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Gulfood Manufacturing 2026: the calm before the rush

Every trade show has that moment. The floor is spotless, the lights are on, the brochures are neatly stacked and nobody has touched the coffee machine yet. We took a few photos of our booth in that rare moment of silence,  before the doors opened.

It didn’t last long…

From 3 to 5 November, the Dubai World Trade Centre hosted Gulfood Manufacturing 2026, one of the region’s key meeting points for food and beverage processing and packaging. The organisers announced more than 2,500 exhibitors. Within hours, booth B1-18 in Hall 1 was full of bottlers, customers, partners and plenty of new faces, all with one topic in mind: oil-free air for PET.

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Before.

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… And after.

What everyone wanted to talk about

  • Our 15–40 bar oil-free piston compressors, built for PET blow moulding
  • Our 8 & 10 bar OPC range for low-pressure applications
  • Energy sobriety, and how we approach efficiency at every stage: regulation, recovery, monitoring and design

Our Middle East team ran the booth with support from colleagues across the AF Group. For three days, the chairs didn’t stay empty for long.

A big thank you to everyone who stopped by. If you came at a busy moment and couldn’t find a seat, we’re sorry, and we’ll save you one next time.

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