Foodtech Barcelona 2018

FoodTech Barcelona is the fair that unites the machinery, technology, processes and ingredients for the food and beverage industry throughout the southern arch of Europe and Latin America. The International Food and Beverage Exhibition is held from May 8th to 11th, representing the best and most complete business platform: the most important companies in the sector, the most important international brands and industry associations, technology centers and institutions guarantee success of the next edition.

This international reference event is organized in three key sectors:

• TECNO Cárnica: the International Exhibition of Machinery, Technology, Equipment and Supplies for the Meat and Allied Industries.
• TECNO Ingredients: the International Exhibition of Intermediate Food Products for the food industry.
• TECNO Alimentaria: the International Exhibition of Machinery and Technology for Industry and Food Trade in General.

In addition, FoodTech takes place simultaneously with Hispack, International Packaging Exhibition.

FoodTech Barcelona is the new name of a consolidated salon with a distinguished career since its birth in 1984, first as a Techno-Food and later as BTA. Barcelona Food Technologies. Hand in hand with the organizers of Alimentaria, the International Food and Beverage Show, FoodTech Barcelona reinforces its international positioning and revalidates its status as a reference for the food industry in its technological aspect.

Food is the first industrial sector in Spain and the fourth largest economy in the European Union in gross production for its almost 95,000 million euros. According to data from 2015, contributed by FIAB, there was an increase of 2.5% of the companies in the sector that invested in R + D + i. That same year, exports recorded a value of 26,000 million, 6% more than the previous year.