UZFOOD 2025: A FULL CYCLE OF FOOD INDUSTRY - FROM PRIMARY PRODUCTS TO PACKAGING

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UZFOOD 2025: A FULL CYCLE OF FOOD INDUSTRY - FROM PRIMARY PRODUCTS TO PACKAGING

The 24th UzFood 2025 International Exhibition on Food, Ingredients and Food Technologies will unveil its exposition from April 8 to 10 at all exhibition spaces (in Pavilions No. 1, 2, 3, 4, Atrium Halls № 1 and 2) of the Uzexpocentre National Exhibition Complex.

The organisers: Iteca Exhibitions International Exhibition Company and its partner ICA Eurasia Group.

With its vast potential and extensive experience, Uzbekistan’s food industry holds one of the leading positions in the national economy. It plays a crucial role in ensuring food security of the country, fostering social stability and continuously creating new job opportunities.

UzFood has been one of the leading and high-ranking exhibition events of the food industry in Uzbekistan for about a quarter of a century. The exhibition hosts B2B and B2G meetings and expositions of not only food products, but also equipment, ingredients, finished packaging, production technologies and much more. Almost all the equipment and technologies presented at the exhibition are being subsequently and successfully used by domestic enterprises for their production and processing of food products.
The recently adopted Law on Food Security in Uzbekistan prioritizes meeting the needs of the population in primary and socially important food products predominantly through domestic production. By showcasing the products by leading global brands, the UzFood exhibition provides domestic producers with ample opportunities to modernize their production, improve product quality and increase output.
Implementation of innovations and promotion of investments ensure both the growth of food production for local consumption and an increase in the volume of export sales, including the industry potential as a whole. Along with the supply of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as dried fruits, a share of deep processing of agricultural products has been growing over the recent years.

UzFood 2025 once again sets a record in the number of exhibitors and their geographic diversity this year, featuring over 400 companies from 30 countries: Austria, Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Georgia, Egypt, India, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the UAE, Poland, Russia, the USA, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Turkiye, Uzbekistan, Sweden, and Sri Lanka. A share of foreign companies this year has reached 93% of the total number of participants, serving as clear evidence of the strong interest of foreign businesses in the Uzbek market.

The exhibition will be split by Section and by Pavilion:

A wide range of food processing equipment will be exhibited in Pavilion 2. This will include modern equipment for the food industry, various solutions for processing, bottling, packaging, cooling and storing. Technologies for dairy, confectionery, meat processing, as well as engineering developments and industrial labelling systems will be demonstrated there as well. In the same pavilion, there will be a Specialised Section - Bakery Uzbekistan for bakery equipment and technologies presenting modern solutions for baking, processing and packaging of bakery products.

The most diverse finished products and ingredients will be demonstrated in Pavilions 3, 4 and Atrium Hall 2, including: Confectionery, meat, fish, dairy, bakery and pasta products, snacks, drinks, baby and healthy nutrition, canned and frozen products, grains, food extracts and components for confectionery and meat industries.

Pavilion 1 will host O’ZuPACK 2025, the exposition of a Specialised Section for Packaging. Equipment and Materials.

This year, O’ZuPACK celebrates its 25th anniversary and will present a wide range of solutions for packaging production. There will be packaging equipment, including flexible packaging machines, shrink wrap equipment, labelling and flexoprinting, liquid product filling and packaging lines, packaging and processing equipment, conveyor systems, other packaging machines (aseptic units) and much more.

Finished packaging for various types of products - plastic, paper and polymer packaging, including recycled and aseptic materials, solutions for liquid and solid products, HoReCa, filling and packaging equipment and bottling systems will be presented in Atrium 1.

The top 5 foreign countries by number of their exhibitors are: China (185), Russia (36), Germany (29), Turkiye (18), and Republic of Korea (17) companies.

There will be the National Pavilions of the Republic of Belarus and Germany, as well as collective participation of companies from Republic of Korea, Russia and Sri Lanka at the exhibition.

Traditionally, the national stand from the Republic of Belarus will present a wide variety of products: meat products, sausages, dairy products, cheese and butter.

The visitors will find a wide range of equipment and technologies for food industry and packaging at the National Pavilion of Germany. The exposition will demonstrate solutions for X-ray inspection and heat treatment of food products, separation technologies for beverages, equipment for flexible packaging, embossing and flexographic printing. Packaging solutions, PET lines, extrusion blow moulding machines, grinding and granulation systems will also be demonstrated. Special attention will be paid to the equipment for meat processing, bakery and confectionery production.

The participants from Turkiye will present technologies and equipment for dairy products, cheeses, sauces, beverages, confectionery, and innovations in the packaging industry.

The manufacturers from India will bring their equipment for printing, packaging, processing industries, confectionery and bakery equipment, as well as frozen halal meat.

A wide range of products is expected from the Korean companies - new healthy nutrition products, snacks, aloe drinks, national Korean food products - tokpokki, rapokki, kimchi and others, as well as ingredients and food additives.

The top participants from China - HuNan Tea Group and YiChang Tea - are preparing to surprise the visitors with unique tea varieties and flavours, while Beijing Meidan will complement the general exposition with Chinese confectionery.

A wide range of food products, drinks, spices, pasta and bakery products, meat and dairy products will be presented at the collective stands of the Moscow, Chelyabinsk regions, and the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation.

The companies from Sri Lanka will bring their tea collections and present them at their collective stand.

Participation in UzFood is a unique opportunity for domestic manufacturers to present their products to potential foreign counterparts, and to access new regional markets. This has been confirmed by the long-term participation of a number of domestic companies in the exhibition and the constant growth in the number of debutants. That is, the effect of participation is manifested in expansion of the number of customers and sales markets. This year, Uzbek companies will demonstrate food and packaging equipment, ingredients, meat, dairy, confectionery and frozen products, as well as packaging solutions and fast food products.

The following debutants will participate in O’ZuPACK section: KASHTAN (Belarus) - plastic and polymer packaging, CAUCASPACK (Georgia) - packaging made of recycled plastic, GREEN PACK (Kazakhstan) - paper bags, BST ELTROMAT (India) - equipment for printing, packaging and processing, UCIMA (Italy) - the union of Italian manufacturers of automatic packaging and filling machines. The new companies for Food Equipment section are: OMNIPOL (Czech Republic) - breweries, distilleries and dairy plants, ABDIN INDUSTRIAL (Jordan) - refrigeration equipment, DIPRAN (Italy) - beverage bottling and processing plants, RODALS (Kazakhstan) - confectionery and bakery equipment, FAVORIT TECHNO (Kazakhstan) – innovative Italian confectionery equipment, ERKUL MAKINA (Turkey) - cheese production equipment, ECOLEAN (Sweden) - bottling lines, CONSTANTA (Russia) – slicer knives, sausage loops, automatic clippers. The Food and Ingredients section will showcase the following new companies: SMART UNITED (Latvia) - fish and seafood, PROMFOOD (Russia) - mixtures and additives for food production, MIT SYSTEM COMPANY (Russia) - food additives for meat and fish processing, J'NS ANDAMAN (Thailand) - food products, BALMUSDAK (Kazakhstan) - ice cream, NESIL COFFEE (Turkmenistan) - coffee and others.

The commitment of the constant participants is highly appreciated: TOKK PACKAGING PRODUCT PLANT, MULTIVAC, ALPES INDUSTRIES, SEYHAN AMBALAJ, VINIX, NIKOS HRANENGINEERING, TAURUS FENIX, KROMEL MAKINA, BELGOSPISCHEPROM BELARUS STATE FOOD INDUSTRY CONCERN, AROMA CLASSIC, HUNAN MINGLUN TEA, ERMAK and many other companies.

Retail Centre - a traditional highlight of the exhibition, is the only specialized platform in Uzbekistan for direct negotiations between food suppliers and buyers. The long-term practice has proven its effectiveness and the growing interest of both retailers and marketplaces. More than one thousand meetings between manufacturers and retailers (marketplaces) are expected.

Date: April 9, 2025, venue: Uzexpocentre NEC, Atrium Hall 2.

The UzFood 2025 business programme includes consultations of industry experts on business, economic, and trade cooperation between Uzbekistan and China, presentations by German and Russian participants on export and import conditions, as well as discussions on the specifics of Uzbekistan’s retail networks.
The event is important for manufacturers and suppliers of food and packaging equipment and raw materials, investors interested in developing food industry projects, retailers, distributors, wholesale companies, and specialists in food processing, storage, freezing, and food production.

The official support is provided by:

Organisational support: Uzexpocentre NEC

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General information partner

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For more information, please contact the Iteca Exhibitions Press Office:
Tel.: + (998 71) 205 18 18, + (998 94) 800 18 18
E-mail: pr@iteca.uz; www.iteca.uz