The place to be!
  The world’s no. 1 food exhibition will be held in Paris from 21 to 25 October 2012. Make a date in your diary to attend this essential event, which focuses on the major challenges faced by the global food industry.

Good reasons to exhibit are to:

• improve return on investment
• meet 136,381 professionals from the food industry
• keep a step ahead on food innovation
• take part in the largest live observatory

136,381 food professionals from 200 countries

Retail and commerce, food manufacturing, foodservice, and wine professions… buyers from across the world attend SIAL to find new food products and/or suppliers.

Retail and commerce, food industries, catering, wine buyers

SIAL 2010 visitor profiles

• Retail, commerce
  • Import, export
  • Wholesale, trading
  • Central purchasing groups
  • Medium- and large-scale retail stores 
  • Hard discount
  • Wine merchants
  • Gourmet foods
  • Retail trade
• Foodservice
  • Commercial catering
  • Institutional catering
  • Foodservice retailer/wholesaler
  • Caterer/event organiser
• Food industries
• Services

Target: Export – 62% international visitors

SIAL welcomed attendees who represented 200 countries (versus 185 in 2008) in 2010, thereby confirming the exhibition’s international dimension.

• 85% exhibitors took part in SIAL with the primary aim of developing their export business
• 80% exhibitors were satisfied with their international visitors

France is SIAL’s no. 1 visitor country (38% in 2010).

Decision-makers on the lookout for new products and suppliers…

The primary motive for 70% of SIAL visitors is to find new products and suppliers.

SIAL visitors are principally decision-makers:

• 81% of SIAL visitors play a role in the food supply chain
• 38% of visitors are chairmen/CEOs, general managers or managers

 

Source: SIAL 2010 visitor survey
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