Premiere as joint event

This year Flowers IPM, the plant trade fair held in Moscow from 31 August to 3 September, was staged for the first time jointly by Messe Essen of Germany and the Russian show organising company MVCVVC. The two partners see the event as the leading trade fair for the green industry in Russia and eastern Europe. Housed on a show space of some 16 000 m² in the new Messkomplex 75 were 451 exhibitors from 19 countries who displayed their products to the 18 500 fair visitors.