Canadean expects the confectionery market in India to grow by 71% in the next four years, as the growing Indian middle-class consumes more gums and jellies and chocolate continues to be high in demand among children.

"Germany is worldwide both the biggest manufacturer and the biggest exporter of confectionary machinery", explains Richard Clemens, Managing Director of VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association in occasion of the interpack 2011 in Duesseldorf on Thursday. "According to estimates of the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association, worldwide production volume of machinery and equipment for production and packaging of sweets amounts around 2.2 billion Euros in 2010. Almost one quarter of the machinery at a value of 550 million Euros comes from German production", Clemens emphasized.

ViscoTec presented its range of dispensers for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food applications at the Interpack exhibition in Duesseldorf

At this year’s PackExpo exhibition, (Lakeside Upper Hall, Stand 7937) Gerhard Schubert GmbH will give visitors the opportunity to view a picker line for chocolate bears.

Robatech AG domiciled in Muri supports the sugar confectionery industry in the packaging of sweets, chewing gum and chocolate with its hotmelt adhesive systems in a sustained manner.

According to the study of ROIF Expert Marketing Agency, Russian cocoa-beans market in 2010 was growing both in stock and in value. The current situation on the global cocoa beans market was commented by Olga Kononova, the agency chief analyst.