Event Overview:

The Global Cold Chain Expo is the only event where businesses gather to find solutions and share best practices for managing the complexities of the perishable supply chain.

Discover the Global Cold Chain Expo

Over the course of three days, the Global Cold Chain Expo and Conference combine to deliver the most valuable and comprehensive business-to-business networking event serving the perishables industry. Companies that participate in the event gain a high level of brand recognition and targeted business development opportunities in front of key buying audiences that produce, handle, store, transport or are involved in the distribution of perishable products and are looking to optimize their supply chain and/or improve facility operations.

Co-located with consumer packaged goods in the healthy food segment, fresh produce brands, and the floral industry, the Global Cold Chain Expo delivers unparalleled opportunities to your business. It is the premier destination for innovation, education and B2B networking for the entire food industry. As a Global Cold Chain exhibitor, you’ll be located adjacent to the United FreshTEC Expo; making for easy buyers-access to both shows featuring cold chain solutions and processing equipment & technology, dramatically enhancing the number of operations and engineering decision-makers who visit the show.

More than 7,500 decision-makers and innovators from retail, foodservice, processing, production, distribution, logistics, and transportation representing frozen, refrigerated, ambient and fresh operations are expected to attend.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Individual attendees will include direct buyers of all of the services above, including operations management, engineering, plant managers, transportation directors, and others who buy or lease cold chain services. Companies attending will include growers and other food producers who own or lease cooling equipment, cold storage or handling facilities; food manufacturers, fresh processors, wholesalers, distributors and retailers who own or leases frozen and/or temperature controlled logistics and facilities; retailers who own or lease refrigeration equipment for maintenance of the cold chain at point-of-sale; and all parties throughout the supply chain who specify refrigerated transportation services from local to global needs.

Attendee Information:

The Global Cold Chain Expo is the only event where businesses gather to find solutions and share best practices for managing the complexities of the perishable supply chain.

86% of attendees said that the 2017 Global Cold Chain Expo was worth their investment – both in time and money.

The event features a cutting-edge exposition of the tools, technologies and services needed by all partners throughout the cold chain, and an educational conference bringing together innovators and experts with senior management and rising managers from all sectors of the industry. Together, the expo and conference create the most valuable B2B networking event serving the perishable supply chain.

With your Cold Chain Expo Pass, you also gain FREE admission to our four show partners’ expo floors:

• United FreshTEC featuring breakthrough innovations in mechanical harvesting, robotics, packing and packaging, and more
• United FreshMKT featuring the latest in fresh produce innovations, including the new Organic Produce Showcase 
• International Floriculture Expo featuring the most outstanding suppliers of floral and horticulture products
• SmartFood Expo featuring a wide variety of consumer products including natural foods, plant-based foods, fresh and healthy, organics, raw foods, products with clean labels and limited ingredients, and a wide variety of items that appeal to consumers’ demand for "better-for-you" foods.

If you produce, handle, store, transport or are involved in the distribution of perishable products, then the Global Cold Chain Expo is for you! 

Individual attendees will include operations management, engineering, plant managers, transportation directors, construction and others who buy or lease cold chain services.

Corporate attendees will include food manufacturers, processors, wholesalers, distributors and retailers who own or contract temperature-controlled logistics services and facilities; food producers who own or lease cooling and processing equipment, cold storage or handling facilities; retailers who own or lease refrigeration equipment for maintenance of the cold chain at point-of-sale; companies that build, design, and engineer food facilities and all parties throughout the supply chain who specify refrigerated transportation services from local to global needs.

Exhibitor Information:

Why Exhibit?
Global Cold Chain Expo is the first and only true cold chain event. Designed specifically for managers who make purchasing decisions, the Global Cold Chain Expo is the place to connect with solutions providers and learn about the latest technology and trends all under one roof. This destination is a can’t-miss event for anyone involved in frozen, refrigerated, ambient and fresh operations.

WHO SHOULD EXHIBIT

Exhibitors will include companies that provide equipment, tools, and technologies that support the infrastructure and operations of the global cold chain; design and build services for cold storage, warehouse and processing facilities; all forms of refrigerated transportation; import/export facilities and services; and companies that provide third-party cold storage and refrigeration logistics.

About GCCA:

The Global Cold Chain Alliance and its Core Partners are supported by the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO), a nonprofit foundation. WFLO develops education and research for the industry and provides cold chain advisory services that empower economic development and strengthen the global cold chain.

Co-located Events: Global Cold Chain Expo, International Floriculture Expo, United Fresh TEC Expo, United Fresh MKT Expo, Smart Food Expo