FOOMA JAPAN 2023 was held from June 6 to 9 in the Tokyo Big Sight’s East Exhibition Hall.
The Japan Food Machinery Manufacturer’s Association (FOOMA) organized the event. This year’s theme was “Accelerate FOOMA”.
The exhibition’s goal was to create a gathering place for food production solutions to accelerate the resolution of issues present in the food industry. In addition, companies aimed to promote a “prosperous future pioneered by food technology” through the use of cutting-edge food machinery, technology, products, and services.
A record number of 953 companies exhibited this year. The Startup Zone, which was newly instituted the previous year, was expanded to 29 companies, 20 of which were new exhibitors.
In addition, the FOOMA Tokyo Bar, a food plaza for attendee networking during the event, was instituted in a collaboration between Koto Ward and Tokyo’s 11 islands.
106,104 visitors attended the trade fair, 3,178 of which came from overseas.
Exhibition Sectors
・Raw material processing
・Food production / processing
・Snacks / Bread
・Meat / Seafood
・Noodles
・Side dishes / Cooked foods
・Beverages / Dairy products
・Agricultural products
・Tofu
・Fermentation / Brewing
・Other food products
・Engineering
・Robots / IT / Internet of Things / FoodTech
・Freshness control / Quality maintenance
・Packaging / Filling
・Preservation / Shipping / Transport
・Measurement / Analysis / Inspection
・Sanitation measures / management
・Environmental protection / Energy saving / Recycling
・Facility machinery / technology / components
・Consulting / Patents
・Information services / groups
・Startup Zone
・Academic conference (Organizer-run)
Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering proposed new technologies for production facilities, including a smart factory that focuses on environmental friendliness, quality, profitability, and ease of work.
Hitachi exhibited equipment and systems that help realize next-generation smart factory with “total seamless solutions” that resolve issues for digitalization and green transformation strategies, operations management, and manufacturing sites.
Tsubaki Group presented several Tsubaki products that can solve various problems in the food machinery industry under the theme, “Don’t stop our food cycle! Shaping the future of the food industry with ‘mobilization’ technology.”
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries introduced solutions for decarbonization of existing infrastructure in food factories, warehouses, and logistics sites.
Ace System showcased a continuous steam rice cooking system using superheated steam.
Lion Hygiene presented their “Clean Vegetable SaO System” machine, which was a new addition to its unique ozone-based vegetable cleaning solutions. The company also showed their “Rich Foam GB,” a recently released cleaning agent for oil stains used to clean processing lines and equipment in factories.
Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation showcased solutions based on the concept of “strong support for food manufacturing sites with UV and AI solutions” in order to solve problems from 3 perspectives: “workplace hygiene solutions,” “production process hygiene improvement solutions,” and “on-site digitalization solutions.”
