SALTEX 2016 opens its doors today
Show organisers listened to visitor feedback from last year’s event to ensure that SALTEX 2016 – which starts today at the NEC Birmingham – offers even more reasons to attend, from FREE car parking for IOG members and outdoor demonstrations to an extended, free-to-attend seminar programme and new show attractions.
Last year’s SALTEX (Sports, Amenities, Landscaping Trade Exhibition) was an unprecedented success with over 260 exhibitors and 8,714 unique visitors spanning 45 different nations. Building on that success, SALTEX 2016’s improved show features and unrivalled industry support are set to work together to create the most exciting groundscare event to date when the doors open at 9.00 a.m.
There are over 280 exhibitors from a diverse range of grounds management sectors and the exhibition will see a plethora of exhibitors representing the likes of forestry, play, groundscare machinery, artificial surfaces, natural turf, landscaping products, pest control, line marking, waste management, sports equipment and many, many more.
Show organisers have commissioned an extra seminar theatre for SALTEX 2016 in order to expand the number of presentations across the two days. Learning LIVE will now see four purpose-built seminar theatres with state-of-the-art sound systems and screens featuring a greater depth of content and quality.
Based on SALTEX 2015 post-show feedback surveys, show organisers have made the decision to bring back outdoor working demonstrations, which will take place on a grass area directly outside the SALTEX halls 6, 7 and 8 and will provide visitors with an opportunity of seeing a number of products in action.
New for 2016 is the SALTEX College Cup, sponsored by Ransomes, a national student-led sports-turf challenge that will take place on Wednesday. It is an academic test of turf management knowledge for student competitors in teams of four who are enrolled at colleges throughout the UK on relevant courses of study.
The Pathology & Soil Science LIVE area will be located on the IOG Hub (stand number C180) from 11am to 1pm each day and will allow visitors to look in detail at the symptoms of some common turfgrass fungal disease problems, as infected plants are magnified and displayed on a large screen.
