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its importance as the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage
and liquid food industry.”
Preparations for drinktec 2021 are moving forward on
schedule. Interested companies may continue to register
online at www.drinktec.com.
New date – important information for exhibitors
All companies that have already completed the online registration
process (for exhibitors) for the old date (September
13–17, 2021) do not have to do anything. The drinktec team
will send individual stand proposals to them by the end of
June 2020 along with a reminder about the new trade fair
date. A registration for the new date (October 4–8, 2021) will
become binding when a company accepts the stand proposals.
The project team will be happy to answer exhibitors’
questions. Its members can be reached at +49 89 949-11318
or at drinktec.exhibitor@messe-muenchen.de.
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New show date
drinktec 2021
Go West!
GEA hygienic centrifugal pumps
launch in USA
New lactase
Improving the nutritional profile
of dairy products
Messe München will organize the International Motor
Show (IAA) for the first time in September 2021. As a result,
drinktec is changing its event calendar: the world’s leading
trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry will be
held three weeks later from October 4–8, 2021, at the Munich
exhibition grounds.
Volker Kronseder, head of the drinktec Advisory Board,
said: “Of course, at first we were not thrilled about having
to reschedule. We then got together in the advisory board,
which represents a cross-section of all areas of the industry,
and discussed various optional dates. We eventually found an
alternative date that was supported by a broad consensus.”
Richard Clemens, Managing Director of the Food Processing
and Packaging Machinery Association of the German
Engineering Federation, said: “Following this intense and
constructive discussion with all market experts, we were
able to find a new date for drinktec that really underscores
“Go West” is the slogan for GEA's range of pumps, which
aims to conquer the US market in 2020. This is a tough
market, according to GEA experts Martin Zickler and Dave
Medlar, where it is better to start planning from the back
in order to make everything right from the beginning.
That's why they first built up the service network and a
local assembly and then made a promise: GEA pumps will
bring a new level of quality, efficiency and hygiene to the
US dairy, pharmaceutical, food and beverage markets.
The GEA centrifugal pumps have a unique impeller design
that sets them apart from normal centrifugal pumps.
The impeller is pushed towards the front making it more
efficient and the mechanical seal easier to cool.The pump
is easy to clean and can handle a wide range of liquids. In
addition, GEA pump housings are manufactured by deep
drawing, not casting.
This provides a much
higher quality surface
finish without blow
holes in which bacteria
can collect.
GEA sees perhaps
the greatest immediate
opportunity for
GEA pumps to be in
the dairy industry.
gea.com
Novozymes is launching Saphera Fiber, a new lactase enzyme to
increase the content of fibers while also reducing sugar in fermented
and non-fermented dairy products. According to a recent
study, 59% of consumers are more likely to buy dairy products
with higher fiber content, and 38% of them are willing to
pay more for a higher content of fiber in their dairy products.
The new lactase enzyme works by converting lactose contained
in the milk into GOS fibers (galactooligosaccharides).
It does so without reducing the natural sweetness of dairy
products. GOS fibers derive from the lactose in cow’s milk
and is often associated with improved digestive health.
Saphera Fiber is a beta-galactosidase (lactase) enzyme that
converts 45% of the lactose contained in fluid milk into GOS,
and 25% is GOS Fiber. 1,2% GOS fiber is formed in fluid milk allowing
fiber claim and 25% sugar reduction. novozymes.com
Saphera Fiber converts
lactose into GOS in a
natural way
(photo: Novozymes)