The beverage and liquid food industry is steadily innovating.
In 2025, the top items on the agenda for all manufacturers worldwide continued to be the optimisation of existing processes, the development of new market potential, and innovation in products and production.
Once again, drinktec 2025 in Munich provided the ideal platform for developing these strategies. Trade fair organiser YONTEX looked back on a successful trade fair year, which included not only drinktec but also drinktec India in Mumbai.
The YONTEX team's calendar also featured two premieres: participation in EATS, Chicago, USA, and the International DWV Congress, in cooperation with the German Winegrowers' Association.
With more than 58,000 visitors from 164 countries and 1,107 exhibiting companies from 70 countries, drinktec once again proved its status as an indispensable platform for all investment and future projects in the global beverage and liquid food industry.
All the major players on the exhibitor and visitor sides gathered there for inspiration to develop their solutions and products further.
As the leading international trade fair, drinktec offers inspiration for all manufacturers of beverages and liquid food.
"With its wide range of offerings across the entire value chain, from raw materials and ingredients to logistics and marketing, drinktec is the only one-stop shop for the industry worldwide,” said Rolf Keller, Managing Director of YONTEX GmbH & Co KG.
“Only at this trade fair is the entire spectrum on display from all relevant international suppliers. This has once again been impressively achieved in 2025.”
YONTEX has been very well established in the market since its foundation in 2023.
“Our focus is on supporting the development of the industry internationally with the right formats. Market data shows that there is still a lot of potential for the beverage and liquid food industry in all regions of the world.”
Keller added that the beverage and liquid food industry has a very heterogeneous structure, with large global players on the one hand and medium-sized producers on the other. This means a wide range of solutions is required for technology use.
He said opportunities arise here in particular through the increased use of machine learning or AI tools. This applies to consumption forecasts and to the optimisation of production and logistics processes.
“Networked solutions will be on the agenda consistently, and our exhibitors' offerings will contribute significantly to this.”
New entries in the portfolio
EATS was launched specifically for the North American market at the McCormick Place Convention Centre in Chicago (IL) in October 2025. The trade fair for process technology in the food and beverage industry, in cooperation with drinktec, made its debut in the beverage sector.
With YONTEX's industry expertise and the international network of the world's leading trade fair drinktec, experts from the North American market gained new insights for their beverage and liquid food manufacturing processes.
“The first edition of this newly aligned cooperation showed where the journey is headed. To reliably reach all market participants in North America, a local presence is essential. We will continue our cooperation with the organisers of EATS in 2027."
The cooperation with the German Winegrowers' Association at the International DWV Congress in Mainz also saw its premiere in 2025.
“The breadth of our exhibitors' offerings at Brau Beviale, for example, is an important advantage for winemakers who want to future-proof their production with practical solutions. That's why we will continue to develop wine-related topics. Of course, this also includes important offerings and technologies for no-alcohol and low-alcohol wines.”
Top results on the Indian subcontinent
drinktec India, held in November in Mumbai, saw strong growth with more than 20,000 visitors and around 200 exhibitors on an area of over 15,000 square metres.
Presented for the first time under the brand name drinktec India, the trade fair seamlessly continued the success story of the previous drink technology India events.
“We can see that our long-standing commitment in India is continuing to bear fruit,” said Markus Kosak, Executive Director at YONTEX.
“India is becoming a critical market for global technology partnerships. This 2025 edition of drinktec India demonstrated a strong appetite for modernisation and an openness to adopt global best practices.”
Dates for upcoming events are already set
All dates for these international events in 2026 have already been set. From the 12th to the 15t of October 2026, the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) will once again be the venue for CHINA BREW CHINA BEVERAGE.
With drinktec India from the 28th to the 30th of October 2026, the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai will remain the vibrant hub for all users in the beverage and packaging industry across the Indian subcontinent.
And for the European market, BrauBeviale is ready to go again: from the 10th to the 12th of November 2026, European brewers and beverage manufacturers will once again be able to discover the latest solutions for their processes in Nuremberg.
The next EATS will take place in Chicago from the 26th to the 28th of October 2027.
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