Aquaculture will be on the center stage at the next edition of the international Feed to Food exhibition VIV Asia, taking place in Bangkok, Thailand on March 15-17. The special event called ‘Aquatic’ features a pre-show conference, several show-time seminars and a pavilion of exhibitors at VIV Asia whose primary purpose is to reach out with products or services for the aquaculture sector.
Aquatic will offer aquaculture buyers opportunities to network and learn about a wide variety of feed related topics, from health products and ingredients to solutions for aqua feed manufacturing in displays of feed processing equipment.
Asia leads the way in producing aquatic animal proteins, and aquaculture therefore deserves a central place in the VIV Asia platform. “Asian aquaculture is a growing business and our development and investment in it has kept track with that growth at each edition of the show since it was first included in 2009,” explained show manager Zhenja Antochin. “At the 2017 edition we are responding to our surveys and feedback showing that aquaculture is highly relevant to VIV Asia’s audience. In 2015 we received about 38,500 visitors and over 19% of them reported an interest in the production of fish or shrimp. We expect that people who are involved in the business will form an even higher proportion of the attendance in 2017, after some specific promotion to them in recent months.”
“Aquatic features a three-part menu of strong attractions for visitors with a business interest in aquaculture,” says Roel Schoenmaker, who is co-ordinating the Aquatic activities on behalf of VIV worldwide. “As well as a pre-show conference and several show-time seminars, Aquatic features its own pavilion of exhibitors. “The Aquatic Pavilion is going to be fully integrated as a central feature in the main hall of the show. It will be located within the section highlighting animal health and feed ingredients and additives. The location also puts the pavilion close to other exhibiting companies that have feed and health products for aquaculture as part of their wider product range.”
