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Eu'Vend (official subtitle the international trade fair for the vending industry) is organised every two years by Cologne Trade Fair (Koelnmesse) at the fairground in Cologne - Germany. The conceptual sponsor of the fair is the German Vending Association (bdv), international partner is the European Vending Association, Brussels.[1] The show is open for trade visitors only. Last Eu'Vend took place from 19.-21. September 2013. [2] The next show will be from 24.-26. September 2015 again.[3][4] Since 2011 Eu'Vend takes place in conjunction with coffeena (official subtitle "international coffee fair").[5] In 2013 the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe was the official education partner of coffeena for the first time.[6]
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| Eu'Vend & coffeena | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | vending industry |
| Venue | Cologne Trade Fair Center (Koelnmesse) |
| Location(s) | Cologne |
| Country | Germany |
| Inaugurated | 2003 |
| Attendance | 5,000 from 60 countries |
| Organized by | Koelnmesse GmbH |
The trade fair focuses on[7]
- Vending machines (including hot drink vending machines, water cooler, snack vending machines, reverse vending machines, change machines)
- Filling products (coffee, tea und cold drinks, food, other filling products)
- vending machine cups
- Payment systems (cash dispenser, bill validator, cashless payment systems).
- Machine accessories/Components and spare parts in and for vending machines (for example water filter).
- Services for Operator (including Money counting and sorting machines).
- Kiosk Systems.
- Operator.
Koelnmesse North Entrance
Eu'Vend is addressed to Operators but also to people searching for employee or customer catering. Including
- Canteens, caterer
- Transport authorities, airlines
- Bakeries
- Schools, universities
- Hospitals, homes
- Hotels, youth hostels
- Tobacco product wholesale
- Casinos, gambling halls
- Doctors, tax consultants, lawyers
Till 2001 the interested companies exhibited their products at Anuga Food Fair[8]
. Than the vending industry decided to launch an own platform. At the first Eu'Vend in 2003 [9] there exhibited 178 companies from 13 countries.[10] Within these three days there came 3.968 trade visitors from 49 countries to Cologne - Germany. In the following years Eu'Vend has grown further. The participants in Eu'Vend 2013 comprised 217 suppliers from 23 countries.[11] These consisted of 126 exhibitors from Germany and 91 exhibitors (42%) from abroad.[12] With approx. 5.000 visitors from 60 countries (34 percent from abroad) Eu'Vend & coffeena is deemed to be the most international vending and coffee fair.[13]
Koelnmesse has been granting the innovation award 'Vending Star' since 2007 in conjunction with the German Vending Association (BDV) at Eu'Vend & coffeena Night. The competition aims to optimize the application possibilities and services in the vending field and thus also acts as the instigator for the branch. [14] The Members of the jury are: Helmut J. Düvel (CA Vending Krugmann GmbH & Co KG), Dr. Aris Kaschefi (BDV), Hans-Jürgen Krone (Lebensmittel Praxis Verlag), Ralf Lang (JAM Verlag), Asim Loncaric (Forum Zeitschriften), Michal Piotrowiak (Mastercup Vending, Polen), Matthias Schlüter (Koelnmesse), Eric Schwaab (Vending Report), Wolfgang Schwarzenberger (Dallmayr Automaten-Service serviPlus), Gerald Steger (café+co International, Österreich), Gerold Stüwer (Stüwer GmbH) und Jan Marck Vrijlandt (Selecta Group).[15] .
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