Retail & Consumer Goods Industry

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 14, 2025 – Anuga Fine Food 2025 has opened in Cologne as the largest edition in its history, bringing together over 4,300 exhibitors and 135 group stands. The trade fair highlights how delicatessen, gourmet, and premium food products are shaping global markets, with strong international representation and a growing emphasis on health-conscious and luxury-driven offerings.

Record-Breaking Participation Across Global Food Leaders
The event features established brands including Altunkaya, Calvo, Develey, Saclà, La Molisana, Pietro Coricelli, and PT. Indofood, alongside new participants such as Antonio Viani, Nisshin, Samyang, and Reina Group. International pavilions from China, France, Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, the USA, and newcomers like Malta, Kyrgyzstan, and Nigeria demonstrate the fair’s global scope.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 14, 2025 – Koelnmesse and IFEMA MADRID are set to reshape the European food and beverage exhibition landscape with the launch of Anuga Select Ibérica, a new trade fair debuting in Madrid from February 16–18, 2027. The partnership aims to consolidate Spain and Portugal’s role as growth hubs for the global food industry while strengthening trade flows between Europe, Latin America, and North Africa.

Strategic Expansion of the Anuga Brand

Anuga Select Ibérica represents the next evolution of IFEMA MADRID’s Meat Attraction and InterSICOP (rebranded as Bake & Ice Attraction). By merging these formats under the globally recognized Anuga umbrella, the new event expands beyond meat and bakery to cover additional food and beverage sectors. This integrated platform positions Madrid as a central hub for innovation, networking, and international trade.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 14, 2025 – Korea has been confirmed as the official partner country of Anuga 2025 in Cologne, bringing more than a showcase of flavors to the world’s leading food and beverage trade fair. With over 100 exhibitors under the banner “Flavour meets trends,” the nation will highlight how traditional culinary heritage can be leveraged to meet global consumer demand for health, sustainability, and innovation.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 14, 2025 – DMEXCO 2025, Europe’s leading digital marketing and technology event, is set to return to Cologne on September 17–18 with more than 1,000 speakers, 220 hours of programming, and a sharp focus on digital commerce, retail media, connected TV, and creator-driven marketing. For B2B executives, the event is shaping up as a critical forum to understand how marketing innovation, platform partnerships, and data-driven technologies will reshape global digital commerce strategies.

Commerce and Retail Media in the Spotlight
This year’s program reflects the rapid evolution of commerce as a cornerstone of the digital economy. A dedicated Commerce Summit, powered by the BVDW in partnership with Shopify, will explore strategies across B2C, D2C, and B2B channels. Alongside, the Retail Media Summit will dive into how advertisers and platforms are redefining media spend through retail-driven ecosystems.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 2, 2025 – Zukunft Personal Europe (ZP Europe) is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary in Cologne from September 9–11, 2025, with a forward-looking agenda that redefines its role from a human resources trade fair into Europe’s central hub for organizational transformation and enterprise performance.

From HR Exhibition to Strategic Transformation Platform

Originally launched as a specialized HR fair, ZP Europe has grown into a marketplace for cross-industry dialogue on workforce and organizational strategy. The 2025 edition, themed “Time for New Beginnings”, highlights how leadership, digitalization, and workplace culture intersect with business resilience. Instead of focusing solely on HR functions, the event emphasizes structural change and enterprise-wide adaptability in an era of rapid disruption.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 1, 2025 – Sidel has launched a new aseptic training center in Atlanta, marking a strategic investment in workforce development for beverage manufacturers across the Americas. The facility, which opened on August 28, is designed to build specialized expertise in aseptic PET operations, equipping plant teams with the skills needed to boost productivity, minimize downtime, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Immersive training for aseptic line operations

The Atlanta site replicates real production conditions through technical benches and simulation-based training. Instead of relying solely on live equipment, participants gain hands-on experience in a controlled environment, reducing risk and costs for manufacturers. Courses span core aseptic processing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and operational excellence, with modules tailored to operators and technicians alike.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 1, 2025 – Sidel is preparing to showcase a suite of breakthrough packaging technologies at drinktec 2025 in Munich, including the world’s first laser technology for PET bottle blowing. The company positions this innovation as a pivotal shift in packaging performance, sustainability, and operational efficiency for the food, beverage, and personal care industries.

Laser Blowing Sets a New Benchmark in Efficiency

The highlight of Sidel’s presentation will be its newly developed laser technology for blowing, which promises to redefine the economics and environmental footprint of PET bottle production. By reducing material use while enhancing structural integrity, the system addresses both performance and sustainability imperatives. This approach aligns with industry demand for greater line efficiency, simplified workflows, and compliance with evolving European packaging regulations.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 1, 2025 – Sidel is preparing to present its latest packaging and palletising technologies at FachPack 2025, highlighting how its end-of-line innovations are engineered to improve production efficiency, reduce operational costs, and deliver measurable ROI for food, home, and personal care manufacturers.

Next-Level Packaging Innovation on Display
At this year’s FachPack, held September 23–25 in Nürnberg, Sidel will demonstrate how its modular and fully integrated systems are designed to keep pace with rapidly changing consumer markets. From compact robotic units to turnkey production lines, the company’s solutions address critical challenges such as downtime reduction, workforce safety, and throughput optimization.

Technical Advances Designed for High-Volume Operations
Key highlights at Sidel’s booth will include:

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – KHS GmbH has reached a new milestone in its sustainability journey, earning a platinum medal from EcoVadis for the first time in its history. The recognition places the Dortmund-based engineering group among the top 1% of more than 150,000 companies assessed globally, underscoring its strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and strategic alignment with global reporting standards.

Elevating ESG Standards Beyond Industry Norms
KHS advanced from last year’s gold level by improving its score from 75 to 86 out of 100, with notable progress in labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. The rating framework assessed up to 21 criteria across ESG categories, reflecting how packaging and beverage equipment manufacturers are increasingly benchmarked against transparent, comparable metrics.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – KHS GmbH, a global systems provider in the beverage and liquid food packaging sector, has achieved the EcoVadis Platinum Medal, positioning itself in the top 1% of over 150,000 companies evaluated worldwide. With an improved score of 86 out of 100 points, the recognition underscores the company’s advances in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and provides customers with an independently validated benchmark of its sustainability commitment.