Bringing together the innovators and users of the latest animal production technology
From Super Bowl to "Super Expo" -- Atlanta played host to two of world's largest event spectacles this February as the city provided the stage not only for the NFL championship game but also the 2019 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE). IPPE had a milestone year with 32,931 poultry, meat and animal food industry leaders from all over the world in attendance, setting a new record. There were also 1,426 exhibitors with 600,732 square feet of exhibit space, two more records.
The Expo is the world's largest annual feed, meat and poultry industry event of its kind and is one of the 30 largest trade shows in the United States. IPPE is sponsored by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, American Feed Industry Association and North American Meat Institute. There were 8,315 international visitors, a fourth new record, from 133 countries represented at the Expo. The largest group from a single country outside the U.S. was Canada with 1,283 visitors. The largest region represented was the Caribbean, Latin America, Mexico and South America with 3,271 visitors.