TechnoPharm to be integrated into POWTECH

POWTECH and TechnoPharm become one. POWTECH, the World-Leading Trade Fair for Processing, Analysis and Handling of Powder and Bulk Solids, and PARTEC, the International Congress on Particle Technology, will take place in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 19–21 April 2016. The whole spectrum of products exhibited at the TechnoPharm exhibition previously held parallel to POWTECH will be integrated into POWTECH, which will have a focus topic with forums and special shows under the name of “Pharma.Manufacturing.Excellence.”. The Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik (APV – International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology) and the VDI-Gesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik und Chemieingenieurwesen (VDI-GVC – Association of German Engineers – Association of Process and Chemical Engineering) support POWTECH as honorary sponsors.

“Every second exhibitor at POWTECH offers solutions relevant to pharmaceuticals,” explains Beate Fischer, Exhibition Manager of POWTECH at NürnbergMesse. There were also many firms at TechnoPharm whose products are not only relevant for the pharmaceutical industry. With the integration we are implementing a longstanding request of exhibitors and visitors – namely not to physically separate the two exhibitions any longer.”

The entire pharmaceutical process chain for solid, semi-solid and liquid drugs will still be showcased in Nürnberg. This also has the advantage that the visitors can find their way around better. Exhibitors concentrating on pharmaceutical products can present them more easily to the visiting international professionals from other application segments. Pharmaceutical is one of six industry clusters explicitly promoted for POWTECH by the organizer NürnbergMesse. The other clusters are chemistry, processing, pit & quarry, ceramic & glass and food & feed.

VDI-GVC and APV as honorary sponsors of POWTECH

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik (APV) and VDI-Gesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik und Chemieingenieurwesen (VDI-GVC) will support POWTECH as honorary sponsors in the future. Prof. Jörg Breitkreutz, President of APV, welcomes the new exhibition concept: “In future pharma will be at the centre of activity and not just present. The exhibition in Nürnberg will continue to be a top-quality and specialist platform for experts from the pharmaceutical industry to meet and discuss the latest issues. APV will make a major contribution to this.”

“Exhibitors and visitors profit from the integration,” says Dr. Ljuba Woppowa, General Manager of VDI-GVC. “Nowhere else in the world can process engineers obtain such a breadth and depth of information on processing and handling powder and bulk solids – and all in one place. The focus on pharma adds a totally new dimension to the 360-degree view that visitors get in Nürnberg.”

Aiming for 1,000 POWTECH exhibitors

The organizer NürnbergMesse is already clear about the aim of integration: “POWTECH and TechnoPharm together had almost 1,000 exhibitors in the past years,” says Beate Fischer. “We want to achieve this 1,000 mark in 2016 – and even top it if possible.” For this purpose we have revised the list of products and exhibitors as well as the hall allocation and in the pharmaceutical segment we have included the entire production process.

About POWTECH

POWTECH is the world’s biggest trade fair for processing, analysis and handling of powder and bulk solids. Nowhere else can process engineers find such a comprehensive overview of technologies for mixing, size reduction, screening, dosing, weighing, conveying and analysing powders, granules and bulk solids – for virtually all industries, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and feed, and processing mineral source materials.