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47th edition 16-20 January 2026 Rimini Expo Centre, Italy
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Buyers' Program

What is Buyers' Program

The Buyers’ Program is a specific program developed and designed for selected top buyers.

Participating in the Buyers’ Program at SIGEP WORLD you will have the chance to:

  • Meet representatives from the world’s leading gelato and confectionery artisan producers and have access to new exciting business opportunities.
  • Discover all the supply chain processes involved in the bakery sector, from dough and production to packaging.
  • Meet the most prestigious companies in the coffee world and explore the pizza sector.
  • Keep up-to-date with trends and visions presented by the sectors’ top experts and opinion leaders.
  • Use our exclusive online Platform “My Agenda” that will allow you to preview the exhibitors’ list and schedule meetings with them before SIGEP.

 

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What the program offers

The Buyers’ Program offers reserved services to our selected buyers:

 

  • Contribution to the accomodation.
  • Airport transfers: organized transfers from Bologna/Rimini airport to the hotel and back.
  • Daily On-site transfers: daily shuttle service to and from the fairground.
  • Vip badge access: exclusive VIP badge, that grants the priority access to the event and to our exclusive Buyers Lounge with some dedicated services.
  • On-site lunch: lunch buffet in a dedicated area.
  • Interpreting service: interpreting service for non-fluent English speakers.
  • Dedicated support: both in the lead-up to the event and throughout your time at SIGEP from the IEG Team.
  • Matchmaking platform: exclusive access to our matchmaking platform with the ability to view exhibitor profiles in advance and schedule meetings that will be held directly at the expo.

 

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Who can attend

The program is reserved for professionals who have decisional power in purchasing processes (purchasing managers, food&beverage managers, owners, and food brokers) in the following categories:

 

  • Importers of machinery/technology/ingredients (raw materials, finished and semi-finished products) for Gelato, Pastry and Chocolate, Coffee, Bakery and Pizza;
  • Owners and/or managers or purchasing managers chains of gelato shops, pastry shops, bakery shops, coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, pizza restaurants/pizza shops;
  • Buying groups;
  • Manufacturing companies (industries and workshops) of Gelato, Pastry, Bakery, Chocolate, and finished products (sweet and savory);
  • Catering for airlines companies, cruise ships, mass catering.

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How to apply

Your application will be assessed by the Buyers’ Office. Shortly you will be able to know if your company profile is eligible to join the Buyers’ Program.

This application is not a confirmation of acceptance. Please wait for our team to carefully assess your profile.

 

For further information, please write to: buyer.foodbeverage@iegexpo.it

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"What catch my eye this year most of all was that is not just Italian brands here, the entire world. It's literally SIGEP world. There are so many brands from China, Turkey, even from India. I'm seeing many exhibitors under one roof. So everybody is here with amazing, amazing new lines of products."

Darshak Solanki  CEO of Jodev Hospitality Pvt. Ltd, India

“I love SIGEP so much. It’s a pleasure to return here, to see new products, to see new machines for my factory. I love this event, and if you don’t know SIGEP, you need to!”

Maria Aline Martins Ximenes CEO at Maria Pitanga Açaiteria, Brazil

"SIGEP is the biggest exhibition in Europe, and it's the perfect place to easily find international suppliers across all categories, from coffee beans to gelato and bakery products."

Mahsoub Hamd  Arabica Star Coffee, India

“Our main interest is the B2B market because in Peru that market is a little bit small. It is really interesting to see alternatives of products to offer to other business owners, such as pastry or bakery, premade things for catering, so there are a lot of options at SIGEP that do not exist right now in Peru that we can be the first to have.”

Isidora Vallejo Representative of Superfood Holding, Peru

“What pushed me to come back to SIGEP WORLD is that when we come here, we're exposed to a much higher quality industrialized line of products that we can use in our production system throughout the US. We also find there's much more innovation here in Italy compared to the US at the mass production level. And finally, equipment: the freezers, the refrigerators, the display cabinets, that does not even exist in the United States.”

Ben Van Leeuwen CEO and Co-Founder of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, New York City

"SIGEP is the most important opportunity for anyone to find whatever they need."

Mahsoub Hamdi Business Development Manager at Arabica Star, Saudi Arabia

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Interested in learning more?

 

Fill the form to contact us: your application will be assessed by the Buyers’ Office and in short time you will be able to know if your company profile is eligible to join the Buyers’ Program.

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