After consultations with the fair’s key stakeholder groups, the organisers of Meat Pro Asia, Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd and VNU Asia Pacific, have announced the postponement of the event due to travel restrictions impacting inbound travel to Thailand. The new processing and packaging trade fair for the ASEAN market, originally arranged from 10 – 12 March 2021 at IMPACT, Bangkok, has been rescheduled to 22 – 24 September 2021 at the same venue. 

To stem the spread of COVID-19, a mandatory 14-day quarantine remains in force for inbound travelers to Thailand (1), with little indication that restrictions will be lifted before March 2021. This has created planning uncertainty not only for the international visitors and exhibitors of Meat Pro Asia, but also for participants of the larger concurrent event, VIV Asia, which attracted 65% of visits from outside of Thailand in 2019.

Early announcements about the postponement of both events gives international participants more time to confirm their travel arrangements, so that Meat Pro Asia and VIV Asia can continue to benefit from international visitor synergies, and ensuring a vibrant business environment in September 2021.

Inaugural edition to cater towards the downstream of the supply chain

Held on a biennial basis, Meat Pro Asia focuses exclusively on the processing and packaging stage of animal protein production. This includes equipment used in slaughtering, processing, packaging, labelling, waste water treatment and cold chain logistics.

The inaugural edition in 22 – 24 September 2021, together with VIV Asia, the fairs are set to attract over 1,000 exhibitors, including equipment manufacturers and distributors, as well as around 50,000 professional trade visitors from the butchers trade, the retail trade, caterers, importers, exporters and more.

Held along side VIV Asia, the most international event from feed to food in Asia, Meat Pro Asia is organised by Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd and VNU Asia Pacific. For more information, please e-mail [email protected] and/or [email protected].

(1) “The Notification on Conditions for Aircraft Permission to Enter Thailand (No.2)”. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. https://www.caat.or.th/en/archives/51895. Retrieved 22 September 2020

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EXHIBITIONS CALENDAR 2021 – 2022

Meat and Poultry Industry Russia 2021	May 25-27, 2021	Crocus Expo, Moscow, Russia
VIV Turkey 2021	June 10-12, 2021	Istanbul Expo Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
ILDEX Vietnam 2021	*July 21-23, 2021	SECC, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Poultry Africa 2021	September 1-2, 2021	Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
VV Qingdao 2021	September 15-17, 2021	Qingdao Cosmopolitan Exposition, Qingdao, China
VIV Asia 2021	*September 22-24, 2021	IMPACT, Bangkok, Thailand
Meat Pro Asia 2021	*September 22-24, 2021	IMPACT, Bangkok, Thailand
Free From Food Asia 2021	*September 22-24, 2021	IMPACT, Bangkok, Thailand
VIV MEA 2021	November 22-24, 2021	ADNEC, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E
ILDEX Indonesia 2021	*November 24-26, 2021	ICE, Jakarta, Indonesia
Aquatica Asia 2021	*November 24-26, 2021	ICE, Jakarta, Indonesia
VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2022	January 18-20, 2022	BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand
VIV Europe 2022	May 31-2 June, 2022	Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands

* New dates