We, the Özmermer family, started our work life with a small pita bread oven established by Hasan Özmermer, our esteemed elder, back in 1952. After more than 40 years of experience in pita, bread, francala and pastry production, we commenced flour production by establishing Özmermer Flour Factory in 1994 in order to obtain standard and high quality flour that will meet ours and our colleagues’ needs. 

Ethiopia is one of the biggest countries in Africa with a huge demand. There are many opportunities to make business here. As a producer to be here is very important to introduce our company directly to business people.

At the show we met traders, wholesalers, exporters and importers, and we had productive meetings with many serious business people. It’s been our first time attending agrofood & plastprintpack Ethiopia, so we were not sure what to expect, but it's been a great experience so far.

Hasan Özmermer
Vice President - Özmermer Gida San. Ve. Tic. Ltd. Sti

Being an Ethiopian based company, we set out to target the local market within our first year of operations. We recognized the gap in the market for sustainable alternative packaging and glassware. With our upcycled glassware we aim to provide a turn key solution to local international businesses in the HoReCa, food & bev tec, manufacturing and retail sectors.

At the show we have met with a huge variety of quality visitors, so it has been a busy successful event to be a part of.

Ruth Gabriel
Founder - Alternativ Addis

Ethiopia is a country with large livestock populations. Animal identification and registration is emerging and can make important contributions to the efficiency and output of the livestock sector as well as to animal health and food safety. As a specialist in animal identification systems, we would like to follow and accompany these developments.

We were able to talk to many interested people, animal keepers and traders, and demonstrate and explain our products. We rate the quality of the contacts as quite good. Existing contacts and partners also visited us at the fair and took the opportunity to get acquainted with our identification devices.  

It’s been our target to present our products to Ethiopian and neighboring interested parties and to look for potential partners who can cooperate with us and distribute our products in Ethiopia and other African countries. So far, we have gained further insights into the Ethiopian livestock sector and made interesting contacts. We look forward to further exchanges.

Britta Nehls
Sales & Marketing - Caisley International GmbH

Since its founding in 1969, Destilla has produced flavors and extracts of the highest quality. We’ve grown organically, continuously modernized our production processes and expanded our product portfolio.

Ethiopia is not only a country with great potential, but a hub for East Africa. We're setting up a lokal sales office in a first stage and want to establish local manufactoring mid to longterm.

We met locals from the whole food & beverage industry and are very satisfied with quantity & quality.

We were unsure what to expect due to the pandemic and the overall situation of the country but our expectations for the exhibition were outmatched by far.

Matthias Thienel
Vice President - Destilla GmbH

Kombi Makina is specialized in design and manufacturing of machines and complete filling lines for the beverage industry for many types of products. Our head quarter is located in Istanbul.

Ethiopia and Turkey have strong relations and we are here already for 7 years. We received good quality customers in this exhibition, and we are satisfied. Our expectations were fulfilled.

Hakan Aktas
Export Manager - Kombi Makina

Ethiopia has a huge potential because of the growing market and the population size. We as Krones aim to build long-term partnerships with our local branch office that opened in 2018.

The customers and visitors come from a diverse background of sectors. We are happy with everyone who took the time to meet us here at agrofood & plastprintpack Ethiopia. Even outside the beverage sector, we will partner with many visitors who are interested in our video yet printers.

Our expectations were met. We had good conversions and we are looking forward to participate in the future to network and build opportunities and long-standing partnerships on eye-level.

Chris Wegner
Deputy General Manager - Krones LCS Center East Africa Ltd.

Whilst Ethiopia is large in population terms its relative purchasing power is quite small. We are noticing that this is beginning to change. The market is demanding better quality solutions.

We are very much satisfied with the visitors quality. Participating is not just about meeting new potential customers but also understanding more about market trends and demands. We truly wish Ethiopian companies would participate at such events.

Our expectations have been met and exceeded. We will be back next year. Thank you!

Daniel Mesfin
Founder – Print and Frame