PHOTO REPORT: Growing interest for VIV Turkey

Last June the biennial VIV Turkey tradeshow took place again in Istanbul, Turkey. A regional event, but with growing international exposure. Flashback to a modern tradeshow, with a touch of authentic flavour.

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A lively atmosphere at the VIV Turkey tradeshow, which has gained international exposure over the past years. The exhibition took place from June 13-15, 2013 in the IFM expo center in Istanbul, Turkey
VIV Turkey is a joint cooperation between HKF fairs from Istanbul and VIV organisers VNU Exhibitions Europe from The Netherlands. HKF managing director Bekir Cakici addresses the audience during the official opening ceremony
Professor Dr. Rüveyde Akbay, president of the Turkish Branch of WPSA, underlined the importance of the poultry industry in Turkey during the official opening ceremony of the show
Kutlusan is one of the major internationally operating manufacturers of poultry equipment in Turkey
Cimuka, a specialist supplier of incubators and cages from Turkey, with their newest product - a low weight, comfort plast cage for quail
Cimuka also known for its incubators - ranging from very small models for hobby and breeding purposes to large sized machines with a maximum capacity of 38,400 eggs
Breeding companies were to a large extent represented at VIV Turkey, among which Hy-Line
A growth country like Turkey is an important market for suppliers of compound feed mills like Muyang from China
Zoetis, the new name for the former animal health division of Pfizer,
Growing broilers in cages is gaining ground in Turkey. One domestic supplier in this field is Güres Technology
Jan-Tav is a new local joint-venture between Jansen Poultry Equipment from The Netherlands and Tavsan from Turkey. Their aim is to produce and market JPE automatic Premium nests and BroMaxx colony systems in Turkey
Mayekawa from Japan manufactures robotised machines such as the “Toridas” whole leg deboning machine. The bigger “Takidas” version is meant for processing turkeys
Tavek from Turkey specialises in manufacturing layer cages and related systems
Not very common on a trade fair is live poultry on display. Yet the National Poultry Research institute was showing a number of local breeds
Some chickens benefit from temporary freedom when footage of them is being taken for Turkish television