Renowned companies and highly-qualified special suppliers from all relevant product sections have already registered
ProSweets Cologne 2019 has already received a high number of applications during the first months of the registration phase. Numerous renowned companies and highly-qualified suppliers with special know-how in this section have already registered for the coming, in the meantime 11th edition of the international supplier trade fair for the sweets and snacks industry. In total, over 300 companies from the sections manufacturing, packing and ingredients are once again expected in Cologne from 27 to 30 January 2019. ProSweets Cologne is accompanied by an extensive event programme, which includes for instance expert lectures in the “Speakers Corner” as well as diverse special events on the themes newcomers, ingredients and packaging.
The top exhibitors of the product section Machines and Systems (process and manufacturing technoology) at ProSweets Cologne 2019 include for example VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH, AZO GmbH & Co. KG, Hänsel Processing GmbH, NETZSCH-Feinmahltechmik GmbH and Sollich KG from Germany, Bühler AG with Haas Food Equipment GmbH and Knobel Maschinenbau AG from Switzerland, Carle & Montanari OPM Spa and for the first time the Tonelli Group S.p.A from Italy, GEA Food Solutions and Royal Duyvis Wiener B.V from the Netherlands as well as Aasted ApS from Denmark.
In the Packing Machines section, well-known companies like Robert Bosch Packaging Technology GmbH, Fuji Packaging GmbH, Gerhard Schubert GmbH, CHOCAL Aluminiumverpackungen GmbH, Loesch Verpackungstechnik GmbH with Hastamat Verpackungstechnik GmbH and Theegarten-Pactec GmbH & Co. KG from Germany as well as ACMA Spa from Italy and Omori Europe GmbH from the Netherlands have already confirmed their participation.
In the Packing and Packing Materials section, Belgian Sweets Design and Luxeverpakkingen De Coster bvba from Belgium, ESBE Plastic GmbH and Sopp Industrie GmbH from Germany, Deltasacs Primasacs from France, Andreas Kopp AG from Switzerland, Decobox from Turkey as well as Pro Form Ltd. from Hungary are taking part again.
Raw Materials and Ingredients will be represented among others by the German companies Baumgartner Schokoladen GmbH, Döhler GmbH, Norevo GmbH, Coppenrath Feingebäck GmbH and Ulmer Schokoladen GmbH & Co. KG as well as by GNT Group B.V from the Netherlands and Olam Europe Ltd from Great Britain.
The Food Quality and Safety section also plays an important role within the industry. Here, among others, HILDEBRAND Industry AG from Switzerland and the newcomer Colussi Ermes from Italy are represented.
ProSweets Cologne is being staged parallel to ISM, the world’s largest and most important trade fair for sweets and snacks. With around 1,700 international exhibitors from approx. 70 countries, this trade fair offers a unique overview of the new products worldwide and provides access to nearly 38,000 trade visitors from approx. 150 countries.
As at ISM the theme snacks plays an increasingly more important role at ProSweets Cologne. Of the currently registered companies, around 42 percent offer products and solutions for the production and packing of the product sections fruit and vegetable snacks, savoury snacks and other types of snacks.
Together with ISM, ProSweets Cologne covers the entire value chain of the production and sales of sweets and snacks at the same time and place – a worldwide unique constellation.
The industry sponsors of ProSweets Cologne are the Federal Association of the German Sweets Industry (BDSI), Sweets Global Network e.V. (SG), the German Agricultural Society (DLG e.V.) and the Central College of the German Sweets Industry (ZDS).