Each year buying decisions are made during and immediately following the event.

Seafood Expo Global & Seafood Processing Global Opens Today

The 22nd edition of Seafood Expo Global, formerly the European Seafood Exposition, and the 16th edition of Seafood Processing Global, formerly Seafood Processing Europe, has opened its doors today at the Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium. Combined, the events form the world’s largest seafood trade event – giving buyers easy access to the products and services they are looking for all in one location.

The exposition offers the unique opportunity to attract the strong buying power of the global seafood market for three days of sourcing product, business and networking.

Attendees travel from 145 countries to do business at the exposition.

With more than 1,690 exhibitors from 76 countries, and more than 25,800 visitors from over 145 countries, Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global gathers the seafood industry’s decision-makers and purchasers from around the world. These include: importer/exporter; seafood processor; retailer; distributor; wholesaler; foodservice; caterer; broker; commercial fishing, and more.

Brussels Expo in Brussels.

High-volume buyers from around the globe attend the event to meet with suppliers, see new products, evaluate industry trends, and discover what’s new in the seafood industry. Companies represented at the event include: Accor, Ahold, ASDA, Auchan, Axfood, Carnival Corporation & PLC, Carrefour, CGC Japan Co LTD, Coop Group, Delhaize, Dia, El Corte Ingles S.A., Esselunga, Gate Gourmet, Groupe Casino, Grupo Eroski, Ikea Food Services Ab, Intermarche, Jeronimo Martins, Lidl, LSG Sky Chefs, Makro, Maxima Group, Metro Group, Migros, Plus Retail, Saizeriya Pty Ltd., Sodexo, Subway, Supermarches Match, Tesco, Tragus Group, Unicoop Firenze, Waitrose, Whole Foods Market, Woolworths Australia, and many more.

The Top 10 products and services attendees to look for at Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global are frozen seafood, fresh seafood, aquaculture/farm raised seafood, value-added seafood, canned seafood, services, private label, live seafood, transportation/logistics/cold storage, and packaging materials and equipment.

No other event in the world provides seafood professionals with direct access to qualified buyers and suppliers from all over the globe representing all aspects of the seafood industry.

“The quality of the Exposition concept is outstanding. Seafood professionals, as it seems, value Brussels even more because the world business environment became more complex in past years. Brussels provides a communication platform serving us professionals with vital information to get a better market understanding on which we can capitalize on for both operational and strategic decision making,” said 2013 attendee Col Bar, Sales Director, Primstar BV.

Seafood Processing Global serves the European and international market for seafood processing equipment, services, packaging and logistics.

Each year buying decisions are made during and immediately following the event. In 2013, 82 percent of visitors were involved in purchasing decisions, 84 percent of surveyed visitors found new products and 70 percent planned on purchasing products or services as a result of attending the event. Furthermore, 88 percent of the attendees surveyed in 2013 expressed their intent to return to this year’s exposition.

Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global is produced by Diversified Business Communications, experts in organizing the world’s largest seafood events.

About Seafood Expo Global and Seafood Processing Global

Formerly named the European Seafood Exposition and Seafood Processing Europe, Seafood Expo Global and Seafood Processing Global form the world’s largest seafood trade event.

Thousands of buyers and suppliers from around the world attend the annual, three-day exposition in Brussels, Belgium, to meet, network and do business. Attending buyers represent importers, exporters, wholesalers, restaurants, supermarkets, hotels, and other retail and foodservice companies. Exhibiting suppliers offer the newest seafood products, processing and packaging equipment, and services available in the seafood market.

SeaFood Business magazine and SeafoodSource.com are the exposition’s official media. The exposition is produced by Diversified Communications, an international leader in seafood-industry expositions and media.

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