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December 18, 2008
Right from the outset, the organizers opted for a clear focus on the potato
sector; the fruit and vegetable sectors were added later. A strategy that
has proved to be very successful! Over the years, Interpom |
Primeurs has gradually developed into a real top event for
professionals in all corners of the potato, fruit and vegetable sector, from
growers to processors. It is an
event that fires the imagination and mobilizes the whole sector.
Expectations were running high after a very successful edition in 2006 and a
record number of 185 exhibitors registered for this year’s event, occupying
an exhibition area of 25 000m².
And Interpom | Primeurs did not
disappoint us, with 6 958 visitors on the Sunday (+ 4.4% compared with the
last event), 3 951 visitors on
Monday (+ 19.7%) and 2 949 visitors on the closing day (+19.9%).
And Interpom | Primeurs
2008 welcomed an amazing 13 858 enthusiastic visitors, 11.5% more than at
the last event in 2006 !! A
fantastic result in these difficult economic times and proof positive of the
resilience and dynamism of the sector !
 During
Interpom |
Primeurs 2008,
the winners of the BPQA –
Belgian Potato Quality Award –
were announced.
The winners are Jan
Coenegrachts of Riemst and the
Cap family of Ernage (Gembloux).
For the next two years,
they can pride themselves on
being the best potato growers in Belgium and were the happy
recipients of a cheque for 2 500
EUR.
The following growers
received an honourable mention
and a cheque for 250 EUR: Bart
Nemegheer (Tielt), Carlos Van
Den Bossche (Kaprijke), Stéphane
and Hervé Comijn (Amay),
Christophe and Antoine Geeraerts
(Fromiée) and Steve Vrancx (Gosselies).
The seminars also attracted
large audiences.
On Monday, there was an overview of the Belgian potato sector,
followed by a round table discussion in which five leading personalities in
the potato business analysed the opportunities and threats facing the
sector. On the closing day of
the event, there was a seminar on “Quality systems in the vegetable sector”.
More information to follow shortly on this successful edition of the
Interpom | Primeurs trade fair
and the next edition, which will be held in 2010.
Info:
www.interpom-primeurs.be
   
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