SNACKEX, organized by the European Snacks Association (ESA), is the only event in Europe focused 100% on savory snacks and snack products.

The event is a unique opportunity to buy, sell, and network with industry professionals and decision-makers. SNACKEX unites the savory snack industry in a single-destination conference and trade show to give attendees the edge they need to succeed in today’s rapidly changing market.

The 2013 show in Gothenburg, Sweden, saw over 2000 industry-related visitors from more than 70 countries. With over 5000 square meters of exhibition space and more than 120 exhibitors from countries as far away as China, India, Argentina, and Australia, the show truly reflects the global reach of the event. Alongside the trade show, SNACKEX features extensive conference programming with expert speakers to provide industry participants with solutions and guidance on critical issues that will help them grow their businesses quickly, efficiently, and successfully. Executives in the savory snacks industry attend SNACKEX to find solutions to the industry's most pressing challenges and to meet others who can help improve their products.

Attendance Information

Attendees, including conference delegates and exhibition visitors, are buyers from all trade categories, including snack manufacturers; importers, exporters, suppliers, nut traders, distributors, and brokers, making SNACKEX the "must-attend" show of the year.

Exhibitor Information

Exhibitors are companies involved in the production and marketing of savory snacks – potato chips, corn chips, potato sticks, peanuts, and other snacks such as pistachios, almonds, baked snacks, tortillas, pretzels, popcorn, rice crackers, chips, savory biscuits, bread chips, meat snacks, extruded snacks, and pellets. Leading suppliers of snack processing and packaging equipment, raw materials, flavors, spices, and other food ingredients, laboratory equipment, and other products and services used in the manufacture of savory snacks will be on display.

Zirve International has always ensured its presence at the world's largest events related to the manufacturing of industrial food equipment and packaging systems. The company has secured its place among the world's leading companies through high professionalism in manufacturing, in addition to its continuous presence at such events over the years.

Zirve Extrusion and Zirve International are among the leading companies participating in this important exhibition. Our past participations include: Turkey 2015, Vienna 2017, Barcelona 2019, Hamburg Germany 2023, and finally Sweden 2024. We participated with the cornflakes production line "FLAKES 400" and the fried bugles production line "LPX200" and our "SPARK 120" packaging machine.

Among the most important technologies and updates presented at the previous exhibition in Sweden were as follows:

• Advanced technology for producing puffed corn chips in two different colors, which was previously exclusive to the Germans but is now available at Zirve Extrusion.
• The Spanish corn production line with a production capacity of 500 kg/h, featuring fermentation and roasting processes.
• The Turkish "BUGLES" caps line dipped in chocolate.
• The introduction of the "OSOM" chip, made of puffed corn chips filled with coffee butter and coated with peanut butter.
• Various updates and new shapes added to the cornflakes line with a real production capacity of 500 kg/h.

Zirve Extrusion and Zirve International continue to innovate and provide the latest solutions and technologies in the field of chips and snacks production, strengthening our leading position in this industry.