SAINT-CHARLES EXPORT is celebrating medFEL’s 10th birthday

MedFEL celebrated its 10th birthday from 24th to 26th April at the Exhibition Centre of Perpignan. SAINT CHARLES EXPORT, the biggest delegation service at the exhibition, was present with 58 companies (56 last year) over a surface area of 537 m², including a collective area and individual stands.

MedFEL became prominent in the fruit and vegetable sector by introducing its Mediterranean offer in terms of production, as well as transport and logistics. Over the years, MedFEL evolved by welcoming increasingly numerous exhibitors in the MedTech section, by offering a relevant conference programme, not to mention putting innovation under the spotlight with the Fel’Innov challenge. Furthermore, emphasis was placed on organic produce, which has been one of the exhibition’s development axes for the past 2 years. 

It goes without saying that SAINT-CHARLES EXPORT is totally in sync with this concept. In fact, the group of SME exporters is composed of production and international trading companies, which reflect the evolution of the market with a range of conventional products, accompanied by an increasing proportion of organic products. 

On the last day, the Perpignan-based platform welcomed a group of some twenty “VIPs”, buyers and journalists, for an overall presentation of the activity, followed by a quick tour of the “Perpignan Saint-Charles Container Terminal” with a demonstration of container transfers. During the first and last day, connections were pursued, as the Wednesday was, as usual, a very busy day. This event was also an opportunity to meet up with buyers invited by SAINT-CHARLES EXPORT at past buyers’ receptions organised by the group over the past few years.

The exhibition was also an opportunity for some of the foreign visitors to become acquainted with the city of Perpignan and the Pyrénées-Orientales department. The exhibition is firmly-entrenched regarding professionals of the sector, which already has its regulars in terms of the exhibitors, as well as the buyers, evidenced by its attractiveness.