Closing Report: FRESHCONEX 2012 Exhibitors & Trade Visitors Highly Satisfied

Berlin – The fifth edition of FRESHCONEX attracted some 11,000 trade visitors from all 5 continents. From 8 to 10 February 2012, visitors gained a concentrated market overview of products and services offered by around 80 exhibitors from 15 countries. Europe's only trade fair for the fresh produce convenience segment was characterized by the international scope of trade visitors and the presence of top-level decision-makers attending the event. The FRESHCONEX Business Forum, an integral part of the three-day trade fair, presented information on the latest trends in fresh convenience products. The Business Forum was organized by Fresh Convenience Magazine (GB) and the United Fresh Produce Association (USA). FRESHCONEX 2012 was presented at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds in conjunction with FRUIT LOGISTICA 2012, the leading trade fair for the international fresh produce industry.

Statements from FRESHCONEX 2012 exhibitors

Kell Holm, President and CEO, Fresh-Appeal USA Inc.: "Fresh-Appeal participated at FRESHCONEX four years ago. Now we have a new product that we were able to present perfectly here. We are very pleased with our presence at the show".

Carlo Ascari, President, ABL s.r.l.: "FRESHCONEX is number one – absolutely the most important trade fair for us. Already on the day before FRESHCONEX opened we concluded an important contract in Berlin that we had initiated last year during the fair. We also signed new contracts at the event this year. We are really very, very satisfied!"

Loic Letierce, Chief Logistic Sourcing Officer, Agrolito S.L.: "We are very satisfied with our participation at FRESHCONEX. Our stand position was ideal. Trade visitors showed great interest and we held productive discussions with our customers".

Ruud Jonker, Product Planner, Harries B.V.: "Harries participates regularly at FRESHCONEX. The trade fair went very well for us this year and we are expecting new business as a result".

Albert de Vries, Sales Manager, Hoogesteger: "This is our second participation at FRESHCONEX. The exhibition is very appealing – and extremely important for us, because it enables us to show retailers the unique qualities of our products. We made excellent contacts and are confident that this will result in new business over the next six months".

Pawel Stobba, Sales Manager, Fructofresh Group Sp. z o.o.: "We have participated at FRESHCONEX regularly over the past five years. This is where we can find everything related to our business concentrated in one place. We meet customers and suppliers here and can also check out the new technologies".

Simon P. Matthews, General Manager, AgriCoat NatureSeal Ltd.:

"Our products are tailored to applications in the fresh produce convenience industry, so FRESHCONEX is the ideal show for us. We are very satisfied with the results".

Peter Sutter, Managing Director, VC999 Verpackungssysteme GmbH:

"We managed to establish more customer contacts than last year and had very productive discussions – the coming months will show what results from this".

Ian Neil, Sales Manager, Perfotec B.V.: "For us, FRESHCONEX is the most important trade fair in Europe. This is where the whole industry gathers in one place".

Source: FRESHCONEX