Alimentaria Barcelona energizes the food & drink sector
From April 16 to 19, Alimentaria was held in Barcelona, with a good participation of Dutch companies from several subsectors. The next edition will take place from April 20 to 23, 2020.
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The food and beverage fair, held this year, for the first time, together with Hostelco, "has revalidated its leadership", its organizing committee declared , after accounting for an attendance of 150,000 professional visitors, 30% of them coming from 156 countries.
The simultaneous call of both exhibitions generated an economic impact of €200 euro and occupied an area of 100,000 m2.
The Dutch attendance remains constant. For the companies with a direct representation see the link below, although many other Dutch foodstuffs and beverages were present at the fair through their Spanish distributors. In addition, in the international pavilion, there was a collective stand with four companies.
Among a wide diversity of parallel activities, the Spanish governmental body responsible for research coordination, CDTI, and RVO announced a call for Project Outlines for joint R&D projects in Eurostars. In May 2018, RVO will organize a info meeting on this call for project outlines for Dutch applicants. More information will be provide through the website of RVO.
Beursimpressie Alimentaria 2018
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