Eu'Vend


Eu'Vend is organised every two years by Cologne Trade Fair at the fairground in Cologne - Germany. The conceptual sponsor of the fair is the German Vending Association, international partner is the European Vending Association, Brussels. The show is open for trade visitors only. Last Eu'Vend took place from 19.-21. September 2013.
The next show will be from 24.-26. September 2015 again. Since 2011 Eu'Vend takes place in conjunction with coffeena. In 2013 the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe was the official education partner of coffeena for the first time.

Product segments

The trade fair focuses on
Eu'Vend is addressed to Operators but also to people searching for a professional solution for employee or customer catering. Including
Till 2001 the interested companies exhibited their products at Anuga Food Fair
. Than the vending industry decided to launch an own platform. At the first Eu'Vend in 2003
there exhibited 178 companies from 13 countries. Within these three days there came 3.968 trade visitors from 49 countries to Cologne - Germany. In the following years Eu'Vend has grown further. The participants in Eu'Vend 2013 comprised 217 suppliers from 23 countries. These consisted of 126 exhibitors from Germany and 91 exhibitors from abroad. With approx. 5.000 visitors from 60 countries Eu'Vend & coffeena is deemed to be the most international vending and coffee fair.

Innovation Award "Vending Star"

Koelnmesse has been granting the innovation award 'Vending Star' since 2007 in conjunction with the German Vending Association at Eu'Vend & coffeena Night. The competition aims to optimize the application possibilities and services in the vending field and thus also acts as the instigator for the branch.
The Members of the jury are: Helmut J. Düvel, Dr. Aris Kaschefi, Hans-Jürgen Krone, Ralf Lang, Asim Loncaric, Michal Piotrowiak, Matthias Schlüter, Eric Schwaab, Wolfgang Schwarzenberger, Gerald Steger, Gerold Stüwer und Jan Marck Vrijlandt.