Exhibits thrive on last day of National Fieldays

Exhibits thrive on last day of 2010 National Fieldays

New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays closed on a remarkable note today with 122,349 visitors through the gate over the iconic four day event. Saturday, the final day, saw 28,139 occupy the exhibition area, 11% up on the prior year. The 2009 event was attended by 117,000, 4.6% less than this year’s event.

Organisers are keen to see the results of the post Fieldays exhibitor survey, which will reveal actual sales generated at the event. Overall exhibitors were thrilled with the calibre of visitors to their stands; reporting significant trade on previous years. In addition to increased sales, several critical business deals were forged, contributing to a prosperous year at Fieldays.

One of many exhibitors pleased with results from National Fieldays was Scott Bright, Managing Director of Interbloc. In 2003 Bright developed an interlocking concrete block system mainly for the construction and roading industry. Bright says Interbloc’s primary marketing push is exhibiting at Fieldays, where they can connect to their favourite customers; “We really enjoy working with farmers; they’re our best clients to deal with, which is why it’s critical for us to be at National Fieldays. Bright continues; “We’ve had the best Fieldays, with more than double the sales of last year. The quality of the people is excellent; people come in and know what they want”.

Gallagher Group National Sales Manager, Peter Nation, was pleased with trade at Fieldays, commenting “It’s been a great year for Gallagher; sales to Thursday night were equivalent to total sales over the four days last year. There has been huge interest in our newly released products”. This month Gallagher launched the Sheep Auto Drafter and Innovation Centre award winning, SmartFence.

New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays was held 16 to 19 June at Mystery Creek Events Centre. The next National Fieldays will be held 15 to 18 June, 2011. Fieldays is proudly supported by strategic partners; The National Bank and the University of Waikato.

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