Founded in 2022, the FOOMA Award aims to stimulate food machinery technological research and development and disseminate that technology. Its goal is to spread awareness of excellent machinery and equipment, to promote productivity, resolve labor shortages and contribute to development of new food products, thereby playing a part in improving food culture and food safety. The 3rd FOOMA Award will be held in 2024 for FOOMA JAPAN 2024 exhibitors.
| Eligibility | FOOMA JAPAN exhibitors that manufacture the submitted products | |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible Products | Machinery, equipment, and production lines for manufacturing food products Related machinery incorporated into food production lines Instrumentation and ancillary equipment in the food manufacturing process Various systems to support food production |
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| Type of Award | Grand Prize, Excellence Prize, FOOMA Award Judging Committee Prize | |
| Closing date for submissions | No later than (Wednesday) January 31, 2024 | |
The Japan Food Machinery Manufacturers' Association (hereinafter, JFMMA) founded the FOOMA Award in 2022 to honor and recognize outstanding food machinery and equipment.
The food processing and machinery industry plays an important role, not only in Japan, but also in diverse food cultures around the world. Through this awards system, we aim to improve food industry productivity and contribute to new food development with solutions for various issues such as manpower reduction, by raising awareness of outstanding food machinery and equipment in the wider food industry, in order to stimulate research and development into food machinery and spread technology, thereby playing a part in advancing food culture and food safety.
Judging will be done by the FOOMA Award judging committee composed of third-party experts.
Moreover, committee members shall have a duty of confidentiality preventing disclosure of information obtained from judging activities. We ask for your understanding as applications cannot be returned regardless of the result.
An award ceremony will be held during FOOMA JAPAN 2024. Prize-winning products will be announced to the Press and publicized on the JFMMA website and FOOMA JAPAN 2024 official website.
Products which receive the top prize and prize for excellence will also be displayed on a panel in the product presentation corner during the exhibition.
| Prize | Number of prize-winning products | Selection criteria | Commemorative products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top prize | 1 product | Products with an extremely high overall rating | Trophies and shields |
| Prize for Excellence | 1 or more products | Products with a high overall rating | Shield |
| FOOMA Award Judging Committee | 0 or more products | Products with superior features, that have great future prospects or excellent development concepts | Award certificate |
*Prize winners logo usage rights: We will have the right to use JFMMA recognized prize-winning product logos on any media, such as machinery, catalogues, websites, etc. for 5 years.
Terms of application will be published on the official website as soon as they are decided.
Contact Information
The Japan Food Machinery Manufacturers' Association
Secretariat
Kurosawa
Phone: +81 (3) 5484-0981
The FOOMA Award is intended to stimulate food machinery technological research and development as well as technology dissemination. The goal of this initiative is to publicize excellent food machinery and equipment, to promote the productivity and labor saving in the food industry, and to develop new food products, thereby contributing to further improvement of food culture and food safety.
Products are nominated for the Grand Prize after a rigorous selection process among 41 submitted products. Then, actual machines are inspected and the Grand Prize, Prize for Excellence, Judging Committee Prize, and FOOMA Award special prize are decided.
We displayed each winning product on a panel at the award-winning company’s booth.
The Grand Prize
Beltuza Spectra （CSX600BW）
Belt Optical Sorter
Through X-rays and AI, it identifies and accurately sorts partially thinned or worm-eaten raw materials.
FOOMA Award Special Prize
Feeder Line of Rice Filler Container
(Line of Rice Filler (ESM-RSB) and Container Feeder (ESM-CSC))
Rice Filler
Completed at the push of a button. Designed to save labor in the food industry, it supports a variety of “conditions of rice” and “container shapes”.
The Excellence Prize
UV Laser Printer for Packaging Film
(FP-1000 Series)
UV Laser Printer for Packaging Film
Consumables cost zero Downtime zero Faded print zero
Delibot™
Deli Filler Robot
The first robot in the delicatessen industry to support automation by grasping a fixed amount of irregularly-shaped items and arranging them on a tray.
Auto-Navi Vacuum Cooler
（FCG/FCD-100AN）
Vacuum Cooler
A device that emulates the ideal cooling temperature to vacuum cool heated products.
Hot Mix with Automatic Distributor
(THM-100, Head Lifting Type with Whipping Sensor)
Vertical Mixer for Food
Automatic vertical food mixer equipped with a sensor that can measure product temperature and relative density in real time and an automatic weighing and feeding device.
Automatic Pineapple Cutter
（PT-AUTO）
Peeler, Corer, and Both Ends Cutter for Pineapple
Cuts 1 pineapple in about 5 seconds. A fully-automated machine that can peel, core and cut the ends off a pineapple in 3 stages with one unit.
Judging Committee Prize
Automatic Case Packer
(ACP-722)
Blow fill system for small PET bottles
(SB series)
Long Through
(LIMOUSINE)
Divider Scale Hybrid Model/CE Model
(DSC-DP-25/50-200-CE)
Mince Packer Line
(FMG-307P/157P・MI-001・VC-301A・TC-093・MP-117)
VARIABLE LOOP INTERVAL STICKING DEVICE
SAW
(Type8098 FLOWave)
Mohno Pump hygienicseries
(NHLA)
STEAM OVEN
(EQYB series)
TEMPERTRON-V
(TEMPERTRON-V)
Chilled Dicer
(WHS-CD160)
