By Niamh Cassidy, International Aquafeed
3-5 October 2023, Saw Victam’s debut event in the LatAm region of Sao Paulo, Brazil. This year was the 1st edition of Victam and GRAPAS LatAm in co-location with GEAPS and attracted visitors and exhibitors worldwide at the Expo Center Norte, red pavilion.
As the worlds largest dedicated event for the animal feed processing industries, this years LatAm event looked to focus on the opportunities in Brazil and surrounding countries. Launched in parallel with GRAPAS LatAm – an event for grain, rice, soy, and flour milling and processing. Additionally, Victam partnered with the North American Grain Processing and handling association, GEAPS. GEAPS launched their event in co-location with Victam and GRAPAS. All three events provided a great opportunity for visitors to experience everything related to feed, grain processing, and handling. The founding companies that made this event so special are Andritz, CPM, Famsun, Wenger, Zheng Chang.
The exhibition was held from 1pm-7pm each day, covering processing technology, ingredients and additives, grain, and rice processing – a truly unmissable show for the decision makers of these industries. Of those attending were CEO’s, Directors, Nutritionists, feed formulators, and management, among many others. Victam focused on holding high-quality industry conferences and business matchmaking with colleagues and clients, with the main business activities being the animal feed industry (57%), Aquafeed and petfood industry (22%), and Grain, flour and rice industries (21%).
Walking the halls, visitors could witness all the latest developments in the industry, and network with valuable contacts. Impressive technology was on display, from extruders to VR, the latest developments in ingredients, additives, manufacturing and process feed for animal, pet and aquatic were also highlighted, alongside the latest tech for grain and flour milling.
Milling and Grain Magazine saw many familiar faces, including Hydronix, Yenar, Grain Technik, Tietjen, Chief, Wenger, Frigortec, PLP systems, Famsun, CPM, Andritz, and Zhengchang (among many more). VICTAM provided many an opportunity for networking, including a Cocktail evening the second night, after the exhibition, which was a fantastic chance to talk with more exhibitors/visitors in an informal setting.
Each morning an elaborate conference program and number of technical seminars took place simultaneously in the same venue, from 9-4pm, which were carefully tailored to suit the topics of interest. Perendale Publishers held 3 conferences as a part of this: the Pet-Aqua feed production conference, Feed Milling Maximised, Online Milling School LIVE. The conferences were a great success, it was great to see the rooms filled to capacity as visitors learnt more about feed/grain production from industry experts. Milling and Grain Magazine will be covering these three conferences in more details in the following editions, with information on the speakers and topics covered, as well as future conferences to attend.
The Next edition of Victam LatAm will be in 2025, September 16-18, at the White Pavilion, Expo Centre Norte, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We look forward to seeing you all there!
