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MONTHLY NEWS AND UPDATES FOR THE FOODSERVICE INDUSTRY<br />
SIAL CANADA [PHOTOGRAPHY AND ADVERTISEMENT]<br />
BIENVENUE<br />
AUX GOURMETS<br />
SIAL Canada returns to Montreal<br />
The only event of its scale in<br />
Canada, SIAL’s 2020 event<br />
in Montreal will bring<br />
together more than 1,200<br />
national and international<br />
exhibitors from 50 countries and<br />
host more than 18,500 buyers from<br />
Canada, the U.S. and 60 other countries.<br />
The event runs from April 15<br />
to 17, 2020 at the Palais des congrès.<br />
The SIAL Montreal subsidiary<br />
of the global SIAL brand, launched<br />
in 2001, was the brainchild of three<br />
event shareholders — the ADAQ, the<br />
Agri-Food Export Group Quebec-<br />
Canada and Comexposium — and<br />
offers a complete range of food<br />
categories, including foodservice,<br />
retail, catering and food processing.<br />
SIAL also shines the spotlight regional<br />
specialties from around the world.<br />
In 2009, SIAL Montreal rebranded to<br />
SIAL Canada to reinforce its national<br />
and international position.<br />
During the three-day tradeshow,<br />
SIAL boasts more than 50 activities<br />
and events centred around market<br />
SIAL<br />
CANADA<br />
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240,000<br />
SQ. FT.<br />
OF EXHIBITOR<br />
SPACE<br />
25,000<br />
PROFESSIONAL<br />
VISITORS<br />
1,200+<br />
EXHIBITORS<br />
50<br />
EXHIBITING<br />
COUNTRIES<br />
trends and the latest innovations.<br />
Conferences and panel discussions are<br />
held by industry experts to provide<br />
business inspiration.<br />
Events include The SIAL<br />
Innovation competition, an international<br />
competition that rewards the<br />
best innovations in food and nonfood<br />
related products.<br />
“The landscape of our industry has<br />
changed considerably,” says Xavier<br />
Poncin, executive director of SIAL<br />
Canada. “Whether you’re looking at<br />
market concentration, the arrival of<br />
new players, changes in consumption<br />
habits with increasing focus on digitization<br />
and personalization, or even<br />
developments in international trade,<br />
for manufacturers, it’s no mean feat<br />
finding the right solutions. With our<br />
buyer programs, series of conferences,<br />
product lines organized by type, central<br />
experts’ hub and special events,<br />
SIAL Canada is the ideal platform to<br />
help you understand and meet the<br />
challenges of tomorrow.”<br />
In 2010, SIAL Canada started alternating between an edition<br />
in Montreal and one in Toronto, Canada’s economic capital.<br />
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