AHEAD OF CIBUS TEC 2026: MORE EXHIBITORS, MORE SPACE AND A STRONG GROWTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT
From October 27 to 30, Parma is ready to welcome a new edition of Italy’s most comprehensive platform dedicated to food & beverage technologies, offering a range that combines vertical projects and cross-cutting innovation across the entire supply chain.Less than nine months before opening, Cibus Tec 2026 (Fiere di Parma, October 27–30, 2026) is set to return to Parma stronger than ever, following a 2023 edition that recorded record results, confirming the event as one of the key international appointments for the food machinery supply chain.
Numbers and Trends
Strong on the results achieved in the 2023 edition, which attracted a significant presence of exhibitors, over 1,200 companies from 30 countries, and welcomed 40,000 professionals from more than 120 countries, Cibus Tec 2026 is already showing further growth in its key indicators.
Comparison with the same period in the 2023 edition, highlights a 20% increase in the number of exhibitors and a 30% growth in the total exhibition area. The data for the international component is particularly positive, showing marked expansion, with a 48% increase in foreign exhibitors and a 38% rise in dedicated exhibition space.
Visitors and Top Buyers Program
This trend of steady growth suggests a professional visitor turnout exceeding the 40,000 recorded in the previous edition. For the 2026 edition, the Top Buyers Program is further strengthened and consolidated. It is the largest incoming program organized in collaboration with Agenzia ICE – Italian Trade & Investment Agency and with the support of the Emilia-Romagna Region, targeting strategic supply chains and new markets. In 2023, the Top Buyers Program welcomed over 3,000 international top buyers from more than 80 countries.
Bakery? Yes, we tec!
The 2026 edition also marks a significant evolution in the content and special projects of the event. At Cibus Tec 2026, Bakery? Yes, we tec! makes its debut, a large area dedicated to the most innovative technologies in the bakery sector that it fills a gap in the Italian market, creating an innovative industrial appointment capable of connecting the best bakery technology partners with producers and brands across the food supply chain. A complete showcase highlighting equipment and technology along the entire chain, from preparation and processing to automation, until packaging and end-of-line solutions.
Among the companies that have already confirmed their participation are: Awema, Cake Concepts, Cepi, Fritsch, GEA, Handtmann, Rheon, Soren, Tanis Food Tec, and Tecnopool.
Beverage? Yes, we tec!
The same format is applied to the beverage sector with Beverage? Yes, we tec! Cibus Tec 2026 strengthens its role as the Italian reference point for beverage technologies. This dedicated area represents the entire technological chain, from production to bottling, up to end-of-line solutions, facilitating dialogue between technology providers and beverage companies. It is a reserved space focused on the main trends of the sector, from new formats to ready-to-drink, from Better For You products to sustainability, industrial performance, equipment reliability, reduced consumption, and packaging.
Among the companies that have already confirmed their participation are: A DUE, Comac, Galdi, Krones, Matrix, Prismatech, Promec, Serac, SIG, Sipa, and Tetra Pak.
Supply Chains and Technologies
Alongside the two vertical formats, Cibus Tec 2026 confirms its ability to comprehensively and credibly represent solutions for the main food supply chains, from the processing of fruit, vegetables, sauces, and condiments, to dairy, meat, and fish, all the way to ready meals, coffee, chocolate, and snacks; for all these sectors, the event offers an innovative view of industry process needs and the corresponding technological solutions.
Cross-cutting across all supply chains are the technological platforms that today determine competitiveness: packaging and end-of-line, intralogistics and traceability, automation and robotics, digitalization and data, hygiene and food safety, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability solutions. An integrated system that enables companies to design plant innovations with a complete vision, from productivity to quality.
World Pasta Day in Parma
Among the most prominent events, on October 27 and 28, Cibus Tec 2026 will host World Pasta Day, a global event promoted by Unione Italiana Food and the International Pasta Organization (IPO); the event combines content and technology, focusing on key topics such as evolving consumer preferences, new nutritional and sustainability requirements, production efficiency, waste reduction, and packaging innovation and it also strengthens the connection between industry, research, associations, and technology providers from an international, market-oriented perspective.
Cibus Tec for Africa
Cibus Tec 2026 also confirms its global vocation with the Cibus Tec for Africa project, which was created to promote Made-in-Italy food technologies in strategic African continent and to build concrete industrial and commercial relationships with local operators.
Labotec in parallel
Alongside Cibus Tec 2026, the second edition of Labotec will be held concurrently. This fair is dedicated to technologies for laboratories, research, and analysis, and is aimed at all manufacturing sectors, including food and beverages.
The joint presence of the two events highlights an integrated vision of industrial competitiveness, combining plant equipment with the ability to measure, control, and certify, creating an ecosystem in which production and laboratory interact synergistically on quality, safety, traceability, and innovation.
The events will be held in Parma from October 27 to 30, 2026 for Cibus Tec, and on October 27 and 28 for Labotec.
From this edition, entry to both fairs will be free, an initiative by the organizers aimed at encouraging wider participation from professionals and at strengthening the dissemination of the technical and scientific contents presented.
For more information: www.cibustec.it
