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Food ingredients North America Co-Locating with SupplySide West Trade Show Again This Year

By Chris Hillman, Recruiting Professional at SearchPath of Chicago, Inc.

 

Food ingredients North America (FiNA) is co-located again this year with the SupplySide West trade show. The SupplySide West and Food ingredients North America Trade Show, the premier gathering of health & nutrition professionals bringing together buyers and suppliers from throughout the industry, is being held at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Oct. 31-Nov. 4. The combined trade show serves the global food, beverage, and dietary supplement markets. The Food ingredients (Fi) events around the world offer food and beverage manufacturers access to a wide range of ingredient suppliers, and Fi North America is bringing this event to the United States for a second time.

In addition to attracting visitors from large food and beverage brands, the event serves the fast-growing natural, organic, and functional food and beverage companies driving significant innovation in the market. Thousands of these brands participate in the Natural Products Expo West/East trade shows to promote and sell consumer products. With sourcing and supply among the top challenges for many of these fast-growing companies, Fi North America and SupplySide West offer access to the ingredients and services they need.

Planning on attending SupplySide West & Food Ingredients America Show? Here are some tips to make the best of your conference experience:

  1. Set Goals! – decide what benefit you want to take away from attending – seeing new products to take back to your team? Finding new talent to recruit? Connecting with new and old contacts?
  2. Plan Ahead! Go ahead and inventory the exhibitors you want to visit and the workshops you want to attend, make a list, prioritize and make your schedule.
  3. Set Meetings in Advance! Calendars book up fast for people, if you know you want to meet with a vendor, colleague or recruiter, reach out and try to get something on the books so you don’t miss out on the opportunity.
  4. Network! – Come prepared to meet a lot of industry experts, so don’t forget business cards.

If you’re looking to bring on new talent at your company and want to meet with an executive search partner, I’ll be at the show and would love the opportunity to sit and discuss what you’re looking to accomplish.  For additional information, please email Chris Hillman or call (815) 261-4403 x 100

SearchPath of Chicago, Inc.

See you in Vegas!