FTMTA trip to Agritechnica 2015

Following highly successful FTMTA trips in previous years, the FTMTA hopes to organise a similar trip to the Agritechnica show in Hanover in November.

Agritechnica is the world’s largest agricultural machinery and technology event. It is organised every two years by the DLG (German Agricultural Society) and was first held in 1985, moving to its present location at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds, which are the largest such facility in the world, in 1995. The 2013 event was visited by nearly 450,000 people, of whom almost 107,000 were international visitors with a significant number of these being from Ireland. Irish visitors have in recent years become one of the top five largest groups of foreign visitors to Agritechnica.

Nearly 2,900 firms from 47 countries exhibited at the 2013 event, including the largest ever number of Irish exhibitors.

Agritechnica 2015 will take place from 8 to 14 November, with 8 and 9 November being preview days which are aimed at trade and press visitors. Details of the FTMTA trip have not yet been finalised pending confirmation of flight availability and pricing. In previous years, the group travelled on the Saturday, attended the show on the preview days of Sunday and Monday and returned home on Tuesday and it is hoped to do something similar this year. As soon as the trip details are available, they will be advised to members.

FTMTA show photo competition

The winners of the FTMTA Farm Machinery Show Facebook photo competition were announced earlier this week on the FTMTA Facebook page. The winners should private-message their postal addresses to the page and their prizes will be sent to them. Many thanks to all who entered.