ProFood Tech offers complimentary access to ProMat and Automate

Combination of three shows offers comprehensive look at food and beverage supply chain

February 6, 2017

Attendees of the inaugural ProFood Tech food and beverage show will also receive access to the ProMat and Automate expos, ProFood Tech organizers have announced.

The ProFood Tech show will be held April 4-6 in the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place in Chicago. The ProMat and Automate events will be held in McCormick Center’s North and South halls.

ProFood Tech has an expected attendance of 6,000 processing professionals, as well as more than 400 suppliers. The show will offer 45 hours of educational programming. ProMat and Automate will offer more than 1,200 exhibits and more than 100 educational sessions combined.

Registration for ProFood Tech is available online at profoodtech.com. Registration is $30 before March 17 and $100 after. ProFood Tech attendees who wish to attend ProMat and Automate can register on-site at McCormick Place.

Casey Laughman is the former Editor in Chief of Food Engineering magazine. He has almost two decades’ experience as a writer and editor for mainstream and trade publications. He spent several years as a writer and editor for two news services before becoming the editor of a legal publication and managing editor of a trade magazine that covered the commercial facilities market.

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