The food and drinks sector is the most important and vital part of the manufacturing industry in South Africa, contributing 25% to total production. Recent growth, widely driven by dairy products, snacks, drinks and bakery products, has increased demand for safe and traceable food packaging solutions. All the latest developments in the packaging and labeling of food will be presented to Propak Africa and Co-Co-Co-CAROS FOODPRO Expo, Pro-Plas Expo, Pro-Babel Expo and The GAPP Print Expo.
Taking place at the Johannesburg Expo Center March 11-14, 2025, visitors to the show will be able to see two first on the African continent. Ishida will present its award-winning QX-500 platform seal, which offers a 66% increase in cycle speed, a reduction of 44% weight, a reduction of 46% size and a 50% reduction in energy consumption. Visitors looking for an intelligent and consolidated monitoring system for their entire food production chain will be able to see the new Sentinel 5.0 distance production monitoring system powered by AI allowing manufacturers to follow and analyze data in real time throughout the production line.
In accordance with the growth of dairy production and pharmaceutical industries, the latest range of dairy yogurt and cheese cover, pharmaceutical and PVC sheets for drinks and confectionery, general foods and chemical agro-production applications from aluminum converters will be displayed by library packaging.
The change of demand from consumers of nutritive and practical drinks – as well as alternatives without lactose -free plants – shape the growth of the sector. The bakery industry also notes increased demand for ready -to -eat products. These trends highlight the need for advanced weighing and industrial inspection solutions to maintain the brand’s quality, safety and integrity. Automated and intelligent automated inspection technologies to put Microsep toledo and intelligent weighing designed to increase the speed and precision of production, lower costs and comply with regulatory standards will be presented to Propak Africa 2025. Saveline X -ray inspection systems, as well as the high production lines Performance, offer complete inspection capacities for liquid production lines and solid production lines.
Contaminated products can cause expensive reminders and brand damage. The effective functioning of metal detection systems guarantees a minimum of highlight and smooth production time, improving overall productivity and profitability. Two high -precision metal detectors from Minebea Intec, exposed to the stand of its partner, its Partner Control, the mite and the Visus offering both world class technologies for industrial weighing and food inspection for detection and rejection of contaminated metal products.
Major growth in the sector beyond South Africa
Beyond South Africa, the food processing industry on the African continent has enormous growth potential. By 2040, it is expected that the value of foods purchased in East and South Africa will increase by seven times. These high growth rates expected will require high -speed food packaging systems such as the fastest VFX TNA Robag FX FX Package system up to 250 bags per minute, and the Intelli -Flav WHO 5 – Machine seasoning system, with a powder aroma, a slide and a liquid oil in a single drum. These are just some of the innovative packaging and treatment solutions to maintain faster, longer and more profitable production lines.
Trends developing on the drinks market
On the drinking market, new organic drinks, based on plants and functional, have gained popularity as customer preferences turn into healthier and more natural drinking options. Social consumption trends, including the cultivation of cocktails and new high -quality alcoholic and craft beers, increase in popularity. In addition, alcohol -free and low -alcohol content is gaining popularity as a choice of positive lifestyle. Meanwhile, social media and online purchases create new marketing and retail opportunities for manufacturers.
High -speed automated production lines are essential for monitoring the growth of the drinks industry. The latest bottle of bottle bottle of cinematographic packaging systems guarantees orientation and a smooth bottle power supply, making it a vital component in the production lines of high speed drinks. The company will also present a perfect three -track bathtub filling perfect for dairy products, desserts and other products packaged in a bathtub, providing efficiency and reliability. Food and drinks that require stable packaging such as drinks and dairy products can benefit from the company’s retaliatory system providing thermal treatment solutions guaranteeing an extended lifespan of products
The latest development of coding technology for cans, glass, labels and pets for the drinks industry will be exposed by Millchem ​​alongside its Partner Agency Filtec. The new high -frequency filling level system is also exposed which effectively measures filling levels on glass and PET lines. It offers precise statistics on the performance of filling valves and headache head statistics, includes the ceiling inspection features and supports foam compensation. Millchem ​​will also present Pressco inspection systems for the manufacture of cans and integrated systems for the inspection of the preform and the ceiling in the blowing molding process. SOMEX laboratory inspection systems will also be exposed for the main drinks producers and will represent the cutting edge of laboratory quality control technology.
Industry specialists sharing ideas
Visitors to Propak Africa 2025 will also be able to hear industry specialists sharing their ideas and their expertise during a series of additional seminars. With regard to food security, the manager of food security and hygiene and the sales director at OFT Group / Sentratek, also president of the regional section in South Africa for the European engineering and hygienic design group, Peet Grobler will discuss “a practical approach to hygienic design and food safety”. The seminar underlined how the hygienic design of food processing equipment has a major effect on global food security in many sectors from the farm to the fork. Poor hygienic design has led to many major food safety problems caused by cross -contamination of food products due to biological, chemical and physical risks. A well thought out and implementation hygienic design supports food safety and product quality and contributes to the efficiency of food security management programs.
Seminar participants will also be able to hear the director of product and processes technology at DC Norris & Company, Stuart Rigby about “the optimization of energy and the efficiency of the workforce in ready dishes, sauce and drinking production”. The revolutionary heating and mixing system of Jetcook provides up to 52% energy savings, cooler flavors, better quality control information and a more coherent product for the sauce and ready drinks market.
Propak Africa 2025 and roommate shows take place at the Johannesburg Expo Center, Nasrec, from March 11 to 14, 2025. The event will include more than 500 exhibitors and will display thousands of new products, technologies and services in the packaging, printing, plastics, food processing and labeling sectors.
For more information and to register to attend, visit www.propakafrica.co.za
