Welcome to Indian Processed Food Outsourcing Summit - 2008

“Processed Foods – Advantage India 2008”

17 -18th July 2008 - Buyers sellers Meet, Conference and Exhibition

India, no doubt, in the past few decades has made a tremendous progress in food sector in terms of production and quality. India right now is on its way to becoming the global hub for processed foods outsourcing with a wealth of indigenous knowledge and growing domestic demand contributing to the sector’s growth.

People widely believe that after the success of IT / auto sector, the next frontier benefiting Indian and international food companies through outsourcing from India would be the processed food.

What is Processed Food Advantage India 2008?

Processed Foods-Advantage India 2008 is an initiative of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to showcase India’s readiness to cater to the world market and to support Indian and international companies to derive Indian food sector benefit for enhancing their business.

Who can participant in the Summit?

• International buyers and manufacturers
• Indian food processing companies
• Large format retailers and wholesalers
• Input providers to processed foods industry such as packaging, additives etc suppliers
• Logistics players such as transporters, supply chain solution providers and warehousing agents - Indian and international
• Top level functionaries from the Ministry of Food Processing and Ministry of Commerce
• Academic and research institutions

Why we are organizing in India?

India apart from large food production has the following advantage in processed food sector.

• Comparative cost advantage
• Fulfills certification needs of importing countries
• Fulfill Quality norms
• India’s diverse communities by themselves provide varied cuisine widely accepted in the world.
• Governments and regulators are very proactive and policies are supportive.
• Also available big, medium & large companies which provides benefit to import any quantity from India.

Therefore the country currently is well equipped for serving the international food market in processed food and non processed category.

The Summit provides to the participants

• A Platform to meet various stake holders from India
• A Strategic platform for buyers and sellers to conduct direct business face to face
• To give greater knowledge on India’s potential in Processed Food Industry
• To add more items to their food category from India
• Sourcing advantage

Objectives:

• Inform global buyers, including producers of the competitiveness of the Indian food processing industry, in terms of the variety and value that can induce them to redefine their sourcing and supply chain.
• Sensitise Indian manufacturers to the huge potential of the global industry and expose them to the needs of global buyers.
• Lead Indian players to calibrate their strategies to tap global business opportunities
• Facilitate profitable business linkages between global buyers and Indian producers.
• Create awareness among the large number of service providers – logistics, packaging, etc., about the
• opportunities in food processing.
• Create a forum where Indian standards and quality norms and related issues can be discussed.
• Identify areas for regulatory policy changes in India.