Cibus Tec opened its doors this week in Parma. The Koeln Parma Exhibitions trade fair event is dedicated to technologies for the food and beverage sector, to show the over 40,000 visitors expected from Italy and 120 countries in the world the most advanced technological solutions for the food industry thanks to the presence of the best in the sector, i.e. over 1200 exhibitors including the best Italian companies and more than 400 foreign brands from 30 countries around the world.
Mechanics for the F&B industry is one of the sectors of excellence in Italian manufacturing; with over 2,100 active companies and 61,000 employees, the sector generated a turnover of EUR15.7bn in 2022.
Compared to 2019, turnover grew by +7.6%, while the workforce recorded an increase of +11.7%. This industry also represents one of the Made in Italy sectors most suited to international markets, with exports of EUR8bn in 2022 (+24.2% compared to 2012). In the first six months of 2023, compared to the same period of 2022, the export trend is growing (+16.4%), and at the end of 2023 it is estimated to close with a value of approximately EUR8.8bn (+10% compared to 2022).
The 2023 edition of Cibus Tec, which continues until October 27, was opened by Franco Mosconi, president of Fiere Parma.
“Fiere di Parma it is a special place, in which the authentic beauties of this country are periodically on display: art, antiques, tourism, good food. With Cibus Tec, however, it takes the visitor inside an ideal factory of the future in which one can experience first-hand all the processes – of very high technical depth – that bring the foods and drinks we consume daily to our tables. All this gives enormous prominence to the food tech supply chains and manufacturing excellence of our territory and of Italy as a whole, attracting highly qualified exhibitors and visitors from all over the world, certain of finding here in one place, the best and most advanced solutions technologies and innovations for the food industry,” Mosconi said.
Find out more at: https://www.cibustec.it