45th International Trade Show of Artisan Gelato, Pastry, Bakery and the Coffee World

20-24 January 2024 - Rimini Expo Centre, Italy

For more than 40 years, Sigep has been the point of reference for innovations in the whole Dolce Foodservice sector, and provides a complete overview of all new market developments: raw materials and ingredients, machinery and equipment, as well as furnishings, packaging and services.

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The 44TH edition of SIGEP, together with AB Tech Expo, produced five days dedicated to concreteness and to the encounter of knowledge and advanced training, days full of business and networking, within a solid and innovative panorama of offers, ready to support further development.

Thousands of companies and professional operators contributed to give an inexhaustible energy to the 2023 edition. This strong energy could be felt among the stands, through the lanes of the different pavilions and even on the stages, where talks, demos as well as national and international contests took place.

The new proposals, the volume of business generated and the high level of all the events helped increase the success of the exhibition and consolidate it as the world’s point of reference for the entire Dolce foodservice industry.

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International competitions, masterclass, talks, showcooking and much more: the 2023 edition of Sigep and AB Tech Expo was full of events, spectacularity and content. A program enriched by more than 100 talks and 200 speakers, with 30 participating countries. Over 1,000 events organized by the exhibitors. All the greatest Maestros of Made in Italy were at the exhibition.

The Dolce Arena was the biggest news of 2023, a space that hosted gelato and pastry international competitions: the Gelato Europe Cup and the Juniores and The Pastry Queen Pastry World Cups. In the Bakery Arena, instead, the “Bread in the City” international baking competition took place.