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IFE Manufacturing 2027

IFE Manufacturing puts ingredients, packaging and food production technology alongside the buyers who will eventually sell and serve the finished product.

Apr 5-7, 2027 · Excel London

Exhibitors expected
150
Exhibitors on the 2026 list
1,226
Show days
3

More than 150 suppliers make up its manufacturing section at Excel London, within Food, Drink & Hospitality Week. The audience spans ingredient scientists, packaging developers, production managers and brand owners, with sourcing discussions that run from plant proteins and flavor systems to factory software and certification.

Its defining feature is the connection to the neighboring food and hospitality markets. A product team can compare formulation inputs, discuss production requirements and explore routes into retail or foodservice during the same visit. The Business Growth Hub and Certification Clinic extend that conversation into exports, finance and accreditation. IFST and Campden BRI bring food-science expertise into the program. For manufacturers developing a product and its commercial route together, that breadth is the main reason to choose the London show.

How it compares

  1. IFE International Food & Drink EventLondon, 24K
  2. Foodex Manufacturing SolutionsBirmingham, every two years
  3. This show: IFE ManufacturingLondon
  4. Fi EuropeFrankfurt, 27K

Foodex Manufacturing Solutions puts processing, packaging and logistics at the center of its NEC Birmingham show. Its biennial April cycle suits production and engineering teams looking at machinery, factory efficiency and physical operations. IFE Manufacturing covers equipment too, but its ingredients, packaging design and business services make it a different proposition for teams whose project starts with a product concept or reformulation.

Fi Europe is the stronger international ingredient-sourcing trip. The annual November fair expects more than 1,650 exhibitors and 27,000 attendees in Frankfurt in 2026. That concentration gives specialist ingredient buyers and R&D teams a much deeper supplier comparison. London is useful when ingredients must be considered alongside packaging, manufacturing support and the UK customers for the finished product.

The neighboring IFE International Food & Drink Event is complementary: it brings retailers, wholesalers and foodservice professionals to finished-food suppliers. IFE Manufacturing deals with the inputs and technical decisions behind those products. Shared admission lets a brand owner work both sides of that chain. Suppliers selling a production solution into food businesses belong in manufacturing; a brand seeking distribution for an already finished range has a more direct audience at IFE.

IFE Manufacturing is the right trip for food product teams who need to connect ingredients and packaging decisions with production expertise and UK market access.

Who exhibits

The mix reaches beyond ingredient sourcing. Recent exhibitors include ATURA Proteins for plant-based formulation, Döhler for natural ingredient systems and Lallemand Bio-Ingredients for yeast-derived ingredients. Croxsons brings packaging, Adpak Machinery Systems covers packing equipment, and CSB-System adds factory software. Certification organizations sit alongside commercial suppliers. Together they make the show useful for a product team working through formulation, pack format and production requirements, with technical and procurement colleagues involved in the same project.

Last year's exhibitors

  1. Business France

  2. UNOX

  3. Macmillan

  4. Multivac

  5. Liebherr

  6. Rational

  7. Angel Yeast

  8. Munters

  9. Centric Software

  10. Meiko

  11. Electrolux Professional

  12. Square

  13. Workforce

  14. OKF

  15. Bridor

  16. Magnum Packaging

  17. Baba Sidi Herbs

  18. CSB-System

  19. Eurovo

  20. N Smith

  21. Promo Solution

  22. Confiletas

  23. SOHOSnacks

  24. Popmenu

This year's list is on its way. A HallBrief brief ranks every exhibitor against your goals and finds who to meet at each. Get a brief

IFE Manufacturing 2027

IFE Manufacturing 2027 sits within an expanded Food, Drink & Hospitality Week that now includes Speciality & Fine Food Fair alongside IFE, HRC, The Pub Show, Hospitality Tech360 and International Salon Culinaire. That brings specialty-food discovery into the same gathering as ingredients, production and hospitality. The manufacturing offer combines established supplier sections with the Business Growth Hub, Certification Clinic and StartUp Lab, giving product teams a route from technical sourcing to the commercial questions around a launch.

  • Use the Certification Clinic for accreditation questions that could change an ingredient or packaging choice, then take those requirements into supplier discussions.
  • For an export project, pair manufacturing suppliers with the Business Growth Hub's trade finance, logistics and UK export organizations.
  • Use the central IFE Manufacturing Hub for supplier conversations, then cross into IFE to compare finished-product positioning and distribution opportunities.

What your brief includes

The full exhibitor list, and what to do with it.

  1. Halvorsen ProzesstechnikIndustrial machinery / Germany#3
  2. Alpenküche SystemeCommercial kitchens / Austria#4
  3. Brauwerk WielandBeverages / Germany#5
  4. 1,223 more, ranked for your goals

#3Halvorsen Prozesstechnikof 1,226

Why it matters
Their hygienic conveyor line fits the plant expansion you described.
Who to meet
Head of Key Accounts, Food Processing
What to ask
Lead times for installations in 2027.

Example from a sample brief. The company is fictional.

How a brief is made

  1. Tell us your goals

    A short interview: what you want from IFE Manufacturing and which kinds of partners you are after.

  2. We research each company, one by one

    For each company: what it makes, who it sells to, how it fits your goals and who buys there. Then we compare them side by side and rank the ones worth your time.

  3. Walk in with a plan

    A ranked list, a deep dive on each of your top picks, the people to meet and a strategy deck, all before the doors open.

Walk into IFE Manufacturing knowing who to meet.

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