The inaugural version of SaudiFood Manufacturing, the primary devoted F&B manufacturing occasion within the Kingdom spanning processing, packaging and elements, would be the launchpad for the business to take its place on the coronary heart of Saudi Arabia’s financial transformation. Following the extremely profitable launch of The Saudi Meals Present, the most important meals occasion within the Kingdom, organizers KAOUN Worldwide and dmg occasions, just lately unveiled highlights of the much-anticipated SaudiFood Manufacturing occasion, going down at Riyadh Entrance from April 30-Might 2, below the patronage of Minister of Business and Mineral Assets Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef.
Underpinning the fast-growing F&B market in Saudi Arabia — presently value round $60 billion and rising at 4 p.c per yr, the Saudi F&B manufacturing business is on the cusp of a step change in its development and significance throughout the nation’s economic system.
Trixie LohMirmand, CEO of KAOUN Worldwide, mentioned: “The launch of SaudiFood Manufacturing coincides with a pivotal second within the F&B manufacturing business, each in Saudi Arabia and globally. To attain the bold targets of Imaginative and prescient 2030, the Saudi authorities is specializing in diversifying the nation’s industrial base, whereas enhancing the safety and resilience of meals programs, encouraging investments in F&B manufacturing to determine the Kingdom as a distinguished international F&B hub. Concurrently, speedy technological developments are revolutionizing the business by enhancing effectivity, high quality, and security whereas decreasing prices.
“The inaugural version of SaudiFood Manufacturing will present contributors with invaluable insights into these market dynamics, showcasing how main international gamers are addressing them and the way companies can successfully leverage these developments.”
One of many key forces driving Saudi Arabia’s industrial transformation, and creating a lovely atmosphere for inward funding and innovation, is the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Know-how Zones, often called MODON — the strategic accomplice for the launch version.
Ali Alomeir, VP of enterprise growth at MODON, mentioned: “After the success of the primary version of The Saudi Meals Present final yr, the primary version of the SaudiFood Manufacturing Present 2024 additionally comes with a strategic partnership with MODON, reflecting MODON’s pivotal function in attaining the targets of the Nationwide Technique for Business, and Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030, to attain meals safety and successfully contribute to diversifying the nationwide economic system.”
For professionals in F&B manufacturing, spanning processing, packaging, elements, provide chain options, and management and automation, the SaudiFood Manufacturing Present affords a strategic platform considerable with alternatives to find tailor-made options for his or her companies.
The SaudiFood Manufacturing exhibition will convene greater than 400 international manufacturers from 35 nations for the primary time within the Kingdom, together with business powerhouses AMC, Anasia, Apical, Brenntag, Buhler Chemco FSL, CGS, Clextral, Cybernetik Applied sciences, IFFCO, Kanoo Equipment, Multivac, Novonesis, Senovia and lots of others.
“Saudi Arabia’s meals market is a rising enviornment filled with alternatives for innovation and fruitful collaboration. Al-Azzaz, now being Brenntag BSP Diet, is attending the inaugural SaudiFood Manufacturing exhibition in Riyadh with a deep dedication to creating stable relationships. Cementing our dedication to driving innovation and development inside Saudi Arabia’s meals sector, we’re happy to announce our funding and upcoming launch of Brenntag’s new Innovation and Utility Heart, which is able to open in Riyadh in 2024. This middle will function a lighthouse of innovation, highlighting Brenntag Specialties’ funding and unwavering perception in how essential it’s for us to be near our prospects,” mentioned Brenntag Diet-EMEA President Frank Haven.
Underneath the theme “Constructing the Meals Manufacturing Ecosystem of the Future,” greater than 50 worldwide specialists, thought-leaders, and policymakers are already confirmed to talk on the first Meals Ahead Summit — lots of them for the primary time in Saudi Arabia.
These embody: Dr. Flavia Fayet-Moore, house nutritionist and CEO of FOODiQ; Ross Dawson, international main futurist, entrepreneur and bestselling creator; Bugge Holm Hansen, senior futurist and head of innovation and know-how, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Research; George Peppou, founder and CEO of Vow; Richard Dillon, CEO of Ivy Farms Applied sciences; Luke Tay, founding father of Cornucopia FutureScapes; Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy, professor, College of Toronto and founder and chief science officer, Nutrigenomix Inc.; and lots of extra.
