The ‘2023 Seoul International Food Industry Exhibition (hereafter referred to as Seoul Food 2023)’ announced a splendid start at KINTEX in Goyang City on the 30th (Tuesday). Seoul Food, which will be held until the 2nd of next month (Friday), is the largest food exhibition in Korea and one of the four major food exhibitions in Asia.
Seoul Food 2023 is an annual event to support domestic food industry companies in their export and domestic market development, and to share information on trends and innovations in the rapidly changing global food industry. This year, we will diagnose the present of the Korean food industry and look into the future with various domestic and foreign products and programs related to ‘Food Tech’ that will connect the present and future of K-Food, which is attracting attention in the global market.
‘Seoul Food 41’, which is held for the 2023st time this year, has increased the number of participating companies by about 37% and the number of booths by about 44% compared to last year. Various events are arranged.
‘Seoul Food 2023’ will be held in 1 halls of KINTEX Exhibition Center 5, and in halls 1 and 2 of the exhibition hall, food equipment ▲Seoul International Food Equipment Exhibition ▲Seoul International Hotel & Restaurant Equipment Exhibition ▲Seoul International Food Packaging Equipment Exhibition ▲Seoul International Food Safety The equipment exhibition will be held with 189 companies and 944 booths. In halls 3 and 4, 469 domestic food companies will participate, and in hall 5, 39 foreign companies from 658 countries and 732 booths will participate.
Jeong-yeol Yu, President of KOTRA, began his welcome speech at the opening ceremony by saying, “With the corona endemic, our daily lives have completely recovered, and I am delighted to be able to meet you in person today.”
Seoul Food, which started to support exports of food companies and advance the food industry, was first held at COEX as the ‘Korea International Food Technology Exhibition’ with 1983 companies from 6 countries in 135. moved to Seoul Food, which has continued to develop since then, has grown into one of Asia’s four largest food exhibitions, with more than 2005 companies from about 40 countries participating and 1,500 visitors alone.
Regarding this, CEO Yoo Jeong-yeol said, “The global food industry has stood tall as a market worth about 8 trillion won as of last year, and it is a promising industry that is showing an average annual growth rate of 2020% after 7. Responding to the food security crisis, which is deepening due to the climate crisis, has recently emerged as a major topic in the global food industry. do,” he said.
President Yoo continued, “In particular, in this Seoul Food 2023, we expect that more countries will participate beyond the corona situation over the past three years and achieve practical business results in the field. In particular, this year, for the first time in the history of hosting Seoul Food, the guest country program is being operated. In commemoration of the 3th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and Canada, Canada was selected as the first guest of honor, and we support various promotional marketing activities to vitalize trade.”
In addition, various programs such as exhibitions, consultations, conferences, awards, live commerce, and online fairs are prepared at Seoul Food 2023, and ESG guidelines are established for participating companies and visitors, and campaigns are drawing attention.
“This will be an important step for the practice and spread of ESG management in the domestic exhibition industry,” said CEO Jungyeol Yoo. I will do my best to make it possible.”
Meanwhile, ‘Seoul International Food Industry Fair 2023’ hosted by KOTRA will provide various programs to expand business networks, conferences to discuss food trends and insights at home and abroad, along with strengthening exchanges and cooperation between domestic and foreign food companies. done. Various companies and contents, including domestic and foreign food-related companies, as well as companies related to food equipment, food packaging, and safety equipment related to food safety, as well as hotels and restaurants, will be introduced.
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