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LAMMA hailed a great success
Thousands of visitors have thronged to this year’s LAMMA that was held for the first time at the NEC in Birmingham. There were over 650 exhibitors and thousands of visitors attended to see the latest farming machinery, equipment and innovations.
Words by: Auto Trader
Published on 28 January 2019 | 0 min read
Visitors said the new venue was ideal for an event of this size. It was a comfortable environment and many exhibitors said they had high qualify conversations with visitors.
It wasn’t just large machinery manufacturers that were exhibiting. Hundreds of smaller agricultural engineering and machinery companies were on display. LAMMA’s commitment to innovation was reinforced in the Innovation Awards, which were relaunched at the NEC. The competition champions agricultural machinery, equipment and services innovations, and an Innovation Trail enabled visitors to find out more about the gold and silver medal-winning products showcased on exhibitors' stands. Other sectors including agronomy, business and farm management advice also featured. AgriBriefing group events director Elisabeth Mork-Eidem said: “We are absolutely delighted with the outcome of what has been a busy and exciting year planning for the show. “We are thrilled with the incredibly positive feedback both from our exhibitors and visitors taking part over the past two days. “Together we pulled together and provided the show UK agriculture deserves. Around 40,000 people attended the event, and there was a real sense of excitement and buzz throughout the 11 packed NEC halls. “LAMMA would like to sincerely thank all our exhibitors and visitors who took this important move with us. UK agriculture finally has a show to rival its European counterparts and we cannot wait to start working on next year’s show to make that even bigger and better.” Jon Hercman of LAMMA headline sponsor Asset Finance Partners (AFP) said: “AFP thoroughly enjoyed headlining LAMMA 2019. “It was great to see so many people from the wider agriculture industry under one roof and the indoor format at the NEC created a real positive energy which reflected in the discussions we were having on our stand. “It was a great start to what will no doubt be another exciting year in agriculture. AFP would like to thank everyone who joined us at our stand for a chat.” The buoyant mood was reflected by a raft of tweets from visitors and exhibitors (see @lammashow and #lamma19), and summed up by Essex farmer and NFU vice-president Guy Smith (essexpeasant) who wrote: “Impressed @lammashow today. Lots of kit and farmers. I always felt when our industry lost Smithfield and The Royal we lost more than the events themselves. It was good to witness what felt like a statement of faith in the future of UK ag at the NEC.” Warwickshire farmer farmerangus1 backed up that sentiment with: “Well done @lammashow crying out for a venue like this for years, cracking atmosphere and felt a real buzz inside. No more negativity in agriculture – the future generation don’t need it.” Lincs farmers James Willox3 added:” Got to say #LAMMA19 at the NEC was by far the best LAMMA show I've been to. Hope it continues and goes from strength to strength.” Yorkshire farmer Jono Dixon (Sunkfarmer) said: “@lammashow fresh in our minds and been a huge success. #LAMMA19 in my opinion was excellent.” Fendt national sales manager Martin Hamer said: “We have been really, really busy. We firmly believe agriculture deserves a really good shop window and we very pleased to be at the NEC – it’s been a really positive experience.” McConnel’s Nicholas Hassell described LAMMA ’19 as the best show ever. “It has been absolutely amazing – we couldn’t see the stand carpet for visitors yesterday. We’ll be looking to increase our stand space next year.” Krone’s UK head of marketing James Duggleby said: “The LAMMA move to the NEC has been fantastic. We’ve seen what we think is record attendance, great positive mood, fantastic enquiry levels and everybody seems to have really embraced the move indoors. See you again in 2020!” Kuhn’s Kate Bennett described the event as brilliant. “It’s a great improvement now we’re indoors, end users and exhibitors have been really impressed. We’ve had a constant flow of people and great interest in the machines.” The NEC Group’s managing director of conventions and exhibitions Karthryn James said: “It is great to witness a premier sector event such as LAMMA utilise what we have here in Birmingham, confidently transforming their event with our flexible space and the support of our dedicated and knowledgeable in-house team. “It has been an absolute pleasure to join the LAMMA team on this journey. Visitor and exhibitor feedback received has been extremely positive, and we look forward to helping deliver an even better experience next year.” LAMMA ’20 will take place at the NEC on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th January 2020.
It wasn’t just large machinery manufacturers that were exhibiting. Hundreds of smaller agricultural engineering and machinery companies were on display. LAMMA’s commitment to innovation was reinforced in the Innovation Awards, which were relaunched at the NEC. The competition champions agricultural machinery, equipment and services innovations, and an Innovation Trail enabled visitors to find out more about the gold and silver medal-winning products showcased on exhibitors' stands. Other sectors including agronomy, business and farm management advice also featured. AgriBriefing group events director Elisabeth Mork-Eidem said: “We are absolutely delighted with the outcome of what has been a busy and exciting year planning for the show. “We are thrilled with the incredibly positive feedback both from our exhibitors and visitors taking part over the past two days. “Together we pulled together and provided the show UK agriculture deserves. Around 40,000 people attended the event, and there was a real sense of excitement and buzz throughout the 11 packed NEC halls. “LAMMA would like to sincerely thank all our exhibitors and visitors who took this important move with us. UK agriculture finally has a show to rival its European counterparts and we cannot wait to start working on next year’s show to make that even bigger and better.” Jon Hercman of LAMMA headline sponsor Asset Finance Partners (AFP) said: “AFP thoroughly enjoyed headlining LAMMA 2019. “It was great to see so many people from the wider agriculture industry under one roof and the indoor format at the NEC created a real positive energy which reflected in the discussions we were having on our stand. “It was a great start to what will no doubt be another exciting year in agriculture. AFP would like to thank everyone who joined us at our stand for a chat.” The buoyant mood was reflected by a raft of tweets from visitors and exhibitors (see @lammashow and #lamma19), and summed up by Essex farmer and NFU vice-president Guy Smith (essexpeasant) who wrote: “Impressed @lammashow today. Lots of kit and farmers. I always felt when our industry lost Smithfield and The Royal we lost more than the events themselves. It was good to witness what felt like a statement of faith in the future of UK ag at the NEC.” Warwickshire farmer farmerangus1 backed up that sentiment with: “Well done @lammashow crying out for a venue like this for years, cracking atmosphere and felt a real buzz inside. No more negativity in agriculture – the future generation don’t need it.” Lincs farmers James Willox3 added:” Got to say #LAMMA19 at the NEC was by far the best LAMMA show I've been to. Hope it continues and goes from strength to strength.” Yorkshire farmer Jono Dixon (Sunkfarmer) said: “@lammashow fresh in our minds and been a huge success. #LAMMA19 in my opinion was excellent.” Fendt national sales manager Martin Hamer said: “We have been really, really busy. We firmly believe agriculture deserves a really good shop window and we very pleased to be at the NEC – it’s been a really positive experience.” McConnel’s Nicholas Hassell described LAMMA ’19 as the best show ever. “It has been absolutely amazing – we couldn’t see the stand carpet for visitors yesterday. We’ll be looking to increase our stand space next year.” Krone’s UK head of marketing James Duggleby said: “The LAMMA move to the NEC has been fantastic. We’ve seen what we think is record attendance, great positive mood, fantastic enquiry levels and everybody seems to have really embraced the move indoors. See you again in 2020!” Kuhn’s Kate Bennett described the event as brilliant. “It’s a great improvement now we’re indoors, end users and exhibitors have been really impressed. We’ve had a constant flow of people and great interest in the machines.” The NEC Group’s managing director of conventions and exhibitions Karthryn James said: “It is great to witness a premier sector event such as LAMMA utilise what we have here in Birmingham, confidently transforming their event with our flexible space and the support of our dedicated and knowledgeable in-house team. “It has been an absolute pleasure to join the LAMMA team on this journey. Visitor and exhibitor feedback received has been extremely positive, and we look forward to helping deliver an even better experience next year.” LAMMA ’20 will take place at the NEC on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th January 2020.