December 13, 2013

VIV Europe 2014 world expo for poultry and livestock husbandry and processing will take place in Utrecht city, the Netherlands between May 20 and May 22 next year.

Utrecht in The Netherlands boasts a proud history of hosting exhibitions to welcome and inform feed industry executives from around the world. The sequence has been broken in recent years, but now Utrecht is preparing to take on the role once again.

Feed forms a focal point of VIV Europe 2014 and nternational developments in the formulation and manufacturing of feeds will feature strongly on the agenda, said exhibition manager Ruwan Berculo.

"We always cover the agribusiness spectrum from feed to meat in every VIV event. But Utrecht in May will underline the feed aspect in several ways. By our preliminary calculation, there will be more than 40 exhibitors with machinery or equipment for feed mills. In addition to that, about 15 companies supplying feed manufacturing systems will be represented on the stands forming a special CropTech-FeedTech pavilion," Berculo said.

Berculo also said that a debate on digital engineering at the heart of feed production has been organised as part of  the CropTech-FeedTech conference taking place on Wednesday May 21. Before the conference launches an open discussion involving all of the participants, it will begin with short presentations on the digital engineering theme by six global suppliers, who will address automation in all parts of the feed manufacturing chain, from mixing and conveying to pelleting and extrusion.

"Their comments are sure to be highly relevant to the profitability and competitiveness of every feed manufacturer, by offering a view of how automation can be extended further into the processing of the mill," Berculo said. "Everyone in the feed business can gain from the knowledge transfer sessions available to our visitors as well as from seeing the displays of our exhibitors."