The 2021 edition was Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), the 11th anniversary edition of SIAL Middle East, one of the largest food, beverage and hospitality events in the region, and the fifth edition of Abu Dhabi Date Palm Exhibition (ADDPE) concluded at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, facilitating a huge number of trade deals valued over AED 7.2bn during the three day event. The event drew 23,000 industry experts and unique visitors with a growth rate of 13% from last year, from more than 50 countries.
The exhibition was the biggest edition since its launch in 2010 and the event was organised by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) in cooperation with French “Comexposium” Group, one of the largest international exhibition and conference organisers, and in strategic partnership with ADAFSA under the theme “Defining Innovation in the Food, Beverage & Hospitality Industry”.
The total area of the exhibition increased to 22 thousand square metres, a growth rate of 22% compared with the area allocated for the previous edition, which amounted to 18 thousand square metres. The number of new exhibitors doubled to reach 16, in comparison to 8 last year. Number of participating countries have increased by 20%. Event Features increased by 67% to reach 15 features.
This year, SIAL ME witnessed an increase of 10% in the number of UAE exhibition companies that has reached to 76 exhibitor. Additionally, the total space of UAE pavilions increased to 3,373 square metres, which represent growth of 54% compared to last edition.
Venue
ABU DHABI NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS CENTRE - ADNEC
Organizer
SIAL Middle East FZ LLC & SIAL GroupSimilar exhibitions
Food, Beverage and Luxury Foodstuff
Hotel and Catering, Shop Fittings
Food Processing and Packaging Machinery
Food, Beverage and Luxury Foodstuff
Food, Beverage and Luxury Foodstuff
Agriculture ,Forestry, Landscape Gardening, Fisheries, Livestock Farming
Clothing, Fashion, Accessories
Construction Technology, Materials and Equipment, Interior Fittings
Design Services
Financial and Insurance Services, Real Estate, Export Promotion
Food Processing and Packaging Machinery
Food, Beverage and Luxury Foodstuff
Furniture, Interior Design
Industrial Equipment, Maintenance
Information and Communication Technology, Software
Medical Engineering, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Care
Subcontracting
Teaching and Learning Aids, Further and Continuing Education, Business Start-up, Human Resources Development
Textiles (Clothing and Home Textiles, Technical Textiles)
Tourism
Trade Fairs for Capital Goods
Trade Fairs for Consumer Goods
Transport and Traffic
Vehicles (Cars, Commercial Vehicles, Motorcycles, Caravans, Parts and Accessories)
Food, Beverage and Luxury Foodstuff
Technologies, Inventions, Innovations
Packaging, Packaging technology, Printing, Printing technology
City Sanitation, Water Technology, Waste Disposal, Public Services
Environment and Climate Protection
Facility Management
Hotel and Catering, Shop Fittings
Household Goods and Appliances, Ceramics, Glassware
Textiles (Clothing and Home Textiles, Technical Textiles)
Trade Fairs for Consumer Goods
General service trade fairs
Clean technology
Mechanical engineering, machine tools, tools
 
			
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