Over 25,000 visits at Asia Agri-Tech Expo & Forum 2018 concluded on 28 July

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwan premiere agricultural international exhibition, Asia Agri-Tech Expo & Forum 2018, has concluded on 28 July at Taipei World Trade Center. Co-located with Aquaculture Taiwan and Livestock Taiwan, the triple show attracted more than 25,000 visits from 34 countries while the total sales are estimated to be approximately 10 million US dollars.

Organised by UBM Asia Ltd., Taiwan Branch, Asia Agri-Tech Expo & Forum 2018 entered its second edition, showcasing innovative, eco-friendly and sustainable technologies and agrarian products.  After a successful launch of its debut last September, there are more visitors coming from China, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand to look for the total solutions against extreme weather. About 4,000 people participated in the conferences over the 3 days, and the satisfactory response revealed the development of agriculture in the Asia-Pacific region is on urgent re-conversion.

Ms. Sabine Liu, General Manager of UBM Taiwan, remarked on the overall success of the exhibition, "The manpower of agricultural industries is steeply decreasing, but the demand for food is dramatically rising. We believe innovative technologies and equipment will bring the solutions for food crisis, food safety and animal diseases." The practice to input IoT and bio technology into agriculture has been well developed in Taiwan. It is expected itself to become one of the agri-tech representative models in the future, said Ms. Liu.

Precision agriculture is being the trend nowadays and leads the boost of greenhouse. Tatung Company and Hua Wang Ltd., are making ongoing efforts to change weather conditions in small spaces and helping farmers achieve steady yield and income. In addition, Seed & Seedling Pavilion promoted harvest performance of cruciferous vegetables, watermelons, cherry tomatoes and graft passion fruit seedlings. They feature better quality and greater survival of grafted plants, and are heat-, disease-, moisture-, and drought- resistant and tolerant.

The exhibitors, Blutech and Fu Chen Automatic Control, expand IIoT market footprints on intelligent facility that helps monitor aquatic farming environment. "The purpose of smart farming is to reduce the cost of manpower, but increase yields. Unmanned fish farm is more than just an idea, it's now our task to work on AI-enabled system for smart aquaculture development," stated Deral Chen, CEO of Blutech. A simulated fish pond was set onsite of exhibition to reveal the working process and data collection from Blutech's smart products.

Poultry equipment is another prime focus. Nabel's egg grading and packing systems are capable of inspecting microcracks at the surface of egg shells. The wide range of capacity from 10,000 to 240,000 eggs per hour is assured, said Nabel. On the other hand, Biogas Power Pavilion is very popular with its featured equipment of biogas desulfurization and purification. For animal disease prevention, Sunki Biotech introduced Serizawa Style Organic High Speed Disposal System WCC series to avoid the possible epidemic and infection risk from transportation of poultry dead bodies.

There were 210 exhibitors and 400 booths hailing from 19 countries at the show. Attracted more than 25,000 visits, the second edition of the Agri-Tech Expo & Forum is highly satisfied commented by the combination of industry, official and university. At the close of the trade show, more than 1,500sqm has booked by current exhibitors, including Chung Hsi Chemical Plant, Wuli Agriculture Machine, Y-Fa Technology, Shiuh Ger, Buhler Taiwan, Fortune Biotech, Nabel, Emperor Penguin Ent, and Vetnostrum.   The next edition of the Asia Agri-Tech Expo & Forum will take place in the end of October 2019 at Taipei World Trade Center, announced UBM Taiwan.

About UBM Asia

Asia Agri-Tech Expo & Forum is organised by UBM, which in June 2018 combined with Informa PLC to become a leading B2B information services group and the largest B2B Events organiser in the world. Please visit www.ubm.com/asia  for more information about our presence in Asia.

SOURCE UBM Asia Ltd., Taiwan Branch