Poznan Fair Magazine 3/2010

POZNAŃ FAIR MAGAZINE

3/2010 ISSN 0860-0023

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F A I R S M A R K E T OPINIONS

Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie

Poznań International Fair

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Leaders speak out [II-1]

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Marriage of science and business

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What’s more in the trade fair calendar?

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Poznań International Fair more and more beautiful every year

Pavilion 6A open!

Interview with President of the Board of Poznań International Fair (MTP) Andrzej Byrt, PhD

At the beginning of September, MTP celebrated the opening of the new pavilion – yet another trade fair investment...

Andrzej Byrt Poznań International Fair (MTP), the leader of trade fairs in Poland, has developed very dynamically, smoothly executing new large investments.

The development of Pavilion 6A started right after the end of the TAIZE European Youth Meeting (at the beginning of January 2010), so the works lasted only 7 months. This new exhibition facility has been constructed on the site of the former “Soviet” pavilion. It has enlarged the area of Hall 6A by over 3,600 sq m, creating the complex of pavilions of the total exhibition area equalling 11 thousand sq m. And this is not the end. In the future, it will be connected with the largest of the trade fair halls – Pavilion 5, whose area equals 14.5 thousand sq m. The result of this further development will be a complex offering a really impressive exhibition space – nearly 25 thousand sq m. It is going to be the fifth largest exhibition complex in Poland. It is worth knowing that the four other largest complexes can also be found at the MTP grounds.

This, however, is not the end of our investment plans. We are thinking of executing a really large investment in the future. Poznań has grown to be one of the most important and greatest congress centres in Poland. This was possible thanks to the infrastructure and potential of the Poznań Congress Center. Last year it hosted 1900 congresses and meetings attended by 475 thousand participants – nearly twice as many as only two years ago. The organisational ambitions of the Center are to be met by the development of congress facilities. The nearest investment plans are made for the next two years.

The project of the new hall aroused large interest and many inhabitants of Poznań have already nicknamed it “the Drop”. It is to be used also as a concert hall.

Andrzej Byrt We already have the concept and soon we are going to have the construction plan of the new hall. It is going to be built between Hall 5 and the so-called “four-pack” and is going to be in the shape of an airborne drop, hence the nickname, which is really suitable for the building. But in the future we would like the hall to have its own, real name, especially that some of the existing halls are to be given names of their patrons. For example, the World Trade Center building is going to be named after Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland, the creator of the harbour in Gdynia and the Central Industrial Region (COP).

We want the new hall to be used as a congress hall and an arena. It will be able to host 2,500 people. There is also going to be a three-level car park for 1000 cars.

Poznań International Fair organises the biggest number of congresses and conferences in Poland, but on the other hand, Poznań has no place to which it can invite world-class stars. Hence, the concept of the congress hall and an arena in one, where great spectacles and music shows with modern stage designs could take place.

Also the main entrance to the MTP grounds is to become more beautiful...

Andrzej Byrt This is definitely the most spectacular of all the planned investments: the total reconstruction and modernisation of the front wall of the trade fair complex. It is going to extend from the present administration building, through the edifice of the Trade Center, up to the glazed Eastern Entrance. The shape is going to be airy and spatial, and – what is important – it is not going to hide the symbol of MTP – the famous trade fair spire. We are going to put a giant screen on the facade for multimedia projections. And when it comes to the interior, we are going to change the functional arrangement of the existing buildings. The newlyconstructed part is going to host the representative VIP zone: the reception hall, the club zone, conveniently connected with the rest of the buildings. The Trade Center will become more spacious. We are going to have new office areas upstairs, separated from the common space with glazed walls. The existing lifts are going to be replaced with panoramic ones. From the conference hall at the mezzanine of the Eastern Hall you will be able to admire the view of the city. The corridors of the new representative part of the MTP complex will lead us to the year 2013. Hence, I invite you all to Poznań. It is worth seeing our trade fair complex becoming so beautiful.

Thank you for the interview.

by Halina Buczkowska

The moving music of Frederic Chopin performed by Leszek Możdżer, nearly 2000 guests, including the representatives of the government and the local self-government – this is what the final of the opening ceremony of the new trade fair pavilion looked like.

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uilt at a rapid pace of just 7 months and designed not only for exhibitions but also cultural events, this modern exhibition facility has been constructed on the site of the old “Soviet” pavilion. After the development its area has grown by more than 3,600 sq m, which has resulted in the creation of the complex of pavilions of the total exhibition area equalling 11 thousand sq m. It is going to be the fifth largest exhibition complex in Poland (the other four can also be found in Poznań). In the future, special corridors will connect the new facility with Pavilion 5 – the largest exhibition pavilion of MTP, whose exhibition area equals 14.5 sq m. When the developed Pa-

The official ribbon cutting by Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Eugeniusz Grzeszczak, Wielkopolska Province Governor Piotr Florek, Deputy Marshall of the Wielkopolska Province Wojciech Jankowiak, Deputy President of the City of Poznań Tomasz Kayser and President of the Board of Poznań International Fair Andrzej Byrt

vilion 6A and Pavilion 5 are connected the result will be the total exhibition area of 24.5 sq m. On the opening day of Pavilion 6A, Poznań International Fair (MTP) hosted nearly 2000 people at its grounds. Formal speeches were given by Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Eugeniusz Grzeszczak, Deputy President of the City of Poznań Tomasz Kayser and President of the Board of Poznań International Fair Andrzej Byrt. President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski sent his congratulations.

MTP’s investments in Lublin

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oznań International Fair has taken over 30.5% of the shares of Lublin International Fair SA (MTL), becoming a new and important shareholder in the Lublin trade fair company. At an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting the shareholders of MTL made a decision on the additional issue of the company’s shares. As a result of this decision shares worth PLN 14 million have been sold to Poznań International Fair. The newly issued shares have also been bought by the present shareholders of the company: the Local Self-Government of the Lubelskie Province bought shares worth PLN 2 million, the Municipality of Lublin bought shares worth PLN 16.8 million in the form of contribution in real property – the plot of 6 hectares. The present ownership system of MTL is

as follows: the Local Self-Government of the Lubelskie Province has 26.5% of the shares, the Municipality of Lublin – 42.5 % of the shares, Poznań International Fair – 30.5%, the rest of the shareholders – 0.5% of the shares.

The decision on extending the ownership composition of the company was made in order to facilitate further development of MTL through the use of financial resources coming from the Operational Programme “Development of Eastern Poland in the period 2007-13”, co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund. The acquired resources will be earmarked on developing the MTL infrastructure, which is to result in the development and enhancement of the position of MTL in the market of fair trade organisers.

IN THIS ISSUE

Memorial tablet devoted to Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski on the WTC building T

he inhabitants of Poznań may be glad to see the new memorial table devoted to a distinguished Pole – Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski – a politician and economic activist, responsible for the Second Republic of Poland’s economic opening to the world, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Treasury Minister in 19351939, the Minister of Industry and Trade in 1926-1930, the creator of Polish maritime policy, the harbour in Gdynia and the Central Industrial Region (COP). The tablet was revealed during the celebration of the 15th

anniversary of the Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Association. The Association was founded in March 1995 in Poznań. It gathers more than 200 people: entrepreneurs, representatives of the world of science, culture, art, politics and the media. Its aim is to promote the best economic undertakings, as well as to support the contacts between Polish Diasporas abroad and Polish entrepreneurs. Among those who took part in the anniversary celebrations were Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Eugeniusz Grzeszczak, who is also the President of the Association, Deputy President of the City of Poznań Tomasz Kayser, President of the MTP Board Andrzej Byrt and Julita Macierewicz-Ryś – a granddaughter of the patron. President Andrzej Byrt read out the letter from Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski’s daughter, who could not come to the ceremony. She emphasized the fact that her father considered the creation of Poznań Trade Fair one of his greatest successes.

What’s ahead TOUR SALON, DISCOVER POLAND, BOAT SHOW Tourism festival in Poznań........................................................... 2 INVEST-HOTEL Hotel interiors at Poznań Trade Fair ................ 4 HOBBY Annual meeting of hobbyists . ..................................... 5 SAKRALIA The first religious trade fair in western Poland .......... 6 KAMIEŃ-STONE All you need to know about stone................ 7 POLEKO, KOMTECHNIKA, GMINA, INVESTFIELD Environmental protection sector meets in Poznań . .................. 8 Art & Craf t Festival Art and Craft at hand ................................................................ 10 CAVALIADA Three dimensions of CAVALIADA ....................... 11

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Polskie Zboża in cooperation with MTP

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ontgomery International Ltd., the organiser of the Polskie Zboża trade fair held in the village of Modrze near Poznań, represented by its President of the Board Christopher Newton and Poznań International Fair (MTP), represented by its President of the Board Andrzej Byrt and Deputy President of the Board Tomasz Kobierski, signed an agreement on the joint organisation of new editions of the event.

The most important goal of both organisers is to continue creating a strictly specialist exhibition with a clearly specified character of the exposition and programme.

Montgomery International Ltd is a British organiser of trade fairs and industry conferences and its scope of activities involves, among others, agriculture. MTP is the greatest Polish organiser of exhibitions and business meetings, including agricultural trade fairs, which are well-known in Poland and abroad – such as: POLAGRA PREMIERY, FARMA, GARDENIA, POLAGRA-FOOD and POLAGRA-TECH.

Trade fair reports We count on innovations.....................................................14 Chic trade fairs . .....................................................................16

18th World Forum of Polish Media Abroad P

oznań International Fair hosted 150 journalists from all over the world, who represented the Polish media abroad. The journalists came from countries such as Australia, Argentina, Egypt, Canada, the USA and the South Africa to take part in the 18th World Forum of Polish Media Abroad, at which journalists can share their media experiences. The motto of this year’s edition of the Forum was “Economical Wielkopolska”, which is why Poznań International Fair – the leader of the Polish exhibition industry – became one of the hosts receiving the visit of Polish journalists coming from Polish Diasporas.

Among the participants of the meeting with the Polish journalists at the MTP grounds were: Deputy President of the City of Poznań Tomasz Kayser, Deputy

Rapeseed from A to Z . .........................................................18 Safe and environment-friendly.........................................19 Modern world-class technologies.................................... 20 Where tradition meets modernity . ................................ 22 Innovative packaging and modern distribution ................................................... 24 Festival of machines in Wilkowice .................................. 27 Prime age – living your life to the fullest . ................... 28 POZNAŃ FAIR MAGAZINE 3/2010 (323) An official magazine of the Poznań International Fair. Issued since 1959.

Governor of the Wielkopolska Province Przemysław Pacia, Member of the Province Executive Board Arkadiusz Błochowiak, Poznań District Governor Jan Grabkowski and President of the MTP Board Andrzej Byrt.

Editor in chief: Halina Buczkowska Editorial board: MTP PR team Graphic design: PressEnter Photos: Marcin Melanowicz, Piotr Piosik, Dana Puciłowska, Marek Zakrzewski, MTP archives Pre-press preparation: PressEnter Print: MTP Printing House

Submitted to print: October 2010 Editorial office: Głogowska 14 60-734 Poznań, Poland Publisher: Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie Sp. z o.o.

Głogowska 14, 60-734 Poznań tel. +48 61 869 20 00, fax +48 61 869 29 99 e-mail: info@mtp.pl, www.mtp.pl

What’s ahead

20-23.10.2010 www.tour-salon.pl

Tourism festival in Poznań October is a hot month for the tourist industry – for 21 years it has been the time of the greatest tourist industry festival – the TOUR SALON Trade Fair of Regions and Tourist Products. For more than two decades this trade fair has not only maintained the position of the leader in the market, but also developed and expanded by new segments and events. Traditionally, the trade fair is a meeting place for the representatives of all the Polish and many foreign regions, Internet portals, publishers, travel agencies, tour operators, carriers and exhibitors at special exhibitions, such as Health SPAace, Business Tourism, EXTREME – Active Tourism.

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Conferences, panels, workshops, exhibitions TOUR SALON is not only a colourful space filled with music and smells of regional specialities, where you can showcase tourist products and make profitable business contacts. It is also a place where important issues are discussed, inspiring conversations and meetings are held and experiences and ideas exchanged.

At the conference on “How to effectively lose clients in the tourist industry” organised by the advertising tourist service otoWakacje.pl (part of the Allegro Group), the listeners will learn such useful information as how the description of an offer in a catalogue influences the client’s decision, why an offer in the Internet must be minimal and why in Sharm-el-Sheikh hotels bartenders are Catholic and not Muslim.

Poznań Convention Bureau and Poznań Congress Center are inviting to a conference devoted especially to the MICE industry. The programme of the conference entitled “The development of the Poznań infrastructure for the needs of the MICE industry – Poznań as the capital of business tourism” is going to include, among others, the presentation of modernisation and development plans for Poznań Congress Center for the period of 20112014 and the presentation of the development

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plans for the Main Railway Station in Poznań and the Ławica Airport.

As part of the new special space – TOUR SALON AIRPORT – a conference is going to take place to summarize the 10-year cooperation between Poznań’s Ławica Airport and Frankfurt’s Fraport Airport.

Traditionally, conferences and thematic workshops are going to be held, organised by the Polish Tourist Organisation (POT), the Polish Chamber of Tourism (PIT), Regional and Local Tourist Organisations, as well as Polish Tourists Information Centres. There are also going to be presentations and thematic discussions prepared by the exhibitors of the fair. Apart from that, the wide audience may expect a number of pleasant surprises in the form of numerous competitions, interesting exhibitions and – naturally – meetings with travellers.

Welcome to Bulgaria and Mazovia The Partner Country for this year’s edition of TOUR SALON is Bulgaria, charming with its beauty and diversity and attracting more and more tourists every year, both in summer and in winter. The Partner Region selected for TOUR SALON 2010 is Mazovia. This year’s Mazovia presentation refers to the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin’s birth. At the stand of the Local Self-Government of the Mazovian Province you will be able to learn about the region’s tourist offers and will be encouraged to

get acquainted with the beauty of the region’s nature and landscapes.

Festival of Sightseeing Books Traditionally, the fair is going to feature the Festival of Sightseeing Books. Among the participants of the nineteenth edition of the event there are going to be sightseeing publishers, authors, creative associations and social organisations. The publications concerning the Polish territory in its present boarders are going to be evaluated in five categories: sightseeing albums, guidebooks, maps and atlases, monographs and other sightseeing studies, sightseeing guides and booklets.

Polish Speedminton® Open You do not need a net, posts or a court. Anyone can play the game, anytime and anywhere – in a park, in a sports hall, on a beach, on snow.

The playing field can be organised almost everywhere and there are many ways to do that – you can draw it on sand with a stick or on asphalt with a chalk, mark it on grass or on a beach with a tape. The participants and visitors to the trade fair will be able to take advantage of the free speed badminton lessons run by experienced instructors and see the world’s leading players in action. Players occupying the highest positions in the international speed badminton ranking have already confirmed that they would take part in the Saturday Polish Speedminton® Open (www.speedbadminton.pl). Professional equipment provided by Speedminton GmbH and the best trainers are going to wait for all those will-

TOUR SALON

DISCOVER POLAND

BOAT SHOW

Trade Fair of Regions and Tourist Products

Fair of Sailing and Water Sports

Anna Myślak Manager of TOUR SALON The novelty of this year’s trade fair will be that the best tourist products are going to be awarded with MTP Gold Medals. For nearly 30 years MTP Gold Medals have been the trophies that have made competing in the market easier and have symbolised the good quality, modernity and innovativeness of products. The companies that have won the right to mark their products with MTP Medals confirm the symbol’s marketing significance. Natural and anthropogenic values of regions, historical traditions, places of meaningful events, manifestations of folk culture, rites, remains of material culture as well as contemporary achievements such as buildings and infrastructure facilities – they all can add to their market value by winning the trophy.

Fair of Sailing and Water Sports

ing to attend. The winners of the tournaments are going to be given attractive awards founded by the organisers – Speed Badminton Polska, Infoski.pl and MTP.

First Poznań Travel and Photography Festival This year’s TOUR SALON and the Tubyliśmy.pl tourist and travel portal have been working to organise the first Poznań Travel and Photography Festival.

The most important events constituting the Festival are going to take place at the ground of Poznań International Fair. As part of the Festival there are going to be workshops – held for the wide public and offering each amateur traveller information on how to travel fast, safely and effectively by hitchhiking, and how to take professional photographs.

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Moreover, the Festival visitors will be able to see a fashion show inspired by trips to exotic edges of the world and learn how to play African drums.

The trade fair is also going to include the ceremony of awarding Golden Feet statuettes 2009/2010. The organisers explain that they have chosen feet as the symbol, because they make it possible for people to discover the world and symbolise the freedom of movement. The Poznań ceremony is going to be the culmination of the plebiscite during which for four months the Internet users were able to vote for more than forty travels grouped into five categories: Water, Mountains, Land, On Wheels and Special Award.

Among the guests of the festival there will be two this year’s conquerors of the Seven Summits – Martyna Wojciechowska and Anna Lichota.

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DISCOVER POLAND The aim of DISCOVER POLAND is to create efficient platform for communication between foreign representatives of the tourist industry and Polish entrepreneurs offering Polish tourist products and services. These matchmaking meetings are going to be a perfect opportunity for Polish companies to establish long-term cooperation with tour operators from the whole Europe – and all this with not much effort on the part of the participants. Neither sellers nor buyers have to lose time on exacting searches for partners to talk to or on planning meetings – this is going to be done by the trade fair or-

ganisers. All you need to do is to report your willingness to take part in the project and turn up at a specific time and place where you will be able to make new business contacts. This year, the organisers of DISCOVER POLAND are putting particular emphasis on associations and companies dealing with adventure tourism and organisations associating lovers of active tourism such as: horse riding tourism, canoeing trips, agritourism, ecotourism or cycling tourism.

Poland has much more to offer to foreign holidaymakers than the widely known attractions.

by Sylwia Dziwińska, Joanna Sobkowiak

12–14 November 2010 Poznań

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roducers and importers of sailing and motor yachts and other vessels, manufacturers of materials, equipment and accessories, distributors, sales and service companies, engineers, as well as providers of canoeing, windsurfing, kitesurfing and diving equipment – are all welcome to take part in the BOAT SHOW Fair of Sailing and Water Sports.

To complement the trade fair offer, the organisers have prepared a programme of accompanying events, consisting of: conferences, thematic workshops, presentations, shows held at the trade fair pool, meetings with famous sailors, competitions for the audience and a tavern where chanty stars are going to perform.

Year after year we have observed growing interest of Polish and foreign guests in products showcased at BOATSHOW. This gives the exhibitors wonderful possibilities of establishing direct contacts with new business partners. The fact that the trade fair is held in autumn is very favourable for those exhibitors who present novelties for the upcoming season. Last year, the exhibitors showcased 25 premiere products, most of which were sailing and motor yachts and motor boats.

See you at the BOAT SHOW trade fair!

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INVEST-HOTEL

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Hotel Equipment Trade Fair

Hotel interiors at Poznań Trade Fair The most important information on hotel investments, current trends in interior decorating of hotels, advice concerning Spa & Wellness – these are unquestionable advantages of the greatest in Poland INVEST-HOTEL Hotel Equipment Trade Fair. The new edition of the trade fair is promising many attractions. Many key suppliers of products and services for hotels, guest houses, health resorts, sanatoria, holiday and SPA centres have already confirmed their presence at the event – in total, more than 170 exhibitors. The trade fair is going to be held under the honorary auspices of Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak.

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Comprehensive offer Invest-Hotel is a specialised exhibition devoted to the accommodation industry. An unquestionable advantage of the event is its comprehensiveness that enables the participants to get acquainted with offers for the broadly understood hotel sector, such as rooms, bathrooms, Spa & Wellness facilities, receptions and hotel restaurants, as well as furniture, textiles, lighting, bathroom ceramics, materials, construction and finishing services (installations, doors, wallpapers, carpets, design, etc.). The October trade fair is also an opportunity to exchange experiences and share knowledge for hotel owners and managers participating in the tourist trade fair TOUR SALON which is held at the same time.

”Due to this, the owners of accommodation facilities have an opportunity to choose not only the most interesting tourist offers but also offers allowing them to modernise their facilities and adjust them to the latest trends in the industry”, says Józef Szyszka, the manager of the project.

Józefa Szyszka Manager of INVEST-HOTEL The INVEST-HOTEL Hotel Equipment Trade Fair in Poznań is currently the most important forum for representatives of the accommodation industry to share experiences and the only place in Poland where quickly and comprehensively you can gain the most important information on the subject of hotel investments. This is the place to spread current trends, innovative technologies and design. Every year, the event enjoys increasing interest on the part of professional visitors and exhibitors, and the continuous development of the accommodation sector encourages the key suppliers of products and services to take part in the meeting and present their new offers.

A bit of knowledge – hotels and SPA The Poznań trade fair gives access to expert knowledge from various fields of the hotel sector.

The programme of the events accompanying the exhibition is an inspiration to search for and implement modern solutions improving the quality of services in Polish hotels and Spa & Wellness

facilities. This year, as part of a specially arranged space called the Innovation Park, visitors will be able to learn about innovative solutions for the hotel industry. The exhibition is going to accompany the conference on “New directions of development in the hotel industry in Poland”, which is going to feature several dozen novelties. In relation to the forthcoming football championships a conference devoted to the preparations for EURO 2012 is going to be held, with special emphasis laid on the accommodation industry.

The extensive programme devoted to Spa & Wellness also seems interesting. It includes the presentation of the latest trends in running this kind of business, equipment and devices necessary in Spa centres and customer service standards.

by Katarzyna Jardanowska

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HOBBY

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Model Making, Toys and Game Exhibition

Barbara Vogt Manager of HOBBY The programme of HOBBY 2010 is very rich. It includes a qualifying round to the Polish Indoor RC Car Racing Championships, RC car races for children, with fantastic awards, the Parade of Railroad Models, the Polish Railroad Model Championships and playgrounds with railway maquettes. The secrets of model making can be explored at the stands of the Model Making Academy and lovers of social games will be able to get acquainted with the latest titles at the stands of social game publishers and in the Games Room. You are cordially invited to take part in the trade fair, where everyone will definitely find something interesting for him or herself.

Annual meeting of hobbyists For the seventh time lovers of model making and social games will come to Poznań in large numbers to take part in the HOBBY Model Making, Toys and Game Exhibition organised at the grounds of Poznań International Fair (MTP).

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Lots of attractions This year’s HOBBY is promises many attractions.

The invitation to take part in the event was addressed to modellers eager for impressions, lovers of social games, but mostly – for the whole families looking for something interesting to do, not only at this one October weekend, but a passion for long, winter evenings. Nearly 200 exhibitors are going to present their offers and collections. It has already been confirmed many times that the HOBBY Model Making, Toys and Game Exhibition is the most important event of this kind in the whole Poland and a meeting place for modellers from all over the country. At this year’s edition of the HOBBY, among other attractions, you will be able to see models of train, aircraft, vessels and cars, maquettes, figurines, accessories, model making materials and tools, social games and publications.

Play and passion The greatest trade fair attraction is definitely going to be a H0 scale module maquette. It is nearly

months, sometimes even years of work of over 100 modellers from all over Poland. After it is assembled – it is pure fun – both for those who operate it and for those who watch it.

Something interesting for everyone The programme of HOBBY 2010 is very rich. It includes a qualifying round to the Polish Indoor RC Car Racing Championships and RC car races for children, with fantastic awards

300 m long and the trains that run on it do it in accordance with a previously set timetable. It is going to be the largest railway network model so far presented in Poland. In the area of more than 2,000 sq m, in just one day, 309 modules are going to be assembled together. Each module is the result of

Everyone taking part in HOBBY will find something for him or herself – from small children playing with gigantic vehicles, through older children admiring the speed of remote controlled cars, to adults observing trains running on tracks, fascinated with the precision of the workmanship. Every visitor will definitely find an interesting way of spending free time in the upcoming long autumn and winter evenings, for instance playing fascinating social games.

by Aleksandra Chilewicz 3/2010

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NEW! The first religious trade fair in western Poland How to create a Facebook account for a parish? How to efficiently heat a church?

What are the new trends for liturgical clothes? What are this year’s novelties when it comes to equipment for religious facilities? Answers to these and many other questions can be found at the first edition of the SAKRALIA Trade Fair of Church Furnishings, Liturgical Objects and Devotional Items.

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Church in 21st century The church goes with the times and priests and monks more and more often make use of modern solutions when it comes to building, equipping and sounding of temples and more and more advanced IT systems. How not to get lost in the abundance of information and technical novelties? It is simple. All you have to do is to accept the invitation of Poznań International Fair (MTP) and learn about the latest offers of producers, distributors and service providers addressed to spiritual persons.

The thematic scope of SAKRALIA is broad and includes issues related to the existence and functioning of parishes, religious assemblies and orders. The exposition is going to take place in Pavilion 3 – one of the largest and most modern MTP pavilions.

The trade fair is addressed to priests, persons of consecrated life, representatives of parish councils, catechists and traders from all over Poland, particularly from western part of the country. From 10th to 13th of November, in the neighbouring MTP pavilions, the KAMIEŃ – STONE Stone Industry Fair is going to be held, so 10th of November is going to be a common exposition day for both the religious and stone industries, which will significantly increase the attractiveness of both events.

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Rich programme of events The exposition is going to be complemented by interesting conferences, meetings with experts and a rich artistic programme. The conference on “Heating churches and associated buildings – technology, efficiency and costs” is going to be inaugurated by a speech of a renowned expert in this domain – Andrzeja Górka, PhD, from the Poznań University of Technology, whereas the lecture on “Designing, installing and using of underfloor heating in churches – a practical approach” is going to be given by the representative of the HYDRO-CALOR company Paweł Kowalski, PhD, from the Viessmann Academy, is going to speak about “Heat pumps and how to effectively use the heat of the earth” and a representative of the IZOTERMA company is going to give a speech on “Electric bench heating – noninvasive zoned heating in religious facilities.”

Yet another interesting attraction is going to be the panel devoted to social networking portals and similar websites, which are now becoming more and more popular tools of evangelism and contact with parishioners. The lecture on “Designing and managing parish Internet websites” is going to be given by the representatives of the e-parafia.net company and the issue of “Parishes on Facebook – how to keep in touch with the faithful via social networking portals” is going to be presented by the representa-

SAKRALIA Trade Fair of Church Furnishings, Liturgical Objects and Devotional Items

Zofia StrzyŻ Manager of SAKRALIA Invited to participate in SAKRALIA are manufacturers, distributors, and service companies with offers for clergy and laypersons related to designing, furnishing and administering sacred structures. At the disposal of exhibitors are our experience, professional service and modern exhibition facilities.

Many priests, monks and nuns were already guests of the MTP during the last European Young Adult Meeting, organized by the Taizé Community. We are looking forward to next meeting, this time with a business character. tives of EFEKTY Education and Development Centre. These are only some examples of lectures that are going to be held during SAKRALIA fair.

Moreover, SAKRALIA is going to be accompanied by special artistic events. For instance, the first day of the trade fair is going to be crowned by the VERBA SACRA Great Ceremony of Word, held in Adam Mickiewicz University Hall, with the participation of famous Polish actors.

SAKRALIA trade fair is going to be held under the honorary auspices of His Excellency Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk the Metropolitan of Gniezno, Primate of Poland, His Excellency Archbishop Henryk Muszyński, Senior Primate, His Excellency Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, Metropolitan of Poznań, His Excellency Archbishop Marian Gołębiewski, Metropolitan of Wrocław, His Excellency Archbishop Władysław Ziółek, Metropolitan of Łódź and His Excellency Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga, Metropolitan of Szczecińsko-Kamieńska archdiocese.

by Karolina Makowska

10-13.11.2010

KAMIEŃ-STONE

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Stone Industry Fair

All you need to know about stone As soon as in November, Poznań International Fair (MTP) is going to host again representatives of the Polish and foreign stone industry. A year ago the merger of the Wrocław KAMIEŃ trade fair and the Poznań STONE trade fair resulted in the creation of KAMIEŃ-STONE – the largest stone industry trade fair in Central and Eastern Europe, organised jointly by Poznań International Fair and Geoservice-Christi.

More and more powerful

Finger on pulse of trends Especially for those seeking professional knowledge the Speakers’ Corner, offering everyday lecture sessions, is going to be organised in one of the pavilions. The programme is going to include

KAMIEŃ-STONE has a lot to offer to architects, designers, investors, sculptors, monument conservators and owners of stone cutting companies. The participants of the November trade fair are going to be able to see stone raw materials from various parts of the world, check how machines work, select components to the machines and talk about business. For those who come to the trade fair for a handful of news from the industry, we have prepared the programme of events constituting a professional review of the entire scope of the stone industry issues.

the significance of stone in gardens, why the best fireplaces are made of stone, how to use stone for interior finishing and why it is fashionable.

Should anyone be left without an answer to his or her question at the seminars, for the whole time of the trade fair he or she will be able to take advantage of individual advice provided by experts accessible at the consulting point. Among them there are going to be specialists in the following fields: design and trends in the stone industry, the use and installation of stone, stone processing technologies, marketing in the stone sector, geology, petrography, raw materials and the markets of the former USSR countries.

KAMIEŃ-STONE During this year’s edition of the trade fair more than 320 companies from 20 countries of the world are going to showcase their offers. Among them the most famous suppliers of natural stone and companies offering equipment and chemistry for the processing of stone are going to present their offer. Because of this impressive expected turnout of exhibitors the event has been moved to a larger complex of pavilions. Modern trade fair infrastructure that cannot be found in any other exhibition centre in Poland will make it possible for the exhibitors of KAMIEŃ-STONE not only to present their offers statically but also to make a real stone show. Even last year, the trade fair visitors were able to see production lines for the processing of stone in action. This year is going to be no different.

Filip BitTner Manager of KAMIEŃ-STONE

Interesting shows

many interesting subjects. The opening speech is going to be on the brief history of the stone industry in Poland. Apart from that, the Speakers’ Corner visitors will be able to learn about the latest trends in the gravestone industry and paving, sandblasting methods used for stone and maintaining and caring for stone. An important part of the programme is going to be devoted to seminars on designing and installing of stone facades.

The use of stone in interior and landscape architecture is also going to be broadly discussed.

Moreover, the lecturers are going to talk about

Every day, the most modern and functional forklift trucks are going to be presented in action at outdoor shows. The trade fair visitors will also be able to get acquainted with the functionalities of the QDesign sculpture robot. In one of the pavilions, a gallery is going to be opened, featuring works of artistic design in stone proposed by young designers. Moreover, every visitor will be able to become an artist him or herself and contribute to creating the enormous mosaic logo of KAMIEŃ-STONE. The Association of Polish Mosaic Artists (SPartM) is going to make mosaics of pebbles, antique mosaics and Florentine style mosaics. There is also going to be a market of natural stone where you will be able to buy the most beautiful furnishing articles and jewellery made of gemstones.

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POLEKO International Trade Fair of Environmental Protection

Environmental protection sector meets in Poznań In November, Poznań is going to host the event presenting the richest in Poland offer of modern environment-friendly solutions and solutions improving the comfort of living of inhabitants of communes, towns and cities, and villages. Taking place at the same time, the POLEKO, KOMTECHNIKA and GMINA fairs, together with the INVESTFIELD Exhibition will welcome the representatives of local self-governments, institutions, municipal services authorities and investors.

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Ecology of new generation How to raise funds for the development of environment-friendly projects, revitalisation as the answer to the challenges of sustainable development, eco-responsibility of Polish businesses, environmental management in enterprises, biological diversity – these are just a few of the important subjects that are going to be discussed at this year’s POLEKO. For the industry, the trade fair is an important forum for sharing experiences and presenting the latest technologies. The leading theme of the 22nd edition of POLEKO is “Financing environmental investments.” Apart from issues related to water, sewage, energy, renewable energy, waste, recycling, climate change, air, noise and vibrations, municipal housing and energy construction, POLEKO is also going to involve the new subjects of revitalisation and land rehabilitation that have not yet been discussed at the fair.

An advantage of the trade fair is the comprehensive offer of fora, debates, seminars and conferences on the subject of ecology, organised in strict cooperation with industry partners. The accompanying events are going to include: the 14th International Ecological Congress whose leading subject is going to be “New quality in waste management and its impact on communes and companies”, the Clean Energy Forum, the Recycling Forum, the International Technology Transfer Day. The trade fair is going to be held under the honorary auspices of Minister of the Environment professor Andrzej Kraszewski.

Pillars of POLEKO – special exhibitions The four special expositions of POLEKO are going to feature modern technologies for environmental protection and municipal services. The thematic scope of the Clean Energy Exhibition is going to include renewable energy from wind, water, the sun and geothermal waters, thermal pumps, bio-

Urszula Chłystun Deputy Manager of POLEKO and KOMTECHNIKA Year after year, the number of professionals who come to visit POLEKO and KOMTECHNIKA has been growing.

They come in order to learn about market novelties, plan the purchase of necessary equipment and machinery, and hear some professional advice at conferences and debates taking place during the fairs. That is why the offer for the industry presented at the fairs is so broad – when it comes to both theory and practice.

fuels, biomass and equipment for its incineration, pellets, liquid biofuels and biogases. Experts from the packaging industry will probably be interested in the offer of the Recycling Exhibition whose exhibitors are going to present solutions related to storing, sorting and recycling of industrial waste such as paper, cardboard, plastic, rubber, glass, wood, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, construction materials obtained from demolition and scrap cars. The tandem of thematic exhibitions is going to be complemented by the Control and Measurement Instruments Exhibition featuring devices designed for measurements, laboratory analyses and the control of the quality of water, sewage, air and noise. Organised for the sixth time, the Science for

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KOMTECHNIKA International Trade Fair of Municipal Technologies

GMINA Fair of Products and Services for Local Governments

INVESTFIELD Property and Investment Exhibition

Violetta Pastwa Manager of GMINA The competition for EU and government subsidies, and struggle for attracting investors, the implementation of projects based on the best available practices – all this requires knowledge, contacts and understanding of the specificity of modern markets. GMINA is a source of inspiration for introducing new solutions aimed at improving the quality of living of local communities.

the Environment Exhibition is going to include the offer of research and development units, research institutes and other institutions operating in the field of broadly understood ecology.

Similarly as in previous years, this year’s POLEKO is going to be made even more attractive by official national presentations organised under the auspices of agencies or government institutions.

So far, the following countries have reported that they are interested in organising group expositions: Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Canada, Germany, Norway and Switzerland.

For clean streets Clean streets, squares, pavements and parks are no more elements of an ideal, imaginary city but an obvious necessity. This explains why the subject of maintaining cleanness and the latest offer of municipal equipment showcased at the KOMTECHNIKA International Trade Fair of Municipal Technologies arouses so much interest of local self-governments. This year’s, third exposition of KOMTECHNIKA seems especially attractive.

Manufacturers and suppliers of tractors suitable for municipal purposes, trucks and special purpose vehicles, as well as companies making specialised bodies and semi-trailers for trucks are going to present an especially rich offer of products.

The companies are going to show new models of vehicles designed for transport, waste collection and disposal of liquid waste, sweepers, vehicles for winter maintenance of roads and squares, as well as greenery and cleanness maintenance equipment. One of the interesting events taking place as part of the trade fair is the City Truck Show – spectacular presentations of municipal vehicles in motion.

GMINA • INVESTFIELD

Investments for development and integration After the successful debut last year, the GMINA Fair of Products and Services for Local Governments is going to accompany POLEKO and KOMTECHNIKA also this year. An advantage of the event is the wide offer of products and services falling within the scope of urban architecture, technical and transport infrastructure, modern solutions for the disabled, educational facilities, tele-information and sports achievements, IT solutions for public institutions.

This year’s edition of GMINA is held under the motto of Investments-Development-Integration. The subjects of the exposition and the programme of

events are going to focus on issues concerning the development of civil society, the integration of inhabitants and the development of cities, towns and rural areas. The trade fair is accompanied by the INVESTFIELD Property and Investment Exhibition, featuring offers for investors proposed by particular towns and villages, special economic zones and institutions supporting regional development.

The exposition of exhibitors is going to be enriched by the Local Government and Business Forum, a special programme of debates, seminars and conferences prepared in cooperation with departments of ministries, local associations and publishers. As part of the Forum, the speech inaugurating the trade fair is going to be given by a contributor to the local government reform and a honorary guest of the event – professor Michał Kulesza. The trade fair discussions are going to concern such issues as: public-private partnerships, operational urban planning in the context of investment processes, the Village Council Fund, e‑administration, informatisation of communes or the disabledfriendly solutions. GMINA is held under the honorary auspices of: the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Union of Rural Communes of the Republic of Poland (ZGWRP), the National Association of Village Leaders (KSS) and the Association of Polish Counties (ZPP).

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Art & Craft Festival

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Art and craft at hand As soon as in December one of the pavilions of Poznań International Fair (MTP) is going to turn into a splendid art and craft gallery. For the seventh time, in the magical, pre-Christmas atmosphere, artists from Poland and abroad are going to present their works and suggestions of Christmas gifts.

Pre-Christmas atmosphere at fair The Art & Craft Festival, organised by MTP, is a place where beauty becomes embodied in unique bibelots, wonderful craft works and decorations. The pre-Christmas atmosphere smells like Christmas gingerbread and evokes a myriad of sensations and emotions.

For three days in a year, the place of meetings for businessmen from all over the world changes beyond recognition. In a cosy atmosphere and scenery you can admire paintings, sculptures, graphics, photographs, artistic fabrics, ceramics, jewellery, bags, clothes, works of craft, including folk craft and Christmas decorations.

Made with the use of various techniques and materials, the objects at the fair are presented and sold by both graduates and students of Academies of Fine Arts, folk artists, regional craftsmen and talented amateurs.

The unique atmosphere of the exposition, pleasant for both the artists and the public, make the Festival an event attracting crowds of visitors not only from the Wielkopolska region. Last year,

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the Festival was attended by nearly 13 thousand people and almost everybody left it with smaller or larger purchases. The Festival is also an opportunity to exchange opinions and make new business and artistic contacts, as – apart from private people – the Festival is also willingly visited by owners of galleries and shops, and representatives of marketing departments and the advertising sector from both Poland and abroad.

For the public, the Festival is not only a gallery of unique objects that only rarely can be encountered in shops. It is also an opportunity to combine business with pleasure. You can look for Christmas gifts, spend time among colourful and varied artistic objects, and take part in workshops organised by the artists, where you can become a craftsman and conjure up your own masterpiece.

The Art & Craft Festival is held under the honorary auspices of the President of the City of Poznań and the Polish Artists Association (ZPAP).

by Karolina Makowska

Zofia Strzyż Manager of Art & Craft Festival The Festival is the only place of its kind. Here, the magical, pre-Christmas atmosphere plays just as important a role as the beauty of the presented objects. It is a space where craftsmen may showcase and sell their unique works, otherwise unknown to the wider public. It is also a perfect place for galleries, companies and shops selling gifts and elements of interior design, local culture centres, manufacturers and importers of products necessary for artistic creation, as they all can present their offers at the event.

As soon as in December one of exhibition pavilions of the Poznań International Fair will turn into an impressive gallery of arts and crafts

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CAVALIADA EXPO

CAVALIADA SPORT

CAVALIADA SHOW

Three dimensions

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This year Poznań International Fair (MTP) is for the first time inviting you to CAVALIADA – a three-dimensional event consisting of the trade fair, the sports event and the show. CAVALIADA Expo, CAVALIADA Sport and CAVALIADA Show constitute a comprehensive event for the horse industry. Thanks to the three dimensions of CAVALIADA, MTP offers a really interesting complex of events for both the exhibitors and visitors.

CAVALIADA is also an unusual method of therapy restoring mental and physical fitness of the disabled, centres of hippotherapy are also going to take part in the trade fair.

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CAVALIADA EXPO CAVALIADA EXPO is the business dimension.

The invitation to take part in the trade fair is addressed to companies dealing with the sale and production of horse riding equipment, also to representatives of sectors related to equestrianism, horse breeding and caring for horses, as well as tourism and rehabilitation. The first edition of CAVALIADA is going to put special emphasis on promoting horse riding as an active leisure activity. Among the entities invited to take part in the event are tourist companies, agritourism farms and equestrian centres organising horse riding holidays. And because the contact with horses

CAVALIADA SPORT means pure sports emotions provided by the International Horse Show Jumping Competition over Obstacles CSI2*-W, with the pool of awards worth CHF 90,000. The prestige of the competition is certain to attract many riders from Poland and the whole Europe. In two most important Poznań Cup competitions, riders are going to compete for high financial bonuses and scores for the prestigious ranking of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports. The Grand Prix competition is also going to be one of the World Cup qualifying rounds. The whole event has been planned to be interesting for both horse riding experts and those who only rarely watch horse jumping competitions. The three days of CAVALIADA Sport is going to abound in two-phase and ordinary competitions. For instance, there is going to be a powerskip jumping competition in which the obstacle – a wall – in the last tournament may be as high as over 200 cm, and a speed contest accompanied by especially selected music.

Dominik Nowacki Manager of CAVALIADA Sport and Show Last year, Poznań International Fair organised the Poznań Cup – All-Poland Indoor Show Jumping Competition over Obstacles – CSN*** for the first time.

At that time, we already mentioned that in the future we would like to create an event that was going to be successful thanks to professional marketing and good communication with representatives of the industry.

Since last year we had little time for preparation we were only able to organise the all-Poland competition but we announced that the following year the event was going to be at a much higher level. And we have kept the promise by organising this year’s CAVALIADA divided into three parts: Expo, Sport and Show. What is also very important, the event is going to include the International Horse Show Jumping Competition over Obstacles CSI2*-W.

CAVALIADA SHOW CAVALIADA SHOW will entertain the audience between competitions and other trade fair events.

The programme is prepared in such a way that it should be attractive for both experts and families with children. One of the attractions is going to be the show given on a circuit by a French group called Horse Man Team, which is famous in Europe but has not performed yet in Poland. Apart from that, visitors will be able to admire shows of equestrian vaulting and – always spectacular – cart competitions.

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he cooperation between science and industry is the main factor determining the increase in innovativeness and the implementation of principles of the knowledge-based economy. Poland, as a country of a large intellectual potential, achieves high results when it comes to scientific research in various fields. What is important is that information on new solutions reach a wide range of potential users.

Poznań International Fair (MTP) has for years been a place of a specific symbiosis of science and business. The leading Polish research institutes, research and development units, universities and representatives of companies and institutions supporting innovation and the transfer of technologies take part in many trade fair events. Such events serve the communication and exchange of experiences between the world of science and the world of industry. They create opportunities for making the first contacts that are often maintained in the future.

Marriage of science and business EwA Mańkiewicz-Cudny President of the Polish Federation of Engineering Associations – NOT

It is very valuable that Poznań International Fair (MTP) has engaged into creating the space for talks and establishing contacts between representatives of the two worlds – science and business. Trade fairs are perfect opportunities for them to meet. ITM Poland attracts a very broad representation of industrial enterprises and the accompanying Research for Industry Exhibition gathers science and research centres presenting their offers. Such direct meetings make entrepreneurs realise what potential lies in the cooperation with the world of science. Despite the development of multimedia means of communication, personal contact remains irreplaceable. It provokes the change of mentality and this is what the dialogue between industry and science needs the most. The Polish Federation of Engineering Associations – NOT is very much engaged in trade fair initiatives. In cooperation with MTP we organise Engineering Fora, at which we try to inform about benefits coming from the cooperation by showing our achievements in the field of implementing targeted projects for small and medium enterprises. Thanks to the agreement made with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, NOT has become the platform supporting innovative solutions in SMEs. We look for interesting projects that have chances to be implemented, provide financial support to enterprises interested in R&D and oversee the process of implementation of a given solution until the assumed results are achieved. Naturally, there are no immediate results when it comes to innovations – it is a long-term process. Nevertheless, judging from the perspective of the last couple of years, I think that the initiatives of MTP and all its partners, including NOT have largely contributed to the improvement of the Polish position in the ranking of countries that implement innovations.

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Support for Polish researchers Bogdan Smólski

Head of the National Research and Development Centre (NCBiR) The main aim of the activities of the National Research and Development Centre (NCBiR) is to support Polish research units and enterprises in the creation and practical application of innovative solutions. What is this support about?

Innovativeness is definitely one of the prior factors determining the economic growth. It is powered by research, innovations and abilities to commercialise them. One of the government instruments that stimulate innovative processes in Poland and make it possible for enterprises to work out their own innovative solutions are programmes monitored and financially supported by the National Research and Development Centre (NCBiR). For instance, as part of Technological Initiative 1 of IniTech programme we distributed grants for scientific research or developmental works aimed at industrial implementation of the “research phase”, as well as for preparing the results of the “research phase” to be applied in business, i.e., the so-called “preparatory phase of implementation”. The financial resources were available for: entrepreneurs, research units and research consortia. Another project the Centre is involved in is the KadTech programme whose aim is to strengthen the cooperation between enterprises and highly qualified experts from the world of science and research. The programme is addressed to micro, small and medium enterprises executing projects which involve the preparation and/or implementation of technological innovations based on commercial utilisation of research results.

The National Research and Development Centre (NCBiR) finances projects that are to serve the improvement of the competitiveness of the Polish economy and can contribute to using the achievements of the Polish research sector.

At the largest in Poland trade fair of modern technologies for industry – ITM Poland – the National Research and Development Centre (NCBiR) was able to present the results of innovative projects to representatives of research units, scientists and entrepreneurs.

Where science meets modern industry Bogdan Marciniec

Manager of Poznań Science and Technology Park (PPNT) This year, Poznań Science and Technology Park – the first centre of this kind in Poland – is celebrating its 15th anniversary. What have you managed to achieve over this period of time? What activities have you engaged in to transfer new solutions to Polish enterprises?

Over the last 15 years, research centres operating in the fields of chemistry, physics, telemedicine, linguistics, geography, geology and archaeology have developed their services. The park hosts also the registered offices of more than 50 innovative companies. What complements the creation of this place where science and modern industry meets are innovation supporting activities, including the transfer of technologies and the promotion of academic entrepreneurship. Among the research centres operating at the grounds of Poznań Science and Technology Park Adam Mickiewicz University Foundation (PPNT FUAM) there is Poznań Radiocarbon Laboratory, which is an innovative part of Adam Mickiewicz University Foundation. In cooperation with AMS Laboratory, managed by Adam Mickiewicz University, which also has its premises at the grounds of PPNT, the two laboratories together create a world class centre where it is possible to date archaeological, geological and biochemical samples with the use of the carbon 14 test method. This fact increases the prestige of the centre as there are only 15 places that provide this sort of services in Europe and only 30 in the whole world. At the same time, thanks to Advanced Chemical Technology Center belonging to PPNT FUAM, small and big enterprises are able to commission local researchers to develop new technologies or search for innovative solutions in the field of chemistry. Spatial and Social-Economic Analysis Center, on the other hand, transfers modern research methodology developed in the field of geography to the realm of economic practice, offering research and development services in the area of planning. Waste-Park represents an innovative approach aimed at optimizing waste man-

Technology credits support innovativeness MarzenA TymińskA-Ładziak

Head of the Technology Credit Division, European Programmes Department of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)

agement, whereas Speech and Language Technology Laboratory is working on an automatic system of analysis, processing and recognition of speech and speakers. Representatives of the scientific circles of Poznań universities and local entrepreneurs can also take advantage of services offered by Regional Contact Point of the EU Framework Programs, also operating within the structure of PPNT FUAM. The activities of Regional Contact Point involve mainly professional consulting services for ideas and project applications and support for projects while they are executed; it also provides consulting services on raising and accounting financial resources supporting the participation in EU Framework Programs. Apart from that, RPK offers also a number of training courses thanks to which many Poznań citizens have learned about the advantages and opportunities coming from the participation in EU Framework Programs.

Poznań Science and Technology Park has for many years cooperated with Poznań International Fair (MTP). Does this cooperation translate into your statutory activities? And if so – how? To what extent your attending the ITM Poland trade fair helps you support Polish entrepreneurs interested in modern technical and technological solutions?

Our cooperation with MTP started as early as in 1998, when – for the first time – an exhibition featuring the achievements of Polish science was organised under the name of “Science for the Economy”. The pavilion was organised by the Information Processing Centre (OPI) and – as PPNT and OPI operated in the common FEMIRC network (Foundation for Polish Science) – new ideas concerning the promotion of the offer of science appeared, along with the theme of innovation at Poznań International Fair. First, PPNT put forward the idea of organising International Technology Transfer Days and then, the proposal of combining the exhibition featuring the offer of Polish science with media events, seminars and public debates. Nowadays, joining the activities of Poznań scientific circles and the business is mostly the job of Technology Transfer Department of PPNT FUAM, which cooperates with Poznań International Fair. It is due to the activities of Technology Transfer Department that entrepreneurs can count on consulting on the process of technology transfer, its legal aspects and sources of financing innovations. Over the last years, a common initiative of MTP and PPNT has been the organisation of the Centre for Consultancy at the ITM Poland trade fair. At the Centre for Consultancy entrepreneurs may obtain free information on the subject of sources of financing investments or innovations, support in finding business or technological partners, information on participating in the 7th Framework Program, business activities, including academic entrepreneurship, protecting intellectual property and cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) project. Year after year our stand at ITM Poland has been gaining popularity. In 2010 more than 50 institutions took advantage of its services during individual meetings.

Polish solutions widely promoted Roman Siczek

Head of the Team Technology Partnership Polska, Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements (PIAP)

The idea of Technology Partnership appeared more than ten years ago in the Danish Technological Institute – one of the oldest (nearly one hundred years old) and best known institutions of this kind in Scandinavia.

Today Technology Partnership is a global network of knowledge and technology transfer and the success of the initiative in Denmark led to the creation of its local branches in several countries in the world. The representative of TP in Poland is the Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements (PIAP), which is considered to be one of the most innovative Polish companies.

Technology Partnership Polska is focused on supporting Polish entrepreneurs in increasing innovativeness and competitiveness, using the knowledge of (not only Polish) experts. The scope of our activities is complex and diverse – from looking for competitive suppliers of raw materials or equipment, through implementing optimising processes aimed at increasing efficiency, to supplying unique technologies and innovative products. For the last 5 years we have gained and satisfied many clients and significantly enlarged the circle of experts from the best Polish and foreign institutions who cooperate with us, searching for solutions for various industries. We have executed about 200 projects and can now say that our activity has so far been successful. It should also be mentioned that, apart from our role as an intermediary between the world of science and the world of production, we are also engaged in another activity, involving the organisation of workshops, seminars, Knowledge Trade Fairs and excursions to innovative enterprises and this additional activity has also resulted in increasing innovation-oriented attitudes of enterprises.

This year we presented ourselves at ITM Poland, at the Research for Industry Exhibition. In my opinion, trade fairs are some of the best opportunities to show innovative solutions. The proximity of other exhibitors is very important. Thanks to this proximity, guest visiting very specialist stands and other exhibitors can – even if only by chance – get to know also the Research for Industry exhibitors.

A big problem, impeding the transfer of new solutions to enterprises, especially small and medium enterprises, is the lack of sufficient financial resources for such investments. Can technology credits from commercial banks solve the problem?

Technology credits are a good idea for entrepreneurs implementing new solutions in their companies and soon – thanks to risk reduction – they will be more accessible.

We know that most of new investments are implemented with the use of external capital and the implementation of innovative technological solutions involves increased risk and usually also longer payback period. A technological credit that may be repaid even up to 70% from the resources of measure 4.3 Operational Programme Innovative Economy for the period of 2007-2013 is definitely an attractive alternative to traditional investment credits. So far, there has been a rule that the repayment of the credit is dependent on the achieved sales of goods or services that are the result of the implementation of a given technology.

On the one hand, this has an impact on the dynamics of the return on invested capital and reduces the company’s burden with respect to the credit taken. On the other hand, the rule makes the credit risk grow. The changes in the act of 30 May 2008 on Certain Forms of Support of Innovative Activity, including the introduction of the rule that the support from measure 4.3 is paid directly after the end of the investment, will significantly decrease the investment risk.

This, in turn, will make technological credits much more attractive instruments for both banks and entrepreneurs.

For the first time, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego took part in this year’s Research for Industry Exhibition, presenting the offer of credits for SMEs. What is your opinion on the bank’s presence at the trade fair?

Our presence at the Research for Industry Exhibition was a very good decision. Our stand was visited by representatives of several dozen companies interested in financing innovative technological solutions. Most of them are potential applicants or advisors whose clients may be or already are interested in applying for technological credits. Many entrepreneurs consulted with us particular solutions, almost ready projects. Among them, there was a large group of people we invited to our stand ourselves or through crediting banks, but visitors and the trade fair participants were just as numerous.

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We count on innovations!

More than 900 exhibitors, over 20 000 sq m of the exhibition space and 16,000 visitors from Poland and abroad – these are the statistical data summing up ITM Poland 2010.

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the relationships with existing business partners. xperts consider ITM Poland an indicator of Moreover, ITM Poland made it possible to showthe condition of the Polish industry. Durcase and effectively promote new products and ing this year’s edition of the trade fair, great services, contributing to the creation of the comemphasis was placed on the most technologipany’s image and the strengthening of the brand. cally advanced solutions that not only increase At the same time, the trade fair visitors had an efficiency but also make it possible to optimise opportunity to learn about a number of the most costs, contributing largely to more savings in an modern solutions in just four days.” enterprise. During periods of economic downturn innovations make it possible to gain an edge over the Strong representation competition. ITM Poland 2010 of various sectors ITM Poland is a trade featured the most technologiThe exposition of ITM Poland fair actively promoting cally advanced machinery and was divided into thematic exinnovative solutions equipment that often would not hibitions: the HAPE Exhibition have been created, had it not of Hydraulics, Pneumatics and for various industry been in the strict cooperation Drives, the MACH-TOOL Machine branches. between the worlds of science Tool Exhibition the METALFOand business. Manager of ITM RUM Exhibition of Metallurgy, Poland Wiesława Galińska says: Foundry Engineering and Metal “ITM Poland is a trade fair actively promoting inIndustry, the SURFEX Exhibition of Surface Treatnovative solutions for various industry branches. ment Technologies, TRANSPORTA and WELDING. The exhibitors of this year’s edition made no seApart from that, research and development units cret of the fact that they were satisfied with the presented their offers as part of the Research for quality of talks held and the number of contacts Industry project. made, and they have evaluated the event very Among the trade fair exhibitors there were compositively. Among the advantages of taking part panies from both the European Union and distant, in the fair most of the exhibitors mentioned the exotic edges of the world. During the four days opportunity to gain new clients and strengthen of the fair, the exhibitors participated in meetings

with owners, presidents and managers of Polish and foreign companies and engineers, constructors and technologists responsible for the application of the latest solutions.

ITM Poland abounded also in market premieres that were magnets for the public. Among more than 100 novelties there were: the new generation intelligent city monitoring developed at the Department of Multimedia Systems of the Gdańsk University of Technology that automatically detects situations indicating danger, protective clothes with intelligent system of active thermoregulation offered by the Central Institute for Labour Protection (CIOP), as well as the aerogel jacket resistant to temperatures of 3000 and -50 degrees Celsius presented at the stand of the Space Research Centre PAN and the European Space Agency, along with a bag with solar panels able to load a mobile phone and a laptop.

Modern solutions live An advantage of ITM Poland 2010 was the programme of accompanying events which abounded in shows organised in special spaces and debates and conferences concerning issues important for the economy.

The Skills Boot Camp was the venue of workshops and demonstrations of the use of appliances, as well as lectures held by experts from the sector.

The sixth edition of the Welding Academy workshops, on the other hand, opened by an inaugural lecture by professor Jan Pilarczyk, attracted those interested in the latest products and technologies in the welding industry, who were able to test them in practice.

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An advantage of ITM Poland 2010 was the programme of accompanying events which abounded in shows organised in special spaces

Marriage of science and business

ITM Poland 2010 featured the most technologically advanced machinery and equipment that often would not have been created, had it not been in the strict cooperation between the worlds of science and business

The participants of the conference part of the trade fair could learn about the advantages of using duplex steel, laser technology in industrial applications and the directions in perfecting the automation of cutting tools. At the conference on the space technology transfer, a representative of the European Space Agency presented more than a dozen examples of the use of very light, compact and efficient “space” materials, at the same time encouraging Polish entrepreneurs to use similar technologies in industrial practice.

The participants of the 8th Engineering Forum, on the other hand, discussed advanced technologies positively stimulating the economic growth. The programme of the Forum included four discussion panels concerning, among others, advanced technologies in economic practice and targeted projects of an especially high level of innovativeness in the sector of SMEs. Another important point of the programme was the convention on the “21st Century Rail Transport for Poland” that accompanied the ITM Poland fair. Among those who took part in the discussion on the condition of the Polish railway transport, new technologies, infrastructure and necessary directions, were Polish and European MPs, members of the Sejm Committee for Infrastructure, independent experts, representatives of industry associations and research units.

Honourable awards The ceremony of giving prestigious awards was a very remarkable moment of the fair. The best and the most innovative products were awarded MTP Gold Medals. The winners were chosen by the competition jury consisting of the greatest scien-

tific experts from industries represented at ITM Poland. This year, the competition for a Gold Medal in the category of the “transfer of the results of scientific research into economic practice” was judged for the fourth time. At the same time, the stands that had been best designed and prepared for the implementation of the exhibitors’ marketing strategies were awarded Acanthus Aureus awards.

Media about ITM Poland The greatest trade fair of modern solutions for the industry – ITM Poland – aroused significant interest of the local, national and industry media, which eagerly presented the subject of innovation in the context of their contribution to counteracting the results of the economic downturn.

What was repeatedly emphasized was the significance of trade fair meetings for the promotion of advanced technologies and the improvement of Polish position in the ranking of countries appreciating and spreading innovation. In media reports from ITM Poland, the trade fair was repeatedly referred to as the “factory of the future”.

For the tenth time, an integral part of ITM Poland was the Research for Industry project, whose aim is the promotion of applied science and the transfer of its achievements into economic practice. At the trade fair, research and development units, universities, companies and institutions supporting innovation and the transfer of technologies all presented their offers addressed to the world of industry. The participation of research units in the trade fair was financially supported by the Minister of Science and Higher Education. Research for Industry is a place where experts representing various industry sectors can meet numerous representatives of applied science. It is also a unique opportunity to learn about many prototypes of devices and innovative technologies. The stands of 60 exhibitors at the tenth edition of the Research for Industry project were located in various pavilions, at industry exhibitions that corresponded best with the profile of their activities.

How to implement new ideas and finance innovative solutions? Answers to such and many other questions related to running business activities could be received in the “Innovations for Business” Consultancy Centre. Within the common project of Poznań International Fair (MTP) and the UAM Foundation Poznań Science and Technology Park, experts recommended to entrepreneurs sources of financing innovative investments and assisted in searching potential partners among the companies and the science units. More detailed and complementing information could be obtained at the stands of key offices and institutions that surrounded the Centre: the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Economy, the National Centre of Research and Development (NCBiR), NOT Innovation Centre, the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) and the Main Council of the Research and Development Units (RGJBR). Moreover, special credits for implementing innovations were offered by Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.

by Monika Wietrzyńska

The next edition of ITM Poland is going to take place from 14 to 17 June 2011.

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NEXT SEASON • BODY STYLE FAST FASHION • BTS

Trade fair talks about business A wide range of footwear and leather goods was presented at two expositions – the BTS Fair of Shoes, Leather and Leather Goods and the NEXT SEASON Exhibition of Clothing, Shoes and Accessories

The fashion trade fair consisted of four complementary exhibitions where you could see the review of all the fashion market sectors: the NEXT SEASON Exhibition of Clothing, Shoes and Accessories, the BODY STYLE Exhibition of Lingerie and Beach Fashion, the FAST FASHION Exhibition and the BTS Fair of Shoes, Leather and Leather Goods.

Nearly 400 Polish and foreign prêt-à-porter clothing, footwear, lingerie, beach outfits and accessories brands showcased their latest collections.

In cosy showrooms, where the exhibitors’ offers were presented, business talks lasted for three days. Among nearly 5 thousand registered visitors there were also: designer Grażyna Hase and Miss Polonia 2009 Maria Nowakowska. The Poznań fashion trade fairs were held under the honorary auspices of deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Waldemar Pawlak.

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Clothing and textile trade fairs

Chic trade fairs Chic, style and the latest trends ruled at the turn of September and October at the grounds of Poznań International Fair. During the great fashion trade fairs nearly 400 clothing, footwear and lingerie brands showcased their new collections.

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The NEXT SEASON Exhibition of Clothing, Shoes and Accessories involved the contracting of luxury collections of clothes for spring-summer 2011.

The exhibition was attended by representatives of brands from Belarus, the UK, France, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Italy and Poland. They all brought to Poznań a wide range of women’s, men’s and children’s clothes, as well as hats, scarves, neckerchiefs, bags and jewellery. Also individual collections made their debuts at NEXT SEASON, including the collections of young designers, characterised by bold design and the use of unusual fabrics, addressed to those who appreciate individual style but also to those who prefer classical tailoring and simplicity. There were also ecological clothes. Apart from the wide range of styles, the exhibitors’ offers included various sizes – from XS to XXL – and different raw material variants. What they all had in common was the com-

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bination of current trends, interpreted in many different ways with the best quality.

Sensual elegance At the BODY STYLE Exhibition of Lingerie and Beach Fashion, traders could admire and order premiere collections of intimate fashion. BODY STYLE is the only Polish trade fair event devoted entirely to the lingerie and stocking sector, featuring the full assortment of day and night lingerie for women, men and children. Most of the showcased designs involved beach costumes and accessories for summer 2011 in styles suitable for various figures. There was also luxury women’s day and night lingerie based on sophisticated designs of famous designers, sensual accessories and home fashion.

for feet of various sizes and widths. Traders who came to BTS could also choose bags and leather accessories to match the already ordered footwear. A special attraction of the trade fair turned out to be shoes that weighed less than 100 grams, thanks to an innovative method of gluing. Yet another attraction was footwear made of modified silicon.

New trends above all

For all the trade fair days, the Speakers’ Corner, where visitors could listen to lectures of the best experts in the fashion industry – was bursting at the seams. What aroused especially great interest was the review of the clothing trends for autumn-winter 2011/2012, prepared by British styling office MUDPIE that deals with tend Among nearly forecasting. Among the disFashion needed 5 thousand registered cussed subjects were also issues immediately concerning consumers’ rights The FAST FASHION Exhibition visitors there were and the footwear trends for the was an opportunity for shops also: designer next season. Apart from that, the to complement their current ofGrażyna Hase and lecturers talked about the latfer for autumn-winter 2010/2011. est sales techniques that make It is the only exhibition event in Miss Polonia 2009 it easier to become successful Poland that gathers manufacturMaria Nowakowska. in the fashion industry. Profesers of short clothing series. The sional workshops emphasized exhibition combined various the significant role of a stylist in sectors of the clothing industry a clothes shop and a bra fitting expert explained and accessories for tailors. the impact of a properly fitted bra on a woman’s figure, stressing the role of a sale assistant and a From ballet flats through bra fitter in a lingerie shop. moccasin shoes to wellington boots A wide range of footwear and leather goods was presented at two expositions – the BTS Fair of Awards for the best Shoes, Leather and Leather Goods and the NEXT During the formal Award Ceremony, prestigious SEASON Exhibition. Exhibitors from Great Britain, MTP Gold Medals were awarded in two categoAustralia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, ries: BTS Gold Medals for products exhibited at France, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, India, Kethe leather trade fair and NEXT SEASON Gold nya, Germany, Portugal and Poland showcased Medals for products exhibited at the clothing mostly collections for spring-summer 2011. At trade fair. The Competition Juries consisted of their stands you could find comfortable footwear distinguished experts led by professor Irmina made with the use of high quality raw materials, Aksamitowska from the Clothing Department at also ecological ones, for various occasions and the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź and professor

Zbigniew Karbarz from the Department of Design, Footwear and Clothing Technology at the Technical University of Radom. They awarded 14 products.

NEXT SEASON Gold Medals were given to high quality clothing items produced by the following companies: Folstop, Tradex and Kumi, whereas BTS Gold Medals were given to Faber, Glanzbut, Ren But, Ivancica, Boca, Amalteja, Łukbut and Nadarzyn Tannery. Also two artistic footwear projects created at the Department of Design, Footwear and Clothing Technology of the Technical University of Radom were distinguished by the Competition Jury.

The best fashion websites on the Polish Internet were awarded in the Fashion Website Awards competition.

From catwalk to boutiques The centre of the trade fair events was the lively space around the central catwalk. Thanks to commercial shows that were held there every day of the trade fair, traders, trade fair guests and representatives of the media could admire new collections of clothes, shoes and lingerie in all their glory. At the evening meeting of the industry, in the spectacularly lit Lime Avenue a fashion show was held at which models presented premiere collections of young designer Agnieszka Kawal-Surma.

The clothing collections were complemented with Menbur shoes and Boca bags.

The organisers promise that the next edition of the Poznań fashion trade fair will be an even greater event than the autumn edition. It is going to consist of as many as five exhibitions featuring clothes, shoes, lingerie and textiles, and the FAST FASHION Exhibition at which you will be able to see works of young designers showcased as part of the project called Future.

by Marta Siek

The next edition on the fashion trade fairs: NEXT SEASON, BODY STYLE, FAST FASHION, BTS is going to take place from 1 to 3 March 2011.

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Rapeseed industry trade fair

Rapeseed from A to Z The EURO-RZEPAK – Exhibition of Machines and Devices for Rapeseed Production and Processing is the only such meeting of the rapeseed sector in Poland.

This year’s edition took place in Łosiów in the Opolskie Province and was organised by the Polish Association of Rapeseed Producers (KZPR), the Opole Agricultural Advisory Centre (OODR) in Łosiów and Poznań International Fair (MTP).

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t is no coincidence that the event was held in the Opolskie Provicne, as the region is considered to be Poland’s rapeseed production belt. The event was held under the auspices of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Marshall of the Opolskie Province and the TopAgrar Polska publisher.

More than just exposition During the meeting of the rapeseed industry held in June the exhibitors presented a rich offer of products, including plants, machinery, tools and agricultural equipment, chemistry for agriculture and equipment and materials for rapeseed processing.

The trade fair was accompanied by professional presentations, lectures and discussion panels. The business talks held at EURO-RZEPAK were accompanied by a specialist conference held at the same time. The main subjects discussed at the conference included: the prospects of the production of oil plants in Europe, the experience of Poland in the production of bio-components and biofuels and the certification of rapeseed as a raw material for the

production of bio-components. The first edition of the EURO-RZEPAK conference gathered an incredibly numerous group of more than 200 owners and workers of farms producing rapeseed, agricultural companies, rapeseed processing entrepreneurs and companies contracting and buying rapeseed.

Demonstration plots Under the supervision of experts from the Opole Agricultural Advisory Centre (OODR) Experimental Plots were prepared to be one of the main attractions of the trade fair. The Experimental Plots presented more than 70 field trials of rapeseed.

Complete programmes of protection and fertilisation were shown. Nearly 30 chemical and seed companies showcased their seed grain and chemical products for rapeseed. The trade fair vis-

itors had a unique opportunity to get acquainted in practice with a wide range of products from the rapeseed sector and to compare various protection programmes. The field presentations attracted the trade fair audience – more than 500 farmers interested or already involved in the rapeseed production took part in the event.

Discussion panels EURO-RZEPAK ended with a closed debate with the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Marshall’s Office of the Opolskie Province, Province Governors of the Opolskie and Dolnośląskie regions, experts from the Polish National Chamber of Biofuels (KIB) and the Institute of Plant Protection (IOR). Among the subjects discussed were: the future of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 in the context of the stabilisation of the production of oil plants, new challenges related to the implementation of the EU directives concerning renewable energy sources, with a particular emphasis placed on the sector of biofuels and the integrated farming of industrial plants, including oil plants.

EURO-RZEPAK 2010 conference – from the left: Roman Białachowski from KZPR, director Dariusz Muślewski from MTP, director of Agropol France, Guenael le Guilloux, President of KZPR, Mariusz Olejnik and Zdeněk Linhart from the Czech Republic

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by Aleksandra Chilewicz

The next edition of EURO-RZEPAK is going to take place at the turn of May and June 2011.

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SHOWPIECE forest fair

Safe and environment-friendly – EKO-LAS 2010 already behind us The International EKO-LAS Fair of Forestry, Wood Industry and Environmental Protection is the only event of this size for the forest sector in Poland. It gives entrepreneurs operating in sectors related to the wood industry and forestry a unique opportunity to present new trends, technologies and product solutions to professional trade fair audience. The visitors to the trade fair, on the other hand, can not only make direct contacts with producers but also take part in numerous interesting conferences and shows.

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or many years EKO-LAS has been an opportunity to present current trends, technologies and novelties produced in the most important sectors related to the wood industry and forestry. The broad trade fair offer included tools, machinery and equipment used for harvesting, skidding and transport of wood, forest protection products, vehicles and means of communication, protective clothes and uniforms, IT systems, measurement instruments, machinery and equipment for the wood and sawmill industry, as well as wood products. On the area of 55 thousand sq m 120 exhibitors from Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland, Canada, Germany, Italy and Sweden presented their offers. Within the three trade fair days the exposi-

tion was seen by more than 6 thousand guests from Poland and abroad. Among the professionals present at the fair were representatives of forest companies, forest services providers, forest divisions, municipal management departments, town and commune offices, energy companies and the directorate of public roads.

Unique outdoor trade fair Large demonstration areas where the exhibitors presented the work of their forest equipment in practice, professional service at the exposition and information stands and professionals visiting the trade fair – this is what this year’s EKO-LAS looked like.

The most exciting element of the trade fair, attracting a great number of visitors every day, was undoubtedly shows prepared by the exhibitors.

The shows featured the work of harvesters and forwarders, skidding trailers, cranes and sawsplitters. There were also shows of loading and unloading of timber and the cutting of trees.

Those exhibitors who presented their offers in a specially prepared tent also organised shows. The subject of one of them was the use of protective clothes and helmets when working in a forest.

Next edition of Forest Forum – “Man-Forest-Wood” As in the previous years, also this year the shows and expositions of the exhibitors were complemented by the Forest Forum, this time held under the motto of “Man-Forest-Wood”. Among the subjects discussed at the Forum were: the forms of performing forest works from the perspectives of particular professions, new techniques and technologies applied in forest works, forestry and land management. At the Forum, “Forest Quality Mark” Certificates were given. The aim of the certificates is to promote products offered in the forest market and they are given to products, services and processes useful for forestry and of a very high quality confirmed by users.

Glow of gold medals The exhibitors of EKO-LAS competed in the competition organised by Poznań International Fair (MTP) for one of the most prestigious awards – the MTP Gold Medal. This year, for the first time, in accordance with the changed form of the competition, the jury awarded the winners before the trade fair. The jury led by Professor Grzegorz Skrzypczak, PhD – the rector of the Poznań University of Life Sciences – from among all the entered products selected and awarded seven.

by Ewa Rutkowska

The next edition of EKO-LAS is going to take place from 6 to 8 September 2012.

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Trade fair reports MTP Gold Medals MTP Gold Medals ITM Poland 2010: Integration of CAD CAM NX software with SINUMERIK control systems, Siemens Sp. z o.o., Warsaw • L1Xe fibre optic laser, SALVAGNINI ITALIA S.P.A., Italy, entered by: BS System D. Pawłowski & K. Zieliński Sp. j., Sopot • CNC Okuma LB 3000 EX MW horizontal lathe centre, OKUMA, Japan; entered by: High Technology Machines Sp. z o.o., Gliwice • PFR 125 CO 60 SGP – Curve M flap wheels, August Rüggeberg GmbH & CO KG, Germany, entered by: Pferd – VSM Sp. z o.o., Kostrzyn Wlkp. • CNC STAR ST-38 longitudinal automated lathe, STAR MICRONICS Co., LTD, Japan; entered by: RANDS Jerzy Ryżewski, Poznań • BRANTHO – KORRUX 3 in 1 single-component anticorrosive paint, BRANTH -CHEMIE A.V. BRANTH, Germany, entered by: Elektro-Chem Henryk Szawelski, Puszczykowo • Tooling for thermal processing of Boeing 777 engine blades, POLCAST Andrzej Drotlew, Bogdan Piekarski Sp.j., Szczecin • SKYLOGIC system, BENSON CONSULTANTS Sp. z o.o., Warsaw • BLASTLUX modular shot peening chambers, SciTeeX Sp. z o.o., Warsaw • METROTOM 800 industrial measuring tomograph, Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, Germany, entered by: Carl Zeiss Sp. z o.o. Metrologia Przemysłowa, Warsaw • IF -100W flotation machine, Zakład Działalności Innowacyjnej INNOVATOR Sp. z o.o. [Innovative Activity Company], Gliwice, entered by: Instytut Metali Nieżelaznych [Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals], Gliwice • CADMAN® integrated process software for metal sheet processing, LVD COMPANY N.V., Belgium, entered by: LVD POLSKA Sp. z o.o., Kędzierzyn Koźle • DIAMENT FIBER laser cutter, ECKERT Sp. z o.o., Legnica • CTX 310 ECO numerically-controlled lathe, FAMOT PLESZEW Sp. z o.o., Pleszew, entered by: DMG POLSKA Sp. z o.o., Pleszew • DMF 180 Linear travelling column milling machine, DECKEL MAHO Seebach, Germany, entered by: DMG POLSKA Sp. z o.o., Pleszew • LSP30 – 3D wireless laser interferometer, LASERTEX Sp. z o.o., Wroclaw • Active wire feeding process for TAWERS system, PANASONIC INDUSTRIAL EUROPE GMBH, Germany, entered by: Technika Spawalnicza Sp. z o.o., Poznań • CNC CH 170 tube bending machine, AMOB, Portugal, entered by: TECHINWEST Sp. z o.o., Kieleńska Huta • The Category of “Transfer of Scientific Research to Industrial Practice”: Instytut Spawalnictwa [Welding Centre], Gliwice for a new technology for pressure welding of actuators made of aluminium alloy non-weldable • Instytut Techniki Górniczej KOMAG [Institute of Mining Technology KOMAG, Gliwice], Gliwice and Fabryka Maszyn Górniczych PIOMA S.A. [Mining machinery factory], Piotrków Trybunalski, for a track locomotive drive boggie • Instytut Obróbki Plastycznej [Metal Forming Institute], Poznań, for a machine and process for rotational forming of complex metal sheet products • Politechnika Gdańska, Wydział Elektroniki Telekomunikacji i Informatyki, Katedra Systemów i Sieci Radiokomunikacyjnych [Gdańsk University of Technology, Electronics, Teleinformation and Informatics Faculty, Department of Radiocommunication Systems and Networks], Gdańsk, for ARPOL mobile measurement station • Politechnika Gdańska, Wydział Elektroniki Telekomunikacji i Informatyki, Katedra Systemów Multimedialnych [Gdańsk University of Technology, Electronics, Teleinformation and Informatics Faculty, Department of Multimedia Systems], Gdańsk, for Intelligent Monitoring System • Instytut Zaawansowanych Technologii Wytwarzania [The Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology], Cracow, for grinding wheels made of regular boron nitride and vitrified bond • Instytut Odlewnictwa [Foundry Research Institute], Cracow, for art castings from melted or fired synthetic and natural models • Przemysłowy Instytut Automatyki i Pomiarów PIAP [Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP], Warsaw, for robotized scarfing of metal sheet using plasma cutting • Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy [Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Insticontinued on page 23

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Trade fair of technologies for food industry

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45 thousand guests came to see the exposition of nearly 1300 exhibitors and representatives of companies from more than 30 countries during POLAGRA-TECH, POLAGRA-FOOD, The Tastes of the Regions, GASTRO TRENDY and TAROPAK. That was 7% more than in 2008 when the trade fair was held in the same thematic structure.

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Record edition Over 300 exhibitors taking part in the International Trade Fair of Food Processing Technologies POLAGRA-TECH 2010 presented their innovative offer at various thematic exhibitions: the Exhibition of Baking and Confectionery Industry, the Exhibition of Dairy Industry Machines and Devices, the Exhibition of Food Industry Machines and Equipment and the International Food Ingredients Show.

Thanks to the rich exposition presenting specialist machines, equipment and the whole technological lines for various branches of the food industry operating live and due to an interesting programme of accompanying events – POLAGRATECH has strengthened its position of the largest food processing technologies trade fair in this part of Europe.

As many as 400 products made their debuts at the trade fair! From among them, 35 were given prestigious MTP Gold Medals. 490 journalists of Polish media abroad, sectoral and specialist press, national and local daily newspapers, TV and radio stations accredited at the trade fair. The event was held under the honorary auspices of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Marek Sawicki.

The most important meeting of the baking and confectionary industries The prelude to the events held at the grounds of Poznań International Fair (MTP) was the Second Polish Bread Festival organised at the Old Market Square in Poznań in cooperation with the oldest guild in Poland – the Guild of Confectioners and Bakers in Poznań and the Wielkopolska Regional Centre of the Association of Bakery Craftsmen of the Republic of Poland. Presentations of baking art, tasting of the highest quality traditional bread from the regions of Wielkopolska, Kielecczyzna and Pomorze attracted many inhabitants of the city.

The smell of fresh bread filled also the three pavilions occupied by the Exhibition of Baking and Confectionary Industry, which this year consisted of the stands of nearly 150 exhibitors and covered the record area of 18 thousand sq m. A special exhibition hall had to be built in order to accommodate all the stands.

Professionals visiting the exhibition were able to see a wide spectrum of modern machines and equipment, as well as components and baking, confectionary and ice cream additives. Not only particular machines were presented but also the whole technological lines or mini bakeries. Most of them were shown at work, when producing bread and cakes, which could be tried and evaluated during numerous tastings.

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ss technologies Best bakers awarded An event that aroused strong emotions was the final of the national qualifying round to the World Baking Cup – Coupe Louis Lesaffre. The best bakers from all over Poland that had been selected during the qualifying round held this year in spring took part in the competition. The jury evaluated the results of their work in three competitions: the baking of bread, the production of semi-confectionary products and artistic baking. The best bakers in Poland turned out to be: Marcin Surowiecki – in the category of “Baguettes and Special Kinds of Bread”, Przemysław Koperski – in the category of “Semi-confectionary Products” and Paweł Chojecki – in the category of “Artistic Exhibit”. The winners are going to form a team that is to represent Poland in the European qualifying round taking place in January 2011 in Lyon and then – in 2012 in the World Cup of Baking in Paris. The tournament held in Poznań was organised by Lesaffre Polska SA and Poznań International Fair (MTP), with the honorary support of the Association of Bakery Craftsmen of the Republic of Poland (SRP RP) and the Polish Association of Confectioners, Caramel Makers and Ice-Cream Producers (Stowarzyszenie Cukierników, Karmelarzy i Lodziarzy RP).

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Visiting the Exhibition of Baking and Confectionand chocolate fantasias ery Industry at POLAGRA-TECH was one of the The great variety of confectionary products presented points in the programme of the World Congress of at the Exhibition of Baking and Confectionery Industry Bakers. The Congress consisted also was really overwhelming! Many of meetings with representatives of effective decorations could be POLAGRA-TECH has the city and province authorities, seen at the stands of the exhibistrengthened its posithe meetings of the committee and tors and during confectionery tion of the largest food board of the International Union of and baking shows held as part Bakers and Confectioners (UIB), as processing technologies of the 16th Forum of Bakers and well as a discussion panel on the Confectioners, as well as at the trade fair in this part “Problems of the baking industry: special EZIG Expo Sweet Conof Europe.

Poland, the EU and the world”. The fectionery Forum. The trade fair Congress was an excellent internaguests took part in presentational forum for sharing knowledge and experitions of new technologies for bread production with ences, and a perfect opportunity to present the the use of traditional methods and saw how delicate achievements of the Polish baking and confecdecorations can be made from caramel, chocolate and tionary industries, and to promote Polish products marzipan. Apart from that, technologies for the bakthat are unique both in terms of taste and healthy ing of rolls fermented in birch juice, horseshoe-shaped qualities. rolls, bread baked on nettle, cabbage and horseradish leaves, and rolls sprinkled with acacia flowers.

At the invitation of the Association of Bakery Craftsmen of the Republic of Poland (SRP RP) – an organisation belonging to the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners (UIB) – and Poznań International Fair (MTP), Poznań was visited by delegations from such countries as Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Israel, Luxemburg, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy and South American countries. The Congress was held under the honorary auspices of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Marek Sawicki, Marshal of the Wielkopolska The great variety of confectionery products presented at the Province Marek Woźniak, Poznań District Governor Exhibition of Baking and Confectionery Industry was really Jan Grabkowski, President of the City of Poznań overwhelming!

Ryszard Grobelny.

Products and technologies for the dairy industry At the Exhibition of Dairy Industry Machines and Devices, held every two years, the greatest in Poland meeting of the dairy industry took place with the participation of producers of machines and devices for the dairy industry, producers of dairy products and scientists, technologists and market analysts.

Thanks to the proximity of the exposition of dairy products presented at POLAGRA-FOOD, both the exhibitors and visitors could get acquainted with the full offer of the dairy industry presented by almost all significant dairy companies and leading producers of machines and equipment from such countries as Germany, France, Finland and Poland.

Machines, equipment, apparatuses...

As part of the core of POLAGRA-TECH – the organised every year Exhibition of Food Industry Machines and Equipment – modern equipment for particular sectors of the industry was presented, including the sectors of: fruit and vegetables, pasta, potatoes, concentrated food products, juice and beverages. Also, a wide offer of control and measurement apparatuses, laboratory equipment, assemblies and spare parts, machines for water management and for forming, dosing and packaging of food products was also shown in the exhibition space. The functionalities of most of the machines were presented “live”.

Moreover, numerous discussion panels and seminars were held, organised in cooperation with industry magazines of the Sigma-Not publisher: Przemysł Fermentacyjny i Owocowo-Warzywny [the Fermentation and Fruit and Vegetables Industry], Przemysł Spożywczy [the Food Industry], Przegląd Piekarski i Cukierniczy [the Bakery and Confectionary Review] and Przegląd Gastronomiczny [the Catering Review] – all dealing with the most current subjects in particular segments of the food industry, including opportunities and threats of globalisation as far as the fruit and vegetables industry is concerned or the principles of labelling food products.

by Katarzyna Supa

The next edition of the POLAGRA-TECH International Trade Fair of Food Processing Technologies is going to take place from 12 to 15 September 2011.

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Where tradition meets modernity Mid-September at Poznań International Fair (MTP) is the time devoted to the food and catering industries, as well as to the packaging and logistics sectors. This year’s POLAGRA-FOOD, POLAGRA-TECH, GASTRO TRENDY, the Tastes of the Regions and TAROPAK gathered more than 1300 exhibitors. The exposition covered the area of 70 thousand sq m. During the four days of the trade fair over 400 novelties were presented and several dozen conferences, discussion panels, shows, training courses and tastings were held. The exhibitions were visited by more than 45 thousand people. The trade fairs enjoyed significant interest of the media and were visited by nearly 500 journalists representing the sectoral and national news media. The complex of the food trade fairs was held under the honorary auspices of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Marek Sawicki.

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Traditionally from Poland Delicious food from various parts of Poland could be tasted at the Tastes of the Regions Exhibition.

Two exhibition pavilions were devoted entirely to regional, natural and ecological products. More than 700 products were presented at the stands of particular provinces. Among them there were: wines, tinctures, bread, cakes, sausages, fish, cheese and vegetable and fruit preserves. Lovers of good food were not only able to taste various culinary specialities but could also buy them. The prior aim of the trade fair was to promote Polish, ecological and certified food and to support the development of the production of Polish natural and traditional food products. Such actions ensively to professionals operating in the sector of hance the competitiveness of Polish products in broadly understood food and catering industries. the European Union market and stimulate the conGASTRO TRENDY featured solutions for the catersolidation of small and regional ing industry, whereas POLAmanufacturers into clusters, GRA-FOOD was divided into which become serious partners The prior aim of the trade four specialist exhibitions: the for business talks for larger marFood and Drink Exhibition, the fair was to promote Polket buyers, such as international Wine and Spirit Exhibition, the ish, ecological and certi- Franchising Exhibition and the commercial networks. During the trade fair, Pearl Statuettes – Store Equipment Exhibition. fied food and to support the highest award in the “Our Companies from Poland, Great the development of the Culinary Heritage – the Tastes Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, of the Regions” competition Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, China, production of Polish were given to the best regional Egypt, Turkey, the Netherlands natural and traditional products and dishes from evand Belgium all showcased ery province. Moreover, at the their offers at the exhibitions. food products.

Tastes of the Regions Exhibition The series of conferences entiawards in the first edition of the tled “Two Days for Distribution” national Polish “Zlotnicka Premium” competition – popular among the representatives of the trade were given to the best manufacturer and the best – was organised already for the sixth time. For two product made from “zlotnicka” pork (traditional days issues concerning the modern arrangement pork obtained from a kind of pigs first bred in the of commercial space were discussed, along with Zlotniki village in the Wielkpoloska region). the subject of the optimum implementation of the franchising model. Current topics concerning the industry were also discussed at the discussion panSharing knowledge and experiences els organised in cooperation with the Scientific and The POLAGRA-FOOD International Food Product Technical Association of Food Industry Engineers Trade Fair and the GASTRO TRENDY International and Technicians (SITSPOZ).

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Appetite for more What enjoyed especially great interest of GASTRO TRENDY visitors was the special zone called “Backstage Experts”, where experts in various fields offered advice on how to best invest in one’s own catering business. Shows, combined with tastings, given by cooks and equipment suppliers took place in the area of nearly 300 sq m arranged as a modern and stylish kitchen and restaurant. The event was

The Tastes of the Regions pavilion was visited by Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Marek Sawicki

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tute], Warsaw, for clothing protecting against cold with an active temperature control system Acanthus Aureus ITM Poland 2010: High Technology Machines Sp. z o.o., Gliwice, AMKOVO Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, DMG Polska Sp. z o.o., Pleszew, ABPLANALP Consulting Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, SIEMENS Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, MG MURBET Sp. z o.o. Stalowe Centrum Serwisowe [Steel Service Centre], Ełk, ECKERT AS Sp. zo.o., Legnica, ECO-LINE Piotr Potocki, Krosno, ISCAR POLAND Sp. z o.o., Katowice, TUNGALOY POLSKA Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, MARCEGAGLIA Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, Italy

TRO TRENDY, is considered the most prestigious event for the catering industry in Poland. This year’s winners were Adam Kowalewski and Tomasz Kazimierski from year’s edition of the competition was special, because it was the competition’s tenth anniversary. On this occasion, all the previous winners of the Polish Culinary Cup prepared a great show of culinary skills, especially for the trade fair audience.

Nine two-person teams of cooks – all of them already winners of the most The winners of the Polish Culinary Cup 2010: Adam Kowalewski and Tomasz Kazimierski, 2nd place Krzysztof Bobola and Maciej Udziankiewicz, 3rd place prestigious culinary events in Poland – Jakub Kasprzak and Waldemar Trzciołek took part in the competition. The contestants had to prepare the competition menu, which consisted of sturgeon and pears addressed to restaurant owners, investors, chefs, for the starter and goose and groats for the main designers and everybody professionally involved in course. The winners were given the Polish Culinary the catering industry. The organisers of the event Cup 2010, attractive material prizes, a cheque for 15 did not forget also about coffee experts and lovthousand zlotys and a two-week culinary training ers. For the four trade fair days, as part of the Apro course in the Paul Bocuse Institute in France. The Trade Coffee Academy and the Coffee Island, you contest was supervised by the six-person internacould test equipment, take part in training courses tional jury. and watch barista shows. The greatest attraction of the Coffee Island turned out to be the premiere Every year, winners of the most significant culinary presentation of the first in Poland aromatic roaster, competitions are selected by representatives of i.e. a stove for roasting coffee. Apart from that, the the Polish Association of Chefs and Confectioners Championships of Coffee Shop Chains in Poland (OSSKIC), the Chefs’ Club (KSK) and Euro-Toques were held, i.e. the so-called Coffee Olympics and Polska and invited to take part in the Polish Culithe Polish Cup Tasting Championships the winner nary Cup. According to the organisers, next year, of which is going to represent Poland at the SCAE due to the rising number of culinary competitions World Championships in Amsterdam. Traditionally, taking place in Poland, an amendment will have to MTP Gold Medals were given to the best trade fair be introduced to the rules and regulations of the products and Acanthus Aureus Awards were disPolish Culinary Cup. The change is going to involve tributed among the owners of especially interestorganising a qualifying semi-final round that is also ing trade fair stands. going to be held at GASTRO TRENDY.

The best of the best The greatest emotions were aroused by the Polish Culinary Cup. This competition, organised at GAS-

by Marta Radowska-Karpińska

The next edition of POLGRA- FOOD and GASTRO TRENDY is going to take place from 12 to 15 September 2011.

MTP Gold Medals EKO-LAS 2010: Valtra S292 forest tractor + KESLA 645C wood chipper, Valtra Inc., Finland and Kesla Oyj, Joensuu Factory, Finland, entered by: AGCO Sp. z o.o., Paczkowo • APEX-4 thermal printer, EXTECH INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, USA, entered by: TAKMA Tadeusz Tiuchty, Wroclaw • CODIMEX –E electronic circometer for use with “Leśnik” and “Brakarz” applications on forester’s recorder, CODIMEX Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, TAXUS SI Sp. z o.o. Warsaw, CGP Instruments, Hungary, entered by: CODIMEX Sp. z o.o., Warsaw • El. non-state forests map, Biuro Urządzania Lasu i Geodezji Leśnej [Bureau for Forest Management and Geodesy], Sękocin Stary • PR-01 trailer, Ośrodek Techniki Leśnej [Forest Technology Centre], Jarocin • ILSBO 11150 string trimmer, ILSBO TOOLS AB, Sweden, entered by: Kompania Leśna Sp.j,, Skierniewice • Study on optimisation and development of road infrastructure for forest divisions, Biuro Urządzania Lasu i Geodezji Leśnej [Bureau for Forest Management and Geodesy], Brzeg MTP Gold Medals POLAGRA-TECH 2010: VEMAG dough divider for the bakery and confectionery industry, VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH, Germany, entered by: PROMAR Przedsiębiorstwo Produkcyjno Handlowe Sp. z o.o. , Łomianki • SMA 190 automatic mixing system, IBIS Ltd Sp. z o.o., Szubin • Water dosing mixing system, MAPIC Marek Malinowski, Cracow • UF membrane filtration system for cheese production from soured milk, PPHU “A-LIMA-BIS” Sp. z o.o., Środa Wlkp.

• MIWE roll-in e +RI 1.0608TL rotary oven, MIWE GmbH, Germany, entered by: PPHU “GETH” Tomasz Guderski, Cracow • MIXA AUTO S mixing and whisking system, JEREMY Sp. z o.o., Warsaw • MULTIVAC T700 automatic traysealer, MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMŰLLER GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, entered by: MULTIVAC Sp. z o.o., Natalin • ”BAROQUE-STYLE BREAD”, Berg Back GmbH, Germany, entered by: Baker Consulting s.c., Tarnowskie Góry • ”MAGNAT” multi-grain dough concentrate with fiber, AKO S.A., Bydgoszcz • ”Kiwi-Flavoured Pomeranian Granita” frozen drink concentrate, AKO S.A., Bydgoszcz Acanthus Aureus POLAGRA-TECH 2010: UNIFERM Polska Sp. z o.o. Poznań, BIZERBA Polska Sp. z o.o. Lublin, MASTER MARTINI Polska Sp. z o.o. Cracow, DANTOM Sp. z o.o. Poznań, CREAM Sp. z o.o Katowice, ZEELANDIA Sp. z o.o. Tarnów Podgórny, KOMPLET Polska Sp. z o.o Tarnów Podgórny MTP Gold Medals POLAGRA-FOOD 2010: .Juliko cream cheese, Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska [District Dairy Cooperative], Czarnków • Homely sausage from the Noteć River region, Zakład Rzeźnicko-Wędliniarski Produkcja-Handel Zbigniew Paszko [Butcher Company], Trzcianka • Bucket of curd cheese for cheesecake, Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska [District Dairy Cooperative], Kalisz • Homemade smoked meat, Zakłady Mięsne NOWAK Sp. z o.o. [Meat Company], Sp. k., Gdańsk • Breton style sirloin steak, Wytwórnia Salami IGLOOMEAT – SOKOŁÓW S.A. [Salami Producer], Dębica • Pork Stick from Sokołów, SOKOŁÓW S.A., Branch in Koło • Smokehouse ham, SOKOŁÓW S.A., Branch in Jarosław • Steamed white sausage from Wielkopolska, Zakład Mięsny Sp. j. KONARCZAK [Meat Company], Pogorzela • Polish light cottage cheese 150 g, Spółdzielnia Mleczarska MLEKOVITA [Dairy Cooperative], branch in Lubawa • Chease spread with continued on page 25 3/2010

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Packaging and Logistics Exhibition

Innovative packaging and modern distribution For four days of the 27th edition of TAROPAK International Packaging Technology and Logistics Exhibition, Poznań turned into an international arena for the presentation of world trends in packaging design and technologies, and in logistics. This is the greatest trade fair event for the packaging and logistics sectors in Central and Eastern Europe.

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his year, more than 600 companies from 30 countries (including: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Great Britain) came to the trade fair to present their offers, including raw materials, intermediate products, machines for the production of packaging, ready packagings and packaging equipment along with spare parts, internal transport equipment, equipment related to warehouse management, modern IT and logistics solutions. There were also companies offering storage, transport, forwarding and printing services.

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the world come here to present their rich offers.

TAROPAK is the best place to see new trends in the sector. It is also a valuable source of information on the market. The offers of the trade fair exhibitors meet the expectations of buyers of packaging and modern solutions in the field of logistics; they let them get acquainted with the market trends, assess the condition of the market, learn about technological novelties and compare offers of the foreign sector. As much as 65% of packaging is made for the food industry, therefore it is very good that TAROPAK accompanies the trade fairs devoted to this sector – POLAGRA-TECH, POLAGRA-FOOD, GASTRO TRENDY and the Tastes of the Regions. The trade fair was visited by nearly 45 thousand people from all over the world, among them, representatives of companies operating in the food, chemical, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, automotive, electronic, printing and construction industries, as well as manufacturers of home appliances, wholesalers and representatives of commercial networks.

This year, the TAROPAK exhibitors showed more than 200 premiere products to the professional audience

of the fair. Logistics companies occupied nearly 30% of the exhibition area. It was the largest exhibition of this kind in Poland. An inherent element of the trade fair is a programme of seminars, specialist conferences, lectures, workshops, shows, exhibitions, competitions and numerous business meetings, which enjoyed significant interest of experts.

Environment-friendly packaging Current issues of the packaging industry in Poland were discussed during a series of seminars organised by the Polish Chamber of Packaging (PIO) and the Polish Packaging Research and Development Centre (COBRO). Among those who took part in the lectures

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pepper, Spółdzielnia Mleczarska MLEKOVITA [Dairy Cooperative], Wysokie Mazowieckie • “Mini gołka zakopiańska” cheese – 120g, Spółdzielnia Mleczarska MLEKOVITA [Dairy Cooperative] Podhalański Zakład Produkcyjny, Zakopane • “Jubilat” fullfat cheese class 1, Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska [District Dairy Cooperative], Kosów Lacki • Cottage ham, Rzeźnictwo Grzegorz Zyguła [Butcher Company], Zbąszynek • “Extra” butter, Spółdzielnia Mleczarska Września [Dairy Cooperative], Września • “PÓŁTORAK PIASECKI” natural unsaturated mead, Mazurskie Miody ZPH “KAROLINA” Bogdan Piasecki, Tomaszkowo • “JOGODRINK” drinkable orange yoghurt with rose, “JOGO” – Łódzka Spółdzielnia Mleczarska [Dairy Cooperative], Łódź • Spanish style Salami, „PAMAS” Piotr Matyszok Zakład Przetwórstwa Mięsnego [Meat Company], Kolonowskie • “Szwajcar” Golden Cheese, Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska [District Dairy Cooperative] Kowalew – Dobrzyca, Kowalew • Semi-skimmed curd cheese in 250g hat and wedge shape packages, Średzka Spółdzielnia Mleczarska “JANA” [Dairy Cooperative], Środa Wielkopolska • Traditional bacon, Ireneusz Sobkowiak Zakłady Mięsne “SOBKOWIAK” [Meat Company], Siedlce • Lithuanian style cold borsch, Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska [District Dairy Cooperative], Sokołów Podlaski • Full-fat cheese from Suwałki region, Spółdzielnia Mleczarska “SUDOWIA”, Suwałki • GOLIATH BLACK CURRANT” blackcurrant semi-sweet wine, WARWIN S.A., Warka This year TAROPAK exhibitors presented more than 200 premiere products to the professional audience. Logistic companies occupied nearly 30% of the exhibition space and it was the biggest exhibition of this type in Poland

were designers and manufacturers of packaging and packaging materials, employees of recycling organisations and R&D entities dealing with the problem of environmental protection and packaging management, as well as users of packaging.

The seminar on “Packaging and environmental protection requirements” aroused special interest among the visitors interested in ways of reducing the negative impact of packaging on the environment. In their lectures, speakers talked about new directions in the production of packaging that are conducive to environmental protection.

Listeners to the seminar on “Packaging – Requirements – Research methods – Compliance assess-

Acanthus Aureus POLAGRA-FOOD 2010: Spółdzielnia Mleczarska MLEKOVITA Wysokie Mazowieckie, NORDZUCKER Polska S.A. Opalenica , BELGIUMS’ BEST Poznań, SKOŁÓW S.A. Sokołów Podlaski, Województwo Zachodniopomorskie Szczecin, PINI POLONIA Kutno MTP Gold Medals GASTRO TRENDY 2010: BAR line furniture and equipment, DORA METAL Sp. z o.o., Czarnków • Convection oven with evaporation and probe thermometer, Fabryka Maszyn i Urządzeń Gastronomicznych KROMET Sp. z o.o. [Catering machinery and equipment factory], Krosno Odrzańskie.

ment” got acquainted with requirements that packaging should meet in order to be launched into the market. Applicable standards concerning packaging quality related to health, environmental protection and safety of users were discussed at the meeting, along with requirements concerning transport packaging, especially in the case of dangerous goods.

The programme of the trade fair was enriched by the presentations of exhibitors concerning the latest trends in the market of large packaging, packaging made from recycled paper and other recyclable materials, the applicability and processing of plastic, structural plastics, the principles of storage and challenge tests for food and

MTP Gold Medals TAROPAK 2010: RAYOFORM ™- Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene BOPP IML labelling films, INNOVIA FILMS LTD, Great Britain, entered by: INNOVIA FILMS (COMMERCIAL) Sp. z o.o., Branch in Poland, Poznań • DDK stretch double edge film, DUO PLAST AG, Germany • BOXMAT 2400 cardboard boxes producing machine, ZEMAT TECHNOLOGY GROUP Sp. z o.o., Łódź • ROBOSAC P4 palletiser TECNICAS MECANICAS ILERDENSES S.L. (TMI) Spain, entered by: ALIMA – PACK Systemy Pakowania Sp. z o.o., Środa Wlkp. • Ecocell film, VERIPLAST POLAND Sp. z o.o., Skierniewice • Conveying system based on ABM – 090 conveyor belts and ARA – M roll conveyors using special aluminium profile, AMSORT Sp. z o.o., Warsaw • Deniroll® plane bearing conveyor belt with denirug® large load-bearing module, Denipro AG, Switzerland • FANUC M410 palletising robot, FANUC ROBOTICS POLSKA Sp. z o.o., Wroclaw • COFPACK AND K 8-50 K packing machine, LEEPACK CO., LTD., South Korea, entered by: COFFEE SERVICE Sp. z o.o., Warsaw • ZMM szb/2500 creasing and fissure cutting device, Zakład Mechaniki Maszyn “ROLLER” s.c. [Machinery mechanics company] A. Wróblewska, Zb. Wróblewski, Łowicz • TFS-300 packing machine, ULMA Cy E, S. Coop, Spain, entered by: ULMA PACKAGING POLSKA Sp. z o.o., Legionowo • VERA HOT ROLA 9T roundabout labelling machine, VERI – SERVICE Zębiec Sp. z o.o., Koszary and VS LABEL TECH Sp. z o.o., Starachowice Acanthus Aureus TAROPAK 2010: IMS GLASS-DECOR Sp. z o.o., TOTAL-PACK Sp. z o.o., P.P.H.U. POLIPACK Sp. Jawna VERIPLAST POLAND Sp. z o.o., COLEMAN International Sp. z o.o., MASTERPRESS S.A. • Przedsiębiorstwo MULTI Sp. z o.o., PROMAG S.A., Przedsiębiorstwo Wielobranżowe ARTPLAST s.c. Centrum Dystrybucji Opakowań [Packaging Distribution Centre], AST POLSKA Sp. z o.o., PROMAG-SYSTEMY S.A.

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the significance of the durability of food products for consumers and manufacturers. Speakers from the Poznań Institute of Logistics and Warehousing explained to the listeners the methods of increasing efficiency and competitiveness of packaging companies by using financial resources offered by the European Union.

Innovative R&D department At the conference on “Innovations in logistics” organised by the “Eurologistics” publisher, innovations in the world of logistics were presented, along with ideas on how to improve products and services implemented in logistics companies. This year’s meeting was held under the motto of “the whole world is your R&D department”. The conference allowed the participants to get acquainted with new technologies supporting the management and archiving of documents in a company. The professionals that came to the event learned about green technologies for vehicle fleets, the possibilities offered by modern Internet platforms and how to use standards of transport packaging in their companies.

PakStar and Student PakStar Competitions The award and distinction giving ceremony of the National Packaging Competition PakStar 2010 and the National Competition of Packaging Design Student PakStar 2010 also took place at the trade fair. Both competitions were held under the honorary auspices of Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak. The organisers of the event – the Polish Packaging Research and Development Centre (COBRO), the Polish Chamber of Packaging (PIO), MTP, the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the www.opakowania.pl website awarded the best in the field of packaging design – those whose work contributes to improving packaging. The winners of PakStar and Student PakStar are going to take part in WorldStar and WorldStar Student Award international packaging competitions organised by the World Packaging Organisation.

In4Log – logistics show During the four-day long educational project called In4Log Innovations for Logistics 2010, in a model distribution centre of the area of 600 sq m, live shows were held to present the work of a warehouse

and equipment that supports logistics processes.

With the cooperation of thirteen technological partners participating in the project, all the warehouse equipment was integrated into an efficient logistics system. A typical process of goods flow in a warehouse was shown thanks to the technologically advanced installation presenting modern storing systems, internal transport and completion of goods. In each of the warehouse zones, equipment and technologies – often pioneering ones – integrated in innovative systems were presented.

The co-organiser of the event was Medialog – the publisher of such industry journals as “Top Logistyk” and “Magazynowanie i Dystrybucja”.

Sztaplar Show The Sztaplar Show is a show and an exhibition of storage technologies and IT solutions in the modern high-storage warehouse combined with the spectacular forklift competition and forklift operators. During the jubilee 10th edition of the Sztaplar Show the technical capacities of forklifts of almost all brands sold in the country were presented. Operators representing the suppliers or manufacturers of forklift trucks competed

on a specially prepared manoeuvring yard with a 1,500 sq m. obstacle course. The competition was crowned with a ceremony at which winners of the Sztaplar Show 2010 Cup were awarded in three categories of lifting capacity: up to 1.5 tonnes, up to 2 tonnes and over 2 tonnes.

After the forklift competition it was time for forklift operators to demonstrate their skills in operating the machines in other, non-standard, competitions. Another attraction of the event was the Driving School organised by “Nowoczesny Magazyn”, which gave the trade fair visitors an opportunity to sit behind the wheel of a forklift and undergo a quick learning session under the supervision of an instructor. Those who completed the course received a certificate.

One of the organisers of the event was FORUM Press – the publisher of such industry magazines as “Nowoczesny Magazyn”, “Logistyka a Jakość” and “Transport i Spedycja”.

by Marzena Banasz

The next edition of the TAROPAK International Packaging Technology and Logistics Exhibition is going to take place in September 2012.

PakStar 2010 In the category of unit packages: WINDOW packages, Coffee Service Sp. z o.o., Warsaw.

In the category of collective packages: packages for waste energy saving light bulbs, Gekoplast S.A., Krupskie Młyn, display box for bars, TFP Sp. z o.o., Dziećmierowo, display packages for cosmetics, TFP Grafika Sp. z o.o., Dziećmierowo.

In the category of transport packages: cardboard packages for laptops, DS Smith Polska S.A., Kielce, cardboard packages for engines, Zenit Sp. z o.o., Tarnów, plastic pallet, Becker Sp. z o.o., Myślenice.

Distinction in the category of transport packages: cardboard package for refrigerator, ZPM Poprawa, Kobyla Góra.

Student PakStar 2010 Packages-toys for candies, Anna Berenika-Wojdecka – the Faculty of Design and Interior Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, packages for Israeli spices, Helena Czernek – the Faculty of Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, plastic containers for household use, Jan Buczek – the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

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www.roltechnika.pl

Agricultual machines and equipment trade fair

Festival of machines

in Wilkowice

More than 20 thousand visitors took part in the ROLTECHNIKA Agricultural Exhibition and the 9th Polish Jerzy Samelczak Antique Tractors Show that took place in the village of Wilkowice, the commune of Lipno.

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early 150 collectors of antique tractors and agricultural machines and almost 50 exhibitors presenting the most modern agricultural machines of world brands met in Wilkowice. The event exhibitors and visitors came not only from Poland but also Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Great Britain, Germany and Austria.

The ROLTECHNIKA Exhibition included machines used for everyday field works, such as tractors, mini tractors, mowers, ploughs, combined cul-

tivator and seed drills, sowing machines, balers and baler wrappers, as well as front end loaders.

As part of the Antique Tractors Show, the lovers of these machines associated in the “Tractor and Machine” Antique Tractor and Farm Machinery Fan Club from the village of Lipno in the Wielkopolska Province and collectors from Germany, Slovakia, the Netherlands and Austria, presented historic models of such brands as: Ursus, Zetor, Ford, Volvo, Fendt, Hanomag, Kramer, Rumely, Farmall, Deutz, Lanz Buldog and John Deere.

There were also antique stationary engines, threshers and combine harvesters dating back

from the 20s to the 70s of the 20th century. Apart from the “Engine Starting” competition and a power competition, for the first time yet another contest was held this year – the “Hand Crank Starting” skill competition. Great interest was aroused by the “Collector of the Year” contest, in which the prize was founded by Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Marek Sawicki.

by Aleksander Chilewicz

The next edition of the ROLTECHNIKA Agricultural Exhibition is going to take place in Wilkowice in August 2011.

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International Fair of Animal Breeding

10-13.02.2011 Trade fair for real breeders

You are cordially invited to take part in the FARMA International Fair of Animal Breeding.

One of the distinguishing features of FARMA is an exceptionally rich offer for breeders. Thanks to the change of the time of the trade fair for early spring, it is here – in Poznań – that novelties in the field of mechanisation of livestock production are going to make their Polish debuts. Special exhibitions, presentations and professional seminars and debates with the participation of Polish and European experts in the sector of swine, poultry and cattle breeding – all that at FARMA as soon as in February!

We recommend new thematic exhibitions: Green Forage Exhibition – a comprehensive offer of technology for feed and silage production will be presented on a specially designated and clearly marked area. Machines, such as mowers, tedders, rakes, balers, wrappers and tractors will be a significant element of this sector.

Agroenergy Exhibition – an offer concerning the renewable energy sources (RES), including: cultivation and processing of energy crops, agricultural byproducts, by-products and waste from the agro-food industry, liquid and solid manure waste, incineration plants, briquetting, agricultural biogas plants.

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50plus.mtp.pl ACTIVE 50+ Generation

Prime age – living your life to the fullest!

That was the motto of the event that took place at the last weekend of September – the first in Poland Aktywni 50+ Trade Fair. It was a two-day event, organised for all those who – regardless of their age – want to live their life to the fullest and make use of everything life has to offer.

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hose who visited Aktywni 50+ were given a chance to learn about various opportunities to undertake professional and social activities, possibilities related to caring for one’s health and the quality of one’s life. At the same time, the event was a priceless source of marketing information for the exhibitors. The trade fair was organised by Poznań International Fair (MTP) in cooperation with the City of Poznań represented by the Seniors Initiatives Centre (CIS).

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Varied and interesting Among the topics discussed at the trade fair stands were: financial issues and technical issues related to the Internet and mobile phones. Apart from that, the event visitors sought beauty tips and medical advice. What attracted special attention was mobile phones designed especially for senior citizens and therefore equipped with large keys and easy to read screens. The myPhone company offered, among others, model 1088 that made its debut at the trade fair. You could also check your hearing or undergo a mammography examination for free. At the same time, stands of social and local organisations were a real mine of knowledge on meetings, cultural events and social activities organised in the city

and its surroundings. Attending the trade fair was a great opportunity to make contact with the organisations, get involved in their work or take advantage of their offers.

Sports and culture Yet another incentive to attend the trade fair was a rich programme of accompanying events. As soon as in the morning, on both Saturday and Sunday, you could listen to many interesting lectures, mostly on the subjects related to the positive aspects of being in the mature age bracket, but also on art or safety.

What enjoyed great interest were educational and developmental workshops. And for those aspiring to be more than just buyers of ready products and services, there were painting, photography, drama and opera workshops.

For the whole time of the trade fair various sports disciplines were being shown and taught, including yoga for senior citizens, therapeutic qigong, i.e. old Chinese exercises increasing fitness, dance movement therapy – shows of therapeutic dance, exercise for seniors, Nordic walking, tai chi, stationary bicycle workout, strength training, exercises with sticks, etc. In the Speed Badminton Park you could not only get acquainted with the rules of the game but also have free lessons with an instructor and take part in the open amateur tournament – For the whole time of the trade fair various sports disciplines were being shown and taught

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Co-organizers of the event, President of Poznań Ryszard Grobelny, MTP President Andrzej Byrt and volunteers of the Poznań Seniors Initiatives Centre officially cut the tibbon on the main stage

Aktywni 50+ Speedminton® Cup – counted in the Polish national speed badminton ranking.

During Aktywni 50+, MTP Pavilion 11, commonly called “the Spire”, became a cultural venue. It hosted the concerts of the Poznań Boys’ Choir, operetta duets, the Affabre Concinui group and Alicja Majewska, accompanied by Włodzimierz Korcz.

Moreover, there were many additional events that took place not at the grounds of MTP but out in the city.

by Donata Naumienko

The next edition of Aktywni 50+ is going to take place from 11 to 12 March 2011.

PROGRAMME O F T R A D E FA I R S 11.01 – 14.01

BUDMA – International Construction Fair CBS – Sports Facilities, Amenity Areas, Wellness & Spa WINDOOR-TECH – Fair of Machines and Components for Window, Door, Gate and Facade Production

03.06 – 04.06

POLSKIE ZBOŻA

14.06 – 17.06

INNOVATIONS – TECHNOLOGIES – MACHINES POLAND (ITM POLAND), including: HAPE – Exhibition of Hydraulics, Pneumatics and Drives MACH-TOOL – Machine Tool Exhibition METALFORUM – Exhibition of Metallurgy, Foundry Engineering and Metal Industry SURFEX – Exhibition of Surface Treatment Technologies WELDING RESEARCH FOR INDUSTRY WORK SAFETY IN INDUSTRY TRANSPORTA – "21st Century Rail Transport for Poland" Convention

28.01 – 30.01

32nd Racing Pigeon Olympiad – Trade Fair for Racing Pigeons and Accessories

10.02 – 13.02

FARMA – International Fair of Animal Breeding

15.02 – 18.02

MEBLE POLSKA – Furniture Fair

25.02 – 27.02

GARDENIA – Garden Fair ANIMAL MARKET – Zoological Exhibition RYBOMANIA – Angling Exhibition

01.03 – 03.03

NEXT SEASON – Exhibition of Clothing, Shoes and Accessories BODY STYLE – Exhibition of Lingerie and Beach Fashion FAST FASHION – Exhibition TEX-STYLE – Clothing Industry Fabrics and Accessories Trade Fair BTS – Fair of Shoes, Leather and Leather Goods

30.08 – 01.09

NEXT SEASON – Exhibition of Clothing, Shoes and Accessories BODY STYLE – Exhibition of Lingerie and Beach Fashion FAST FASHION – Exhibition BTS – Fair of Shoes, Leather and Leather Goods

02.09 – 03.09

Poznań Optical Exhibition 1)

04.03 – 06.03

Education Fair School Equipment Exhibition Books for Children and Young People – 10th Poznań Trade Fair Meetings

06.09 – 08.09

GIFT EXPO – Advertising Gift Fair (Warsaw)

12.09 – 15.09

POLAGRA-TECH – International Trade Fair of Food Processing Technologies, including: Exhibition of Meat Industry Machines and Equipment; Exhibition of Refrigerating, Air-Conditioning and Heating Devices; International Food Ingredients Show; Exhibition of Food Industry Machines and Equipment

12.09 – 15.09

POLAGRA-FOOD – International Food Product Trade Fair GASTRO TRENDY – International Trade Fair of Catering PAKFOOD – Food Industry Packaging Fair

22.09 – 24.09

CEDE – Central European Dental Exhibition

30.09 – 02.10

National Breeding Animals Exhibition

07.10 – 09.10

DREMASILESIA – MEBELTECHEXPO – Exhibition of Woodworking Machines and Tools (Katowice) 2)

14.10 – 16.10

ON/OFF – Consumer Electronics and Video Game Show (Warsaw)

19.10 – 22.10

TOUR SALON – Trade Fair of Regions and Tourist Products INVEST-HOTEL – Hotel Equipment Trade Fair

22.10 – 23.10

HOBBY – Model Making, Toys and Game Exhibition

08.11 – 10.11

FIT-EXPO – Fitness & Sport Park TTM – Automotive Technology Fair

SAKRALIA – Trade Fair of Church Furnishings, Liturgical Objects and Devotional Items

09.11 – 12.11

KAMIEŃ-STONE –Stone Industry Fair 3)

18.05 – 19.05

OPAKPRINT – Lublin Packaging and Printing Fair

18.11 – 20.11

BOAT SHOW – Fair of Sailing and Water Sports 4)

24.05 – 26.05

EXPOPOWER – International Power Industry Fair AUTOMA – International Fair of Robotics, Automatics, Control and Measurement Equipment GREENPOWER – International Renewable Energy Fair

22.11 – 25.11

POLEKO – International Trade Fair of Environmental Protection KOMTECHNIKA – International Trade Fair of Municipal Technologies GMINA – Fair of Products and Services for Local Governments INVESTFIELD – Property and Investment Exhibition

25.05 – 27.05

HOME DECOR – Interior Furnishing and Decoration Fair LUMINEXPO – Lighting and Light Technology Exhibition

02.12 – 04.12

Art & Craft Festival

December

Horse-Riding Equipment Fair

12.03 – 13.03

Aktywni 50+

16.03 – 18.03

POZNAŃ MEDIA EXPO

18.03 – 20.03

MOTOR SHOW

22.03 – 24.03

EPLA – International Fair of Plastics and Rubber Processing 1)

25.03 – 26.03

Poznań Optical Exhibition

29.03 – 01.04

FURNICA – International Trade Fair of Components for Furniture Production DREMA – International Trade Fair of Machines and Tools for Wood and Furniture Industries

02.04 – 06.04

BAKEPOL – Baking and Confectionery Industry Fair (Kielce)

02.04 – 03.04

LOOK – Hairdressing Forum BEAUTY VISION – Cosmetics and Solaria Forum

12.04 – 15.04

POLIGRAFIA – International Fair of Printing Machines, Materials and Services EURO-REKLAMA – International Fair of Advertising Goods and Services

13.05 – 15.05

25.05 – 28.05

ARENA DESIGN MOODFORM – Design Fair

28.05 – 29.05

AGRO-PARK – Agricultural Fair (Lublin)

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Organiser: Interprovincial Guild of Optical Crafts in Poznań Co-organiser: Międzynarodowe Targi Katowickie sp. z o.o.

Co-organiser: Geoservice-Christi sp. z o.o. – Wrocław 4) Co-organiser: Interservis sp. z o.o. – Łódź 2) 3)

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Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie is a leader of Polish trade fair industry and hold almost 50% of shares in Polish trade fair market. Moreover, it is second largest fair organizer in Central and Eastern Europe. Poznań, as the only Polish fair centre, was taken into consideration in world ranking of fair cities AUMA (33rd place in 2009).

into effective business relationships with companies from all over the world and achieve real benefits. MTP Foreign Trade Fair Department offers comprehensive organization of exhibitions of Polish companies at trade fair in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Russia and Ukraine.

MTP belongs to the organizations for world trade fair leaders such as UFI – Global Association of the Exhibition Industry and Centrex – International Exhibition Statistics Union.

During the last five years almost 430 Polish companies took advantage of the MTP services concerning coordination of foreign exhibitions and they together rented the fair space of total 9300 m2.

Professional organization of trade fair trips and confidence that is placed in Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie result in systematically growing number of clients.

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