Eva Kähler-Theuerkauf
President of the Horticultural Association of NRW e.V., Chairwoman of the Advisory Board
"Horticulture shapes our life and our economy like no other industry. This can be seen at IPM ESSEN, the international meeting place for the plant industry. Because this is where the impulses for sustainable production, trade and marketing are set."
Dr. Luca Altieri
Head of Altiflor Società agricola Semplice
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Christoph Dirksen
Managing Director Wilhelm Ley GmbH & Co.KG
"I travel thousands of kilometers a year to get to know the nursery industry even better. IPM Essen is the highlight of the year for me, where I can make the best and most contacts - in all directions."
Klaus Gaumann
Director Marketing & PM bei Selecta Klemm GmbH & Co. KG
‘For us as a globally active company, IPM Essen is an indispensable part of our annual calendar. Only here can we exchange ideas with so many customers and business partners, discuss current market developments and present new product and marketing concepts.’
Dipl.-Ing. Garry Grüber
Head of Cultivaris GmbH
"Countless new plants, concepts and products for the green sector have seen the light of day at IPM ESSEN in recent decades and have been successfully presented to the world's horticultural public. IPM ESSEN is an ideal breeding ground for new ideas and an ideal platform for presenting them."
Klaus Götz
President, Fachverband Deutscher Floristen e.V. - Federal Association
"In the FDF World, international floral designers present themselves on the world's only trade fair revolving stage. Showrooms, workshops, product showcases, trends, live floristry and marketing concepts complete the offer for the successful marketing of flowers and plants in the specialized trade. In this combination, IPM ESSEN represents the entire green value chain."
Christin Haack
Director of the Horticultural Association of NRW e.V.
"Internationality. Trends. Innovations. Quality. Communication. IPM ESSEN reflects the high performance of the horticultural sector, sets standards, is a source of inspiration and thus the most important platform for the industry".
Martin Hannen
Ministerialrat Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Protection NRW
"Horticulture in NRW and in Germany must be able to compete. The IPM Essen offers an ideal platform for our companies to present themselves to the international clientele and to measure themselves against competitors".
Christoph Rönnecke
Managing Director of the Fachverband Deutscher Floristen Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. (FDF NRW)
"The IPM is THE platform to start the new year together as an industry. As the world's leading trade fair, it is the showcase for our industry, both nationally and internationally."
Andrea Kirchhoff
Managing Director of the BGI – Verband des deutschen Blumen-Groß- und Importhandels e.V.
“At IPM ESSEN, visitors and exhibitors will find all the contacts in the national and international supply chains. Production, trade and suppliers paint a unique picture of the global ornamental plant sector and the ornamental plant market in all its economic importance.”
Oliver Mans
Chairman of the Board of the Landgard growers' cooperative
“For us, IPM ESSEN is the undisputed leading trade fair for flowers and plants and is therefore also of central importance for the entire industry as a showcase and driver of innovation. This is where the most important impetus for all market participants comes from. We are both proud and grateful to be part of this fascinating industry get-together year after year with our stand.”
Stephan Patzer
Head of PATZER ERDEN GmbH
"IPM Essen is the most important industry meeting place of the year for my company, because no other trade show is so international and market-shaping."
Christoph Rönnecke
Managing Director of the Fachverband Deutscher Floristen Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. (FDF NRW)
"On one of the most modern and beautiful fairgrounds in Germany, the IPM in Essen is THAT international meeting place for florists from all over the world. Nowhere else are the areas of plants, technology, floristry and equipment presented in such variety and with such a large number of innovations and top-class inspirations. IPM has a unique flair and gives the industry a long-lasting and positive mood of optimism at the beginning of the year."
Helmut Rüskamp
Vice President of the Horticultural Association of NRW e.V.
"For me, the IPM ESSEN is the No.1 of all plant and technology fairs. Only here does the trade visitor get all the relevant information about the market, the new products and the innovations in our sector. The IPM is the most important industry meeting point of the year!
Arno Zerhusen
Sales Manager Pöppelmann GmbH
"Every year, IPM ESSEN is the perfect place to gain a comprehensive and complete impression of the green industry. The fair is the ideal start to present the new products for the coming horticultural year.
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