Fira Sant Miquel could have greater space expositivo in 2012

“Fira of Lleida studies to expand the next year the zone expositiva of the Agricultural Fair of Sant Miquel and Eurofruit with the occupation of municipal public space of the neighbourhood of Cappont, while it do not build a new pavilion”. Like this it ensured it the mayor of Lleida and president of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation The Fira of Lleida, Àngel Ros, during the closure of both contests. Waiting for that do official this possible extension, yes has confirmed that it will keep the current model of four days of length, as well as the annual periodicity, by “economic and social reasons”, in words of Àngel Ros. The mayor answered like this to the request, by part of some expositores, to return to the previous format of five days of length, as well as to convert, again, the fair in biennial, as they demanded some representatives of agricultural machinery.

Of 29 September to 2 October celebrated , of simultaneous form, the 57ª edition of the Agricultural Fair of Sant Miquel (National Living room of the Agricultural Machinery) and the 26ª edition of Eurofruit (International Living room of the Sector of the Fruit). Both events closed his doors with some figures alentadoras, since it registered a greater influx and participation, in comparison with the previous announcement. In fact, a total of 190.000 visitors, 5% more than in the year 2010, left see by the fair. In addition to the success of public, Àngel Ros did a very positive “balance” of both events feriales, that attained to attract to 349 expositores direct distributed in a net surface of 26.500 m², that is to say, of full occupation. Likewise, the mayor leridano showed satisfied in front of the increase of expositores of the sector of the agricultural machinery, 10% more, concerning the previous year. /p>

To these figures of the like of the organisation/organization, so much of influx as of participation, it is necessary to add the good received of the novelties organised/organized for the occasion. For example, the première of of the Agricultural Congress of Asaja Lleida of state field, the second edition of Produqte-Fair of the Feeding of Quality of Catalonia, that registered a good rhythm of sales in the Palace of Cristal, the technical days of the Maqcentre and the day on the future of the PAC, organised/organized by the European Parliament. Other novelties were the visit of a group of representatives of criadores and agriculturalists of different regions of Poland, and the exhibition of the Foundation of the Rural World “The agricultural world in the earths of Catalan speech”. Likewise, the program of parallel acts of this year has included 75 activities between technical days, professional meetings, exhibitions, catas, demonstrations and activities related with the ‘Congress Lleida Qualitat'.

During the closure of the 57ª edition of the Agricultural Fair of Sant Miquel and the 26ª edition of Eurofruit, took place the delivery of award to the different winners of the prizes summoned in the frame of the living room. As they aim from the organisation/organization, the aim of the two first prizes is to distinguish the agricultural machines and the teams of transport, handle, classification and packaging of agricultural products that incorporate advances in the provision or a better protection of the users. In this sense, the jury values, especially, the innovation in the design and the conception of the machine, the use of new materials, the innovative applications of automatisms, the technicians of artificial vision and the robotics as well as the adoption of criteria of concurrent engineering and of innovative solutions, allocated to give fulfillment to the valid regulation on measures of security of the machines. The Prize to the Technological Innovation, the Prize to the Security in the Design of Agricultural Machines and the Contest of Innovations in the Sector Frutícola have been summoned by Fira of Lleida and sponsored by the Demarcation of Lleida of the Official School of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia, the Official School of Industrial Technical Engineers of Lleida and the Consortium of Economic Promotion of the City council of Lleida, respectively./p>

By categories, an elevador hydraulic presented by Niubó Agricultural Machinery won the 15ª edition of the Prize to the Technological Innovation of Agricultural Machines. The first prize, endowed with 1.000 euros, went to stop to the elevador hydraulic, model Max Vision, of the signature mentioned. An implement of the that some sources have thought: “it allows the optimisation/optimization of a portapalet adapted to the stick normalised/normalized of the agricultural tractor, improving considerably the visibility of the driver”.

By his part, the second prize, valued in 500 euros, went for Vidal and Basols (Vibasa), after presenting the team of vibration and management of the umbrella of collected model VM-ST10, mark Agromelca. A team of the that some sources have declared: “it makes possible to optimise/optimize the system of control electrohidráulico, facilitating notably the work of the operator”.

With regard to the First Prize to the Security in the Design of Agricultural Machines, endowed with 1.000 euros, the winner has been Osval Ferreteria, by the glove of security marks Infaco that showed in the frame of the living room. A glove that makes possible “a poda safe to the operator, by means of the electronic control of the group tijera-glove”.

The second position was for Ilemo Hardi, by the incorporador of phytosanitary product model TurboFiller, mark Hardi. A team to the that cataloged of “versatile and adaptable to compact teams of application of phytosanitary, facilitating a mix homogénea”.

Finally, also gave to know the winners of the Contest of Innovations in the Sector Frutícola. A contest that distinguishes the materials, technical or destined teams to the production frutícola or to the industrial transformation of the fruit, and that represent a remarkable advance on the available technology, especially regarding the improvement of the quality of the products frutícolas. In this sense, the first prize, endowed of 1.000 euros, recayó in the company Jesús Espier, that presented the team aclarador of flowers of trees frutales Electrical model, of the signature Saflowers. “An usable team in several phases of flowering, regulable in speed and sense of twist and endowed of device of security for the operario”.

The second prize, valued in 500 euros, went for Cedis-Mafrut, by the callipers/calipers of cherries model Cherry-Way II, 1 L, mark Maf-Roda. Of him, it valued “ the improvement in the detection of defects in the cherry, from the analysis of image, that guarantees the commercial quality of the product selected”./p>

Previously to the inauguration of the fair gave to know the winning works ex aequo of the 40ª edition of the Prize of the Agricultural Book, endowed with 6.000 euros. In this occasion, rewarded the books ‘Illnesses caused by nemátodos fitoparásitos in Spain' and ‘Illnesses of the plants caused by funguses and oomicetos', both edited by Phytoma-Spain in collaboration with the Spanish Society of Phytopathology. In the preparation of both, have taken part some 50 researchers that develop his work in centres/centers of investigation, universities and private companies, like the CSIC, the Irta or the universities of Girona and Córdoba.