Our 2024 Sponsors
MAY 15 & 16 2024 | HAMILTON
We are very grateful to our generous sponsors profiled below and look forward to partnering with them to create an outstanding conference event.
Our 2024 sponsors
We are delighted to again welcome Daltons as our Platinum Sponsor for this year’s conference, which includes the generous support of our Industry Dinner.
Daltons is a New Zealand-owned, family-run business who have been supporting and supplying the horticultural industry for more than 75 years with superior growing media and nursery supplies. Its extensive range includes specialty fertilisers, pumice, granulated bark and mulches, bark fibre, coco fibre and a large variety of other growing mediums and specialised mixes to suit the needs of growers and nurseries. Daltons also provides a comprehensive range of pots, trays, irrigation, and nursery automation equipment. Its team is committed to providing high-quality products, exceptional service, and expert advice.
Te Uru Raakau is supporting us again as our Gold Sponsor.
Te Uru Rākau New Zealand Forest Service works with tangata whenua, landowners, and the forestry and wood processing sector. Its goal is to unlock the full potential of Aotearoa New Zealand forests to support our climate change response. It envisions a future where our forests will provide ecosystem services, carbon capture, and produce high-value timber products, novel bio-products, and bioenergy as part of a low emissions bioeconomy
ICL join us again this year and is one of our generous Silver Sponsors.
Impact for a sustainable future: ICL’s commitment to a greener world spans the globe. ICL serves all the world’s green markets through its ornamental horticulture, specialty agriculture and turf & amenity divisions. And that makes ICL unique. But its ICL’s people that make the company extraordinary. Every day and around the world, ICL experts in the field work with end users to optimise plant nutrition and provide advice, know-how and expertise on location. This combination of world-class technology and a down-to-earth personal touch are the seeds of ICL’s success.
Advanced Hort join us again this year and is one of our generous Silver Sponsors. Their fantastic tech will demonstrated at both the Innovation Day and at the Novotel trade display. Managing Director Nathan Hewson is also taking part in the Innnovation in our Industry panel during conference. .
Advanced Hort offers innovative and integrated solutions for the horticulture industry, including Ellepot and Plant Propagation systems. The latter specialises in manufacturing pre-made Ellepots available in a variety of sizes, ranging from 20mm to 80mm. These Ellepots are meticulously crafted to meet the diverse needs of growers and nurseries, providing a reliable and efficient solution for plant propagation. With a focus on quality and precision, Ellepots offer consistency and flexibility for different plant varieties and growth stages.
We are delighted that HortBase is joining us as a Silver Sponsor this year.
Designed to provide businesses with relevant, accurate and timely data, HortBase Nursery Management Software is suitable for production, wholesale and retail garden nursery businesses. HortBase is a modular product able to provide solutions for all facets of business management - from Inventory Control and Sales Orders / Invoicing through to Creditors and Cashbook. The Production Scheduling Module is unique in its comprehensive scope and total planning control.
Prime Hort is a Silver sponsor this year and is also demonstrating at Innovation Day so don’t miss out on attending on May 15 and checking out their trade display on the 16th.
As a leading distributors of garden tools and nursery supplies, PrimeHort looks at every innovation possible to offer a complete solution. The Prime Hort team understands that meeting customers’ needs takes a lot more energy than being a one-stop-shop with a large product range. The extra-mile lies in outstanding service. It means responding fast, with affordable solutions. Every day the PrimeHort promise remains the same; distribute quality products with generosity at every turn.
Agrecovery is this year’s lunch sponsor and we’re positive you’ll enjoy the spread.
Agrecovery is New Zealand’s sustainable solution for the recycling of primary industry plastics such as containers, drums, IBCs and small seed, feed and fertiliser bags. Its recycling network includes over 160 fixed sites nationwide. Collected plastic is made into re-usable products such as underground cable cover and building materials. They also safely dispose of unwanted agrichemicals.
Agovor was founded NZPPI member and director of Ardmore Nurseries, Richard Beaumont. He was looking to create productivity solutions with a global impact that would break the horticulture mould. The result is GOVOR®, a robotic, AI-controlled electric tractor designed to automate outdoor manual labour tasks for row based growers.
Check out the GOVOR in action at our Innovation Day on May 15.
Egmont Commercial is a leading supplier of horticultural products for professionals. They are a full service, innovative growing business staffed by horticulture professionals who make a real difference to plant production operations.
Egmont Commercial is sponsoring morning tea at on our conference day - don’t miss out on their generous .catering.
Apex Greenhouses designs, manufactures and builds turnkey greenhouse projects, providing a full service to customers to suit a wide range of requirements. They also provide a full range of greenhouse equipment including heating, irrigation and computer systems as well as greenhouse machinery.
Apex will be having a trade display at the Novotel so check it out.
Syngenta is a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources. Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, its 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown. Syngenta is committed to rescuing land from degradation, enhancing biodiversity and revitalising rural communities.
Syngenta will be having a trade display at the Novotel.
Richel Group designs, manufactures and develops complete greenhouse and shelter solutions for agriculture, construction and industry on a worldwide scale. The company are committed to delivering high-performance, reliable and long-lasting solutions.
The Richel Group, which recently finished a large greenhouse project for LeaderBrand in Gisborne, will be hosting a trade display at the Novotel.
Omya is a leading global producer of high quality natural minerals. Their range of products includes granulated, powder and slurry formulations to suit different crops and application methods. Omya’s granulation plant in Te Kuiti was commissioned in 2018 and serves arable farmers throughout the region.
At the heart of Omya’s success is their ability to mill minerals to extremely fine particles, which makes their products highly reactive and efficient. Read more in the technical article The importance of reactivity.
For the first time Omya is joining us as a trade display sponsor so be sure to stop by to say hello.
Norwood was established in the 1960’s by the Eason family who pioneered the introduction of coloured UV printed plant tags. The company has developed numerous patented tag display methods for marketing of plants around the world. Its expertise has now extended to shelf strips, shelf wobblers, floor decals, banners, point of sale, packaging and large format custom signage along with services such as branding, marketing, merchandising and advertising.
FMG is incredibly proud of its roots, starting out in 1905 by a group of farmers to manage the risks of rural life. Today FMG is still 100% New Zealand owned and operated, with 30 local offices right throughout regional New Zealand. Its team of more than 800 employees pride themselves of understanding and supporting rural New Zealand to grow, innovate and thrive.
FMG Corporate Communications Specialist Miranda Clayton is MC of our Industry Dinner and Conference this year.
The Plant Pass team has a trade display stand at conference and will be able to answer your biosecurity questions.
Plant Pass is a voluntary certification scheme that promotes and supports good biosecurity practice in the nursery and its supply chain. Help protect Aotearoa: if you are a plant producer or nursery owner join the 70+ trusted Plant Pass producers and register your interest today.
Read the inaugural Plant Pass Annual Report to find out all about our activities in 2022 and 2023.