UKRAINE

6-the international trade b2b FMCG forum
«LIM Baltic Sea-2019» in Lithuania
March 14, 2019

The 6-th international b2b FMCG forum "Live International Marketplace Baltic Sea-2019", which was organized by 99'TOPs, was held in Vilnius on 14th March, 2019. Within the forum the EEN-Ukraine Consortium together with the Lithuanian EEN partners organized a Mission of Ukrainian companies to Lithuania. The forum was opened by Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania Yatsenkivsky Volodymyr.

The purpose of the event was to restore the old relations and establish new ones between Ukrainian and Lithuanian companies. At the pre-organized b2b meetings, Ukrainian companies had the opportunity to meet potential business partners, which in the future will lead to fruitful cooperation.

During the forum, Ukrainian companies were able to present their products and services to a wide audience of interested customers. Among the participants of the forum, in addition to Lithuania, were representatives the following countries Denmark, Finland, Poland, Sweden, Latvia, Estonia and the Republic of Belarus. All foreign partners had an opportunity to get acquainted, taste and get samples of finished products from Ukrainian manufacturers.

Among the top speakers presenting their programs were:

  1. Olena Fesenko – coordinator of the EEN-Ukraine Consortium. She told about modern business opportunities due to the European COSME program and how to find trusted partners in more than 60 countries in Europe and the world.
  2. Maksim Patakov – Head of «WOG Cafe». He described how the powerful network monobrand + effective operating model allows you to successfully scale business and capture new niche retail trade.
  3. Galina Potapchyk - CEO & Founder, «99’TOPS» | Forum «LIM». The theme of her speech was the latest innovations in the business of FMCG: the best cases of trade and production from Ukrainian industry leaders.

In general, due to the Company Mission and all organizers of the event, Ukrainian businessmen received new useful links and proposals for future cooperation. This is the main goal of the EEN-Ukraine consortium.