Cultivate '18, Columbus, Ohio
![The Svensson team: Wouter de Jong, Maurico Manotas, Gina Misenheimer, Katherine Wolper & Stella Thomas](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0357.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Alberto Zanon of Pati Plastics, Vittorio Genuardi & Massimo Boscolo with Italian greenhouse builder Idromeccanica Luchinni](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0490.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Frank Somma, Saskia Reimann & Guido Cabas with Fiberlane. Since there’s market for specialized products and good information to go with it in the US and Canadian market, the company is always present at Cultivate](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0372.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![How orange would you like it to be? The team with Ridder. This year the new identitiy was launched, uniting all brands under one banner: http://www.hortidaily.com/article/43764/Ridder-Group-unites-brands-under-one-banner](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0401.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Jeremy Park & Chang Joon with Helper Robotech. The Korean manufacturer Helper Robotech develops machinery and solutions to automate the grafting process](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0431.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![While a lot of propagators still rely on physical human labour for this work, an increasing amount of growers are considering automating the work. Especially now that vision technology has become more common and affordable, automated grafting is again topic of discussion.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0432.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The Bioline AgroSciences team: Gregory Bryant, Ludwik Pokorny, Chris Freeman, Cora Perez, Tahmineh Ziaei & Ascencion Arquidez](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0214.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Some serious craftsmanship at the booth of Thermo Energy. The scale model showed a complete greenhouse and of course its energy system.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0174.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Finishing the 5K flower run in the morning and still shining like stars: Raj Abey, Brian Ziff & Andrew Pidgeon with FibreDust](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0463.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The Quick Plug team adjusted easily to the new company identity, uniting Grow-Tech, Quick Plug & Oni Growing Solutions: http://www.hortidaily.com/article/44250/Grow-Tech,-Quick-Plug-and-Omni-Growing-Solutions-unite-as-Quick-Plug-Global](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0246.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Pascal den Heijer with Holland Scherming & Rob van Leeuwen with F&H Crone visited the show and participated in the global 30 Seconds competition.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0164.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Sunday morning means Flower Run. Organized by Luxfora, GIE Media and AmericanHort and celebrating Luxflora’s mission to develop a visionary, influential floriculture network in which women leaders can create, inspire, and flourish. It was held at a new location this year: across from Franklin Park Conservatory.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/20180715_062814.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The run took of at 6:30 AM, therefor the photo is a bit blurry... With a high temperature and a high humidity at that time of the day already it wasn't an easy one! Almost 150 runners participated and Jon Vaughan finished first within 19:49 minutes.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/20180715_063343.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Drew Sheeban with Vostermans Ventilation, showing the V-FloFan. This vertical ventilator provides better air distribution and thus offers higher humidity control.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0158.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![That’s the first part of Evonik! Bobby Mitra, John Wynne & Lynn Royal showing the Stockosorb hydrogel, providing a solution for water & nutrient management.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0165.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Vincenzo Russo and Antonella Migliozzi of Vifra joined in to explain more about the high pressure fog systems.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0170.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Milan Formsma & Herman Verboom with HT Verboom Transportsystemen and on the right Arwin van der Wees with SPX. Together with Altis they participated as the Dutch Suppliers Group.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0180.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Peter Ollevier with Phormium (second on the right) was paid a visit by Bert Neeft (Total Energy Group), Theo van de Sande (Growline) & Kees van Zeijl (Total Energy Group)](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0185.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The BPIA (Biological Products Industry Alliance) has broadened their activities from biological crop protection products to biological stimulants as well. “A mega trend”, Executive Director Keith Jones states. In the photo with Jon Amdursky and Eric Smith, BioSafe Systems.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0189.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The trade show was well visited by growers from the floral industry, but also many leafy green & cannabis participants joined in.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0203.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Well Martin Stolze does go orange. From now all their machines will be accented with an orange twist. In the photo Paul van der Wielen, Willem Kuijvenhoven, Peter Bos & Peter Bos jr](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0229.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Theo Kleijweg (TK-topboiler) Nico van der Houwen (Agrolux), Bram van Marrewijk (AAB NL), Danny van den Bosch (Codema) & Arie Boot, Gakon.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0243.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The Dutch embassy hosted drinks on the first night of the exhibition. The newly arrived Dutch Agricultural Counselor Marianne Vaes welcomed the Dutchies.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0253.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Since many Dutch companies joined in on the show and could do with a drink after day one, it was visited very well](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0254.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Nick Graber with Micro Farms, offering Verti Tube: a vertical growing solutions both to professional and home growers](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0263.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Underneath the flying baskets is the team of Metazet FormFlex: Renko Schuil, Albert Pinto, Stephen Schorman & Dennis van Gaalen](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0267.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Australia based company Autogrow is speeding their US invasion since the demand for its products is high](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0269.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Dominic Paulhus with Mabre Canada. Mabre has been servicing the greenhouse industry for over 40 years.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0273.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Explanation on the Gallina USA products, like the aluminum Poli-Lok system and the various covering materials the company offers](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0274.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Jason Green explaining about the Growfilm, a recently introduced LED product offering a flexible and scalable solution with a high turnout.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0281.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Jerome Doucet & Line Magier with Montel, showing their mobile racking solutions for the horticultural industry](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0283.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Since the start of this year Shakti Cocos is operating as an individual company and therefor they joined in on the Cultivate individually.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0285.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![It’s all about LED? This goes in a slightly different way to AgBio as well. Their dead-inn LED light traps work with LED and brings a solution to bugs in the greenhouse. In the photo Jan & Parker Meneley.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0294.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Bartlett offers various products to monitor and control the growing circumstances in your greenhouse](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0315.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The new Plantlogic tabletop substrate growing system , shown by Alejandra Castellanos, Israel Holby & Michael Schmidt](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0352.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![PL Light Systems has been rebranded: The company’s style now matches with the international Hortilux group. In the photo Lisa Jansen van Rensburg, Jennifer Starchuk, Eric Moody & James Grouzos](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0361.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The Excalibur Plastics team is expanding their operations into the US. In the photo Josh Carnevale, David Boutros, Dean Martin Colasanti & Mike Garganta, who joined the team for this matter.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0376.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Rebranded! Philips will continue its activities as Signify – but the faces of the company remain the same.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0387.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Bud Sulzer & Bruce Botnick with B&B Lightning Consultants are working with the Destine, making it possible to better use the available energy sources.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0395.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![How horti? The salads for lunch were said to be harvested from the Smartfarm within the Convention Centre](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0399.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Lambert Peat Moss Company is celebrating its 90th anniversary of premium peat moss production and explains all about EPM Mixes: Lambert Peat Moss + Ecopeat](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0404.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The team with Grodan, promoting both rockwool substrate and Grosens. In the photo Austin Smith, Don Courtemanche & Shawn Misener](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0406.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Matt White & Kyle Barnett with HortAmericas showing the new nanoBoost Nanobubble Generator of Moleaer. http://www.hortidaily.com/article/39653/Yields-increased-thanks-to-higher-level-dissolved-oxygen](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0427.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![And not to be missed of course the Visser cutting transplanting system AutoStix: http://www.hortidaily.com/article/43565/Were-looking-at-100-million-cuttings-through-the-system-this-season](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/12189/DSC_0453.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
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