Global Food Processing Machinery

Report Overview

5th Edition

This study analyzes the global market food processing machinery. Demand values are provided for 2008, 2018, 2023, and 2028 at the manufacturers’ level in current US dollars (i.e., not adjusted to account for inflation). Demand is segmented by equipment type and world region. Data include the value of replacement parts and attachments sold separately. Values do not take into account retail markups.

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• industrial bakery machinery:
  • includes cooling equipment, depositors, dividers, extruders, formers, kneaders, mixers, molders, ovens, proofers, sheeters, and machinery used to make pasta
  • excludes retail-type baking equipment
• meat, poultry, and seafood machinery:
  • includes chillers, deboners, filleters, marinators, meat grinders, smokehouse equipment, skinners, stuffers, tenderizers
  • excludes general-purpose food processing machinery (e.g., cutters) that can also be used on non-meat processing applications is categorized elsewhere and all types of non-industrial products intended primarily for use on farms, in fishing operations, or in retail establishments rather than for the manufacture of food products
• chocolate and confectionery machinery, including coating machines, conches, fillers, formers, kneaders, refining equipment, rope sizers, sugar refining equipment, and toffee/caramel cookers
• beverage production machinery, including brewhouse equipment, carbonation machinery, distilling equipment fermentation tanks, grape destemmers and crushers, maceration tanks, filling and pasteurization machines, and presses
• dairy and milk machinery:
  • includes blenders, chillers, evaporators, freezers, homogenizers, pasteurizers, separators, and slicers
  • excludes milkers and other equipment designed primarily for use on dairy farms, non-industrial ice cream makers, and other items designed for use in a commercial or residential setting
• fruit and vegetable machinery, including choppers, corers, evaporators, formers, graders, juicers, milling machinery, peelers, pitters, pulpers, roasters
• other food processing machinery, including cooling, drying, freezing, mixing, and oil extraction equipment and general-purpose cutting, slicing, and grinding machinery
• food processing machinery parts and attachments (including bearings, cutting attachments, pulleys, power units, sensors, and temperature regulators)

Global demand for food processing machinery is forecast to climb 5.2% per year to $67.2 billion in 2023, a major improvement over the 2013-2018 performance. Growth will be supported by:

• increases in global food and beverage manufacturing activity
• rising mechanization rates in the food and beverage industries of developing nations and the growing use of more sophisticated, better performing models
• the adoption of newly developed food and beverage processing technologies in North America, Europe, and mature Asian markets
• evolving consumer preferences (e.g., for health foods and craft beer) pushing food and beverage companies to develop new products, the manufacture of which often requires new processing machinery
• the adoption of new food and beverage industry regulations and technical standards encouraging the use of new technologies

Key Findings for Global Food Processing Machinery:

Chocolate, Confectionery, & Beverage Equipment to Record Notable Growth

Through 2023, the chocolate and confectionery machinery and beverage equipment segments are projected to grow more than 6.0% per year, fueled by:

• rising consumer demand for chocolate, confectionery, and beverage products in developing nations, leading to the construction of new factories
• food and beverage companies in Europe, North America, and other developed areas raising production capacity as they increase exports
• the introduction of better performing, more efficient processing equipment

The Asia/Pacific Region to Account for More Than Half of All New Demand

Through 2023, 57% of all new food processing equipment demand will be concentrated in the Asia/Pacific region. While China will be responsible for the majority of regional gains, a number of other markets are also expected to perform well, including India, Thailand, and Indonesia. As both locally based and foreign manufacturers build new food and beverage production facilities in Asia/Pacific countries, the region’s processing machinery needs will grow, as will its use of more advanced processing technologies.

A Handful of Nations to Account for the Increase in Production

Six countries – China, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the US – will be responsible for 66% of global output gains through 2023 as they maintain their dominant market positions at home and capture market share around the world. A large portion of the world’s leading suppliers of food and beverage processing machinery producers are headquartered in these nations, with the exception of the Netherlands. However, the Dutch food processing machinery industry includes many of the leading foreign multinationals.