial projects. drinktec 2005 met my expectations in full, because it covered all the segments that a modern, top quality brewery needs. The aspects of environment and energy, for example, featured very well. For an environmentally conscious company like Kronenbourg Breweries, the visit to drinktec proved to be very well worthwhile.
Madame Audrey Davin, Head of Engineering and Industrial Projects, Kronenbourg Breweries, France

GREECE

drinktec: a very promising event. Great service, impressive organisation, visitors are well looked after, an excellent venue, and a very modern and innovative trade-fair platform. Ioannis Hatzijanellis, Product Manager, E. Skazikis – L. Marangos SA, Greece

RUSSIA

The drinktec exhibition provides ZAO NPO Elevar with a possibility of gaining momentum for further expansion of its business activities. The world’s brand-new concepts and innovations in the beverages and liquid-type products field are demonstrated at the exhibition. drinktec is an operational machinery and technology exhibition site; drinktec provides opportunities to enlarge business contacts as one can meet representatives of the major participants of the world's beverage market there. Dr. Liubov Mamkaeva, Head of Business Development and Marketing Department, ZAO NPO Elevar, Russia

SWEDEN

For Kiviks Musteri drinktec is the most important trade fair for machinery and equipment. We visit regularly, because this is the place where most of the suppliers to the beverages industry exhibit their latest products and innovations. In the space of just a few days we are able to gather concentrated information on what the market has to offer. We also use our visit to the fair to meet up with our most important suppliers, in order to discuss new projects and possibilities. Ingvar Hagström, Head of Production, KM Production / Kiviks Musteri, Sweden

SWITZERLAND

For EMS Grivory, drinktec is superb. This trade fair presents the very latest from the industry and for us, as a specialist in high-temperature polyamides and the only manufacturer of PPA in Europe, it covers in one place all the areas in which we operate.
At drinktec we meet up with our international business partners and forge excellent new contacts. We also gather valuable new ideas and inspiration for our future business.
Hans-Jürg Caluori, , Senior Manager Global Account, Ems-Chemie AG, Business Unit EMS-GRIVORY, Switzerland

TURKEY

I have been taking part in this trade fair since 1985. Worldwide drinktec is the number one for the sector. Exhibitors and visitors come from all over the world for this event, to find out about the latest technological developments. When facing investment decisions, there is no better platform for finding out, in a short space of time, all about the different options open to you.
Mr Sinan Meral, General Manager, SIMER MAKINA, Turkey

UK

We’re trying to be a little more deliberate about how we go to drinktec this year. We operate in many areas that are water constrained, so how do we reduce our overall use of water? The second issue is energy and the two considerations are that energy pollutes and energy costs. So how do we get our breweries more energy efficient?
Tony van Kralingen, Director of supply chain and human resources, SABMiller, UK

UKRAINE

Investing in new technology and equipment is a high priority for the companies in our organisation. They are aiming to introduce new technologies so that they can expand their range of products and increase their production of milk, which is enjoying renewed demand. At the same time, there is a need to improve packaging and filling systems. We hope that at drinktec we will find solutions to the problems we are facing.
M. Butenko, Vice-President, Organisation of Dairy Companies, Ukraine