Sival 2017, Angers, France
![Thanks to the good weather, the 2017 Sival surpassed last years visitor numbers. A total of 23,000 professionals from 22 nationalities visited the Angers Expo Parc to see the latest technologies in arboculture, viniculture and horticulture.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-121.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Exhibitors were pleased with the high visitor numbers, which reflected the potential investment climate in the French industry.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-122.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Mauro Sala and Michele Pavano of gutter manufacturer P-TRE. They presented new systems for France's strawberry industry, such as gutter systems and harvesting trolleys.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-123.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Driscoll's Operations Manager Teun Leenders was visiting the show to look at opportunities in soft fruit cultivation in France.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-127.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Holimco was recently acquired by Horticoop. They represent products from companies like Flier, Javo and Redusystems. From left to right; Damien Vinet, Stephane Jaouen, Rogher de Jagher (ReduSystems) and Philippe Greau.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-129.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Pressed pots are the main transplant media in French horticulture and therefore Urbinati showed its recent machinery for this substrate.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-130.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Besides technology, seed breeders such as H.M. Clause, Bejo, Rijk Zwaan and De Ruiter were showcasing their latest vegetable varieties.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-133.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Angel Barrranco of Spanish horticultural equipment manufacturer IDM was visiting the show to meet his distributors.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-137.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Jacco de Graaf of French greenhouse heating and construction company Hortere, Ad Kokshoorn of T.C. van den Dool Greenhouse Lifting and Leon Verkoelen of Berkvens Mobility.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-138.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Jean-Michel Mahe of Divatec. The French horticultural automation and installation company recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-145.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Vahid Bagheri and Puri Sanchez Bermudez of Hydroponic Systems together with their partner and consultant Aurore Hoarau-Ferrante from Reunion Island.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-147.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Jerome Gonsolin of LL Industrie, Roland Pereira of Deltalene and greenhouse service technician Fabrice Sansonnens.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-149.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Traita Service is a French company that helps growers to clean out their greenhouses during the crop change. They have several machines from van der Waay and Weterings available.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-154.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Bernard Darfeuille of RATHO ASTREDHOR Research Centre together with Vincent Stauffer of Agrithermic.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-155.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Wessel van Waveren of insurance company Hagelunie informed us that they had a few French customers last year that were hit by hail.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-156.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The team Europrogress together with their French partners and distributors at the booth of Debernard.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-157.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![French tomato growers Alain Virtre (Tomaviso) and Christian Jouno (Tomate Jouno) visiting Willem Koppenol of Certhon.](https://www.hortidaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/hd-com/photos/6096/Sival-168.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
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