ISM and ProSweets Cologne wrapped up a successful four days earlier this week, showcasing a raft of new products and trends for the confectionery industry, after the one-off postponement of ISM last year.
ProSweets Cologne and ISM have lined up a strong ‘Sweet Week’ when it opens on Sunday 28 January attracting hundreds of international exhibitors showcasing at the city’s Koelnmesse exhibition centre.
Organisers Kolenmesse has declared ‘preparations are in full swing’ for this year’s ISM and ProSweets trade fair held during Sweet Week 2024 at the Cologne exhibition centre from 28 to 31 January.
Europe’s main sweets and snacks tradeshow will promote a positive message for the industry when it convenes in Cologne after what will no doubt be a long hard winter for businesses.
The announcement by Koelnmesse, organisers of the ISM sweets and snacks trade fair, that it is moving the event to April next year appears to be paying off, having recorded high levels of interest from the confectionery industry.
Next year’s ISM sweets and snacks fair, the largest in Europe and which historically is held at the beginning of February each year, is set to be radically overhauled, organisers Koelnmesse said.
Koelnmesse, organisers of the ProSweets/ISM sweets and snacks trade fair in Cologne, said its plans for a new ISM event in Japan later in the year have been postponed until 2023.
As the four-day event ends, organisers said approximately 80% of the visitors came from abroad and enjoyed ‘more time for professional exchange at a high level’.
ISM has announced it has launched a new product and trend campaign to run throughout 2021 as a partial replacement to the live trade fair, which should have been taking place this week at Cologne’s Koelnmesse exhibition centre.
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