Fi India & Hi 2018 and ProPak India 2018 get off to a scintillating start at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida

Two uniquely designed expos by UBM India focused on fortifying the Indian food basket, and the processing & packaging industry

Greater Noida, August 31: UBM India, India's leading exhibition organizer, launched the 13th edition of the Food Ingredients & Health Ingredients (Fi India & Hi) as well as the debut edition of ProPak India, – a B2B platform for the packaging and processing industry for the first time at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida today. 

While Fi India & Hi, the only B2B event in the Indian sub-continent for the food and health ingredients, and processing & packaging industry, is one of the organisation’s oldest shows, the nouveau entrant, ProPak India is being co-located with the former due to the synergy between the two. Combined together, the shows are optimally positioned to provide industry players an entire array of products and solutions pertaining to food ingredients, processing, technology and packaging under one giant umbrella. ProPak India also brings within its ambit, packaging solutions pertaining to products from medicines, cosmetics, appliances, industrial systems and machinery, among others.

The co-located expos will rotate annually between India’s two promising food hubs i.e Mumbai and the Delhi-NCR region.

Speaking on the occasion of the launch of Fi India & Hi as well as ProPak India, Mr. Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India said, “In India, the food sector has emerged as a high-growth and high-profit sector due to its immense potential for value addition, particularly within the food processing industry. It is set to be valued at US$65.4 billion by the end of 2018. What the industry ails is the currently low investment in testing and R&D. Always the harbinger of novel features, at Fi India & Hi, we are excited to showcase the unique Live Quality Labs, Food Safety on Wheels by FSSAI in synergy with the FSSAI planning to invest US $72.3 million to bond food testing infrastructure and upgrade existing food testing labs and mobile testing labs. Apart from the buzz of business, the show days will also come alive with a host of demonstrations and workshops.

He added, “Research also reveals that better processing and packaging techniques need to be developed that not only increase the shelf life but also improve the nutritive value of the processed food. And this is where our new ProPak India Expo comes in.  Of course, processing and packaging engulfs so much more and unlike corresponding expos in the sector, ProPak India will cater to multiple sectors and cater to the entire value chain and be of immense value.”