INTERPOM |PRIMEURS, the leading indoor trade fair for the entire potato, vegetable and fruit sector in Europe, will be officially opened Sunday, November 27, at 9.15am, by the former President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy.

The trade show will be held in Kortrijk Xpo (Belgium), November 27-29 and, for the first time, the pre-registration will be required to visit the trade fair.

The theme of the event, ‘Growing through precision technology’, will be reflected in three ways on the exhibition floor:

1. the ‘Technology Route’: this route highlights exhibitors presenting new ‘precision’ technology. This will enable visitors to discover the possibilities and potential growth offered by new technology in the form of machines and services presented by exhibitors linking into this theme.

2. the ‘Walk-in Seminars’ with moderator Drs. Ir. Jacques Van Outryve: short, walk-in seminars on Sunday and Monday on initiatives connected with precision technology in Belgium and abroad.
After listening to a short 10-minute presentation, visitors can enter into discussion with the following specialists on the subject (in Dutch, French and English): Bruno Huyghebaert (CRA-W), Joost Wellens (ULg), Koen Mertens (ILVO), Marc Sneyders (BAYER), Nicole Viaene (ILVO) & Philip Burgess (AHDB Potato Council).

3. Presentation of the IPot project at the Belgapom stand: IPot is an innovative platform for increasing Belgian potato production sustainably. In the framework of this project, researchers from Flanders and Wallonia (VITO, CRA-W and ULg) together with potato traders and processors (via Belgapom) are setting up a web-based geoinformation platform on the basis of satellite images.

INTERPOM | PRIMEURS in figures: 
This year, the event has clocked up growth both in the number of exhibitors and in the area of the exhibition floor:

– 310 exhibitors (+11.5%) from 15 countries;

– 1 320sqm extra stand area in comparison with 2014 (+8.2%).

– The last INTERPOM | PRIMEURS event signed off with 19,529 visitors (+10.5% compared with 2014) from 41 countries all over the world.

– This year, the organizers expect some 20,000 visitors.  

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