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Global Trade Fairs
Nuremberg, Germany 15. – 18.2.2022
World’s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food
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In association with VIVANESS2022 International Trade Fair for Natural and Organic Personal Care BIOFACH
Nourishment for all your senses
We’re finally back to real-life encounters! At last, you can immerse yourself once again in the vast organic community: live, up close and in person. See, touch, smell and taste a colourful and diverse range of products as you enjoy a feast for the senses, the likes of which we’ve all been missing for so long. BIOFACH 2022 is all of this and more – including lots of happy moments!
#intoorganic
LEADING INTERNATIONAL FAIR CONTINUES TO EVOLVE:
What surprises does BIOFACH 2022 have in store?
15-18 FEBRUARY 2022 NUMBERG, GERMANY
• Benefits of live and digital formats to be combined for all-round experience over four days
• Formats being introduced in the congress and trade fair programme for the latest hot topics and socially relevant issues
“As an exhibition organiser, I’m already getting excited,” says Danila Brunner, Director BIOFACH and VIVANESS, as she looks forward to the forthcoming trade fair in February 2022. Over an 18-month period, the trade fair industry was able to acquire positive experience of digital events, and this will come into play at the World’s Leading Fair for Organic Food and the International Trade Fair for Natural and Organic Personal Care. Nevertheless, Danila Brunner remains convinced: “Trade fairs thrive on the live experience, from being able to enjoy an event with all the senses and not least from those chance encounters that can only happen on site.
That feeling of being part of a community in our sector is what we we’ve all been longing for, and we’ll experience it again at BIOFACH und VIVANESS 2022.”
Even at first sight, faithful connoisseurs of BIOFACH will realise that something has changed. In 2022, the fair will open its doors as early as Tuesday, and in addition to the on-site event, customers will benefit from extra digital features that offer them the greatest possible added value. Moreover, parts of the congress will be streamed and then made available on demand. In short, the concept trade fair has itself evolved during the pandemic.
The programme also offers a mix of old favourites and new highlights. Under the theme Organic. Climate. Resilience, which has been developed in partnership with BÖLW and IFOAM, the BIOFACH Congress will explore the socio-political challenge of making food production more resilient and climate-friendly by applying organic principles. As farmers make an essential contribution to achieving this goal, they have been given their own dedicated platform, the new Agriculture forum.
Anyone looking for the latest trending products should check out the Novelty Stands and can already look forward to the winners of the Best New Product Award in seven categories. In addition, the subsidised pavilion “Innovation made in Germany” will showcase 32 newcomers from the food sector. The topic of packaging will already be a prominent feature of this pavilion, but for an even more impressive overview of zero waste and unpackaged concepts, head for the bulk food store showcase (“Unverpackt”). This special show is presented by the partner Unverpackt e.V and will be underpinned by corresponding sessions at the congress.
To learn more:
www.biofach.de and www.vivaness.de
MARCA CHINA 2022 OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES,
Writing a New Chapter for the Private Label Industry
23 – 25 JUNE, 2022 SHENZHEN, CHINA
The second edition of the Marca China International Private Label Fair (Marca China) will be held at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Centre on June 23-25, 2022. Marca China is organised by BolognaFiere China Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BolognaFiere S.p.A. of Italy, and was created with the goal to create premium exhibitions for China’s private label supply chain industry across all product categories and with an international focus.
With an exhibition area of 20,000 meters, Marca China 2022 is expected to attract 400 exhibitors and over 10,000 visitors from more than 10 countries and regions. Exhibits will not only cover active private brand areas such as food and beverage, household and leisure products, but also look to strengthen the advancement of other professional private label fields such as beauty and personal care, organic health, pet supplies, and packaging design.
In order to help comprehensively meet their development needs in China, especially within the South China market, exhibitors will gain access to a set of high-quality supermarkets, convenience stores, brands, specialty stores, modern retailers, e-commerce platforms, social network-based businesses, Ho.Re.Ca. businesses, wholesalers, distributors, agents, import and export traders, and more. A series of professional programmes and activities will also be offered during the fair to provide attendees the latest industry information and trends from a variety of perspectives. The Conference Programme gathers domestic and foreign experts to address trending and crucial topics such as private label development in domestic and overseas markets, sustainability, packaging and design, marketing and sales channels, live streaming-based e-commerce and more. One-on-One Matchmaking services create a platform for exhibitors and visitors to connect and find solutions to their particular supply and demand needs. Marca Mart is a pop-up supermarket with a collection of private label brands that offers an immersive selection experience. Private Label NeoProducts Boulevard exhibits popular private label products launched within the last year.
With its international and forward-looking vision, the inaugural Marca China 2021 exhibition was successfully held in Shenzhen, injecting new vitality into South China’s related industries and China’s broader private label market.
Marca China 2021 brought together 289 domestic and foreign exhibitors and nearly 6,000 professional visitors. A total of 12 onsite events were organised, with experts from 17 countries and regions participating including China, Italy, France, the UK, and Denmark. The result was 93 rounds of one-on-one onsite business matchmaking meetings.
Marca China 2022 has now been officially launched. Reserve your booth now and receive an early bird discount (available through 31 December, 2021). For more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
To learn more: www.marcachinafair.com
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
PRIVAE LABEL NEO-PRODUCTS BOULEVARD
MARCA MART
ONE-ON-ONE MATCHMAKING
MARCABYBOLOGNAFIERE 2022 ALMOST SOLD OUT
Three New Retail Groups on the Technical-Scientific Committee: ARD/ERGON, BRICO IO and LEKKERLAND
19-20 JANUARY 2022 BOLOGNA
Exhibition space is almost sold out with only a few square metres still to be assigned at MarcabyBolognaFiere 2022, scheduled to take place in Bologna on 19 and 20 January. The registration campaign for the 18th edition of Europe’s second largest trade fair for the Private Label sector, organised by BolognaFiere in collaboration with ADM (the Italian Grocery Retail Association), is forging ahead.
This year’s MARCA DIGITAL SESSION enabled the business community to keep their commercial contacts active through an event that involved more than 9000 participants (30% from outside Italy) and 175 buyers from important foreign retail groups.
MarcabyBolognaFiere is now set to return in its classic format but with a renewed layout, an exhibition space that has to date registered the planned participation of more than 700 exhibitors. The addition to the Technical Scientific Committee of three new large retail groups: ARD/ERGON, BRICO IO, LEKKERLAND is a further demonstration of the event’s importance to the world of Private Labels.
The exhibition layout will include five pavilions with product categories organised into food and non-food as well as areas reserved for the specialist sections MARCA TECH and MARCA FRESH. The event will focus the attention of the entire Private Label business community, which will include the participation of 18 large retail groups that sit on the event’s technical-scientific committee, involved in the definition of the strategic development of the event.
On the international front, the consolidated partnership with ICE-Agenzia has been renewed. Every year ICE-Agenzia brings delegations of operators to Bologna, involving category managers and buyers from the main international chains to promote meetings between exhibiting companies, top retailers and importers from abroad.
In this regard, and to further support internationalisation, MARCA Digital Session has been confirmed to return, from 11 to 18 January, to facilitate participants preparations for the event by enabling contacts with exhibitors in advance, to discover new products and plan an agenda of meetings at the Fair. MarcabyBolognaFiere 2022 will also see the return of the various opportunities for training and information that will be part of a rich calendar of conferences, debates, seminars and focus sessions on the main trends in modern trade in the Private Label sector.
For more information: marca.bolognafiere.it.
ISM 2022 UNDER STARTER’S ORDERS
Applications from 65 countries - an extensive safety and hygiene concept - Ticket Shop open immediately
30 JAN - 2 FEB , 2022 COLOGNE, GERMANY
Just two months before the opening of the fair, with a current interim status of around 1,300 exhibitors and around 80 percent of the exhibition space already booked, ISM is looking optimistically ahead to the forthcoming event in 2022.
24 percent of the exhibiting companies come from Germany and 76 percent from abroad. The leading global trade fair for sweets and snacks covers seven halls in total and with exhibitors from 65 countries, including also companies from North Africa, South America and Asia, it is demonstrating its accustomed high level of internationality. In total, 27 country pavilions from 22 countries and regions have already registered. The country participations with the highest number of exhibitors come from Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Greece, France, the Netherlands and the USA.
“We are delighted with this positive result. It shows how important ISM is for the industry as a central business meeting point. With our trusted safety and hygiene concept, #B-SAFe4business, we ensure comprehensive safety as we have already demonstrated in the course of trade fairs like Anuga,” explained Sabine Schommer, Director ISM. The requirement for all attendees to be fully vaccinated, or have recovered from an infection within the last six months (but at least 28 days ago), or test negative for Covid, applies throughout the trade fair grounds. Admission to the fair grounds is exclusively possible on presentation of digital admission tickets using the ISM app. This ticket must be presented together with recognised digital proof of full vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery – a measure that will eliminate waiting times and ensure the safety of all trade fair participants. Attendees must also continue to wear a medical mask and maintain social distancing of 1.50 metres.
The Ticket Shop is open with immediate effect
The ISM Ticket Shop is open for all trade visitors of the trade fair with immediate effect. The following admission ticket options are available: • Day ticket: EUR 69.00 • 2-day ticket: EUR 83.00 • Season ticket: EUR 111.00
• ISM & ProSweets @home ticket (digital only): EUR 69.00
The admission tickets can be purchased on the ISM website.
The ISM app, which enables the admission tickets to be called up in the ticket wallet, is expected to be available at press time.
To learn more: www.ism-cologne.com
Photos courtesy of: Koelnmesse Image database
COSMOPROF WORLDWIDE BOLOGNA
10 – 14 MARCH 2022
BOLOGNA, ITALY
Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2022 is back with an in-person edition in Bologna from 10th to 14th March 2022. The exhibition, the first international appointment dedicated to all segments of the cosmetic industry after the pandemic outbreak, will welcome the major international players, with the objective of recovering some cohesion and creating new synergies to face market’s transformations.
“The 53rd edition of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna will be a vital moment for the sector: finally we will be able to welcome again players from all over the world and turn the spotlight again on the excellence, the innovation and the creativity that allowed the industry to face up to the unexpected events derived from the pandemic emergency. During the latest months, we offered stakeholders the specific tools to do business in such a peculiar scenario. Now, we are ready to welcome them back to the show floor”, says Gianpiero Calzolari, President of BolognaFiere.
“Companies and stakeholders have great expectations for the March appointment. There is a strong desire to resume in-person commercial relationships, to discover new trends and meet partners and collaborators. The 2022 edition of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna will be a constructive and stimulating event, to help manufacturers, brands, buyers, distributors and retailers from all over the world discover new ideas to re-launch the sector”, says Enrico Zannini, General Manager of BolognaFiere Cosmoprof S.p.A. “Expectations are high for the return in presence of the leading event in the beauty sector, - says Renato Ancorotti, president of Cosmetica Italia, personal care association. – Our industry is firmly committed to get prepared for this appointment. We are focusing our attention on the continuous investments, on the reaction and the innovative attitude of all the entrepreneurs, managers and workers of the Italian cosmetics sector. Encouraged by positive signs, such as the 19.4% growth of Italian cosmetic exports in the first six months of 2021, we expect a total return to normal values in the next year. With this spirit we will take part in the 2022 edition of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, next to our partner BolognaFiere”. The exhibition will be held following the safety procedures and providing the traditional format with the distinction of areas and opening dates according to product sector and distribution channel, for a more functional layout of the halls. From Thursday to Sunday Cosmopack and Cosmo | Perfumery & Cosmetics will open its doors for the supply chain, and the retail and perfumery segments, while from Friday to Monday the fair district will welcome professionals and salon owners with Cosmo | Hair & Nail & Beauty Salon.
COSMOPACK
At Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna there is an area that more than the others is invested by the stream of innovations and new technological solutions: this is Cosmopack, the only exhibition that host the whole supply chain – contract manufacturing and private label, machinery for processes and packaging, primary and secondary packaging, applicators, ingredients and raw materials. If Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna represents the universe of distribution and the main novelties for all its sales channels, Cosmopack is the production core of the cosmetic industry.
With the aim of optimising the exhibition areas according to Cosmoprof visitors’ target, the layout of Cosmopack follows a marked distinction between the different segments of the supply chain. The 19PK area is increased: this is the area dedicated to the major companies specialized in machinery and manufacturing solutions, a peculiar sector of Cosmopack that differentiates it from the other international trade shows. The hall 15 confirms its focus on manufacturers specialized in full service offers for the industry. Hall 18 will be dedicated again to the OEM and packaging sectors. Inside hall 20, next to innovations of the machinery sector, companies specialised in packaging will be exhibiting, with the most performing proposals following market needs and trends.
COSMO | PERFUMERY & COSMETICS
For the perfumery and cosmetic segment, there will be many areas dedicated to the leading and most innovative companies. Cosmoprime, the hall dedicated to haute de gamme cosmetics with a selective distribution, will host numerous premium and luxury brands with a strong attention to sustainability. The special area Zoom on Emerging Prime will welcome 15 selected companies, exhibiting for the first time in Bologna, providing new cues for ingredients and formulations, product usage and new consumption functionalities. The Extraordinary Gallery, considered the base for the most interesting innovations, will host companies with innovative concepts in terms of formulations and packaging and with a brand philosophy in line with the younger generations’ habits. To top up the exhibiting offer, the round tables and the insight appointments of CosmoTalks, where experts from all over the world will share experiences and advices on the most current topics for the segment.
COSMO | HAIR & NAIL & BEAUTY SALON
From 11th to 14th March, the professional channel will be able to renew commercial relationships with companies and suppliers, with the objective of offering services and products of excellence and regaining consumers’ loyalty. Companies specialized in products, accessories and furniture for hair salons will be exhibiting in halls 25, 31, 32, 33, 35 and 37. On the stage of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, OnHair will also be back, inside hall 37, a new space of BolognaFiere, recently inaugurated. An arena with over 8,000 seats will host the most captivating hair shows by global teams and masters, sharing novelties and creativity. Halls 28, 29, 30 and 36 will be hosting the companies specialized in products and services for the professional beauty, spa and nail sector. To enrich the content of the exhibition, special initiatives will be scheduled. Cosmo Onstage, the stage dedicated to the novelties of the beauty and hair sectors, will present Masterclass, the new education project by Cosmoprof, with the participation of professional educational institutions and trainers. The format follows the specific needs of operators: they are asked to satisfy the requests of consumers, who are more and more attentive to the quality of services and treatments. The World Massage Meeting will welcome beauticians and holistic operators for an occasion of discussion, education and update on the current most innovative body techniques. Following the success of OnBeauty, the Wunderkammer, the lounge of the beauty sector able to project visitors into the future, will present exhibitors’ videos of product launches, and their most innovative equipment and treatments.
Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna is supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ITA - Italian Trade Agency, as part of the special plan dedicated to the promotion of Made in Italy.
