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Fruit Logistica Berlin 2025

Housna El Andaloussi of Delassus, this Moroccan exporter deals in tomatoes, avocados and citrus.

Steve Page and Greg Akins from Catalytic Generators and Fresh Produce Instruments.

The team at Berry World.

Robert Round, Simon Matthews and Marino Castillo from AgriCoat NatureSeal.

Michael Schadler and the mascot of Washington Apple Commission

Richard Vollebregt, Yosum Cengiz, and Robert Rouhof with Cravo Systems.

Daniel Bader and Natalie King came along to visit the FreshPlaza stand.

Team Sunset Holland presents their retail packaging

The massive stand of Turkish fresh produce exporter Aksun.

Benjamin Ponce de Leon, Bernabé Padilla, and Mariano Sangronis with Citromax are celebrating the company’s 60th anniversary.

The talking point at the Westfalia stand was beautiful pink bow, the dye for the pink colour comes from avocado stones which can produce various colours. This ties in with the company's ethos of using the whole product.

Nico van Schalkwijk, Julian Bowey, Adele Akermann and Riza van Rensburg from ClemenGold.

The team of Appolonia. This Polish apple exporter showed off their new drone footage to clients, showcasing their orchards, packhouse and other facilities.

Denise Junqueiro and Karen Slater are promoting Fresh Formulaics, a new line of post-harvest solutions that has just been launched.

Team of Stepac

The international team of Multivac.

An overview of the Multivac booth.

Jorge Garcia, Nicolas Shore and Graham Ellis were at the It’s Fresh stand, the company has been nominated for the Innovation Award.

The team from Angus Soft Fruits.

Ruby Boyarski, Jane Shpits and Avi Schwartzer of ClariFresh

Ryan Lockman and Phylip Symons with North Bay Produce

Jessica Davies and Vicente Traviesa of Aerobotics. They have expanded into blueberries for sizes and colour.

Team JASA!

Produce referees are ready to solve disputes. Luc Mougeot, Jaime Bustamante, Iryna Romanenko, and Kevin Smith with the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation from Canada.

Les Domaines, prominent growing company from Morocco, and its newest citrus variety Sweetcott

Yaniv Cohen and Tal Akerman of Hadiklaim promoting MyJool. Younger people are eating more dates, especially in UK it is going very well.

Elena Hernandez, Jennifer Sanchez, and Dané Joubert with Sun World. In addition to the breeding of grapes, the company has expanded into citrus, avocados, and mangos.

Dror Eigerman of Galilee Export

George Pitsikoulis, Dan Duguay, Ron LeMaire, Sue Lewis, and Greg Palmer representing the Canadian Produce Marketing Association who will be celebrating their 100th trade show in April in Montreal.

Tsila Holinger, Jan-Willem van Wyk, Yonatan Meron, Itay Schnitzer and Giyora Merom from Granot Fresh

Brent Scattini, Bill Weyland, Greg Thorne, Greg Reinauer, Mark Lacey and Jeronimo Castagnetto with Lange Farms.

Nufar Sagi, Saar Ziv, Oron Ziv and Guy Zarafaty from Befresh Europe

Sabrina Pokomandy of Highline Mushrooms and Harold Paivarinta & Leona Neill from Red Sun Farms are walking the show in Berlin.

Rob williams, Zina Kukharovski, Gabriel Vaisman, Haim Bar, Roger Niebolt and Marcelo Salem of Xsense

Galen George, Ivonne Chica, and Leonard Felix of Felix Instruments are proudly showing some of their quality meters with the Grape Quality Meter being the latest addition.

Just launched, the new Grape Quality Meter from Felix Instruments.

Rafi, Nomi, Shachar, Rachel, Vered, Reut, Amit and Adi Karniel of Grapa Varieties

Rupert Hargreaves with Global Plant Genetics, joined by Sam Ahilan, Andrew Pidgeon, and Satheesh Rao with FibreDust, LLC / FD Berries.

The stand of IG International, a fruit trader from India. Their stand was always busy, filled with fruitful meetings!

It’s always busy in the booth of Salix Fruits, but they made time to smile for a photo. From left to right: Stefano Borria (Fresh Del Monte), Ignacio Vidales, Juan Gonzalez Pita, and José Randazzo (Grupo Randazzo).

Marta Paprocka of Polish packaging manufacturer Silbo.

Jose Manuel Villacis, Jesus Cavazos and Anthony Serafino of EXP. Group share how this show allows them to meet so many global partners and customers in just a few days.

Alper Kerim of Demir Fresh Fruits. They export apples and cherries, mostly to India. This year, they intend to focus on increasing their cherry exports. With the Red Sea issues coming to an end, he hopes that next season will be exciting.

Gavin Porter, Kevin Brandt, Florent Geerdens, and Tyler Brandt represent AIGN, Associated International Group of Nurseries.

Tarun Naidu of Sam Agri. The fresh produce exporter from India deals in coconut chunks and pomegranate arils from India.

Sanyeh, a Saudi Arabian date grower and exporter, exhibits at Fruit Logistica for the first time. The company is experiencing strong demand from Morocco and Turkey ahead of Ramadan.

Fayedex is one of the pioneers of blueberry production in Egypt

Team Family Tree Farms

Sukhdeep of Avi Global Plast, visiting the FreshPlaza stand.

Team Acadian Plant Health!

Susana Ferreira, Rafael Gil and Carolina Silvestre of Vale da Rosa. This Portuguese grape grower supplies both the domestic market and the UK, the exports to the UK have been increasing over the years.

The team at TOSCA

Dr. Venkata Ravi Sankar Ummidi and Taraka Ramji Moture of PeelOn.

Christina Mannossis of Zeus. The company exports kiwis and grapes from Greece, they mainly export to the UK and other European countries.

Iurie Fala of Moldova Fruct.

Siddarth Rampal and Mamta of Superplum. They export pomegranates, mangoes, grapes and lychees from India to Europe and the Middle East.

Team Westfalia Fruit

Essaid El Khounchafi and Fatima Ezzahra El Khounchafi of Atlas Green Generations, based in Berkane, Morocco. The company grows and exports citrus fruit, and has just signed a successive trial for the production of avocados for the first time in the Berkane region.

Pat McCullough of ProducePay

Nathalie Julien, Tom Samuel and Shannon Boase with CKF were very positive about their booth location with lots of attendees showing interest in their innovative packaging solutions.

Iain Forbes, Shelby Sackett, and Todd Sander with the U.S. Apple Export Council.

Linda Rueda, Lorenz Hartmann de Barros, and Safet Shevket show dragon fruit, jackfruit, and achachairu.

Lots of beautiful exotic fruits on display at the HLB Tropical Food booth. The pictured fruits are mainly sourced in Asia.

CarrieAnn Arias and Jeff Correa of Pear Bureau Northwest.

Menno Reijgersberg of Europe Retail Packing is flanked by Steven Ceccarelli and Davy van Ewijck with Farm Fresh Produce, exporter of sweet potatoes from North Carolina.

Happy Veg is represented by Lily Lim, Stephanie Escudero, and Marine Fuzier. The company offers fresh ginger and turmeric, but also bring powders and cold pressed juices to market.

The team of Berries Paradise!

Lars Rikse with Agrovision proudly shows jumbo blueberries.

Trevor Bouma and Piotr Milewski with A&B Packing Equipment stand in front of the G3 Evolution that was launched in 2024. It’s a weigh and fill machine for delicate products, including blueberries as well as grape and cherry tomatoes.

Sophie Wehkamp with Manter Weighing & Packaging Equipment proudly shows the latest introduction, a filler for punnets and clamshells.

David Bertin and Matt Deir of Croptracker.

Team Carbon Robotics!

Duncan Jones with Sinclair stands in front of the CR4 FMH, a labeling solution for narrow singulated fruit like kiwis.

Global team members from the International Fresh Produce Association: Jane Strijdom, Valeska Oliviera Cire, Peter Wilder, Ruben Ramirez, Jessica Keller, Ivan Correa, and Miriam Wolk.

Michelle Grainger of the North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission.

Team AgroFresh in full force!

Maria Dela Rosa with Able Freight visited Fruit Logistica and stopped by FreshPlaza's booth.

Augusto Yañez, Karen Alanis and Amanda Kulke with R. H. Shipping.

Saloua Kabbage of the Station Kabbage Souss group, a major player in Morocco's citrus industry.

The stand of Vita Souss and its sister companies was busy throughout the exhibition.

Ghassan Awdi and Mohamed Awdi, one of the rare Lebanese exhibitors this year, witch their customer Fabrice. Awdi Gardens export grapes to five continents.

Irani Hernandez with Sweet Seasons.

Paul Frowde and Michael O’Sullivan with Mission Produce.

A busy Kuehne + Nagel booth.

Charl Du Bois and Mark Greenberg with Capespan.

Charles Li with Elitech

Kingsley Ansong and Juliane Krug with Elefante Farms have pineapples and fresh-cut pineapple from Ghana on display.

Helmut Leili of Flavour Shield visited the FreshPlaza booth.

Team Copeland

Alexandra Wu, Gerrit van Tilborg and Fred Wu with DeltaTrak

A busy booth at AgroFresh

José Jon Garcia and Jorrit de Vries of Ekland Marketing Company proudly show a box of Florida Pearl white strawberries.

It’s busy in the booth of vegetable breeding company Sakata.

Zach Selch, Ross Lund and Dominik Broszczak with ProEx Food stand next to the company’s Vibratory Conveyor.

Rinat Ben Dror and Ami Ben Dror of Dorot Farm. The company brings California and Israeli carrots to market and recently expanded with a baby carrot program from California.

Ana Gago, Ben Lewis, Anja Grueterich, and Mark David with Sekoya, known for their jumbo blueberries.

The Southern United States Trade Association is represented by Whitney Lett (Florida Department of Ag), Anouk Dijkgraaf, and Jeff Thomas (North Carolina Department of Ag).

Gordon Robertson of ArchPoint Group is walking the show.

Juanita Gaglio and Patrick Kelly will soon be launching a new platform called AgLifeMedia.

The Statue of Liberty is once again promoting the U.S. companies that are exhibiting.

The team from United Exports with Ozblue blueberries.

Vicki Coleman from Elliott Absorbents with the new Echo pad.

Steve Hatt and Claire Newton from Primafruit.

Susan Fairley, Emma Brazier and Lydia Stubbs at the CHA stand. The CHA organize the UK stand.

Drywite were present with their range of products for fresh cut potatoes. Lee Kesterton, Debbie Colins and Luke Davies were on the stand.

Last year Harvest Eye launched the hand-held device to help growers predict potato size and yield. This year it has been developed for use with onions, sweet potatoes and apples. Harry Tinson and Ross Pywell were at the stand.

Lyro Robotics was in the start-up arena, they are focusing on the software for the robotics for fruit packing to make them smarter. Tim Holmes was at the stand.

AgrigateOne was present in the start-up area with their tech solution for fresh produce. Andre Rademeyer and Peter Kroon were at the stand.

New Zealand company WayBeyond have been nominated for this year's Fruit Logistica Innovation Award for their new irrigation module on the Farm Road system. This helps growers collect data and utilise it. David Procter was at the stand.

Sun Forest's technology to measure the ripeness of fruit while still in the field has been taken on board by APEAM the Mexican avo association a big step forward for the company. Jay Hwang and Hyeon-Hu, Lim were at the stand.

QAD Redzone were at the trad show for the first time with their solution with provides real-time data on the shop floor.

Dates of Jordan sold out all its Medjool volumes before Ramadan, with strong demand from the EU and UK

Walid Elkhaldi and Aziz El Iraki, from the Association of Moroccan Nadorcott Producers

Marletta Kellerman at FPEF

Konstantine Vekua

Ian Dunc, Alison Tagg and Mark Everett at Worldwide Fruit.

Todd Saunders- Californian Apple Commission, Shelby Sackett - US Apple Export Commission and Iain Forbes - The Garden.

The team from Indonesian company Java Fresh with all sorts of exotic fruit including snake fruit grown on slopes of volcanic mountains.

Top Fruits from Vietnam supply Costco in Europe with Musang King durian, a premium variety. Sue See Tan was at the stand.

Daniela Ivanova, Mahmoud Taha and Engi Saad of Egypt Palm, Egyptian date exporter

DRS Agro presented Malaysian jackfruit, starfruit and dragon fruit among others. Shahid Bin Bakar was at the stand.

Emmy Phan was at the Phuoc Hy stand, the main export is Vietnamese passion fruit.

Vietnamese company Moc Chau Highland presented many exotic products including passion fruit, dragon fruit, limes and bananas.

Mohammed Alamoodi, CEO of Daktyli.pl, a Polish company distributing dates from Yemen.

Nguyen Thuy Dung was at the Tropical Fruit and Vegetables stand with passionfruit and dragon fruit.

ANH Duong SAO presented ready to drink coconut, dragon fruit and pomelo from Vietnam. Tu Phan was at the stand.

Mr Sang was at the Viet Tropical Fruit Co with a range of different products.

SFM International export baby corn, lemon grass, green papaya and other products to the Middle East and Europe. Natty was at the stand.

Abderrahmane Zouhir and Hajar Ettayea from the Moroccan growing company Krone F&V. They announced their new product, organic medjoo dates grown in Bouarfa.

Thosapol Wongshotisatit was at the Asia Exotics stand.

Vani Lihn was at the NAPLAS Vietnam Plastics stand, the company exports packing materials to the Europe.

Australian company Detpak were at Fruit Logistica for the first time with their sustainable packaging solutions. Tom Hider and Yoann Bouvet were at the stand.

Kamil Anikiej was at the VegKing stand, the company grows cauliflower and broccoli in Poland.

Daniel Richardson, Douglas Richardson and Mark Rothwell were the Richardson's Jersey Potato stand, it was their first time exhibiting at the trade show.

Mihai Ciobanu and Michele Dallolio at the Fresh4Cast stand.

Simon Lee was on hand at the Tong Engineering stand, the company has just gained the ISO 9001 accreditation for their quality management system. Simon said they are the only company in this sector to have this accreditation.

The team at Nationwide Produce.

Anthony Delvisgio from Paxiom with Jack Lidiard and Jose Fernandez from Marco. Marco have brought their new field weighing scales to the event.

Cem Ceran and David Schiler from Sismatec, Jasper Slaghekke from Proseal and Kurt Tenteniez from Sismatec. With the Proseal tray sealer in combination with the case packer CP3.

Haith have a full solution for washing and grading root vegetables. Paul Ramplin and Rob Highfield were at the stand.

Leap.ai were at the show for the first time with robotic secondary packing technology, the Apollo6 will be released this year. David Wood, Daisy Vivian, Samantha Mapelli, Ben Stuart and Felix Davies were at the stand.

Oleg Levchenko from Maersk with a model of the new storage project at the Maas Vlakte.

The MSC stand.

Derek Donkin from Subtrop at the South African stand.

Karl Lusted from Hendahl was visiting the show.

Jon Clark from Fruit World was visiting the show.

Stephanie De Wit, managing director of Agri Bianco. The Moroccan company will soon be launching its watermelon calendars.

Andrew Farrelly, Stephen McCormack and Marek Pisarczyk from McCormack Family Farms.

Imani Goodison at the DW World stand.

Christian Grindi, Martin O’Sullivan and Neil Denny at the Richard Hochfeld stand. The company has opened up an office in the Shanghai wholesale market.

Justin Chadwick – Citrus Grower’s Association South Africa with Pieter Scholtz – Blayde Rivier Citrus.

Justin Chadwick will retire new month from CEO of the Citrus Grower’s Association, the new CEO is Boitshoko Ntshabele.

Taiyi Food Manufacturing were present with their machines for the food processing market, Allen Li was at the stand.

Tim Elcombe from Bedfordshire Growers was visiting the show.

Ayesha Bhattacharjee and Dr Atif Syed at the Wootzano stand.

Fahrettin Kaya of Kayalar plastic. Their packaging is exported mostly to Europe.

Felix Kamassah from Maphlix Ghana, the company behind 75% of Ghana's sweet potato production

Abozeid Mohamed, marketing and sales manager of Agroland Egypt

Yousra Shams Eldin and Mohamed Mohab from Fresh Energy, an Egyptian fresh produce exporter specializing in the supply of supermarkets, especially in Germany.

Mikail Oran and Rasit Oran of Hatipoglu Tarim, this Turkish fresh produce trader exports its cherries, tomatoes, figs, citrus and grapes to Europe, mostly.

Yigit Gokyigit of Alanar. They currently have their focus on the cherry and apricot season.

Murat Özer of Interfresh. This Turkish trade show will once again take place in Izmir between September 18 and 20 of 2025.

Selcuk Erdogan of Ani Tarim. The Turkish fresh produce exporter ships figs, grapes and apples to European markets.

On the left is Ceyhun Gunduz of Alya Meyve. They export cherries and figs, for which is will be an interesting season, as the cold hours will be reduced by 80% according to him.

The team of Turkish exporter Eren. They export citrus from Turkey.

Jignesh Hirpara of Jayshiropack. Their packaging is for Bulk storage, transportation and increasing shelf-life. Their packaging is exported to the US, Middle-East and South East Asia.

Alex Raj Saini of Keep it Fresh. This packaging manufacturer from India exports its pads and bags to Africa, Europe, Latin America and Canada.

Monsoon Green Earth had a positive, but slow grape season. The season will come to an early end, due the high temperatures in India. They will launch a tool to improve transparency and visibility.

Polish politicians and company owners speaking on the Polish apple industry at the Polish pavillion.

Cezary Jaloszynski and Patrycja Stefanska of Prinest. This Polish company manufactures paper bags for the Dutch, Belgian and Italian markets.

The team of Sofrupak. A packaging manufacturer from Poland.

Karolina Piwowarska and Aleksandra Ośko-Woźniak of Rajpol. They launched their apple brand Pola on Thursday. Initially, they will supply a major supermarkt in Poland, but the goal is to start exporting these apples as well.

Emilia Lewandowska and her father, of Polish apple exporter Fruit-Group. It's been a tough apple season, as stocks are rather low this early in the year.

Dominika Kozarzewska of Berry Group/Polskie Jagody. This cooperation exports blueberries and other berries from Poland.

Julita Torunlar and her colleague of Fruit Family, the Polish apple trader exports to Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia.

Mohammed Marawan, owner of Polish apple exporter Sarafruit, and his wife. Egypt is one of the major markets for their apple exports.

The team of Serpak, a Turkish packaging manufacturer.

Leonard Klaassen of Limax

Mehmet Mutlu from Islek. The Turkish produce exporter deals in citrus, vegetables, cherries, soft fruit and grapes. They export to Russia and Europe, but have increased their trade to Europe. It is now balanced 50/50.

Yasmine Abdelghaffar and Nihal Abdelghaffar from the Egyptian company Atfa. They export Barhi dates, grapes an other fruits from Egypt.

Heba Al Madawey, from Ghataty Farms, exhibits for the first time at Fruit Logistica. The Egyptian company's catalog includes citrus, mango, dates, grapes, strawberries, peppers, cheromoya...

Emirhan Sahinoz of Poleks. This Turkish fruit trader exports citrus, pomegranates and cherries to Germany, France and the Netherlands.

Selin Kilic and Hilmi Aslanali of Goknur, they export citrus, pomegranates, garlic and apples to Europe and India.

Emirhan Orhan of Darya Nature. They export apples and cherries to Germany and other European countries, but also to India, Saudi-Arabia, the UAE, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

Frederik Pahus Bruun of Green Peas. They export peas and sugar snaps from Denmark and Portugal, sending them to Finland, France and the Czech Republic.

Natasha Zhukova of Dulce Vale. This Moldovan exporter exports plums, grapes and cherries from Moldova to the EU, Germany, Poland, the Netherland, Austria and the Czech Republic.

Patrick Fitzgerald and Fernando Costa of Nativaland, a company that supports sweet potato growers by giving them access to varieties.

The team of Vashini, a fresh coconut exporter from India, with a focus on Europe.

The stand of Proto, a Greek fruit exporter.

Ahmet Tursucular and Simay Uluca of Turkish packaging manufacturer DePack. They export their packaging to Poland and Spain, mostly.

Mert Mustafa Ozcelik of Ana Fruit. The Turkish trader exports cherries, pomegranates and apples among odther fruits. Their main market is Europe, but they also export to Asian markets.

Moustapha Abass, CEO of Sadarane, and Eyah Ahmed, Vice President of SMDDR, two regulars at Fruit Logistica. Both companies grow and export vegetables and watermelons from Mauritania.

Umut and Yusuf of Beno Citrus, from Turkey.

Merve Sonmezler of Sonmezler. This Turkish exporter deals in citrus mostly, but also pomegranates, watermelons, stone fruit and avocado. Their main export markets are Europe and the UK.

Enes Gulbudak of Turkish apple trader Gulbudak. They export their apples to India.

Kenan Torunlar and Harun Akyol of Turkish packaging manufacturer Fresh Plus. They export their packaging solution to Latin America and the Middle East, mostly. But also to European countries.

The team of Agro Queens, exporting both organic and conventional apples. They were happy to announce a new addition to the family soon, congratulations!

Christos Mitrosilis and Nikos Katsoulis of Mitrosilis. This Greek produce trader exports kiwis and watermelons.

Dimitris Tzounopoulos of AC Meliki. They export kiwis from Greece and already noted a lot of interest for the next kiwi season. Meliki hopes to have 8.000 tons of kiwis available for that season.

Aris Schotman of Mazzoni-Schotman. The company exports kiwi from Greece and has only recently merged with Mazzoni.

The representative of Tasios Kiwi. They export kiwis from Greece to Europe and Asia. Recently they have added a new plantation with a lot of hectares.

Nick Nafpliotis of Greek & Fresh. They had a positive cucumber and mandarin season. There were also no major disruptions to the leafy veg season.

Hossam Magdy and Esraa Mohamed of Egyptian Pyramid agro industries, exporters of grapes, pomegranates and sweet potatoes.

Zeinab Mohammed, Export Sales Representative of Al Solimania, Egyptian citrus fruit exporter.

Alexandros Polydoropoulos of Labidino. This Greek exporter sells strawberries to Germany. They have had a good season, but with lower quantities, due to bad weather. This also caused a delay, so it took longer for the stronger volumes to come in.

Adeline Bosta of Staragro group. This Moldovan exporter trades in cherries and apricots, to the country's neighbors and other European countries.

Gorgan Tudor and the team of Teogortrans, they export grapes from Moldova.

Plamadeala Zinaida of PDG Fruit, at the Moldovan pavillion. They export stone fruit, mainly plums, to Italy, Austria, Germany, Poland and Romania.

Amilia Vornices of Agro Denidan. This Moldovan exporter deals in apples and cherries, exporting them to Europe, mainly Germany, and Arabic countries.

Nicolae Ambroci and Cristian Jubirca of Fructline. They export apples, pears and plums from Moldova to Israel, Kazakhstan, Bosnia, the United Arab Emirates and Europe.

Vera Labanji of BS fruits. They export grapes, plums, sweet cherries and (water)melons from Moldova.

The stand of Pia Frucht. The Turkish exporter trades grapes, cherries, figs and pomegranates.

Ahmet Askar and Salih Er of Askar Tarim. They export Santa Maria pears, quince, figs, peaches and nectarines to Europe, Romania and the Middle East.

Efe and Tatia of Sahiner Tropikal. This Turkish company exports figs, stone fruit, and other fruits to the European market, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

The lovely Aysel Oguz of Anadolu Etap. They export a wide variety of fruits, such as citrus, apples, grapes, figs and cherries to India, the Middle East and Asian markets.

Paulina Nowicka-Kukulka and Sylwia Hupalo of Dinopol. This Polish packaging manufacturer exports its packaging to Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.

On the left is Anna Musialowicz of Polish exporter Gruppa Organic. They export organic apples to western Europe, but are ready to take on clients in Asia and North America.

On the left is Gabriele Ostrowska of Agronom Berries.

Damian Swiader of Peppers from Europe. They export bell peppers from Poland to France, Germany and the Baltic countries.

Adrian Babinski of Falcon Garlic. They export conventional and organic garlic to Germany and Baltic countries, although currently 80% of the production is destined for the local Polish market.

Aleksandra Zmaczynska of Hajduk. This Polish mushroom exporter sells its mushrooms to Germany, UK, Norway, Austria and the Polish domestic market. They handle their own transport.

On the left is Marek Kucharski of Famag. They manufacture packaging, which is exported to South Africa, Asia and Chile.

The huge stand of Amplus.

Magdalena Wajs and Zofia Kazmierczak of Anslaw SP. Z O.O. This Polish mushroom trader exports its mushrooms globally, but mostly to the UK, Germany and other European markets.

Nikos Prountzos of Anyfion. They export organic citrus and avocados from Greece to Germany, Swiss and the Netherlands mainly, but also to Austria. France and the UAE are interesting growing markets for them.

Mitiadis Mavrogiannis and Sofia Skoura of Bio Karpos. They export organic produce to European markets, such as Germany and Austria.

Mustafa Ahmet Onur of Greek cherry and blueberry grower and sorter Yaka. Their blueberries are organic.

Ali Khalil, Btissam El Ogri, Nora Ashmawi and Omar Medhat from tut Produce. The Egyptian company is exhibiting at Fruit Logistica for the first time, and will soon be starting its onion campaign.

Ioannis Stogios and Ifigenia Stogiou of Soulis. They export packaging materials from Greece to Germany and the Balkans.

The team of Aelia Berries. They export strawberries from Greece to Germany, Poland and Romania.

Efthymios Balanis, general manager of Velvita. They export kiwi and various other fruits from Greece.

Veaceslav Vedrasco of Frudova. They export Moldovan grapes to European markets.

Sergio Constantino and Pedro Marques of Portuguese fresh produce trader Frutas Classe. They mainly export strawberries, but sweet potatoes and apples as well. Their main markets are in France, Spain and Germany.

Marcia Sousa of Kiwicoop. They export kiwis from Portugal.

Martim Cruz and Paulo Carvalho of HeyVita. They export organic seedless grapes from Portugal to Poland, Germany, Denmark, the UK and the Netherlands.

Aurelio Zoumenou of Anabe, that exports tropical fruits from Benin to France, visiting the FreshPlaza stand.

Cagatay Kose and Atilla Alcinkaya of Farmer Lykia. They are a relatively new company, ready to export organic certified figs from Antalya, Turkey.

The huge BenoPlast stand in the Turkish Pavilion.

Tullah Mloge of Sagcot Centre, visiting the FreshPlaza stand.

Rafal Zwoinski of Greenco, visiting the FreshPlaza stand.

Siham Zahidi of Green Smile, visiting the FreshPlaza stand.

Henk MacDonald and Mark Howitt of HC Group of Companies

Tshilidzi Mugovhoro from the South African Department of Trade

Val Harker and Lourens van der Merwe from Farm Costing Solutions. They have a data collection tool that can be customized for all agricultural companies worldwide. It manages labour costs. It gives statistics on every worker, field , commodity, etc. So you can see how the productivity is.

Anton van Zyl, Antro van Zyl and Michiel Kemp of UniChoice

Louis Jordaan, JJ de Jager and Karl Tomlinson from GoReefers. It is not only shipping, but a full package of supply chain services, that they can offer.

Basiima Janet from the NAEB. The organisation that promotes the agriculture of Rwanda

James Perch and Mark Jensen from SA Fruit Promoters and Maria Katsipi from Tesco

Sunette Hopkins, Jessika Booth, Johan Lombaard and Neal Herbert of Impala Citrus

Gideon van Zyl and Eloise Murphy of ALG Marketing

Carmelita Maritz and Sandeep Valodia of Iris Fresh

Eran Barlev from Syfan. A packaging company that sells film to extend shelf life and is antifog.

Leon Shtaif and Vlad Jinkvich of Mor International

Jon Nerecaan Olaizola, Bittor Gil Arruti, Joxe Indo and Lilach Greenblatt from Plasgad

Guillermo Rochman of Negev Produce

Gal Nadan of Gezer Shallit

Gabriel Vaisman, Haim Bar, Zina Kukharovski and Marcelo Salem of Xsense

Nawal Schmitz, Anja Fluck and Judith Steinmetz with the Import Promotion Desk.

Luna Schelle and Julia Chmielewska with Satori.

Team Lufthansa Cargo

Mindy Herrington and Stephanie Wigington with Compu-Tech out of Washington state.

Alice Pagano and Léa Butruille with Inno-Spec, which is part of the Headwall Group.

Alberto Basillissi of WiseConn

Raquel Carter with Alliance Rubber Company, manufacturer of rubber bands for fresh vegetables.

Miatech is represented by Ioan Matei, Dimitrios Loutsaris, and Rishi Kapur.

The Sotudex team, Tunisian date exporter

Moncef Chebbi, sales director of Horchani Dattes from Tunisia with his team

Groupement interprofessionnel des légumes, regrouping vegetable growers and exporters in Tunisia

The Family Farm, Tunisian grower and exporter of artichokes, prickly pears and other products, represented by Syrine Yassine and Amine Ouali.

The stand of the Tunisian Groupement Interprofessionnel des fruits, Gifruits, regrouping growers and exporters of fruits, featuring the flagship citrus variety Maltese.

Gamaleddin Hatem Gabr of Egyptian company Ideal Fruitful, exports citrus, potatoes, onions and lemons to Europe

Rehab Khalil, sales director at Egyptian packaging provider El Kekhia Accessories

Elhoucine Radi of International Paper, Moroccan packaging industrialist

Ahmed Karam and Mohamed Wafaey of Capital Agro, citrus specialist from Egypt

Tanger Med Port Authority represented by Anouar Echaoussasse, Mohamed El Khaldi and Oumaima Sliman

Naman Keita, CEO of Agroplus Mali. The exporter will launch his calendars of the Amélie variety in mid-March, and anticipates a good season thanks to a good rainfall.

Driss Mendyl of Cap Agro, Moroccan exporter of red fruit to Europe and North America.

Wiam Baalla and Omar Baalla of Wazo packaging, Moroccan exporter of general fresh produce

Mouad Hfa from Pro Prim with Aymane Kadir from Groupe Zniber. The former is a citrus specialist, and the latter exports general fresh produce.

Jawhara Fruits, from Morocco, exhibits for the first time at Fruit Logistica. The Agadir-based company exports watermelons and early vegetables to the European market.

The Victory Fresh team, Morocco

Maher Bouguerra, from Défi Tunisie, an exporter of dried tomatoes, exports to Europe and is interested in the golf market.

Mohamed Ali Bouguenna, commercial director of Attaoufik Dattes, with other Tunisian date exporters, in the company of Wacef Chiha, Tunisian ambassador to Germany, and Yasmine Maalef, economic advisor to the embassy.

Wacef Chiha, Tunisian ambassador to Germany, visited the Tunisian pavilion in Fruit Logistica.

Ehab Taher and Ramadan Elsayyad of Palms Hills. They share that large volumes of Egyptian medjool dates were exported to Europe before Ramadan.

Aichetou Taffa, head of investment and economic affairs at Mauritania's state-owned Société Nationale pour le Développement Rural, supervised the Mauritanian pavilion at Fruit Logistica.

Sana Madinah dates company from Saudi Arabia, represented by Mohamed Hamdy Ragab

Islam Gelila, of the Egyptian citrus export company Gelila. Last season, Gelila was Egypt's fourth largest citrus exporter in terms of volume.

The Saudi pavilion at Fruit Logistica was focused on dates

Moheb Zaghloul(left), sales manager of Aldka for organic dates

Amjad Abbani of Nawat Al-Madinah, Saudi date exporter

Madani Bakhsh of Castle Farms, date grower from Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Khalid El Nahass, export sales manager at Aliat Taibah, from Saudi Arabia.This is the company's first time exhibiting at Fruit Logistica.The exporter says the date sector has been boosted recently by greater global interest.

Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud from Sonader, part of the team overseeing the Mauritanian stand at Fruit Logistica.

Elwaha, a general fresh produce company from Egypt, and a regular of trade shows.

Echbih Ahmed, Mohamed Lamine and Amine Amanatoullah, Mauritanian exporters of watermelons and vegetables.

Khiyar Ahmed, Managing Director of Mix.sa, reports good demand for Mauritanian watermelons, with the season extending into May.

Cheikh Aba Baba, general manager of Sanabel El Khair. He starts his Mauritanian watermelon calendars a few days after the exhibition.

Kareem Gamal and Mahmoud Fahmy of Fresh Egypt Products, exhibiting for the first time at Fruit Logistica.

Miriam Escobar from Nature Growers, exporter of general fresh produce from Morocco to the UK, France, the Netherlands and Sweden

Nasri Abdelhamid, general manager of Afrimex. He shares that the Tunisian date industry is going through a difficult season in terms of production, offset by strong demand.

The team of Domiatec, one of Egypt's leading distributors of potato seeds.

Mohamed Hegazy, Omar Hegazy and Ahmed Hegazy from Egyptian citrus export company Mafaza.

Wafaa Loukili of GPC carton. The packaging exporter invites visitors to the GPC Carton stand at Gulfood.

M'Brouka, a cooperative from Morocco specializing in citrus for the European market.

Lady B is a Moroccan company exporting citrus fruits, avocados, red fruits, blueberries and raspberries to the USA, Canada and the Netherlands.

Oumaima Ibnoutabet, area export manager for Ô Fresh. The company exports various tomato varieties to the European Union.

Afaf Keroua, Hicham Chebihi Hassani and Salma Keroua from Cap Growers

Reguiai Rida and Mahmoud Tazi from the Moroccan company Orbis for the export of citrus, soft and rosaceous fruits.

Youssef Elkhlifi, Juan Eduardo Pardo Jeminez et Rocio Molina from the Moroccan avocado growing company Avonature

Noureddine Ouchen, Ghizlane Adnani, Mohamed Elharouid, from the Moroccan company Orisud. Orisud exports early to vegetables Europe

Mahmoud Osman and Asmaa Osman from Fruit Link. This Egyptian company exports various fruits and vegetables to the European Union, Africa and Asia.

Elkarimi Abdellatif, Director of RK citrus, a citrus producer in Sidi Slimane, Morocco. The company exports to Europe, the Gulf States and North America.

Abdelhamed Abuelenen, managing partner of Agro International Trading, exporter of garlic, onions and potatoes from Egypt.

Mohamed Elgazar (right), CEO of Maxmark. The Egyptian vegetable exporter exhibits for the first time at Fruit Logistica.

Amgad Nessim, export manager of El Teriak Farms, is a regular at Fruit Logistica. The exporter is anticipating a better season for oranges, with several of last season's problems having been resolved.

Mariam Edward and Monica Fawzy of Tomna, a company that grows onions and garlic in Egypt and Chile.

Tiba Farms is an Egyptian company exporting citrus fruits, onions, grapes and carrots to the European Union.

Mohamed Hamed and Amr Eltarabolsy of Egyptian company Enmaa

Mohamed Nasr, Hind Mamdouh and Youssef Nasr of Segam, Egyptian exporter of medjool dates

Kamal Magdy, Commercial Director of EFE (Egyptian Fruit Export). The company will start producing grapes in May.

Mohamed El-Sheikh and Mahmoud El-Sheikh from the Egyptian company Trading Island. Specializing in onions and garlic, Trading Island recently began exporting to North America.

Noureddine Ouchen, Ghizlane Adnani and Mohamed Elharouid from Orisud, a Moroccan company exporting early vegetables to the European market.

Mohamed Korayem, Heba Mostafa Roshdy Korayem of Green Way. This Egyptian company exports citrus fruits and carrots to the European Union, Russia and the UAE.

Hamdy Elbarkouky and Sarah Nada from Ethmar Int. The Egyptian company will start exporting mangoes to Europe in August.

Yasser Arafa, Yassen Abdelhay and Norman Azem from Arafa trade, an Egyptian potato producer and exporter

Engy Elkoptan and Shehab Abulahoum of Egypt's Elaguizy Farms, a leading exporter of fresh produce to the Gulf market

Mohamed Moussa and Mohamed Ragab of Ragab Farms, an Egyptian company exporting fruit to the world market.

Waleed Menasy, Commercial Director of Elwaha, which exports a wide range of fruit and vegetables to Europe.

Abbas Hosny, general manager of Azad, exhibits for the first time at Fruit Logistica. The exporter specializes in medjool dates and reports good demand ahead of Ramadan.

Hassan Ghaith, CEO of Egyptian company Greenya, exports sweet potatoes to Europe

Ashraf El-Seihi and Ahmed Badawy from the Egyptian company Mapco

Moustafa Shaalan, Azza Lotfy and Adel El-Awadi of Green Tiba. Egyptian company exports citrus and strawberries

Montasser Rashwan from the Egyptian company Nahdet Misr reports good European and Russian demand for Egyptian oranges.

Mohamed Abd-Elkareem, commercial manager of Blue Valley. This Egyptian company exports citrus, sweet potatoes and garlic to Europe, including the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Serbia.

Moataz El Sheikh, general manager of Egy Onions. The Egyptian producer announces a large production of onions this season, with good quality.

Cheikh Mbacké Mboup, Senegalese mango exporter.

Ibrahim Cissé from Senegalese company Agifor. Cissé exports mangoes and exotic vegetables, such as African eggplants.

Danish Shah, from the Indian company Sanghar. The company grows onions, garlic and potatoes in Egypt and other origins for the global market.

Martin Yanni, business development manager at Queen Fresh Produce. The Egyptian company exports a variety of fresh produce for the global market.

Menna Mohamed and Mahmoud Abdelrazek from the Egyptian company Future Agrico. The exporters share their optimism for the strawberry season, with strong demand from European countries, the Gulf states and Russia.

Mohamed Gouda and Ahmed Alaa of the Egyptian company Gouda

Alanbat, Egyptian company exporting dates, is exhibiting for the first time at Fruit Logistica.

Muhammed Deghady and Dennis Logvinenko from Egyptian company Egast. Dennis anticipates a great season for Egyptian potatoes against a backdrop of shortages in Europe.

Shoaib Ahmed (middle), director of Maseera Trading, importer of fresh produce from Pakistan to the Gulf countries. The company is part of the Pakistani National Fruit Group.

Saphan Tollo, director of Skanderborg, and George N Njuguna, head of export sales at Farm Works, two Kenyan companies exporting avocados and French beans to the UK and the European Union.

Augustine Wakaba of Signum, exports Kenyan avocados.

Mahmoud Mahrous, Hisham Saleh and Olha Bud from the Egyptian company Core for the export of general fresh produce

Zineb Haibouly from the Moroccan company Clem2be, specializing in citrus fruit.

Said Aghzou and Nitin Trehal from Valyour, at one of the busiest stands of the Moroccan pavilion. The company grows and exports a range of fruit and vegetables of Moroccan origin, and recently launched its Commexpo brand.

Dennis Kyalo of Janifresh, exports avocados, beans, chilis and herbs from Kenya to Europe, the UK and the Middle East.

Mulberry is a Kenyan company exporting avocados to Europe and the Middle East.

Viral Chotai, director of ATF Greens. This Kenyan company exports avocados, French beans and chilis to Europe and the Middle East.

Ambrose Okojie, managing director of ABG Paulas Int'l, was coordinator of the Nigerian pavilion at Fruit Logistica.

The BioMyc team at Fruit Logistica. This German company offers nutrition solutions in Nigeria and Uganda.

Temesgen Melaku, general manager of Temiex Agriculture, exports avocados from Ethiopia.

Koga Veg, part of the Durabilis Group, exports avocados, french beans and peas from Ethiopia to Europe and the middle east

Getachew Cherkos Tessema, general manager of Tana Flora, an Ethiopian avocado export company. Tana Flora exports to Spain, Romania and Germany.

Netsanet Tadesse, deputy general manager of Floraveg. This company exports avocados from Ethiopia to the Gulf States and the European Union.

Helen Mulugeta, marketing manager at Metrolux, an Ethiopian strawberry exporter.

Aliou Traoré, director of Danaya, exports Malian mangoes to North Africa and Europe.

Yoboué Kouakou Yaha Christelle, mango exporter from Ivory Coast to France, and her child

Rasheed Seun, CEO of Souk Farms. The Rwandan exporter anticipates a better season for avocados with the hoped-for resolution of the Red Sea crisis.

Imane Cherifi of the International Trade Center, at Fruit Logistica to support exhibitors from Côte d'Ivoire

Diana Kyalo (right), Kenyan vegetables exporter

Abdulkarim Dubiure Zanni (right), president of the Federation of Associations of Ghanaian exporters

Elmiqdad Hassan Nandwa, managing director of Fawakih, a Kenyan company exporting avocados to Europe and the Middle East.

Ann Njoroge, General Manager of Ajabu, Kenyan avocado exporter.

Aboubakar Doumbouya, Malian mango exporter to the Gulf countries.

Lydia Mwololo, CEO of Asumbi. She exports avocados from Kenya.

Joyce Maina, product development manager at the Kenyan Phyma Fresh.

Stephen Katingima and Denis Karema from Soko Fresh, a company from Kenya exporting avocados.

Ghana is one of the major exporters of exotic vegetables, mainly yam.

Mor Diop, director of Nas Ndoulo for fruits and vegetables exports, Senegal

Eding Alexander Paddy, CEO of ADEAF, habanero, chilli, pineapple, ginger and other vegetables from Ghana

The Ghanaian pavilion

Amadou Ndiaye Seck, Senegalese mango grower and exporter. Senegal's mango industry is being challenged by climate change.

Nevine Abdelrasoul and Salma Alaa Diab from the Egyptian Pico

Shaimaa Gouhar and Fatema Saad at the grand stand of Elwadi Group

Mohammed El Baroudy and Ahmed Shaaban from the Egyptian company El Roda

Abdelrahman Radwan de Norica Food, exhibiting for the first time at Fruit Logistica. Norica Food exports organic garlic and onions from Egypt

Nasser Abdelwahab, owner of Al Safa, exhibiting for the first time at Fruit Logistica. Mainly focusing on citrus, the company also exports pomegranates and potatoes to the global market.

Dalia Kabeel, co-founder of Konzept, oversees the Egyptian pavilion at Fruit Logistica. The pavilion saw record participation with nearly 100 exhibitors.

R M Fresh announces sufficient volumes of Egyptian onions to guarantee supply to all markets.

Niama Djefaga, operations manager at SCS International. This Malian company exports mangoes to the European market.

Raya Trade is an Egyptian exporter of dates, exporting under its Meeza brand.

Mahmoud El-Sheikh of Agro Hills, an exporter of garlic and onions from Egypt to Europe and the Middle East.

Ahmed Abdelhady, from Egyptian Linah Farms, reports strong demand for medjool dates and a performance of 4,000 tons exported by Linah Farms this season.

Shehab El-Sayed Mohamed et Mary Shakour from Wadi Group

Mounir Yassa from the Egyptian citrus exporter Thmarco. Egyptian citrus exporters avoided the trap of overproduction this season.

Mohamed Gamal, general manager of Lehaa, exporting mangoes, potatoes and dates.

Dialia Keita, exporter of fresh ginger and processed mangoes from Mali.

Ahmed Maarouf and Mohamed El-Saad from Food Alliance, Egypt

Marwan Abd Elwahab from Abd El Wahab sons, citrus exporter from Egypt

Paul Kyalo, CEO of Konza, avocado exporting company from Mali.

Nuran Ibrahim, United Horus, Egyptian exporter of fruits and vegetables

Ahmed Nasser Saber and Mohamed Youssef Negida from the Egyptian Agrina

Mohamed Benzit and Meryem Ameziane of the Benzit agricultural domaines, Morocco

Karem Jarraya, from the Tunsian Sofpince for the distribution of crates and pallets on the African and European markets

Mohammed Ramdani, Commercial Director of Groupe Kantari. The Moroccan grower is behind the new variety Nadorcott of Berkane

Bakary Yaffa and Mahamadou Yaffa, from Yaffa & Frères, who export mangoes to various African and European markets.

Wilco van den Eijkel, Roy van Grevenbroek and Olaf Loman of Mehadrin

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Mohamed Shaker, Almansi's export manager for Egyptian citrus fruit