Tap into Turkey's F&B market

 ORGANISED as an opportunity for profitable business, full access and a close look at the rich content of Turkish and global food market, GIDA 2011 – the 19th International Food Products and Processing Technologies Exhibition – will be held from 22 to 25 September 2011 in Istanbul Expo Centre, Cnr Expo / Turkey.
Being the most important exhibitions of Turkey in their respective fields, the events will bring together the giants of the sector throughout the four days, and display to the professional visitors the latest developments, innovations and opportunities in the sector. GIDA 2011 will feature 500 participant companies, 410 of which were local and 90 international. Over 40,000 trade visitors are expected at the event.
The following are just some more of the reasons to participate at GIDA 2011:

It is the most encompassing International Food Fair Brand in Turkey
A wide array of products and solutions
A unique meeting platform to develop business contacts and international ties with European, Mediterranean, Asian, Middle Eastern, Balkan, CIS and Russian markets
Special hosted buyers from all around the world hosted by EUF International Trade Fairs (ITE Group Plc) and the Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade
Buyer delegations from Turkey Afyonkarahisar, Ankara, Aksaray, Ayd?n, Bal?kesir, Bilecik, Bursa, ?anakkale, Edirne, Gaziantep, G?nen, Hatay, ?skenderun, ?stanbul, ?zmir, Kahramanmara?, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Mersin, Samsun, Tokat, Zile and many others annually visit GIDA
The biggest and most unique display area in Turkey for new brands and latest innovations
GIDA 2011 is organised concurrently with IPACK 2011 – the 26th International Packaging and Food Processing Systems Exhibition.(www.ite-ipack. com) The participants and visitors of both fairs will have the chance to come together on a wider platform with potential primary business partners.

Successful trade event
As part of the procurement team organised by Istanbul Exporters' Association (IIB) in co-ordination with Undersecretariat of The Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade, 84 professionals from 76 companies from the following countries visited the event: Albania, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Palestine, Iran, Israel, Kenya, Hungary, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Tunisia, Jordan and Greece. The event also hosted other professional visitors from various countries including The USA, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, China, India, Netherlands, The UK, Italy, Korea, Kosovo, Macedonia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Taiwan and Ukraine.
A total of 300 companies, 250 of which were local and 50 international, participated in the event and the event hosted around 22 thousand local and international visitors. During the exhibition, companies that have been supporting the event for 10 years were given 10th Anniversary Plaques.

Market opportunities
GIDA 2011 is the right time and place to discuss strategies for the key issues facing global food industry around the world. The share of hypermarkets in the overall retail market in Turkey is on the rise, and consumer spending is growing. The last edition of the fair brought the most important brands of the food sector to the visitors for four days and became an important platform where new business contacts have been established and recent developments have been followed closely.
The product groups featured by GIDA Exhibition include milk and dairy products, meat products, confectionery and chocolate, frozen foods, canned foods, organic products, food additives and preservatives, alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic beverages, tea and coffee products, frozen sea food, vegetable oil varieties, olive varieties, bakery products and pastaNike Zoom Shift Shoe