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BARCELONA, Spain, March 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Alimentaria+Hostelco will return to Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue from 23 to 26 March 2026, consolidating its position as a leading platform for the food, hospitality and foodservice value chain. In an edition marking Alimentaria's 50th anniversary, the event will span 100,000 m² in seven pavilions, with international participation up 41% compared to 2024.
The show will bring together more than 3,300 companies, nearly 1,000 of them from 70 countries, representing more than 30% of the total. Europe, with Poland as the Country of Honour, together with Asia and Latin America, will make up the strongest international presence, underlining the event's role as a strategic meeting point for the global industry. Confirmed international companies include KeHE, Bidfood, Bergfood, Cotswold Fayre, Sonae, PriceSmart, Walmart, GPA, La Comer, BigBasket and Alkosto.
To support access to new markets and increase commercial opportunities, the organisers have invited 1,500 major buyers and importers from 100 countries, as well as 1,200 national buyers, with more than 14,500 business meetings expected.
Alimentaria+Hostelco 2026 will be organised into a number of specialised sectors. Intercarn will once again be the largest, with 350 companies across 15,000 m². Other featured areas will include Organic Foods, Alimentaria Trends and Fine Foods, focused on innovation; Grocery Foods, with the broadest cross-sector offer of the fair; Coffee, Bakery & Pastry, which doubles its space; as well as Interlact, Lands of Spain, Snacks, Biscuits & Confectionery, Expoconser, Restaurama, and International Pavilions.
Innovation will remain a central focus. The Alimentaria Hub will host 200 experts in sustainability, digitalisation, food safety and emerging trends. Innoval will showcase more than 300 product innovations, alongside 60 ventures in the Food & Hospitality Startups area.
The Horeca sector will occupy more than 20,000 m², bringing together 600 companies and 200 activities. The Horeca Hub will include Imagine Foodservice Europe and the new space, The Shift. The Bakery & Pastry Hub and The Coffee Stage will bring together leading figures in the sector. The programme will include competitions such as the First International Alimentaria Cooking Championship, sponsored by #alimentosdeespaña, the Horeca Awards, and several professional championships.
Alimentaria+Hostelco, organised by Alimentaria Exhibitions, a Fira de Barcelona company, expects to welcome more than 110,000 professional visitors, 25% of them international, reaffirming its leadership as the main platform for business, internationalisation and networking.
BARCELONA, Spain, March 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Alimentaria+Hostelco will return to Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue from 23 to 26 March 2026, consolidating its position as a leading platform for the food, hospitality and foodservice value chain. In an edition marking Alimentaria's 50th anniversary, the event will span 100,000 m² in seven pavilions, with international participation up 41% compared to 2024.
The show will bring together more than 3,300 companies, nearly 1,000 of them from 70 countries, representing more than 30% of the total. Europe, with Poland as the Country of Honour, together with Asia and Latin America, will make up the strongest international presence, underlining the event's role as a strategic meeting point for the global industry. Confirmed international companies include KeHE, Bidfood, Bergfood, Cotswold Fayre, Sonae, PriceSmart, Walmart, GPA, La Comer, BigBasket and Alkosto.
To support access to new markets and increase commercial opportunities, the organisers have invited 1,500 major buyers and importers from 100 countries, as well as 1,200 national buyers, with more than 14,500 business meetings expected.
Alimentaria+Hostelco 2026 will be organised into a number of specialised sectors. Intercarn will once again be the largest, with 350 companies across 15,000 m². Other featured areas will include Organic Foods, Alimentaria Trends and Fine Foods, focused on innovation; Grocery Foods, with the broadest cross-sector offer of the fair; Coffee, Bakery & Pastry, which doubles its space; as well as Interlact, Lands of Spain, Snacks, Biscuits & Confectionery, Expoconser, Restaurama, and International Pavilions.
Innovation will remain a central focus. The Alimentaria Hub will host 200 experts in sustainability, digitalisation, food safety and emerging trends. Innoval will showcase more than 300 product innovations, alongside 60 ventures in the Food & Hospitality Startups area.
The Horeca sector will occupy more than 20,000 m², bringing together 600 companies and 200 activities. The Horeca Hub will include Imagine Foodservice Europe and the new space, The Shift. The Bakery & Pastry Hub and The Coffee Stage will bring together leading figures in the sector. The programme will include competitions such as the First International Alimentaria Cooking Championship, sponsored by #alimentosdeespaña, the Horeca Awards, and several professional championships.
Alimentaria+Hostelco, organised by Alimentaria Exhibitions, a Fira de Barcelona company, expects to welcome more than 110,000 professional visitors, 25% of them international, reaffirming its leadership as the main platform for business, internationalisation and networking.
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Alimentaria+Hostelco 2026 reinforces its leadership in a historic edition
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SEOUL, South Korea, March 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- WIRobotics today announced it has been selected for the second cohort of the Physical AI Fellowship, a virtual program powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) Startups and NVIDIA Inception that helps high-potential robotics startups build, refine, and scale physical AI solutions.
Following the success of the inaugural Fall 2025 cohort, the 2026 cohort brings together nine promising physical AI startups across agriculture, construction and renewable energy, industrial automation, retail and logistics, robotics data infrastructure, teleoperation, and humanoid robotics applications.
The Physical AI Fellowship provides hands-on technical guidance, compute resources, and go-to-market opportunities to help teams mature promising prototypes into reliable, real-world deployments. Fellows receive support from scientists and experts at the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, AWS credits, and NVIDIA resources, along with access to MassRobotics' facilities and its broader network in the robotics community.
This opportunity will support WIRobotics' work to develop advanced humanoid robots that combine high-dexterity manipulation with AI-driven physical interaction for real-world environments. With AWS credits and expert guidance, NVIDIA's physical AI stack , and MassRobotics' testbed and network, WIRobotics will refine and deploy its humanoid robotics systems for real-world industrial, logistics, and service applications while validating performance in practical settings.
"We are honored that WIRobotics has been selected for the Physical AI Fellowship as the only humanoid robotics company in the cohort," said Yong-Jae Kim, Co-CEO of WIRobotics. "By combining humanoid robotics technologies capable of human-like physical interaction with our AI expertise, we believe this will be a meaningful opportunity to explore new possibilities in Physical AI."
Each Fellow will receive $200,000 in AWS credits, embedded support from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center (GenAIIC) scientists and engineers and access to AWS' cloud computing and AI technologies, access to NVIDIA's physical AI stack including the NVIDIA Isaac frameworks and NVIDIA Cosmos world foundation models (plus free self-paced courses, hardware/software discounts and discounted instructor-led workshops from NVIDIA Training) via the NVIDIA Inception program, and ecosystem support from MassRobotics.
The Fellowship culminates in high-visibility showcases at AWS, NVIDIA, and MassRobotics events, including AWS re:Invent 2026.
For more information on the Physical AI Fellowship, visit https://www.massrobotics.org
About WIRobotics
WIRobotics (We Innovate Robotics) is a robotics company developing advanced wearable and humanoid robots designed to enhance human mobility and physical capabilities. The company's first commercial product, a personal walking-assist robot powered by a single motor, has achieved commercial success in Korea and received four CES Innovation Awards over the past three years.
Building on its expertise in robotics hardware, control systems, and AI-driven interaction, WIRobotics is developing ALLEX, a general-purpose humanoid robot platform designed for real-world applications. Through its integrated hand–arm systems and high-dexterity manipulation capabilities, ALLEX is designed to enable the next generation of Physical AI.
For more information:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WIRobotics
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/103004622
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wirobotics
SEOUL, South Korea, March 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- WIRobotics today announced it has been selected for the second cohort of the Physical AI Fellowship, a virtual program powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) Startups and NVIDIA Inception that helps high-potential robotics startups build, refine, and scale physical AI solutions.
Following the success of the inaugural Fall 2025 cohort, the 2026 cohort brings together nine promising physical AI startups across agriculture, construction and renewable energy, industrial automation, retail and logistics, robotics data infrastructure, teleoperation, and humanoid robotics applications.
The Physical AI Fellowship provides hands-on technical guidance, compute resources, and go-to-market opportunities to help teams mature promising prototypes into reliable, real-world deployments. Fellows receive support from scientists and experts at the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, AWS credits, and NVIDIA resources, along with access to MassRobotics' facilities and its broader network in the robotics community.
This opportunity will support WIRobotics' work to develop advanced humanoid robots that combine high-dexterity manipulation with AI-driven physical interaction for real-world environments. With AWS credits and expert guidance, NVIDIA's physical AI stack , and MassRobotics' testbed and network, WIRobotics will refine and deploy its humanoid robotics systems for real-world industrial, logistics, and service applications while validating performance in practical settings.
"We are honored that WIRobotics has been selected for the Physical AI Fellowship as the only humanoid robotics company in the cohort," said Yong-Jae Kim, Co-CEO of WIRobotics. "By combining humanoid robotics technologies capable of human-like physical interaction with our AI expertise, we believe this will be a meaningful opportunity to explore new possibilities in Physical AI."
Each Fellow will receive $200,000 in AWS credits, embedded support from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center (GenAIIC) scientists and engineers and access to AWS' cloud computing and AI technologies, access to NVIDIA's physical AI stack including the NVIDIA Isaac frameworks and NVIDIA Cosmos world foundation models (plus free self-paced courses, hardware/software discounts and discounted instructor-led workshops from NVIDIA Training) via the NVIDIA Inception program, and ecosystem support from MassRobotics.
The Fellowship culminates in high-visibility showcases at AWS, NVIDIA, and MassRobotics events, including AWS re:Invent 2026.
For more information on the Physical AI Fellowship, visit https://www.massrobotics.org
About WIRobotics
WIRobotics (We Innovate Robotics) is a robotics company developing advanced wearable and humanoid robots designed to enhance human mobility and physical capabilities. The company's first commercial product, a personal walking-assist robot powered by a single motor, has achieved commercial success in Korea and received four CES Innovation Awards over the past three years.
Building on its expertise in robotics hardware, control systems, and AI-driven interaction, WIRobotics is developing ALLEX, a general-purpose humanoid robot platform designed for real-world applications. Through its integrated hand–arm systems and high-dexterity manipulation capabilities, ALLEX is designed to enable the next generation of Physical AI.
For more information:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WIRobotics
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/103004622
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wirobotics
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WIRobotics Selected for the Physical AI Fellowship Powered by AWS, NVIDIA, and MassRobotics
