Paul Marz
German commerce present specialists, agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa, will from November 29 – December 1, 2022, organise the 7th version agrofood West Africa in Ghana.
The 2022 agrofood commerce truthful convention, the 7th version of the truthful, will come off on the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
It is predicted to deliver collectively exhibitors from 13 (13) registered international locations who will showcase their merchandise on the truthful.
The taking part international locations are Ghana, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Iran, Italy, Poland, Spain, Turkey, USA, South Africa, Egypt and Sri Lanka.
The agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa 2022 is a collaboration between fairtrade and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), and Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC).
The relaxation are the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG).
Addressing a press convention in Accra Tuesday, October 11, 2022, in Accra, the Managing Director (MD) of fairtrade, organisers of the upcoming occasion, Paul Marz, introduced that the commerce truthful will concentrate on agrofoods and plastic merchandise, printing and packaging.
“From November 29 to December 1, 2022, on the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre, right here in Accra, we’re going to have exhibitors from 13 international locations all around the world, displaying their newest know-how, newest merchandise from their respective international locations in your complete meals and agrofood worth chain.
…From manufacturing processing to the ultimate product on the desk and all the pieces you want,” he famous.
He added that the merchandise that shall be showcased will embody meals packaging and labelling, plastic printing and packaging supplies.
He disclosed that the target of the truthful is to create commerce partnerships and worth between worldwide and Ghanaian corporations inside the agrofood and plastic packaging trade.
“…and the second very important objective is to bring production to Ghana to enhance production in Ghana so Ghana becomes less dependent on food imports, and produce more in the country,” he additional disclosed.
Elaborating on the plastics printing and packaging, Mr. Marz revealed that exhibitors on this area will show plastics uncooked supplies, equipment for printing and labelling on plastic merchandise.
“We will also have some of the exhibitors exhibit packaging machinery and products,” he talked about.
According to the MD of fairtrade, the worldwide exhibition shall be supplemented by a 3-day programme that shall be laden with displays and conferences.
Mr. Marz used the chance to ask all professionals within the agrofood and plastics packaging sector to endeavour to take part within the occasion.
In a short assertion, the Director of Plant, Protection and Regulatory Services on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Eric Quaye, recommended fairtrade for placing collectively the exhibition.
He harassed that such occasions have been very essential to the insurance policies of the ministry, including that there was the necessity to produce good portions of meals that wanted to be processed additional.
He advised Ghanaian companies that shall be taking part within the occasion to take full benefit and shore up their companies.
He pledged MoFA’s help to fairtrade to make sure that the occasion turns into profitable.
The sixth agrofood West Africa held in 2019 featured 87 exhibitors from 17 international locations.
The exhibition introduced a platform for the exhibitors to supply options to tons of of commerce guests and patrons from Ghana and neighbouring West African international locations.
The exhibitors got here from Belgium, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India and Italy.
The relaxation have been Jordan, Morocco, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Turkey.
About fairtrade
Founded in 1991, fairtrade has lengthy been one of many main organisers {of professional} worldwide agrofood and plastprintpack commerce festivals in Africa and the Middle East.
Over the many years, greater than 36,000 exhibitors and 1.5 million commerce guests have expressed their confidence in fairtrade.
With its worldwide commerce exhibits, they make use of modern methods to attach rising markets with resolution suppliers from throughout the globe.
(*29*) invaluable enterprise contacts between their exhibitors and commerce guests -that is what fairtrade stands for.
fairtrade is managed by its founder, Martin Marz, and his son, Paul Marz, who joined the corporate in 2006 and builds on a extremely motivated staff of skilled and younger professionals, lots of them certified in-home over three years in partnership with the German Cooperative State University to a Bachelor of Arts diploma in Business Administration – Exhibition, Convention & Event Management or Media & Communication Management.
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