SIAL Paris 2018 Achieves Record Attendance

The Planet Food Commitment to Taste - True - Meaning!

So now it's over… Well, not quite! Although SIAL Paris 2018 closed its doors on Thursday 25 October, the ideas, discoveries and inspirations proposed by this year's edition will continue to resonate for a long time to come on Planet Food. The Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition venue, the stage for SIAL Paris, has been the scene of five truly action-packed days! 

5 days bubbling over with ingredients, recipes and flavours, in a "Frenchy" atmosphere but with a distinctly international feel. 5 days to offer the world's biggest showcase to Planet Food, and to the players and inventors in the food industry, from producers to distributors, through restaurateurs and semi-processed ingredients suppliers. "It is truly THE global think-tank for the food industry, the international laboratory for food innovation in all its facets", as Nicolas Trentesaux, SIAL Network Director, expressed it on opening day. 

Yet just how, in concrete terms, do we measure the success of SIAL Paris 2018? Firstly, in the figures. More than 7,200 exhibitors - 87% from outside France - and more brands than ever. Record attendance, with over 310,000 industry representatives (73% visitors from outside France). And, among them, thousands of buyers and influencers from all over. "SIAL Paris offers a unique and comprehensive melting pot of experiences from across the entire food universe. For the sectors that already count today, along with those in their infancy, the young start-ups that will be making the news tomorrow in France, India, Canada, Brazil or elsewhere. There was a window of visibility for everyone," Nicolas Trentesaux declared. 

135 official international visits, 250 "events within the event", 2,355 innovations submitted for the SIAL Innovation Awards and 15 Grand Prix award-winners: "This year, once again, we have succeeded in setting the bar still higher, to propose to all professionals in the sector a truly exciting event with lots going on everywhere, all the time." Over the five days of the show, SIAL Paris promoted more than 400,000 products over an area equivalent to more than 100 supermarkets laid out end-to-end! "It remains an event that nevertheless retains its human dimension, since it is about food, after all!"

SIAL Paris 2018 Key Figures

 * 7,200 exhibitors from 119 countries, 87% from outside France

* Record attendance: more than 310,000 professionals

* 73% visitors from outside France (almost 200 countries)

* 650 start-ups

* 2,355 innovations submitted for the SIAL Innovation Awards

* 135 official delegations, 26 government representatives

* More than half the exhibitors have already booked their place for 2020