(Shanghai, PRC –June 27, 2012) – Ringier Trade Media Ltd. and its magazine - China Food Manufacturing Journal have recently announced the winners recently of the 2012 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the Food and Beverage Industry. Following a strict selection process of the independent judge panel, with reference to the results of online voting, 28 winning companies featured their innovative products across 5 categories: Food& Beverage Ingredients, Processing, Packaging, Food Safety and Others. The Award aims to commend the contributions of companies’ promoting the development of domestic food & beverage industry.

The grand Awards ceremony was held at the 2012 Food Ingredients, Health Ingredients and Natural Ingredients Asia-China Show (Fi Asia-China Hi Ni China 2012) in the Shanghai New International Expo Center on June 27, 2012. More than 150 high-level delegates from winning companies such as DSM, LANXESS, Tate & Lyle, PolyOne and XRite participated together with Awards judges, VIP buyers attending the tradeshow and industry media. Winners received awards for their innovative products which drive development in China’s food and beverage industry. Meanwhile, all winners received a free showcase opportunity at the most traffic-attractive space at FiA 2012 where trade show visitors were able to learn more about of the winning products.

Co-organized by Ringier Trade Media and its magazine China Food Manufacturing Journal, together with 2012 Food Ingredients, Health Ingredients and Natural Ingredients Asia-China Show (Fi Asia-China Hi Ni China 2012), Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the Food and Beverage Industry is now in its’ seventh successful year.

Mr. Michael R Hay, President of Ringier Trade Media, explains: “This event has been designed to drive innovation in China’s pumps and valves industry. As a celebratory platform, the purpose of the Awards are to encourage, acknowledge and reward those individuals and companies that have developed a new idea, a new methodology, a new product or a new technology for production efficiency, cost effectiveness, or user convenience, which results, for example, in energy saving and more responsible clean manufacturing.”

This year, the Food & Beverage Industry Innovation Awards attracted 80 entries from 65 international and local companies. The number of companies and entries increased by 18% and 24% this year and this reflects the continued impact and widespread recognition of the Awards in this industry. Following a strict selection process, the independent judging panel selected 28 products across 5 categories as the final winners of the Award of which 15 are new winners.

Also, for the first time this year, voting online was used to open up the selection process to a wider audience throughout the industry as a whole. I stress however that the final decisions still rest with the judges.

As one might expect, certain market characteristics in China have largely influenced the categories and winners of this year’s awards. For example: nutraceuticals dominated the Food & Beverage Ingredients category, a highly competitive category in the Awards. This is due to the continuing Health and Nutrition trend in the China market. In addition, the increasing cost of labor inputs in China has been significant enough for companies to emphasize automation and consider the use of robotics in their production process. As such, our judges have selected some products from automation technology field at this year’s awards.

Regarding the judging process of the Awards, Mr. Hay concluded: “The judging process for Ringier Technology Innovation Awards is completely neutral, objective and fair. It is the independent panel of experts – the judges who play the key role in the selection of the winners, not Ringier and FiA China. These judges cannot be bought, and we cannot be bought. Nominations are open to everybody in the industry and the final winners are selected solely on their merit. Let me state: no other Awards ceremony is as Neutral as our Awards! We stake our reputation on it.”

The show partner and representative from the judge panel who presented the Awards to winners included Ms. Natasha Berrow, Brand Director of UBM Live; Mr. Ed Wyszumiala, General Manager of Dietary Supplements Program, NSF International; Mr. Feng Fusheng, Vice Secretary-general of Shanghai Sugar-make Food Association; Mr. Lu Xianghua, Secretary-general of Shanghai Frozen Food Association; Mr. Liu Xiaojie, R&D Director from Hangzhou Joyoung Soybean Milk Industry Co., Ltd.; Mr. Ma Zhiyin, Technical Director of Shanghai Food Research Institute.

Appendix 1: Winners List for the 2012 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the Food & Beverage Industry

About Organizer: Ringier Trade Media Ltd.

Ringier Trade Media Ltd. is a leading B2B industrial information provider, providing industrial leaders in China, Asia Pacific and the Middle East with the technical information, solutions and applications they need to improve their manufacturing and marketing capability through multiple media platforms that include print, online (innovation.industrysourcing.cn), events, PR & marketing and mobile media. With award winning editorial content, Ringier publishes 34 industry trade journals. The company has been successfully linking buyers and suppliers in China, Asia, Middle East and the rest of the world to the mutual benefits of all parties.

Conferences & Events: Ringier organizes high level technical and business conferences every year bringing industry leaders together for information exchange and networking opportunities (visit www.ringierevents.com for more information). In 2011, Ringier will organize 20 conferences that not only provide industry leaders with the latest technologies, but also help China enterprises explore new markets. Ringier's annual Technology Innovation Awards give recognition to those who have made the most significant contributions for the advancement of the industry and provide brand exposure opportunities for those companies with leading technologies.

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