On February 28, and event titled “Georgia and Italy together for a better food industry” was held at the Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metekhi Palace Hotel.
The goal of the event was to strengthen trade and economic relations, share ideas and experience in the field of agriculture and the food industry, promote Italian innovations, and establish new business connections.
The event was organized by the Italian Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (ICE-ITA) in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Georgia, the Italian association Assofoodtec/ANIMA Confindustria and FederUNACOMA and the Georgian Employers’ Association (GEA).
The event was opened by Italian Ambassador to Georgia Massimiliano D’Antuono, Director of ITA’s Georgian Representation Andrea Makaniko and GEA President Elguja Meladze. The event was attended by representatives of Georgian state agencies, international financial institutions (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Asian Development Bank) and local companies working in the fields of agriculture and food industry.
Italy, which actively cooperates with Georgia in the above fields, was represented at the event by the largest Italian companies that produce agricultural and forestry machinery, garden equipment, and devices necessary for the production of dairy products and sweets, as well as high-tech packaging equipment for the food industry.
The event included presentations and meetings of Georgian and Italian business associations in the B2B format.
Translated by Mariam Mtivlishvili
