CHAMBER NEWS
TradeUSA at New York Fancy Food Show The Chamber and its TradeUSA Department, with the support of DK Consultants, organized the 2016 TradeUSA Food&Beverage (F&B) Mission on June 24 to 28, 2016 in New York City. The trade delegation was held around the 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show, a trade fair of the Specialty Food Association of USA. The Summer Fancy Food Show is America’s largest specialty food and beverage Show, drawing 46,000+ industry professionals, and the premier showcase for industry innovation. The next big products. The next big companies. The next big trends. 2016 featured more than 180,000 products, 25,000 buyers, and 2,550 exhibitors. The delegates of the 2016 TradeUSA F&B Mission had the opportunity to talk business, network and gain valuable insights on the status of the food industry in New York City—and throughout America. The trade mission’s delegates consisted of five companies—ION S.A., Kallimanis, ENSEA, ALMI and Cretan Myron—that held 42 B2B meetings to explore collaboration possibilities. The delegates and many of the companies of the Greek Pavilion participated in two informative sessions TradeUSA organized: U.S. FDA and Foodservice. Following the 2016 TradeUSA F&B Delegation, the 1st ExportUSA Forum will be organized between October and November of 2016, focusing solely on the American market. More details will be soon announced; for further information contact tradeusa@amcham.gr.
GREEK INVESTMENT FORUM The Chamber, in cooperation with Athens Exchange, hosted the 4th annual Greek Investment Forum in New York June 21-22. For more coverage, see pages 38-39.
SOCRATES LAZARIDIS,, GEORGE STATHAKIS, SIMOS ANASTASOPOULOS
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U.S PAVILION AT POSIDONIA The Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy in Athens, with the support of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, organized the U.S. Pavilion at Posidonia 2016 June 6-10 at the Metropolitan Expo Center. The U.S. Pavilion enjoyed great success and The Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras; the Minister of Shipping, Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Mr. Theodore Dritsas; U.S. Ambassador to Greece Mr. David Pearce, and Chamber President Simos Anastasopoulos cut the ribbon of the U.S. Pavilion. The Chamber, with the Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy and the International Propeller Club of the United States, International Port of Piraeus organized a series of parallel events for the U.S. exhibitors during Posidonia Week. THODORIS DRITSAS, SIMOS ANASTASOPOULOS, ALEXIS TSIPRAS, DAVID PEARCE