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GROWTECH EURASIA REVIEW
A GLOBAL BRAND WITH INTENSE PARTICIPATION
OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND COMPANIES
I
nternational venue of
agriculture, Growtech
Eurasia 17th International
Greenhouse, Agricultural
Equipment and Technologies
Fair has welcomed 517
companies including 160
international firms, 675 brands
and 82 thousand 648 visitors
including 5.381 foreign visitors
on an area of 50k square meters
at Antalya Expo Center under
the main theme 'The Global
Engagement of Agriculture and
Technology' between November
29 and December 02, 2017.
Organized in 5 main
categories namely Greenhouse
and Technologies, Agriculutral
Equipment and Technologies,
Irrigation Systems, Seed
Growing, Seedling Cultivation,
Plant Nutrition and Protection,
Biological Control, Agricultural
Machinery and Equipment,
Growtech Eurasia Antalya
enjoyed a great deal of attention
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from visitors for innovative
products used in agricultural
areas. In particular, driverless
tractors with remote space
control and self-automatic
seedling planting machineries
were stormed by visitors.
“The highest number of
exhibitors is from China with
46 companies”
Mr. Engin Er, Growtech Eurasia
Brand Director said, “We
succeeded to increase the
number of our international
exhibitors by 35 percent more
than previous year. Most
particularly our visitors were
from Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Algeria,
Israel, Netherlands, Morocco
and Saudi Arabia. The highest
number of exhibitors is from
China with 46 companies
followed by Spain, Netherlands,
Italy, France, South Korea and
Taiwan. The fair was a success
both as to number of exhibitors
and visitors. We keep
competing with our own. This
year, we again hit last year's
visitor record with 82 thousand
648 visitors. Moreover, we
hosted a Buying Committee
Program within the organization
of West Mediterranean
Exporters Union and in
coordination with the Ministry
of Economy. This committee,
led by 31 people from 27
companies including
Azerbaijan, Czech Republic,
Georgia, Croatia, Kazakhstan,
Kosovo, Sudan, Tajikistan,
Jordan, made face one on one
interviews with 37 exhibitor
companies at fair area.
Growtech Eurasia Fair this year
again added value to our
national economy and farmers”.
Agriculture Awards, a
traditional ceremony for
Growtech Eurasia, was also
distributed this year to add
value to agricultural production
and support innovative products
and named as ATSO
GROWTECH Innovation
Agriculture Awards in
cooperation with the Antalya
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry.
'GROWTECH 2017 ATSO
Innovation Agriculture
Awards' Were Conferred to
Winners
The finalist companies at
GROWTECH 2017 ATSO
Innovation Agriculture Awards
Contest organized in the context
of Growtech Fair were
conferred their rewards during
ceremony attended by Deputy
Undersecretary of the Ministry
of Food, Agriculture and
Livestock, Durali Kolcak, the
Chairman of Antalya Chamber
of Commerce and Industry,
Davut Cetin, President of the
Assembly, Suleyman Ozer and
Board Members Ethem Tayfun
Kavukcu, Ayhan Kızılsavas and
Ömer Dinç and Council
Member of Antalya Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, the
ATSO Council Member Harun
Ozturk, and the President of
Turkish Union of Seed
Growers, Kamil Yılmaz and the
President of Chamber of
Agriculture, Nazif Alp as well
as many industrial
representatives.
Addressing a speech during
the ceremony, Davut Cetin, the
Chairman of Antalya Chamber
of Commerce and Industry,
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