Dr Frank Amoneit, Managing Director, Euro Fed Lipid e. V., Germany:
"The fourth oils+fats, too, has shown that a trade fair taking place every two years is essential and sensible for the sector. Business is being done right here at the fair, and that applies to us, too, as a research organisation which has no 'products' to sell. Sadly the oil producers in particular are missing out on market opportunities. The people who came here to buy in 2011 again found no corresponding suppliers.  It is a matter of speculation as to whether in the future the South American or the Southeast Asian suppliers will jump in to fill the gap."
 
Klaus-Peter Eickhoff, Director Renewable Resources, GEA Westfalia Group GmbH, Germany:
“oils+fats is an important platform for presenting our products and for meeting our customers. It is still a small fair, mainly because the sector itself is small, but the quality of the visitors is truly excellent. We have conducted many important and critical talks here with decision-makers. For that reason we will in future do all we can to further expand the success of oils+fats."
 
Günter Simon, Managing Director, Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH:
"oils+fats 2011 lived up in full to our already high expectations. We were able to hold detailed business talks with top-quality people and a pleasing number of these contacts were from outside Germany. We have the strong feeling that this event is perceived as the central European platform for our sector. Taking part in the next oils+fats in 2013 is an absolute must for HF Press + Lipid Tech."
 
Gunter Börner, Managing Director, ÖHMI Engineering, Germany:
“oils+fats this year is even more attractive than last time. The trade audience was very substantial, very select. Certainly it has paid off for us to be here. Which is all the more pleasing, because this year we have concentrated all our trade-fair activities on oils+fats exclusively, and we took a larger stand here. For the fair itself we see potential for further growth, even though the event will certainly remain a small – but select – one, because of the limited size of the sector. In particular we feel there is room for expansion in terms of Eastern Europe, both on the exhibitor and visitor sides. At any rate we will continue to support oils+fats strongly, as we value it as a key event for the sector, and one whose reputation will spread still further. Those who this time did not seize the chance to take part will now realise quite clearly that they have missed something."
 
Dr Bernhard Widmann, Director of TFZ – Technologie- und Förderzentrum (Technology and Support Centre) in the Bavarian government´s Centre of Excellence for Renewable Resources, Germany:
"oils+fats in Munich is rightly regarded as the number one international trade fair for oils and fats. This year again the TFZ, an applications-oriented research institute focusing on bioenergy, was able to welcome visitors to our stand from Germany and abroad. Using residual materials and processing used fats were new themes for the stand visitors, and the demand for trading partners at the fair has risen this year. It is an incentive for the trade for more companies to not only visit oils+fats but also to come along and exhibit here. The extension of the trade-fair concept to include animal fats as well as trade is a key step in a promising direction. For as demand for products made from oils and fats in the food and energy sectors rises around the world, what we will need now more than ever are innovations for processes that are energy- and technology-efficient, and resource-efficient strategies for product manufacture. oils+fats offers in ideal sector platform for technology, strategy and trade."
 
Dr Ignace Debruyne, Technical Marketing Consultant, Ignace Debruyne & Associates, Belgium:
“Smart Short Courses had a very successful program next to the oils+fats trade show with 85 participants and 20 technical lectures by exhibiting companies. The integration of the Advanced Oilseed and Oil Processing program with the exhibition has once again shown to be a great success. Participants as well as speakers and exhibiting companies highly appreciated the mix of technical lectures interlaced with direct business visits at the oils+fats trade show resulting in direct business leads for both parties. For future development, this concept could be further explored with the trade show covering a broader range of oils & fats related companies, including not only equipment and process aid manufacturers, but also a broader range of supply and demand related companies, food as well as non-food, and service and research organizations. Having a show with such broader basis would truly generate extra value for the full range of players active in the oils & fats world.”
 
Franck Geincheleau, Area Sales Manager Food Dairy and Beverages, Serac, France:
“The first two days of the fair went very well. We had 10 to 15 customer contacts per day, which is more than we had expected. We were also positively surprised by the international spread among the audience, which was of top quality. However, most of the inquiries were for smaller machines, while our focus is on larger systems. But in order to draw firm conclusions we have to first wait to see how the post-fair business develops."
 
Michael Lierau, Director Oil Milling, Bühler AG, Switzerland:
“We are very happy with the number of visitors, and with the renewed rise in the international spread at the fair. At this event we were able not only to meet many of our regular customers, but also to make new contacts. The quality of the contacts was good, too, the visitors came looking for solutions, such as on the theme of flaking soybeans and sunflower seeds, or processing rape."