VICTAM Corporation and VIV worldwide welcomed exhibitors and visitors from September 7 – 9, 2022 at IMPACT Bangkok, Thailand for the events Victam Asia, Health & Nutrition Asia and GRAPAS Asia. The three co-located trade fairs focused on animal feed, animal health and nutrition, and the grain and rice processing industries.
“It was exciting to be back in Asia again after the COVID-19 pandemic. The atmosphere at the event was excellent as exhibitors and visitors were glad to be participating at a live event again,” said general manager of the Victam Corporation, Sebas van den Ende. “We were happy to finally welcome all these companies and professionals. A few exhibitors were not able to participate due to the strict COVID-19 rules in their countries, but we provided them with a hybrid platform so they were able to participate online. The participating exhibitors attended with exciting stands, machinery, and innovations.”
“This was a great opportunity for the feed and animal health industry to meet in 2022. The exhibition halls were busy over the three event days, with the top 10 visiting countries being Thailand, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Myanmar, and Singapore,” said Birgit Horn, managing director VIV worldwide.
There were 231 exhibitors from 33 countries present. Spread over the three show days, there were 6,121 visitors from 64 countries – 90.4% of the visitors were from Asia and 9.6% were international visitors (EMEA, Americas, Oceania).
A VIP tour and luncheon were organized on the opening day with key Asian buyers, institutions representatives and local authorities, while a delegation of Korean professionals joined on the second day. On the last day, the show organizers welcomed the management teams of CPF, Betagro, Centaco, Thai Food Group, Thai Vegetable Oil and more.
The organizers of VICTAM Asia and Health & Nutrition Asia were proud to host several conferences and meetings with the cooperation of key industry partners, such as Aquafeed.com Towards Sustainable Aquafeed. Additionally, several exhibitors like Amandus Kahl, Bioproton, Bühler Group, Clextral, DSM, Evonik, Grain Technik, J E S Innovative, Kanters, Premiertech, and Proteon presented technical seminars during the three show days.
During the event, both the Victam Corporation and VIV worldwide announced their upcoming events respectively. The Victam Corporation announced that it will expand its business to Latin America. VICTAM LatAm will be organized from October 3-5, 2023 at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo, Brazil. VICTAM LatAm is co-located with GRAPAS LatAm.
The VIV worldwide organization announced its upcoming events in Jakarta: ILDEX Indonesia, co-located with Aquatica Asia will be held from November 9-11 at Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) this year.
Finally, VICTAM Asia and Health & Nutrition Asia and GRAPAS Asia will be back on March 12-14, 2024 at the BITEC venue.