科隆国际糖果原料和机械展览会（ProSweets Cologne）是全球糖果机械设备行业领先的、最大的展览会，从2006年开始举办，每年一届，连续举办两届后各一年，在科隆国际展览中心举行。该展会的主题贯穿了从糖果生产、加工到包装的整条供应链。展会涵盖了糖果工业的整个流程。展品范围包括特定原料和配料、甜食包装及设备、以及甜食加工技术。甜食产业下游技术的加入，如冷冻和冷藏、运营及附属设备、食品安全和甜食质量控制，进一步完善了参展内容。科隆国际糖果原料和机械展览会将为国际甜食工业提供一个独特的交流平台，充分满足各行业的需要。
ProSweets展是针对糖果和咸味小吃行业的所有供应商的展会。 这涵盖了从糖果和咸味小吃生产所需的特殊成分到糖果和咸味零食包装和包装技术以及工艺技术，以及相关生产企业如制冷和空调技术，操作设备和辅助设备，食品安全和质量管理等。 ProSweets将为糖果和美味小吃行业提供一个独特的通讯平台，满足其所有的糖果和咸味小吃的生产需求。
ProSweets展如遇科隆国际糖果及休闲食品展（ISM）必将同期举办！展期重合加强配合了ISM展会的影响力。同时，两个展会共同为甜食行业展示了完整的价值链，从配料、加工技术、包装技术和材料到成品。
ProSweets展会发展规模 ProSweets已经成为糖果行业供应商沟通的重要平台。展会数据：来自上百个国家的约2万名行业观众参观展会，有一半以上的观众来自德国以外，来自30多个国家的3百多家供应商参展，德国以外的展商占60%左右，展出面积2万多平米。
该展的参展企业包括：原料和成分为糖果和美味休闲食品小吃生产企业，糖果和美味休闲食品小吃包装，包装技术和机械设备，糖果和咸味小吃行业系统提供者，服务提供商和次级部门（糖果和咸味小吃行业的其他供应商，检测，产品部门）。该展的目标群体参观者：糖果和零食行业的决策者：管理，参与研发，设计，制造/生产，质量控制和维护，产品开发，采购，销售和营销，食品贸易；包装设计师。
展品范围(Show Products):
原料及机械类：甜食生产原材料；甜食包装材料；甜食包装机械；甜食工业机器与设备；甜食生产中冷藏与空调技术；甜食生产中的食品安全、质量管理；甜食生产中的自动化、数据处理、开环和闭环控制技术；甜食生产用加工设备和辅助装置；服务提供商、组织机构、出版社；垃圾处理、废物循环利用等。
展会报告(Show Reports):
ProSweets Cologne 2024 was staged in Cologne from 28 to 31 January and with its wide spectrum of offers once again confirmed its standing as the number 1 industry meeting point for the international suppliers of the sweets and snacks industry. After last year's Special Edition with 130 exhibitors, this year's ProSweets Cologne was able to match the number of exhibitors recorded during the years of success and thus once again underlined the significance of the trade fair for the industry. 248 exhibitors from 30 countries brought their expertise together again at larger and innovatively designed stands in Hall 10.1. Over 13,000 trade visitors from around 90 countries were recorded over the four days of the fair. The share of foreign visitors was around 60 percent. The highest numbers of visitors from European countries were registered from Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Turkey. Outside of Europe, growth was recorded by Egypt, Algeria, India, Kazakhstan and the People's Republic of China.
Above all the quality of the trade audience and the high share of decision-makers convinced the suppliers. The even closer collaboration with ISM in the scope of the Sweet Week was highly remarkable, which once again created a host of synergies along the entire value chain. Closely interlinking the two trade fairs not only enabled a more intensive exchange within the industry, it also offered a practice-oriented specialised programme and new event formats focusing on innovation and sustainability. The latter was reflected at different levels, from machines to processes, through to raw material procurement. Joint lectures on the Expert Stage, Special Shows, Guided Tours and the ProSweets Cologne Party further promoted the networking and business potential among the participants.
"The Sweet Week together with ISM particularly had a positive effect on the economic activities and also helped strengthen the industry. The presence of renowned, international packaging and production machine manufacturers at ProSweets Cologne underlines the importance they play for the sweets and snacks industry. Moreover, the close interlinking of the two trade fairs led to a higher number of machine sales this year," explained Gerald Böse, President and Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH.
The trade visitors were offered a manifold spectrum of exhibitors at ProSweets Cologne 2024, which among others was represented by companies from the Machines and Plants or Ingredients and Semi-finished Products sections.
"We were particularly pleased about the high participation in the "Raw Materials & Ingredients" and "Packaging" segments. This year the centre of attention above all focused on the exchange between the two fairs, ISM and ProSweets Cologne, and the resulting unique added value for the industry. However, ProSweets Cologne doesn't exclusively address the sweets and snacks industry, but also cross-industry manufacturers," stated Oliver Frese, Chief Operating Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH.
once more, ProSweets Cologne presented the latest developments of the industry, trends and innovations. The 2024 programme proved to be more practice-oriented than ever before. The visitors highly appraised the trend lectures on the Expert Stage and the interactive programme in the "Packaging & Packaging Materials" and "Raw Materials & Ingredients" exhibition sections. The integration of the senses touch, smell and taste created a novel event experience. The event placed an even stronger focus on the environmentally-friendly procurement and manufacture of products and packaging this year.
In the "InGREENients" special section of the Ingredients Special Show, the trade audience was able to sample innovative snack innovations from around the world that placed a particular emphasis on the sustainability aspect through the use of unusual ingredients. The theme upcycling of ingredients was also presented as a forward-looking manufacturing method for sweets and snacks. Visitors additionally had the opportunity to engage in an exchange with the exhibiting start-ups.
The Sustainable Packaging Special Show "Science, Realisation, Inspiration" presented renowned partners like the German Agricultural Society (DLG), the Sustainable Packaging Institute (SPI) pacoon Sustainability Concepts and the future agency Haute Innovation. The central theme was how packaging can be made more sustainable. The theme was underpinned by the current survey DLG-Insights Sustainable Packaging 2024: Consumers, labelling, strategies for food & beverages.
The popular guided tours around the fair grounds that took place in higher numbers again this year, offered different focal themes for a wide target group: The DLG invited guests to join daily guided tours on the theme "Sustainable packaging concepts and processes". Furthermore, for the first time the international sweets association Sweets Global Network e.V. organised guided tours around the fair, starting out from ISM to selected exhibitors of ProSweets Cologne.
As a result of the close interlinking of the two trade fairs, it was also possible to address the current developments in the sections eCommerce, online marketing and the digitalisation of the supply chains. In collaboration with DMEXCO, Europe's leading digital marketing and technology event, new themes, such as successful social media campaigns and the practical application of artificial intelligence were discussed in a series of lectures.
ProSweets Cologne is sponsored by the Federal Association of the German Sweets Industry (BDSI), Sweets Global Network e.V. (SG), the German Agricultural Society (DLG e.V.) and the Central College of the German Sweets Industry (ZDS).
ProSweets Cologne 2024 in numbers:
248 suppliers from 30 countries exhibited at ProSweets Cologne 2024, 60 percent of whom came from abroad. These included 80 exhibitors from Germany and 168 exhibitors from abroad. Over 13,000 trade visitors from around 90 countries attended ProSweets Cologne 2024, the foreign share was around 60 percent.
The next edition of ProSweets Cologne is scheduled to take place from 2 to 5 February 2025.
