5 Exhibitors to Visit at INTERNORGA 2027

Rational develops and manufactures combi-steamers and combi-steamer accessories sold to professional kitchens across catering, foodservice, and large-scale cooking operations worldwide. The company is headquartered in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, and its products are used in restaurants, hotels, canteens, and contract catering facilities.

Rational's core proposition centers on thermal cooking equipment that combines multiple cooking modes in a single unit, reducing the need for separate appliances and allowing kitchens to standardize output across shifts and sites. The iCombi and iVario product lines are positioned for operations that need consistent results at volume without proportional increases in kitchen labor.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), headquartered in Uxbridge, United Kingdom, is the world's largest Coca-Cola bottler, formed in its current structure in 2021 following the acquisition of Coca-Cola Amatil. With approximately 33,000 employees operating across 81 manufacturing sites in more than 30 countries, the company serves around 600 million consumers and over four million customers. Its portfolio spans sparkling soft drinks (Coca-Cola Original Taste, Zero Sugar and Light/Diet; Sprite; Fanta), energy drinks (Monster Energy), Costa Coffee capsule machines, and alcohol ready-to-drink.

More than 90 percent of CCEP's drinks are produced in the country where they are consumed, a supply model that gives foodservice operators confidence in distribution reliability and local market responsiveness. The German subsidiary, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Deutschland GmbH, serves the DACH foodservice channel directly, making CCEP a practical single-supplier option for restaurant groups, hotel chains, catering operators and multi-site franchise businesses seeking both packaged and on-premise draught formats alongside low- and no-sugar SKUs across the full portfolio.

Handtmann Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a manufacturer of vacuum filling and portioning machinery serving the food processing sector, operating under the broader Handtmann group headquartered in Biberach an der Riß, Germany. The company supplies equipment used in the production of sausages, meat products, poultry items, and a range of other portioned food formats for industrial and artisan processors alike.

Handtmann's filling systems are built around vacuum-based displacement technology, which supports consistent portion weights and high throughput across varied product textures. The product range extends from standalone fillers to integrated lines combining portioning, linking, and depositing functions, making the equipment relevant to processors looking to reduce manual handling steps or consolidate multiple production stages.

VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH, headquartered in Verden (Aller), Germany since 1944, designs and manufactures vacuum filling, portioning, dividing, shaping and depositing machines for viscous food masses including meat, sausage, convenience, plant-based protein, bakery dough and pet food. With more than 950 employees and production concentrated at a single German site, the company exports over 80 percent of its output worldwide.

VEMAG is the only vacuum filler manufacturer offering both rotary vane pump and double screw feeding elements within a single modular platform, allowing processors to configure one machine across sausage, patty and plant-based applications by swapping standardized attachments. The company delivered its 6,000th ROBOT500 Type128 loader in 2020 and displayed more than 20 production lines across 1,000 square metres at Anuga FoodTec 2024, reflecting the breadth of its industrial line-building capability.

Barilla G. e R. Fratelli S.p.A., headquartered in Parma, Italy, has manufactured pasta since 1877 and remains a privately held, family-owned company. Its portfolio spans 21 brands sold in more than 100 countries, with roughly 9,000 employees and annual production exceeding 2 million tonnes. The food service division, Barilla for Professionals, develops pasta and sauce formats specifically for out-of-home operators including restaurants, hotels, contract caterers, and ghost kitchens.

The Barilla for Professionals range addresses a practical kitchen problem: maintaining consistent texture and quality under professional cooking and holding conditions. Selezione Oro Chef pasta is engineered for high resistance to overcooking, making it suited to buffet and delivery formats. Sauces such as Sugo al Pomodoro e Basilico, made from 100% sun-ripened Italian tomatoes, and Pesto alla Genovese with Parmigiano Reggiano D.O.P. are supplied in large-format food service packaging. The company reported consolidated 2024 revenue of €4.883 billion, up 1.7% year over year net of foreign exchange effects.