Floral

On 20 April 2012, Union Fleurs, the International Flower Trade Association, elected a new Board of Directors on the occasion of its 2012 General Assembly, held in Straelen, Germany. Besides the election of the new Board of Directors, the General Assembly was also the occasion to officially welcome three new members within the association (Agriver Agricultural Ltd – Israel, Confindustria Imperia – Italy and MPS – Netherlands ) and to review activities carried out by Union Fleurs in the past year as well as identify priorities and upcoming challenges for the floricultural sector. …

Sakata Ornamentals introduces Vincent®—a pollenless, day length neutral sunflower with a shorter crop cycle for faster production and better availability. Vincent offers a better height under short days, and will not overgrow under long days—and its short crop cycle translates to increased margins for growers. …

Kalamazoo Flower Group, LLC (KFG) of Galesburg, Michigan, is the first organization in North America to achieve the MPS Florimark TraceCert certificate. This certificate requires that the organization fulfill checkpoints regarding freshness of product, inspections, and best practices regarding inventory management, storage, distribution and traceability of purchased flowers and plants in the supply chain. KFC joins a list of floral companies from Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Italy with the Florimark Certificate. …

International exhibition “Flowers Expo” will be held at the Moscow Crocus Exhibition Center, September 10 – 13, 2012 and host over 90 flower companies from Holland, Ecuador and Colombia. Pro Ecuador (Ecuadorian Institute of Export and Investment Promotion) announced this week that it will join the Flower Council of Holland, Proexport (the Colombian Trade Promotion Agency) and Asocolflores (the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters) to participate at the Russian “Flowers Expo”. …

Mother’s Day 2012 is L.A.’s biggest flower celebration of the year as Latin American Mother’s Day — Dia de las Madres, and U.S. Mother's Day converge May 10 through May 13. “Mother’s Day fresh flowers top gift lists in the Latin American and U.S. tradition” said Mark Chatoff,LA Flower District California Flower Mall president. …