The Dutch trade show organizer VNU Exhibitions Europe has won the UFI Marketing Award 2011 with its Key Buyer Appreciation Program. The 2011 UFI Marketing Award will be presented to VNU Exhibitions Europe at the 78th UFI Congress in Valencia from November 9-12, 2011. UFI is the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry.

The international trade show for animal production and processing, VIV Asia 2011, has been a resounding success. The biennial event presents the entire Feed to Meat supply chain, offers plenty of opportunities for the supplier industry and plays a significant role in the continuing growth of intensive livestock farming in Asia’s emerging markets. VIV Asia was held at BITEC in Thailand from 9 to 11 March. VNU Exhibitions Europe, the Netherlands, staged the event in cooperation with N.C.C. Exhibition Organizer (NEO), Thailand. VIV Asia 2011 attracted a record number of 28,978 visitors, of which 16,264 were international (56%) and 12,714 were from Thailand. The total figure is a massive increase of 39% on the last VIV Asia exhibition in 2009 (20,831). Feedback on VIV Asia was extremely positive: on a scale of 1 to 10, exhibitors rated it 8.1 and visitors as high as 8.4.

During Aquatic Asia 2011 the entire range in the field of aquaculture will be brought together and clearly structured at a dedicated exhibition for the complete production column from feed to fish. This brand new event for the Asian aquaculture industries includes research & development, production, packaging and marketing of four main categories for aquaculture, fish, molluscs, crustaceans and algae. The event will take place during the VIV Asia 2011 exhibition at BITEC, Bangkok from March 9 to March 11 2011.

Feedtech-Croptech Asia 2011, the brand new, special theme at VIV Asia 2011 is attracting high levels of attention from the international, exhibiting business community. VIV Asia focuses on the latest developments in the feed to meat market. The exhibitors at the Feedtech-Croptech Asia Pavilion are specialists in milling, processing, storage and handling of raw materials for the feed, food and fuel sectors. Space in the Pavilion is fully booked. Feedtech-Croptech Asia will be organised at BITEC, Bangkok from March 9 to March 11, 2011.

Raw materials in general are scarce and the demand is booming. Particularly for crops. These developments need to be matched by higher productivity in agriculture and a far more efficient and diversified use of the crop itself. For this reason during VIV Asia 2011 the first Bioenergy Asia Conference is being organised on March 9 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Technology will be a highlight at VIV Asia 2011 which will take place during 9-11 March 2011 at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand. Technology in focus is ranging from crop and feed technology to animal production and processing technology, covering the entire food chain under the show’s ‘from feed to meat’ signature.

The 10th edition of VIV Asia will mark its position as one of the top-4 international trade shows like never before. VNU Exhibitions and NEO do not only expect significant growth of product presentations among the 500 returning exhibitors, the organisers also foresee many new exhibitors who will participate under one of the three new labels at VIV Asia 2011. Feedtech-Croptech Asia 2011, Laboratory @VIV Asia 2011 and New in Town have been launched.

With still another five months before the opening, this leading trade show for the Asia-Pacific animal production and processing industries already has a larger surface area (nearly 14,000 m²) than the previous edition in 2009 (12,800 m²) with an even more diversified range of exhibitors. Up until early November almost 500 exhibitors had registered to take part. This is considerably more than two years ago in the same period. The VIV Asia 2011 dates are 9 to 11 March 2011, at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre BITEC.