September 2015
WorldFood Istanbul and Ipack Turkey exhibitions, the Biggest
Meeting Point of Food and Packaging Sectors in the Region,
hosted 14.247 visitors!
The fair season has opened with the exhibitions organized by ITE Turkey. WorldFood
Istanbul and Ipack Turkey exhibitions, sector’s summit in the region gathering food and
packaging sectors under a one roof, hosted 14.247 professional visitors.
There has been a great international participation to both exhibitions that had a great
interest by Turkish food and packaging sector professionals. The exhibitions hosted
professional visitors from 119 different countries including Brazil, China Germany, India,
Iran, Japan, Mexico, Peru ,South Korea, and South Africa,
The 23rd WorldFood Istanbul and the 30th Ipack Turkey exhibitions, international summit of
the sector where the latest trends and technologies in food products, food technologies, packaging
and food processing systems are exhibited, organized by ITE Turkey who organizes leading
exhibitions in leading sectors of Turkey, received great attention. The exhibitions that took place at
Istanbul Expo Center, CNR Expo on a field of 60.000 sqm between the dates of September 3rd and
September 6th, gathered 562 participating companies from 42 countries with 14.247 visitors
from 119 different countries.
In order for the participating companies and professional visitors to experience a more productive
and efficient exhibition, WorldFood Istanbul and Ipack Turkey have been organized in
accordance with the product groups for the first time this year, With the domestic – foreign
“Procurement Committees Organizations” organized as part of the exhibition, there has been lots
of positive conversations between the participating companies and the professional visitors during
the exhibitions. It is expected that B2Bs which were held during the exhibitions contribute
posivitively to the growth and development of food and packaging sectors that have export surplus
in our country.
ITE Turkey FMCG & Energy Group Director Atilla Marangozoğlu had these to say about the
exhibition: “We are one of ITE Group Plc.’s affiliates with the national-international advertising
activities which carried out throughout the year and thanks to the global business network we
received from ITE Group Plc.; we gathered more than 500 participating companies from 42
different countries with 14.247 visitors from 119 different countries at our exhibitions this year.
The “Domestic – Foreign Procurement Committee Organizations” we organized before and
during the exhibition received great attention from both the participants and the visitors. We
believe the exhibitions, that are the biggest sector gathering of the region and the latest trends,
products and technologies of the sector which are exhibited, will have a positive contribution to
the sector and the national economy.
During the exhibitions, we started the field selling and rebookings of 2016 for the participating
companies. This shows that next year, the attention for the exhibitions will continue to increase.
We present our special thanks to the sector professionals for their attention.”
Participating companies and professional visitors came together with the “Domestic and
Foreign Procurement Committees Organization”...
As part of the “Domestic Procurement Committees Program” organized by ITE Turkey,
professional visitors from Afyonkarahisar, Aksaray, Bilecik, Bursa, Canakkele, Denizli,
Isparta, Izmir, Manisa and Usak met with the participating companies for 4 days.
Within the “Foreign Procurement Committees Program” organized with the support of
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy; committees from 19 countries including Azerbaijan,
Bosnia – Herzegovina, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq,
Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea
and U.A.E had B2B meetings with the exhibition participants before and during the exhibition. In
addition, as part of the international promotion activities of the exhibitions, procurement
committees from Kosovo and Kazakhstan were hosted as well.
Activities organized during the exhibition…
The international competition Tea Masters Cup took place at WorldFood!
The Tea Masters Cup competition, participated by professional tea masters, took place in Turkey
for the first time at WorldFood Istanbul. In the competition that has international qualification,
Russia took the first place in “tea brewing and tea tasting” and Russia and Belarus shared the first
place in the “tea set” category. Zeynep Erkan, who competed in the “tea tasting” category on
behalf of Turkey, became second in the world and the visitors followed the competition for 3 days.
During the exhibitions, with cooperation of public and sectoral NGO’s, many seminars covering
the topics of “Grant and Support Programs Related to R&D and Investments in Turkey” and
“Turkish Agriculture and Investment Opportunities” took place.
Ipack Turkey in its 30th anniversary!
This year, packaging and food processing systems exhibition Ipack Turkey was organized for the
30th time. The exhibition where the latest trend and technologies that make it possible for the food
products to be preserved healthier and for a longer time are exhibited received great attention from
domestic and foreign procurement committees. As part of the “Foreign Procurement Committees
Program” organized by ITE Turkey, the procurement committees from Azerbaijan and
Kazakhstan had talks with companies during the exhibition.
This year, the exhibitions were supported by Republic of Turkey Ministry of Food, Agriculture
and Livestock, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy, Federation of Food & Drink Industry
Associations of Turkey (TGDF), TÜGİDER, PAKDER and 24 other associations under one roof
of TGDF, Izmir Chamber of Commerce (İZTO) and KOSGEB.
Next year, WorldFood Istanbul and Ipack Turkey will take place between September 1st and
September 4th 2016.
www.worldfood-istanbul.com
www.ite-ipack.com
About EUF - E Uluslararası Fuar Tanıtım Hizmetleri A.Ş.
EUF A.Ş, which is subsidiary of ITE Turkey, organizes the regions’ biggest events in construction, furniture, food,
packaging, promotion, stationery, energy and construction machinery industries since 1999. EUF A.Ş takes the British
global event organizer ITE Group PLC’s knowledge and global know-how techniques on the following events:
WORLDFOOD ISTANBUL (International Food Products and Processing Technologies Exhibition), IPACK TURKEY (
International Packaging and Food Processing Systems Exhibition), ANKOMAK, (International Construction Machinery,
Building Elements & Construction Technologies Exhibition) IWE ISTANBUL WATER EXPO ( Istanbul Water and
Wastewater Treatment Technologies Exhibition & Conference) and GLOBAL OIL & GAS TURKEY (International Oil &
Gas Conference).
About ITE Turkey
ITE Turkey is the Turkey office of ITE Group, the English exhibition giant. ITE Turkey, who organizes leading exhibition
organizations in leading sectors of Turkey, consists of YEM Fuarcılık, EUF – E Uluslararası Fuar Tanıtım Hizmetleri,
Ekin Fuar, Platform Fuar and TF Fuarcılık companies.
ITE Turkey, who organizes the leading exhibitions of Turkey in sectors of construction, tourism, cosmetics, food, fashion,
energy, packaging, construction machinery, rail systems and logistics, takes its strength from the global network of ITE
Group along with its experience in Turkey and the region. ITE Group Plc. organizes more than 240 exhibitions and
conferences per year worldwide with 31 offices in 17 countries and more than 1.000 experienced personnel. ITE Group
Plc.’s Turkey office, ITE Turkey, creates new business, cooperation and purchasing opportunities in exhibitions by
transferring its strong global network in the construction sector to each and every sector it is included in and supports the
development of these sectors.
www.ite-turkey.com
About ITE Group Plc.
ITE Group was found in London in 1991 in order to present international trading platforms in developing countries. ITE
Group PLC. which has offices in England, Germany, Netherlands, Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, United
Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Russia, India, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, China, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, organizes more
than 240 exhibitions and conferences worldwide with 31 offices in 17 countries and more than 1.000 experienced
personnel.
ITE Group owns a unique business network in the field of trading exhibitions. Companies related to the group present
international experience, local knowledge, high standard customer service and support to the exhibition participants and
visitors. As part of the investment plans, ITE Group increases its number of organizations every year and is focused on
increasing the international quality of the exhibitions.
ITE Group organizes the leading exhibitions of each country with BUILD & INTERIORS exhibitions in the construction
sector, WORLDFOOD and PACKAGING exhibitions in food and packaging sectors, TRAVEL exhibitions in the tourism
sector, BEAUTY EVENTS in the beauty sector, TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS exhibitions in the transport and logistic
sector.
For detailed information:
Cem Funda
ITE Turkey | ITE Group PLC
Corporate Communications & Marketing Specialist
+90 212 291 83 10
cem.funda@ite-turkey.com
Ceyda Çiftçi
ITE Turkey | EUF A.Ş.
Marketing Supervisor
+90 212 291 83 10
ceyda.ciftci@ite-turkey.com