Grassland Dairy Products was one of the U.S. companies that exhibited Food Ingredients Asia. The region is just getting started in the higher-protein sports nutrition and meal replacement markets, said a sales manager for the dairy processor.

ProFood Tech is a new event focusing on food & beverage processing and production technologies. Launching in April 2017, it is a production of IDFA, PMMI and Koelnmesse.

The Pack Expo show heads back to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 28 – 30, bringing processors an up-close look at the latest packaging trends and technology.

Robots and their benefits are moving far beyond their early uses in palletizing, working their way upstream and into more primary and secondary packaging applications.

InterBev Process, which focuses on beverage production, packaging and distribution, comes to Chicago alongside the Dairy Show and Process Expo.

The Process Expo once again pairs up with the International Dairy Show in Chicago at McCormick Place Sept. 15-18, with the addition of another co-locator InterBev Process.

Exhibitors at IFT focused on clean labels and highlighted new sugar alternatives and more.

Online voting has begun for the third Dairy Innovations Awards program by the International Dairy Foods Association.

The International Dairy Show runs Sept. 15 through 18, returning to Chicago at McCormick Place, and co-locating with Process Expo and InterBev Process.

In other international news, the second edition of the trade show Gulfood Manufacturing 2015 runs from Oct. 27 to 29 at Dubai World Trade Center.