Overview

Purpose of the Event

The Japan Food Machinery Manufacturers' Association (hereinafter, FOOMA) 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.

Review

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.

Announcement of commendation and prize-winning products

An award ceremony will be held during FOOMA JAPAN 2026. Prize-winning products will be announced to the Press and publicized on the FOOMA JAPAN 2026 official website.
Products which receive the Grand Prize and the Excellence Prize will also be displayed on a panel in the product presentation corner during the exhibition.

Type of Prize

*Right to use Award logo mark: Award-winning products recognized by FOOMA may use the logo mark on the product itself, catalogs, websites, and other media for five years.