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Bord Bia is targeting €40m in new businesses at Marketplace International 2018

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The largest food buyers event ever to take place in Ireland is expected to gather 550 companies, from all over the world.

Posted on Apr 10 ,07:00

Bord Bia is targeting €40m in new businesses at Marketplace International 2018

Marketplace International 2018, an international event dedicated to the food industry, has opened its gates on 9th April with 550 companies from all over the world participating in the Bord Bia's trade fair.
"The attending food buyers include representatives from Australia, Algeria, Bahrain, China, Indonesia, UAE, Japan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. Interest from UK buyers has remained strong, with close to 50 in attendance. The registered buyers represent every sector of the industry including for dairy, beef, lamb, pigmeat, alcohol, seafood, prepared foods, grocery, bakery, confectionary & snacks and speciality foods", announced the organizers.
The program includes 28 different 3-day group itineraries organised and hosted by Bord Bia. The sector-focused itineraries will allow buyers to see Irish farms, factories, retail stores and manufacturing facilities all around the country to showcase the very best of the Irish food and drink industry.
Also, on April 12, all international visitors will reconvene in the RDS Dublin, for 5,000 pre-arranged one to one meetings with 185 Irish food companies.
Speaking in advance of the event, Bord Bia CEO Tara McCarthy said, “Marketplace is an invaluable opportunity for Irish food and beverage companies to meet with a large number of international buyers face to face. It is our prime platform for showing international buyers’ first-hand what makes our products world-class. Initiatives such as Marketplace have enabled the sustained growth of Irish food and drink exports for the past eight years, culminating in a record value of €12.6bn in 2017”.
Marketplace International 2018 took six months to be prepared and Bord Bia executives expect to see new businesses at about EUR 40 million to be arranged during the exhibition.

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