AIPH IGOTY 2017 Signs Royal FloraHolland As Headline Partner

Royal FloraHolland is to support the AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards (IGOTY) 2017 as Headline Partner. The awards recognise best practice in horticultural production by the top ornamental production nurseries from around the globe, celebrating the expertise and energy they give to horticulture.

Royal FloraHolland is a co-operative organisation of and for growers of horticultural products, and brings the floriculture chain together in several ways. It is an open marketplace where suppliers of floriculture products and their customers can meet to do business. With its new strategy, ‘Flowering the world together. Planting seeds of opportunities for all our members,’ it creates opportunities for our industry to encourage the consumer to spend more money on more flowers and plants. It provides benefits to its members and their customers by contributing to their margins by optimising its own logistics and taking control of floriculture standards.

As a committed player in the international ornamental horticulture industry, supporting innovation and successful entrepreneurship, AIPH welcomes Royal FloraHolland as Headline Partner. AIPH Secretary General, Tim Briercliffe, comments “We are very pleased to have the support of Royal FloraHolland for a second year running. Their support demonstrates the significance of these awards for the global ornamentals industry. The gala awards dinner is becoming a major international network for the sector.”

Floris Olthof, Manager Cooperation & Communication, Royal FloraHolland, comments, “I am pleased that once again Royal FloraHolland will be supporting the AIPH International Grower of the Year awards. It fits our strategy perfectly ‘Flowering the World together, Planting seeds for opportunities for our members’. We were delighted with the awards event at IPM Essen in January and look forward to joining industry colleagues to celebrate the best in this industry again in Essen in January 2017.”

For further sponsorship information visitwww.aiph.org/groweroftheyear  

Photo: Lucas Vos, CEO of Royal FloraHolland speaking at IGOTY Awards 2016

Watch the IGOTY Awards 2016 at  www.aiph.org/aiph_video/aiph-international-grower-of-the-year-2016/

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International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH)

Since 1948, AIPH has united horticultural producers in an international community that thrives to this day. Much has changed in that time. Technologies advanced, cities rose from the ground, and we have become more connected than ever. As a result, our essential bond with nature has been weakened. AIPH strives to reignite and uphold an appreciation of plants that we believe is a basic human instinct. We support the work of grower associations globally and together we champion a prosperous industry, growing plants that enhance lives, advance societies and sustain our planet, for this generation and the next.

For further details visit www.aiph.org

IGOTY Awards

Brought to you by AIPH in partnership with Founding Partner, FloraCulture International (FCI), the IGOTY awards have been championing outstanding achievement in the sector since 2010. They recognise best practice in horticultural production by the top ornamental production nurseries from around the globe, celebrating the expertise and energy they give to horticulture. In 2016 ornamentals growers from Canada, China, Germany, Netherlands, Turkey, UK and USA reached the finals, where Costa Farms, US, became IGOTY winner 2016. The IGOTY Awards 2017 will take place in January 2017 during IPM Essen, Germany.

Source: International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH)