A milestone of F&B market

The 2023 edition of Cibus Tec successfully confirmed Parma as the capital of technological innovation for the food and beverage industry. Moreover 1,200 companies from over 30 countries have chosen this stage of excellence to present their cutting-edge solutions and 40,000 visits from the food & beverage sector, eager to explore the trends and the best news.

Positive outcome also for the Top Buyers Program, developed with ICE-Agenzia, with the support of the Emilia-Romagna Region which allowed over 3,000 top buyers from 80 countries connecting to each other with 10,000 scheduled appointments. Around 150 accredited journalists from Italian and foreign media guaranteed global coverage of the event with an increase of participants from North America, the Middle East and Spanish-speaking countries. More than 50 conferences and special events have explored the sector’ trend topics, from innovative packaging to food safety, from the role of Artificial Intelligence and IoT to sustainability with a total of over 80 hours of programming. The closing of the four days of work was entrusted to the Tomato News Conference, the international event focused on industrial tomato sector’ state of the art and prospects of the supply chain.

The next Cibus Tec edition will take place on 27 to 30 October 2026; preceded in 2025 - on 28 and 29 October - by the second edition of Cibus Tec Forum, the Exhibition Conference on Trends in Food and Beverage Technologies.