Exhibitor comments 2010

Eugen Setz, Managing Director of the Lake Constance fruit-growing region, said, "We have entirely fulfilled our objective of being a communication stand at the show. At our stand, we also had the opportunity to welcome large groups and high-ranking association representatives from Styria, South Tyrol, and from what we call the ‘old country’. The selection of topics at the 34th fruit growers’ show on Lake Constance appealed strongly to visitors. They found the presentation on plant protection particularly interesting. Fruchtwelt Bodensee is known in the industry both throughout Germany and internationally.”

Jürgen Decker, from the Communication and Marketing Service at Bayer CropScience, added: "The atmosphere here is good, and we had some high-value discussions. We actually only sell within the trade, so at Fruchtwelt Bodensee we take the opportunity to come into contact with traders and end consumers. Our new plant protection method has met with great interest. Things are going really well for us.”

André Vink, Commercial Manager for Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland at AgroFresh, remarked: "The location here is very central, so we’ve had excellent access to our customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The atmosphere has been really dynamic and we’ve had some excellent business discussions.”

Michael Weber, Managing Director of VariCom (Marketing for the new fruit variety, Mairac): "Visitors are inquisitive, open and have expressed interest in our new apple varieties. I’m anticipating that there will be a high level of post-show business, because lots of fruit growers recognize that they can increase their competitiveness with our new apple varieties.”

Arnold Holstein, Managing Director of Holstein: "The show was very effective. Fruchtwelt Bodensee is very clearly laid out and our customers enjoy visiting. We have also been able to make lots of new contacts. It would be a good thing if the show were a day longer so that the flood of visitors was better distributed.”

Claudia Metzler, chairman of the association of fruit distillers and hobby distillers of South Württemberg/Hohenzollern: "All in all, I can say that it would be unthinkable not to have these events at the Fruchtwelt Bodensee in our annual calendar. The feedback from visitors has been entirely positive; the overall impression of the show alone is excellent. The tasting seminar was completely booked out, and our demonstration of how to cook with our distilled products also attracted many attentive visitors to.”

Yuri Mottolese, Sales Director of Goldoni: "This is our first visit to Friedrichshafen. Our tractors can be used for fruit growing and viticulture, and I think that the show is a good opportunity to make our products better known in Germany.”

Karl-Heinz Bähr, Managing Director of Bähr Agrarhandel (agrarwelt): "We’re extraordinarily satisfied, because with so many visitors from Germany, as well as from nearby Switzerland and Austria, we’ve managed to reach our target groups very precisely. We primarily came here to look after our existing customers, but we’ve also succeeded in initiating a surprising number of new contacts.”

Manfred Ehrle, Managing Director of the regional farmers’ association based in Tettnang (agrarwelt): "For us, the show has been a success. We have had larger throngs of people at our stand at this second edition of ‘agrarwelt’. Many of our members were among our visitors, but also people from beyond Germany’s borders, such as from the South Tyrol and Switzerland’s Franconia region, with whom we exchanged ideas and experiences.”

Hubert Hennge, director of the Tettnang machinery and operations support circle (agrarwelt) said: "We’re very satisfied with the way the show has gone. Our information and large-scale machines have been well received by our visitors. The exciting highlight was the fashion show that we staged this year using people from the agriculture business as our models. I’m convinced that the two trade shows are mutually beneficial, since, to a large extent, visitors are interested in both trade show themes.”

Tobias Stassen, Sales at Celmens Maschinenfabrik (agrarwelt): "Visitors to ‘agrarwelt’ are very interested in our products and we have had some high-quality discussions. We’re optimistic about it generating a lot of post-show business.”