IVG

IVG, the German Garden Industry Association, was founded by 15 manufacturing companies in 1973 in Düsseldorf, the association now has grown to nearly 140 member companies.

IVG considers itself both the joint body of the suppliers of utility and consumer goods for the leisure outdoor garden market as well as the professional market for horticultural products and garden landscaping within Germany. Since 2000 IVG also represents the German peat and substrates industry via BTH.

IVG has its main focus on the following tasks:

Defending economic and political interests of the sector in the "Green Market"
Marketing: issues on the sector’s market and distribution
Public relations work for the promotion of the "Green Market"
Industrial fairs with emphasis on "gafa", the Cologne International Gardening Fair
Law, especially economic and environmental law, competition and contractual law
Exchange of experience on service and spare parts issues
Contacts with suppliers’ associations and similar or related associations of trade and industry nationally and internationally
Defending the interests of the gardening market vis-à-vis environmental legislation
Cooperation together with Bau und DIY in the logistics cooperation project SynLOG: www.synlog.org

The following product groupings are active within the defined market segments

Lawn mowers
Gardening tools
Gardening equipment
Biological-chemical products
Peat and substrates industry
Plants suppliers.

IVG's fair activities are concentrated on an official partnership between IVG and Cologne Fair in the interest of gafa, the leading international show for garden retail. IVG and its membering companies are also exhibiting at IPM, Essen, galabau, Nuremberg, and demopark, Eisenach.

IVG office is situated in Ratingen near Düsseldorf airport within a close working relationship with Bau und DIY, the German association of DIY manufacturers, thus joining forces to represent the industry focussing on the DIY and garden centre distribution channel.

For further information also see:

www.ivg.org
www.bth-online.org
www.synlog.org
www.bau-und-diy.de