SIAL – Food Fair

Practical info

The show runs for five days, from Saturday 19 to Wednesday 23 October inclusive, from 10am to 6.30pm at the Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte.

hub.brussels will be in Hall 5A, dedicated to Fine Foods, with a 77 m² pavilion that can accommodate ten Brussels-based companies. Inside the pavilion, each company will have its own individual space, equipped with furniture and branded with its visuals and logos.

Registration

Any company wanting to take part in SIAL must register online and provide the information requested on the form.  Please note that registering via our form does not guarantee you a place on our stand. A ranking will be created based on the selection criteria below. You will then receive an email at the end of the registration period to inform you of your position.

Selection criteria

• Production in Brussels
• Production in Belgium outside Brussels
• Employment of low-skilled people (10% of payroll)
• Use of sheltered workshops in Brussels
• Micro-business (fewer than 10 FTEs and annual sales under €2,000,000)
• Small business (fewer than 50 FTEs and annual sales under €10,000,000)
• Start-up (registered with the CBE for under four years)
• Previous presence at the show
• 10% or more of turnover from exports
• Between 5 and 10% of turnover from exports
• Raw materials from Belgium

Participation fees

The participation fees payable to hub.brussels are:

• €400 inc. VAT for start-ups (registered with the CBE for less than 4 years) and VSEs (fewer than 10 FTEs, turnover less than €2,000,000)
• €800 inc. VAT for SMEs (between 11 and 50 FTE, turnover between €2,000,001 and €50,000,000)
• €1,600 inc. VAT for others (more than 50 FTEs, turnover higher than €50,000,000)

For the following services:

• an individual furnished and branded space in the Brussels pavilion
• admission to the show
• logistical support throughout the show
• the hub.brussels Paris office is at the disposal of the selected exhibitors for personalised assistance. The hub.brussels Paris office can be contacted before the show at paris@hub.brussels.

hub.brussels does not cover travel and accommodation expenses.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday 18 October, the eve of the show, to check your stand and install your goods.

Subsidies

Export incentives are available again! You will find all information about these 9 grants on www.primesexport.brussels. For questions about a grant application, companies can contact premieskmo@gob.brussels.