BIOFACH 2024 Nuremberg: visitors, exhibitors, focus
BIOFACH 2024 in Nuremberg, 13–16 February: with VIVANESS, about 35,000 visitors and 2,550 exhibitors focused on organic food supply chains.
13–16 February 2024, Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
BIOFACH 2024 ran on 13–16 February in Nuremberg. Held alongside VIVANESS, the two fairs drew about 35,000 visitors and 2,550 exhibitors in total.
Visitors: about 35,000
Exhibitors: 2,550
What happened at BIOFACH 2024
BIOFACH took place on 13–16 February 2024 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, organised by NürnbergMesse. It was held together with VIVANESS, and according to the organiser the two fairs jointly attracted about 35,000 visitors and 2,550 exhibitors. BIOFACH centres on the organic product market and its links back to agriculture. Product origin, credible documentation and cooperation between producers and sales channels run through the whole event.
Finished products filled the stands in 2024, but the business underneath was about supply. Processors and buyers need dependable raw-material volumes, consistent quality, traceable batches and well-organised deliveries. Buyers still compared organic lines on taste, function and price, just as they would any other product. For many farms, winning a new channel means adjusting what they grow or how they prepare the crop before it leaves the farm.
The audience brought together organic farmers and processors with brand owners and the importers, distributors and buyers who take products to market. Exporters could use the fair to tell market segments apart and learn what different partners expect. Interest in a category is still a long way from a firm order, with an agreed product, quantity and delivery window. Logistics, steady quality and clear information about how a product is made decide whether a first meeting leads anywhere.
BIOFACH 2024 gave a view of the organic market that machinery fairs cannot. Margins and demand for organic products vary by product and by country, so no single success story applies everywhere. The most useful insight connected specific buyer profiles with the supply-chain requirements behind them. It also helped separate the products consumers see from the farming systems that supply them. Producers could leave with a product and supply sheet aimed at one clearly defined group of buyers.
Highlights
- About 35,000 visitors across BIOFACH and VIVANESS combined
- 2,550 exhibitors at the two Nuremberg fairs together
- Organic sales channels linked back to farm production plans
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