Italian Food & Beverage Singapore

For the fourth year in Singapore, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (ICCS), together with the other Italian Chambers of Commerce in Asia, organizes the Italian Food & Beverage Singapore (IFBS). The IFBS is a regional platform where Italian companies in the food industry can meet buyers from across Asia. Merlion Wayfarer was fortunate to attend the event and meet some of the exhibitors at the session.

 

In collaboration with Seeds&Chips and Emerge, the first Italian Food Innovation event was also held in conjunction with the annual Italian Food and Beverage event in Singapore. The Italian Food Innovation event is part of the True Italian Taste Project, which is promoted by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and coordinated by Assocamerestero, the association that brings together 80 Italian Chambers of Commerce in the world. This large network proudly promotes authentic Italian food at a global level.

Briefing by Hawksford, a company providing incorporation and taxation services, about "Doing Business In Singapore"...

Started a couple of years ago in the United States and in Europe, now the Project has extended to many Asian countries, amongst which is Singapore. The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore will focus on increasing knowledge locally about real Italian food, in markets where the genuine Italian food experience is challenged by other products that utilize Italian names and/or symbols that recall Italy but are not authentic.

The aim of the project is to educate about the meaning of quality European certification such as DOP (protected designation of origin) and IGP (Protected geographical indication), labels that certify a specific link to the place they have been produced, so to educate consumers to look for those labels and find authenticity.

TRUE ITALIAN TASTE aims to:

• Tell consumers all over the world about the benefits of true Italian products and the importance of the link between foods and the places they come from
    
• Help food lovers to choose and use authentic Italian ingredients, supporting both businesses and consumers
  
• Support Italian makers of certified, traditional and niche products who would like to be better known on international markets, and reinforce and expand business opportunities for companies already present on world markets
     
• Show how to take advantage of the healthy qualities of true Italian food, promoting organic products, dietary supplements, and certified Italian products.

  

According to the needs of the regional market and aware of the important Italian know-how in the agri-food sector, ICCS aims to present a selection of Italian excellence in the field of Food Innovation in Singapore. The Italian Food Innovation exhibition brought in 15 Italian startups and innovation companies in the food industry to Singapore.

Samples from Primavera Foods & Agricultura Biologica, a company responding to the growing awareness of the central role of food in well-being and health. Their research-based and gluten-free food includes soups, risottos and pasta...

The event allowed Italian companies to meet potential business partners and investors and offer Asian companies the possibility of creating a network of relationships with possible suppliers and technological partners with whom to develop new projects. During the event, a panel of juries assessed and awarded the startup with the best innovation idea. The winner will get the chance to utilize ICCS facilities and services free-of-charge for six months.

For more information, visit the ICCS Events page.

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Italian Food & Beverage Singapore - Inalpi

Merlion Wayfarer met Francesco, a representative from the Inalpi Spa at Italian Food & Beverage Singapore, where Inalpi's products were introduced to her.

From the rich milk of the cows grazing in the pastures of Valsassina, Lecco, Antonio Invernizzi started to produce excellent cheese and butter. In 1966, the firm was founded. With a production plant based in Moretta, and stables located in Piedmont, Inalpi produces milk of Piedmontese origin.

Whole and skimmed milk products made from the region now come in 1kg packs for easier office pantry use in coffee and tea, or simply to dissolve for a milk drink...

Processed cheese slices, a product that has become the core business of the company, was then introduced into the range of products. Subsequently, the company completed its offer with portionable spreadable cheese in the form of "triangle cream cheese". and made with milk from Piedmontese cows.

These 100% Piedmontese Cheeses are produced entirely in the Cuneo mountains. The Formaggini triangle cheese slices are organic and suitable for children...

Tapping on the long-term business relationship with Ferrero S.p.A. of Alba, Inalpi invested in the only plant in Italy for the production of milk powder for food industry. With this, the company strengthened its mission to add value to Piedmontese milk, with its use of local milk, guaranteeing high quality and safety standards.

For more information on Inalpi's products, visit www.inalpi.it.

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REWILD Our Planet - An AR Experience

From now to 02 June 2019, ArtScience Museum visitors will be able to explore the forests of Borneo or dive deep into the coastal seas of Southeast Asia with REWILD Our Planet, Singapore’s first Social Augmented Reality (AR) experience jointly developed by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Google, Netflix, ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands and PHORIA. The sensorial experience connects people to nature and one another through immersive storytelling that blends cutting-edge AR technology with stunning 4K video footage from Our Planet, a new Netflix original documentary series voiced by world-renowned naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, that launches today.

“Global wildlife populations have declined by 60 percent in the last 40 years due to unsustainable human activity, which impacts the very natural systems that our survival depends on. We need to not just stop, but reverse, the loss of nature. Bringing the challenges and solutions to life through REWILD Our Planet will help people around the world understand that they have a shared responsibility to act and protect nature. The powerful message conveyed dovetails with a unique opportunity to call for urgent action to protect the one place we call home, sending the clear message that it is no longer acceptable to continue to destroy our environment.”

--- Kim Stengert, Chief, Strategic Communications and External Relations, WWF-Singapore ---

Unlike these children living near the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia where the environmental impact of their everyday daily lifestyle are immediately visible to them, most of our children today live in the cities and are far removed from the impact that their consumption habits can create...

REWILD Our Planet is built around four natural landscapes representing the last wilderness places on Earth:

1. Forests of Borneo and India
   
2. Oceans of Asia
   
3. Grasslands of Mongolia
   
4. Frozen worlds of the Arctic

Combining spectacular IMAX-style projections with spatial soundscapes and AR, the experience unfolds through the lens of the Google Pixel 3, where groups of participants can work together to build natural landscapes in 3D. They will unlock global weather patterns and magical animal encounters, ending with a deeper understanding of shared solutions and a meaningful pledge to act and help bring nature back.

Where there is no visual with the naked eye, a globe appears out of the blue when the phone is pointed in the right direction. The story of our planet ensues...

To vote, all you have to do is to walk towards the habitat of your choice. The sum total of all the votes will then be totalled on the screen to select the most highly-voted habitat...

Want to play your part to REWILD? Walk around the grid with your phone over the fields burnt for crops and palm oil. Magically, your every step will create a lush green undergrowth...

Watch it happen in these videos...

“REWILD Our Planet showcases how AR has the power to build bridges between people and the places they love. This evocative experience emphasises the connection between human beings and our environment. It generates a sense of presence and interactivity for every individual user. Building this exhibition with Netflix and Google and combining it with compassion-driven narrative from WWF demonstrates how emerging XR technologies will transform the social impact sector for good.”

--- Trent Clews-de Castella, CEO of PHORIA ---

REWILD Our Planet is located at the Inspiration Gallery at Level 4 of the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands. Open daily from 1000-1900 hours, admission is free. 

For more information, visit:

• REWILD.wwf.sg
  
• www.marinabaysands.com/museum/REWILD-our-planet
    

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Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes

From 9 June 2018, Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes exhibition will be transporting visitors into the dynamic Marvel Cinematic Universe as they re-live a decade of epic Marvel Studios moments. Visitors can look forward to experiencing Marvel Studios’ storytelling as they wander through the inner sanctums of Iron Man’s Stark Tower, witness the spectacular sights of Wakanda, traverse Doctor Strange’s light portal, see the world through the eyes of Ant-Man and the Wasp, and more.

Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes exhibition is part of a three-year collaboration between Singapore Tourism Board and The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia to bring unique and fun thematic events to Singapore. With ten themed sections, Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes begins at the first gallery space by presenting MARVEL films that have been released over the last decade. Visitors will have the opportunity to relive key moments from all 19 MARVEL movies. The second gallery shines a spotlight on the beloved Iron Man, a key character in this year’s highest-grossing movie Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War. Visitors will enter Stark Tower and head into Tony Stark’s workshop where they can witness the evolution of armors of Iron Man via projection mapping. 

The story of the First Avenger Captain America and his shields will be shared via 3D holograms in the third zone. Taking a scene from Marvel’s The Avengers, visitors will also be able to view a model of the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier. Visitors will then be transported into the fourth exhibition gallery of Thor’s world via the Bifrost. They will be led into Sakaar’s magnificent gladiator arena where they can be part of the iconic battle between Thor and Hulk in Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok.

The battle ends as visitors head to the fifth area of the exhibition where they enter Yondu’s ship from Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and attempt to avoid Yondu’s flying arrow. As part of the exhibition experience, museum goers can interact and dance with baby Groot via digital screens. Transitioning into the sixth gallery, the exhibition proceeds with the mystic environment of Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange. Visitors will be transported to the New York Sanctum Sanctorum as seen in the film, while interactive displays will allow them to bend reality or create portals.

The Panther cave welcomes visitors into the seventh exhibition gallery and they can enter the futurist utopia of Wakanda. The eighth zone introduces the ant-sized/microscopic world of Scott Lang/Ant-Man. Oversized props amidst lab equipment in an area inspired by Hank Pym’s lab from the new film Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man & The Wasp will be located in this gallery.  

In the ninth gallery, visitors will be able to activate the mad titan, Thanos’ infinity gauntlet. Each of the known Infinity Stones will be introduced and activated in an interactive display. The exhibition culminates with the tenth gallery where visitors can ‘step’ on the icon of their favorite Super Hero with the use of Augmented Reality (AR) technology and watch specially created animation appear on the screen. While the visitors are leaving they can pose with their favorite Super Hero in the Marvel Studios’ 10th anniversary class photograph.

Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes is developed by The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia and Beast Kingdom; organised by SPACElogic and supported by Singapore Tourism Board, ArtScience Museum and Victory Hill Exhibitions. 

Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes will also include engaging displays curated by ArtScience Museum, which highlight the science, technology, art and cultural stories behind each Marvel Studios’ film. Visitors to the exhibition will be treated to interesting fun facts such as the Norse mythology in the Thor movies and how real life scientists have created artificial elements comparable to the one created by Tony Stark. Inspired by the geometry and tessellating imagery that result from Doctor Strange’s reality bending, one of M.C. Escher’s most famous works - his lithograph Convex and Concave (1955) which illustrates the principles of tessellating imagery will be on display in this exhibition.

Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes exhibition will run from 9 June till 30 September 2018.  Tickets are now available at all Marina Bay Sands Singapore box offices and website. Tickets prices are as follow:

	STANDARD TICKET (SGD)	SINGAPORE RESIDENT (SGD)
Adult	19	16
Senior (65 years and above)/ Student/ Child (2-12 years)	14	12
Family package (2 kids & 2 adults)	54	45

For more information, please visit www.marvelexhibition.sg

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