ProFood Tech, the trade fair for food and beverage technology, celebrated a convincing premiere from April 4-6, 2017 in Chicago. The event instantly met the very high expectations of the new trade fair format held by industry and commerce: almost 6,500 trade visitors informed themselves about the service portfolio of 447 national and international exhibitors from 16 countries. With the strong participation of visitors and exhibitors and its market-oriented focus, ProFood Tech already underlines its importance as a central meeting point for buyers and decision makers of the food technology industry in the NAFTA region with the premiere event.

“The positive response of the industry to this new trade fair format confirms our dialogue-oriented concept approach and the interest in a new leading international trade fair in the NAFTA region”, commented Gerald Böse, President and Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH, one of the organizers of the trade show. Charles D. Yuska, president and CEO of PMMI, producer of the Pack Expo portfolio of trade shows, also reached a very positive conclusion about the trade fair: “ProFood Tech reaffirmed our belief that North America needed a comprehensive processing event like this.”