18/02/2016: Major international companies at Asia’s largest feed, rice & grain processing event

With just a few weeks to go before FIAAP/ VICTAM/ GRAPAS Asia 2016 opens, the organisers of the event, Victam International, announced that the exhibition area is virtually sold out and that major international companies from within each show will be there.
 
The FIAAP show which profiles animal feed ingredients and nutrition has many local companies as well as the well-known international suppliers such as Biomin, DSM, Kemin, Sopropeche, Tyson, Special Nutrients, Arm & Hammer, Olmix, SPF Diana, Dr Eckel, Cargill etc.

Likewise the international industry suppliers are very well represented at the feed processing exhibition – VICTAM. Visitors will see large stands showing the latest technology from Buhler, Famsun, ZCME, Ottevanger, Andritz, van Aarsen, Wenger, CPM, Extru-Tech, Amandus Kahl, Dinnissen, Geelen, the list goes on.

The list of exhibitors at the GRAPAS trade show, which specialises in rice milling, flour milling and grain processing, is also impressive. Once again the major international companies will be displaying their latest technology.  These include – Satake, Buhler, Alapala, Brock, Cimbria, Kay Jay Rolls, Foss, Rueter, Petkus, Cimbria, Altuntas, Chief and more.
     

Bangkok (Image: Mike Behnken)

There is a lot to see over the three days of the show. There is not just specialist ingredients and processing technology but also many stands displaying the latest auxiliary systems and machines. There will bagging machines and bags, silos, conveyor systems, specialist formulation programs, elevators, dryers/de-humidifiers, elevators, buckets, and many more pieces of equipment that are so necessary in a mill or processing plant.

All trade visitors are also invited to attend the 2nd ASEAN Feed & Rice Summit which takes place in the afternoon of Wednesday 30th March on Level 2 of BITEC.

Tentative program (Final programme will be posted HERE):

Respected international speakers will address the assembled delegates on a number of subjects, these will include:

• Chairman: Dr La Van Kinh, DDG, President of the Vietnam Feed Association
• Ms Alexandra de Athayde, Executive Director, International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) – Recent developments in the global feed industry.
• Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) – The development of supply of raw materials in the ASEAN region.
• Mr Du Van Pham, Senior Agricultural Officer FAO (rice expert) - Rice and rice based cropping system in ASEAN countries.
• Mr Vinod Ahuja, Livestock Policy Officer FAO Regional Office for Asia and Pacific - Feed & food security

There is also a series of conferences running alongside the exhibitions over the three days, on Level 2 of BITEC. The titles of the conferences are as follows:

1. Aquafeed Horizons Asia 
2. FIAAP Animal Nutrition Conference 
3. Petfood Forum Asia
4. Global Milling Conference with GRAPAS Asia
5. Biomass Asia
6. GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance

There will also be a programme of technical seminars, also on Level 2; these are free to all registered visitors. For further information, conference programmes and secretariats click HERE.

All of this will take place at the BITEC exhibition centre in Bangkok, Thailand from 29 – 31 March this year. Entrance to the exhibitions is free, but if you want to visit the event you will need to register as a visitor.
 
Read more and register HERE.  

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