Victam moves to Germany

Victam International and its co-located sister feed ingredient trade show FIAAP International will open for the very first time in Cologne, Germany in May 2011.
Victam, the world's largest event for animal feed processing technology, has always been held in The Netherlands but the organizers, with the support of the majority of the industry, have decided that Cologne would be a more suitable venue for such a prestigious international event.
Already over one third of the event has been reserved by just 11 companies, and this is in a hall larger than the total area of the last Victam show in Utrecht.
What will visitors see when they visit Cologne? Visitors will find a very modern state of the art venue. The exhibition halls are fully air conditioned, and they have excellent facilities for visitors, exhibitors and conference delegates. An impressive autobahn system links directly to Cologne and the exhibition centre where there are large parking facilities. The international airport is served by many direct flights from all over the world and the Koln Messe (Cologne Exhibition Centre) has its own railway station on the direct railway line from the airport to the impressive city centre and downtown hotels.
What will visitors see when they visit the exhibition halls? Visitors will find a large and varied number of exhibitors from all over the world. On the Victam stands there will be displays of the latest technology and systems used in the manufacture and processing of animal feeds, aquafeed and dry petfood. Whilst on the FIAAP stands the displays will be focusing on specialist additives and ingredients that are essential in the formulation and production of safe, nutritious and cost effective animal feeds.
Visitors will also find exhibitors specialising in ancillary equipment - silos, conveyors, QC, computers, elevators, formulation programs, magnetic, bags and bagging systems, etc. This equipment is used in a number of different industry sectors one of which will also be represented at the event. This is the grain processing industry.
A new trade show and conference will be introduced in Cologne, this is GRAPAS International. GRAPAS will show displays of equipment and ingredients used within flour milling, industrial pasta production, breakfast cereal and extruded savoury snack processing as well as grain processing, preservation, storage and transportation. The trade show will also have its own technical conference.
There will also be a number of additional technical conferences and seminars organized during the event, these will include:
The Victam Feed Processing Conference
Petfood Forum Europe 2011
Aquafeed Horizons
The FIAAP Conference
The GRAPAS Conference
Biomass Conference