EDITOR’S PAGE 8 managing director Kenneth Tan
Jet Set For June!
The month of June is a welcome relief from travel woes inflicted in the last few months that almost brought the business world to a virtual standstill. Thankfully, the clouds of uncertainty have cleared up just in time for food manufacturers in Asia to make their rounds at some of the industry’s major trade shows. In this issue, the organiser and exhibitors from IFFA 2010, the international meat-processing event, share their thoughts on the latest trends in the industry. The event that took place last month in Frankfurt, Germany, saw automation and healthier ingredients as some of the more dominant emerging trends. Energy efficiency in production processes, waste reduction and increase in shelf life are just some of the other trends that are apparent at this year’s event. (Page 70) Despite the air travel interruptions caused by the Icelandic volcanic ash situation, FHA 2010, held in Singapore, saw all 2,545 exhibitor booths in operation. In the small number of cases where exhibitors were unable to fly out here for the show, staff from high commissions and distributors from Singapore or the region stepped in to man the booths. (Page 74) Moving into high gear to host some of the food industry’s major events this month, is Bangkok, Thailand. Visitors to this year’s installation of ProPak Asia can expect growth opportunities for international manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, technology and materials in the fields of packing, filling, processing, quality assurance, test and measurement and their related fields of automation, transportation, storage, refrigeration, ingredients, labelling and pollution control. Later in the month, Thaifex – World Of Food Asia will take place at their rescheduled date from June 30 to July 4. The trade platform for the food and beverage industry in South East Asia, is based on the food and beverage trade fair, Anuga in Cologne, Germany. Incorporating the World of Halal, the trade fair taps into the growing halal industry that is worth US$1.323 trillion in global food value. This showcase is a professional trade fair to serve the needs of the halal industry, providing a business platform for trade, networking and education. These are just some of the trade shows that food manufacturers can look forward to attending this month. With all the exciting events going on, it is time to get packed for a jet setting June!
editor Tjut Rostina tjutrostina@epl.com.sg editorial assistant Audrey Ang audreyang@epl.com.sg senior art director/studio manager Lawrence Lee lawrencelee@epl.com.sg assistant art director Libby Goh libbygoh@epl.com.sg business development manager Randy Teo randyteo@epl.com.sg advertising sales manager Peh Sue Ann sueannpeh@epl.com.sg senior circulation executive Brenda Tan brenda@epl.com.sg contributors Agneta Weisz Anthony Martin Brian Miles Derek Chan Geoff Allen Gunnar Hepp James Cooper Jean-Paul Bernard Mark Neville Marty Nachel Srividyaranjani Venkatasubramanian board of industry consultants Dr Aaron Brody Managing Director Packaging/Brody, Inc Dr Alastair Hicks Agroindustries and Postharvest Specialist UN Food & Agriculture Organisation Professor Alex Büchanan Professional Fellow Victoria University Dr Nik Ismail Nik Daud Head, Food Quality Research Unit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia/ President Malaysian Institute of Food Technology Kathy Brownlie Global Program Manager Food & Beverage Ingredients Practice Frost & Sullivan Sam S Daniels Consultant World Packaging Organisation
Executive Board chairman Stephen Tay group executive director Kenneth Tan financial controller Robbin Lim
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