5 Exhibitors to Visit at Gulfood Manufacturing 2026

Tetra Pak India Pvt. Ltd. is headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, with its global group based in Pully, Switzerland and Lund, Sweden. Founded globally in 1951 and incorporated in India in December 1987, the company employs approximately 1,464 people in India and more than 24,000 worldwide. Its product scope spans dairy and beverage processing lines, aseptic carton filling machines, ice cream processing equipment, and industrial bioreactor platforms for fermentation and New Food production.

Tetra Pak operates an ISCC PLUS-certified packaging material factory in Chakan, Pune, making it the first company in India's food and beverage packaging sector to offer cartons integrating certified recycled polymers. Its E3/Speed Hyper filling machine runs at 40,000 packs per hour using eBeam sterilization, and the company delivered 174 billion carton packages globally in 2025 across more than 160 countries. Processing equipment, including a horizontal filter, is manufactured in India, supporting local total-cost-of-ownership arguments for buyers in the region.

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany and founded in 1881, employs more than 18,000 people and generates approximately EUR 5.5 billion in annual revenue across more than 150 countries. The company supplies process technology, machinery, complete plants, components and aftermarket services to food, beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Its four divisions, Nutrition Plant Engineering, Pure Flow Processing, Pharma and Food Applications, and Farm Technologies, cover the full production lifecycle from raw material handling through to finished product.

GEA holds a measurable position in several global processing segments: every fourth package of pasta and every third chicken nugget worldwide is processed using GEA technology, and the company produces every second pharma separator used for vaccines and novel biopharmaceuticals. Select equipment carries a TÜV-validated "Add Better" ecolabel, and the GEA NEXUS engineering solution is documented to cut energy use and CO₂ emissions by up to 30% and 100% respectively by integrating processing with heating and cooling utilities.

Buhler (India) Pvt. Ltd. is the Indian subsidiary of Buhler Group, a Swiss technology company with operations spanning grain milling, food processing, sorting, and die casting. The group serves customers across the full value chain from raw grain intake through to finished flour, rice, and specialty food products, supplying both equipment and process technology.

Buhler's position in food processing markets is built on end-to-end process lines rather than standalone machines, which allows buyers to source milling, sorting, and coating systems under a single technical relationship. The group operates service and application centers in multiple regions, giving buyers in the Middle East and South Asia access to local engineering support alongside globally standardized equipment.

Cargill, Incorporated is headquartered in Wayzata, Minnesota and was founded in 1865. With roughly 155,000 employees and sales across 125 or more markets, it operates one of the most extensive privately held agricultural supply chains in the world. Its food and beverage ingredient portfolio covers cocoa powders including the Gerkens range, chocolate and compound coatings, native and modified starches, maltodextrins, glucose syrups, edible oils and specialty fats, and low- and no-calorie sweetener systems including stevia blends and polyols.

Cargill's ingredient divisions share R&D resources, allowing formulation teams to draw on cocoa, oils, and texturizer expertise simultaneously rather than engaging separate suppliers. The Lygomme texturizing system for dairy and dessert applications and its palm-based cocoa butter alternatives illustrate how the company positions cross-category technical depth as a practical resource for manufacturers managing complex recipes or reformulations. That supply depth, combined with multi-region sourcing infrastructure, is particularly relevant for procurement teams requiring consistent volume across the Middle East and wider MENA markets.

Krones AG, headquartered in Neutraubling, Germany and founded in 1951, designs and manufactures complete processing, filling, and packaging lines for beverage and food producers worldwide. With more than 21,000 employees, operations in over 160 countries, and more than 100 subsidiaries and locations, the group reported EUR 5.66 billion in revenue for 2025. Its product scope runs from stretch blow molding and aseptic filling to intralogistics, injection molding, and plastics recycling, all supplied under one partner relationship.

Krones positions itself as a full-lifecycle supplier rather than a machine vendor. Its block technology, which integrates stretch blow molder, filler, and capper into a single footprint, reduces floor space and energy consumption compared with separate machines. The group also covers water management, digital production optimization, and spare-parts and service support through its global subsidiary network, including HST for high-pressure homogenizers. This breadth is particularly relevant for producers in the Gulf and South Asia who need a single accountable partner across capital equipment, process technology, and aftermarket.