Innovation Tours
Save time, gain relevance!
No time to waste? CFIA Rennes offers you a turnkey service: Innovation Tours.
Across the four main sectors of the exhibition, let recognised experts guide you to discover, in an optimised amount of time, the most relevant innovations, new products and solutions for your business. An effective, concrete and targeted format to get straight to the point.
Whether you are monitoring the market, considering a project or in the decision-making phase, Innovation Tours are designed to give you a clear and operational view of the market.
🔧 Equipment & Processes
Meeting point: Hall 6, stand to be confirmed
Hosted by
FUNAE is a consulting firm based in Rennes, specialising in the transformation of agri-food (IAA) and service companies. It supports manufacturers with a 360° approach combining operational excellence, go-to-market strategy and QHSE. FUNAE works through complementary formats: auditing, consulting, training, coaching and transition/transfer management, in order to ensure successful implementation in the field. Its DNA: people first and foremost, with consultants from the top management of the agri-food industry, for concrete and sustainable results.
🎯 Bonus: Funaé also offers customised tours on demand to help you discover the suppliers best suited to your specific needs.
🧪 Ingredients & PAI
Meeting point: Hall 4, Stand A59
Hosted by
Consultancy specialising in innovation, marketing, monitoring and advice in the field of nutrition. Discover the themes:
- Alternatives
- Nutritional improvement
- Committed ingredients
- Sensory exploration
- Clean Label
✨ Bonus: Discover all the Ingredients & PAI innovations at the show in the Trends Area.
📦 Packaging & Conditionnements
Meeting point: Hall 1, Stand A40
Hosted by
Over the course of three days, Christophe Morin, Packaging Expert at PackAgile, will introduce you to the most significant packaging trends and innovations from the CFIA 2026 trade show. Come explore the packaging solutions on display throughout the exhibition halls that address the many technical and regulatory challenges we face today.
At the exhibitors' stands, the expert will present the latest developments in a range of topical areas: reduction, reuse, recyclability, regulations, functionality, practicality, anti-waste, preservation, and more.
This highlight will be spread throughout the exhibition, in five sessions lasting approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Come along at a time that suits you!
- Tuesday: 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
- Wednesday: 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
- Thursday: 9:45 a.m.
Please note that places are limited to 20 people.
🦠 Innovation Pathway Hygienic Design
Meeting point: Hall 12, Stand C1
Hosted by EHEDG
An international benchmark for hygienic design since its creation in 1989, EHEDG supports players in the food industry in the sustainable improvement of food safety and industrial performance. Active for over 20 years, the French section of EHEDG, a non-profit organisation under the French law of 1901, is committed on a daily basis to:
- Promoting excellence in the hygienic design of food processing equipment and buildings;
- Bringing together international experts to jointly develop reference guides recognised by European authorities and quality certification bodies;
- Training and certifying the hygienic design experts of tomorrow;
- Promoting and disseminating certified solutions and equipment.
At the Hygienic Design Innovation Trail at CFIA, meet passionate and committed professionals: winners or nominees of the Hygienic Design Award (PCH), members of EHEDG, or exhibitors presenting certified equipment.
Use the tour map to dive into the heart of hygienic design: an essential strategic asset for ensuring food safety, improving industrial performance and sustainably optimising production costs.