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APF 2022 and The Arb Show APF 2022 is delighted to announce that we are teaming up with The Arb Show to stage the largest forestry and Arb show ever held in the UK at Ragley Estate, 22-24 September 2022.
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he two largest arboricultural shows in the UK are joining forces to deliver one incredible event over the three day show. All the usual features of each show will come together to provide the ultimate one-stop shop for the forestry, arboricultural, woodland and fencing industries. Arb Show favourites such as the UK Open Tree Climbing championships will be featured with lots of new and exciting competitions for all abilities. One of the highlights will be a brand new Arb Worker Zone. This will be a key interactive area giving arborists the chance to see demos of new climbing equipment and techniques, a technical area to learn direct from the manufacturer about equipment maintenance and repair and the very popular Arborist’s workshop with a daily timetable of topical subjects given by industry experts. All this will be in addition to the World 25m pole climbing competition, the European Chainsaw Carving Championships, woodland crafts area, the British Open Fencing championships, the Fencing Village, 320 exhibitors, 21/2 miles and over
£60 million pounds of working machinery on show. APF Exhibition Secretary Ian Millward said “We’re thrilled to announce this new partnership; we’re excited to have the AA on board and are committed to making this a fantastic industry event. The Arboricultural Association is one of the leading organisations in the Arb world, so we are pleased to have this opportunity to build a stronger partnership and see it as part of the natural evolution of the APF Exhibition. Exhibitors will now benefit by have a very targeted audience at one venue” Arboricultural Association CEO John Parker echoed those sentiments “this is fantastic news for arborists. ARB Show has been a highlight of the event calendar for more than twenty years, and after two years of virtual events we are delighted to be able to announce this collaboration with APF 2022, bringing the show to a greater audience than ever before. Attendees and exhibitors will benefit from this change and we feel certain that the whole arboricultural profession will be out in force to celebrate the return of ARB Show in 2022.”
APF SHOW The biannual APF exhibition, a subsidiary of Confor, is the leading exhibition for the forestry, woodland, arboriculture, wood fuel and utility sectors in the UK. It is returning to Ragley Estate after being staged there in 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. Over 320 Exhibitors and 22 000 visitors are expected over the three days of the show. 90% of visitors are trade professionals working in the industry. APF 2022 and The Arb Show is going to be an unmissable event. Stay tuned to get show updates and learn more about Confor’s present at the event over the next issues of Forestry and Timber News. You can book your place as an exhibitor or visitor right now at https://www.apfexhibition.co.uk/
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