FoodTek Kazakhstan - Food Equipment Exhibition 2013

FoodTek Kazakhstan’2013 is being held as part of FoodWeek Kazakhstan which means that it is being held simultaneously with the two leading Central Asian food industry exhibitions.

Food and Drinks Industry in Kazakhstan

In year 2005, Kazakhstan's food processing companies will manufacture more than US$ 1,800 million of domestically processed foods. The vast majority of these firms require modern equipment and technology to allow local producers to compete with imported food products.

Why does this market present you with a good opportunity?

* Kazakhstan has the fastest growing economy of all of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

* Kazakhstan is immensely rich in natural resources particularly hydrocarbons, which is producing the republic with huge inflows of foreign currency enabling a sustainable increase consumer spending and an increasing demand for high quality processed and packaged goods.

* Kazakhstan was always used by Moscow as a source of raw materials rather than as a center for manufacturing. As a consequence the installed base of food processing and packaging machinery is currently very low, but is now growing quickly. Also there are virtually no local producers of processing & packaging machinery, and consequently all machinery, technology and most supplies must be imported.

* Almaty has developed into the business hub for the entire Central Asian region. By participating in the largest food processing & pack