Fish & Seafood

It’s Official: Brussels Seafood Exposition Sets Record

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Attendance figures and other numbers associated with the April 21-23, 2015 running of Seafood Expo Global (formerly know as the European Seafood Exposition) and Seafood Processing Global in Brussels were released by the organizer, Diversified Communications, on June 2. Together, the event featured 36,063 square meters of exhibition space, making it a record-breaking year and the largest meeting place in the world for the seafood industry. During the three-day event, 26,652 seafood professionals and decision-makers (up from 25,840 last year) from 144 countries gathered at the venue to check out the action and conduct business.

Seafood processing global logoExpanding this year into Hall 8, Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global welcomed 1,761 exhibitors (up from 1,721 in 2014) from 72 countries, including 66 national and regional pavilions. The exhibiting companies displayed a variety of seafood products, both frozen and non-frozen, sourced from wild catch fisheries and aquaculture operations, along with services relating to marine products, transportation, refrigerated logistics and packaging equipment.

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For the exhibitors, this event is very important, as Clarine Louwerse of Rotterdam, Holland-headquartered Culimer B.V. explained: “As far as we are concerned, Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global is the only European event that we attend. We see a lot of new faces and buyers from new companies at the show. It gives us the chance to convince them on the quality of our products, and show why we are a reliable partner for them.”

The next Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global will take place April 26-28, 2016, again in Brussels. For more information, visit www.seafoodexpo.com/global.