Tradeshow Look Ahead: Sabine Schommer, ISM 2026
Gama spoke to Sabine Schommer, Director, ahead of the latest edition of ISM. What are your expectations for ISM 2026? We are looking forward to ISM 2026 with great optimism. Four months before the start, we have already exceeded the booking level of the previous event – a clear signal of the industry’s strength and […]
Tradeshow Look Ahead: Sabine Schommer, ISM 2025
Gama spoke to Sabine Schommer, Director, ahead of the latest edition of ISM. What are your expectations for ISM 2025? We’re incredibly excited about the upcoming ISM! With 1,500 exhibitors from 70 countries, it’s set to be an amazing showcase of innovation and creativity in the confectionery and snack industries. What really sets this year […]
Tradeshow Look Back: Sabine Schommer, ISM 2024
Gama spoke to Sabine Schommer, Director of ISM, following the latest edition of the confectionery and snacks tradeshow. How would you sum up this year’s ISM? We set high expectations for ourselves at this year’s ISM, and I’m pleased to say that those expectations were met. Following the one-time postponement of ISM in 2023, this year saw 1,427 […]
Look Ahead: Sabine Schommer, ISM 2023
Gama spoke to Sabine Schommer, Director of ISM, ahead of the latest edition of the confectionery and snacks tradeshow. What are your expectations for this edition of ISM? ISM offers the industry the opportunity to look beyond current challenges and focus instead on finding solutions, discussing ideas and getting inspiration – all that from 90,000 square […]
Look Ahead: Anne Schumacher, ISM 2020
Gama spoke to Anne Schumacher, Vice President Food & Food Technology of Koelnmesse GmbH, ahead of the 50th anniversary edition of ISM. What are your expectations for this 50th edition of ISM? Of course, we are looking forward to a great event. ISM is again very well positioned this year. With more than 1,750 exhibitors from […]
Tradeshow Insight: ISM 2015
The first four days of February saw the annual arrival of ISM (Internationale Süßwarenmesse), the leading trade show for the confectionery, cake and biscuit sectors, at the showgrounds of Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. Returning for its 44th edition in 2015, the show promised “sweets as always” but also “more snacks than ever before”, an acknowledgment […]
Look Back: Dietmar Eiden, ISM 2014
Gama spoke to Dietmar Eiden, Vice President Kolnmesse GmbH, following the latest edition of ISM in Cologne. How many staff does it take to make ISM possible? There is a core team of people from different departments who work for ISM year round. When ISM draws nearer more and more people are involved to organise […]
Tradeshow Insight: ISM 2014
This week saw the latest installment of the ISM (Internationale Süßwarenmesse) tradeshow in Cologne, where buyers and exhibitors from across the world gathered for the annual confectionery industry showcase. ISM reported a 5% upturn in exhibitor numbers versus 2013, perhaps indicating a gradual return to confidence among confectionery companies after a number years of uncertainty. […]