Following their postponement due to the pandemic, BIOFACH and VIVANESS will now take place as a ‘summer edition’ from July 26–29, 2022. According to the organizers, on February 15, which was the original start date for this year’s round of the combined trade fair, the sector will present an annual review of its performance as part of the online event “BIOFACH / VIVANESS Sneak Preview & Insights”. Worldwide, the market is developing dynamically and exhibiting robust growth. According to the Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International, for example, organic food retail sales totaled more than €120 billion in 2020. The summer edition of BIOFACH and VIVANESS 2022 is set to welcome around 2,500 exhibitors, 200 of which will take part in the international trade fair for natural and organic personal care.
“The sector is performing extremely well, as we can see from the annual review but also from the inspiring input and insights that all our partners, especially the international patron of BIOFACH, IFOAM – Organics International, our national supporting institution BÖLW (German Federation of Organic Food Producers), and COSMOS and NATRUE, the two supporting organizations of VIVANESS, have contributed to the Sneak Preview & Insights,” Danila Brunner, director exhibitions BIOFACH and VIVANESS said. “In both the organic food and natural and organic cosmetics segments, the market is growing at an encouraging rate. This is one more reason to look forward to the personal reunion of the organic food and natural and organic cosmetics community this summer here in Nuremberg.”
VIVANESS 2022 will also be held as a summer edition parallel to BIOFACH. Stephan Becker, founder and managing director of cosmondial, emphasizes the sense of anticipation about the international trade fair for natural and organic personal care: “We can hardly wait for the trade fair and have great expectations of VIVANESS 2022. We are extremely pleased that the event can finally take place again on site after such a long time of being deprived of the trade fair experience! Because it is crucial for us as manufacturers to now present our products to a trade audience.”