Created in 1964 in Paris, over the years SIAL PARIS has become the world benchmark for players in the food, retail and hospitality sectors. It is a global showcase that brings the key producers and buyers together with a focus on the world’s major challenges.
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The exhibition

Created in 1964 in Paris, over the years SIAL Paris has become the world benchmark for players in the food, retail and hospitality sectors. It is a global showcase that brings the key producers and buyers together with a focus on the world’s major challenges.

Acting as global business hub, it provides an excellent ROI with nearly 6 additional months’ turnover, top quality buyers and a unique real life “market test” opportunity.

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SIAL Paris 2024


With 10 exhibition sectors and food channels and 83% of attendees playing a decision making or prescribing role, and a very selective new Buyers Club, SIAL is the ideal marketplace for meeting with key contacts: mass retail purchasers, importers, wholesalers and distributors, hotel and catering buyers.

Exclusive new matchmaking services, fueled with of 60 years’ experience of SIAL as business accelerator and latest IA development, will boost the quality of your meetings.

Although SIAL Paris 2024 closed its doors on Wednesday 23 October, the ideas, discoveries and inspirations proposed by this year's edition will continue to resonate for a long time to come on Planet Food. The Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition venue, the stage for SIAL Paris, has been the scene of five truly action-packed days! Watch the SIAL Paris 2024 highlights

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Our Exhibition

Our audience

  • More than 285,000 visits
  • 78,5% of international visitors
  • 9 out of 10 visitors see SIAL as a strategic challenge for their company 
  • 8,000 top buyers
  • 83% of buyers made transactions on site or after SIAL


Top 10 visiting countries

  • France
  • United States
  • South Korea
  • Brazil
  • Argentina
  • Italy
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • China
In a few words
"SIAL Paris has been one of the platforms for revealing innovations in the food industry that we've seen just about everywhere. We all have products in our kitchens, cupboards or fridges that emerged thanks to SIAL Innovation. And many of these innovations have made a lasting impact."
Audrey Ashworth
Event Director SIAL Paris
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Our Exhibitors

  • 7,500 exhibitors from 205 countries
  • 400,000+ products
  • 10 sectors represented 
  • 650 startups

Top 10 visiting countries

  • France
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Turkey
  • The Netherlands
  • China
  • Belgium
  • Greece
  • Germany
  • Poland
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In a few words
"SIAL Paris is truly the global think-tank for the food industry, the international laboratory for food innovation in all its facets."
Nicolas Trenteseaux
SIAL Network Director
Nicolas Trenteseaux sial network director

SIAL Innovation

1 800 participating exhibitors, 462 selected products, 21 Awards, 3 medals.

SIAL Talks

120 international speakers, 76 conferences.

Get market information

All year long, SIAL covers the latest news and trends of the food and beverage industry and provides market insight and intelligence.
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