The food industry can resume the injections on machines in the 2nd semester

Sao Paulo-The machinery and equipment manufacturers expect sales to gradually enlarge the food and beverage sector from the second half of the year, according to the executives interviewed by DCI.
The expectation of improvement in demand for basic need products is beginning to translate into an increase in queries and purchases of new equipment.
"We expect a resumption. Have we reached the bottom level that we should achieve and we should have some recovery, maybe slow and gradual, but continues until 2018, "says the Manager of pneumatic products, electronics, and of processes of Festo, Osvaldo Tomio Sato.
He draws attention to the concentration of the contributions still from the foreign capital companies. "The information we have from the food market, the bulk of the investment is done by multinationals. It''s sad, because the nationals should invest, but we know the situation ended up harming all recessive ", says the Manager of Festo.
According to him, the performance of the automation company in the first quarter was positive and if the business maintain that pace sales would grow this year, but the behavior of the following months has not been as good. "For the whole year, staying at the same level as last year''s the best situation [possible]," he says.
The manufacturer of industrial doors Rayflex, on the other hand, expect a breakthrough from the financial sector still in 2017. "Some sectors have already begun to show an improvement, especially in the food segment-with food and beverage processing, we have some big projects going on, compared to 2014 speed is less, but we believe that the second half will be better than 2016 2017", says the Director of Giordânia, Raja Rayflex.
The Executive designs a 9% increase in turnover this year, with most of the portfolio of clients in the food industry. "In times of economic crisis [that] is a thread that never cease to invest," says Giordânia.
Thyssenkrupp already are betting on the sale of a machine of high pressure processing. "For foods of integral type, with the color and aroma specific features, this process maintains the characteristics unchanged without adding chemical", explains the business development manager of Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, Luiz Mello.
He points out that the technology offered by the company currently meets large-scale productions, but niche markets, not to be a continuous process.
"There is a belief that demand will return. The Brazilian market, mainly for food, is very large. As much as we have a crisis, it is inevitable some growth going forward, "says he, based on market expectations.
Despite being a machine imported, Mansfield believes that the exchange rate risk of an investment like this is offset by the low interest rate found by customers in export financing programs in Europe.
Drinks
The packaging also expects the return on investments from the second half of the year. The manufacturer of long-life packaging SIG Combibloc has already identified an increase in the dairy market, while drinks like juices ready lose sales.
"While we realize dairy signs of recovery, we have the market of juices in a lot of pain. Because in milk, when consumers migrate will [flavored''s] long-life milk. In juices, ready to drink is the most premium item, then it migrates to the juice concentrate, powder and fruit itself, "says the Director of Marketing for SIG Combibloc Americas, Luciana de Paula Galvão.
It provides stability in the long life packaging drinks this year, with a marginal growth of 0.5% to 1% in dairy products "in comparison to 2016.
"Right now we''re more recessive, everyone will get operational optimization. We began to have a greater demand of projects by companies who are seeking it, but we also have cases who are organizing to expand capacity, "reveals Luciana.
As the milk market in Brazil is still very regional, says the Executive, for the manufacturers to present dairy segment expansion will be necessary to invest in geographic expansion.
"And with the current tax structure, to grow many times the company needs to invest in a factory in another region. We''ve seen some players investing in geographic expansion, even with the crisis, "adds the Director of SIG.