Three related shows will open for the very first time at the prestigious Koelnmesse (the Cologne Exhibition Centre)in Cologne,Germany from 3-5 May 2011.

They are FIAAP International,Victam International and GRAPAS International.

FIAAP is a new trade show and a series of conferences dedicated to ingredients,additives and formulation for animal feed,aquafeed&dry petfood.

Victam International is the world famous exhibition and conferences for technology and processing for animal feed,aquafeed and dry petfood.New for 2011 will be a large number of exhibitors displaying biomass pelleting technology.

GRAPAS is also a new show with its own conference.GRAPAS profiles grain processing,flour milling,pasta,breakfast cereals and extruded snack production.

The new combination of shows and conferences and together with the new venue of Cologne will be an undoubted success and is proving to be very popular with the exhibitors.Go to our website-www.victam.com and look at the exhibitor list and the floorplan of the enlarged exhibition area to realise that when the shows open next May it will truly be the largest dedicated animal feed and grain processing event in the world.

Early indications point to a great interest in the shows not just from visitors from Germany,but also the Netherlands,the headquarters of Victam,and indeed all over the world.There are seven conferences,and that is without the programme of exhibitors'technical seminars.

These cover the entire spectrum of animal feed,aquafeed and dry petfood processing and ingredients,grain processing and flour milling and lastly biomass pelleting technology.A number of companies will be launching exciting new products at the event.Many of these will be aimed at increasing efficiency whilst reducing energy consumption.

The conference programme∶

1.Aquafeed Horizons

2.The IFF Feed Processing Conference

3.Petfood Forum Europe 2011

4.The FIAAP Conference

5.Feed Safety Assurance in a Globalising Industry

6.The GRAPAS Conference

7.Pellets for Bioenergy∶The market takes off

8.Technical Seminars

For further information on the conference secretariats,online exhibition space application form,exhibitor list and the floorplan please visit the organiser's website-www.victam.com.