The dates for the next edition of drinktec have now been confirmed. Even before drinktec 2025 opens its doors, trade fair organizer YONTEX is already setting the course for the future: from 11 to 15 September 2028, the Munich exhibition grounds will once again serve as the center of the international beverage and liquid food industry. In preparation for drinktec 2025 (scheduled for 15 to 19 September 2025), the market for the beverage and liquid food industry continues to demonstrate robust momentum. Figures from the VDMA - the conceptual sponsor of drinktec - clearly show that the industry remains firmly on a growth trajectory.

The market research institute Euromonitor forecasts global growth of 15.8% for soft drinks and 7.8% in the alcoholic beverages sector by 2028, based on 2024 data. Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East/Africa and Latin America in particular are among the regions with the highest growth rates. Global megatrends such as connectivity, circular economy and hyperpersonalization - key terms from numerous forward-looking studies - are massively accelerating the pace of innovation in the industry. Investment cycles are correspondingly becoming shorter.

"YONTEX is keeping a close eye on these prospects and is continuously developing its portfolio. We remain in close contact with our stakeholders. They have fully endorsed our assessment. By repositioning the drinktec date to 2028, we are creating the basis for offering the beverage and liquid food industry an optimal platform," explains Rolf Keller, Managing Director of YONTEX. Stakeholders' perspectives Managing Director of the Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association within VDMA e.V.:"Such a dynamic industry needs an optimal environment. By bringing the date forward to 2028, we are creating the perfect conditions to continue the growth trajectory of this world-leading trade fair."

Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer, Managing Director of Messe München and Chairman of the Shareholders' Meeting of YONTEX: "As the world's leading trade fair, drinktec makes a significant contribution to the development of the industry. Adjusting the date for the next edition therefore accommodates the increasingly shorter investment and development cycles. An exhibition platform has to make changes when exhibitors want it and deliver added value."

Peter Ottmann, Managing Director NürnbergMesse, shareholder of YONTEX: "With the new date for drinktec, YONTEX is responding to the ever faster innovation cycles in the industry. As a shareholder of YONTEX, we at NürnbergMesse support this adjustment to the trade fair calendar so that we can continue to offer our customers the world's most attractive platform for exchange along the entire value chain for the production of beverages and liquid food."