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Dear readers, Companies should be able to shield themselves from what they believe are potential risks to their businesses, and this is all part of risk management. But as it is, a crisis like the COVID-19 outbreak caught the world offguard, as threat of its spread from China toward the West, seemed remote at first.Since China is an important trading partner for most countries, we felt the country’s pain throughout this first quarter. As China-based businesses pick up the pieces, we do so with them. However, with the epidemic already impacting Europe, the US, and the Middle East, and an end to this challenge not within sight, it begs the question: how do we continue serving our global clients despite an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, and how can we prepare for a similar risk in the future?This is a fittingtime for introspection, to test the resilience of our business models, or strategies. As of this writing, several trade shows and conferences are being rescheduled for later in the year. You could view it as business opportunities missed, if not set aside. But meeting suppliers and sourcing products can still be efective without face-to-face meetings, thanks to technology. And Ringier makes sure to tap technologies to provide you with online sourcing portals for different industries, electronic newsletters for the latest market updates, print magazines delivered to your doorstep – or inbox, and other services for you to do business no matter where you are in the world.

FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal Magazine Description:

FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal is published 8x a year in English. The magazine provides the food & beverage processing industry in South East Asia with the latest information and technologies on ingredients, processing and packaging, food safety and regulatory issues. It offers practical solutions to improve productivity, reduce cost, and turn innovations into real competitive advantages as well as the latest market information, trade show reviews and videos, and people and company profiles, written by industry experts and correspondents across the region. Also included are exclusive content and articles from industry professionals throughout S.E. Asia and from Ringier's family of food industry magazines covering Greater China region, the Middle East and other parts of the world, inclduing International Food & Beverage Ingredients News for China, China Food Manufacturing Journal, Food Manufacturing Journal-Middle East and Modern Food Processing (India). The interactive content allows readers to make direct and immediate contact with advertisers/suppliers and featured companies in the editorial by clicking on the web site and email addresses in each issue, access online content in Ringier’s food website in English and Chinese (food.industrysourcing.com), and avail of video content through iTunes and Google Play.