2016 is the 25th Anniversary of VIctam Asia. \"It seems amazing that the very first Victam Asia event was held in an hotel car park here in Bangkok in 1991\"\' Henk van de Bunt, General Manager, Victam International BV said. \"The event was of course much, much smaller than our current shows in BITEC and in those days not so many people came, in fact less than one thousand AND our exhibitors were happy and demanded that we repeat the whole thing again and now here we are talking about a show in 2016!\"

In 2016 the exhibitions and conferences will take place from March 29-31, 2016, and will be held once again the Bangkok Trade and Exhibition Center (BITEC), Bangkok, Thailand.

The co-located shows comprise:

• FIAAP ASIA 2016: the only specialist exhibition and conference for the ingredients, additives and formulation of feeds for animals, aquafeed and dry petfood for the expanding Asia/Pacific markets;

• VICTAM ASIA 2016 which is Asia/Pacific’s largest exhibition of equipment, technology and ancillary systems required for the safe and effective production of feeds for animals, aquafeed and dry petfood and biomass pellet production;

• GRAPAS ASIA 2016: the only trade show in the Asia/Pacific region for rice & flour milling systems, grain processing, storage, preservation & distribution, industrial noodle & pasta production, the manufacture of breakfast cereals and extruded snacks.

There are also a number of supporting conferences, these are:

• The FIAAP Conference 2016, organized by Watt Global Media
• Petfood Forum Asia 2016, organized by Watt Global Media
• The Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2016, organized by Aquafeed.com
• The Thai Feed Conference, organized by the Department of Livestock in conjunction with the Thai Feed Mill Association
• Pellets Update Asia, and
• Global Milling Conference, organized by Perendale Publishing,
• Good Manufacturing Practice, organized by GMP+International

The last event in Asia, held in 2014 attracted over 6,000 industry executives from throughout South and South East Asia. And the visitors came from a total of 63 countries.

At this event, Victam arranged for all the Presidents and Secretary Generals from all the ASEAN feed milling associations to attend a specially convened meeting. During this meeting it was decided to form the FEDERATION OF ASEAN FEED MILLING ASSOCIATIONS.

In 2016 the members of the Federation will meet again for the 2nd ASEAN FEED SUMMIT at BITEC during the event. They will discuss and help determine future policies and objectives, together with looking at the trading and financial implications of the impending ASEAN FREE TRADE ZONE.

Before that, however, Victam International will celebrate their 50th anniversary of the formation of Victam and the very first Victam exhibition which was held in Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1965.

\"It is gratifying to me to see these companies still trading and expanding their marketing and sales horizons,\" Henk van de Bunt said. \"Many of them also exhibit with us in Bangkok\".

FIAAP, VICTAM & GRAPAS International 2015 will be held from June 9-11, 2015, at the Koelnmesse, in Cologne, Germany.

\"This is our largest show with over 250 exhibitors coming from all over the world to display the very latest technology within the fields of animal feed production, flour milling & grain processing and biomass pelleting. As with our Asian show there is a series of technical conferences on wide ranging subjects\", he said. \"This event has now become international meeting place for the feed, milling, grain processing and biomass pelleting industries\".

More information about these events at: www.victam.com