Ried’s trade fair director Helmut Slezak has had a pad and pen on his bedside table for a few weeks. “There are nights when I write down five things”Slezak said recently in an interview with OÖN.
The coming nights will probably be a little shorter for the 56-year-old, who has been head of the Ried trade fair since 2005, project manager Fabian Berneder and the team during the large Ried trade fair. Starting early in the morning, exhibitors will put the finishing touches on the more than 500 stands on the more than 14-hectare exhibition site before thousands of visitors flock to the large exhibition area from 9 a.m. in late summer weather. Up to 100,000 visitors are expected, and tens of thousands more at the neighboring folk festival.
Chancellor opens fair
Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Provincial Governor Thomas Stelzer and Minister of Agriculture Norbert Totschnig, among others, have announced that they will attend the official opening ceremony of the Rieder trade fair, which will be accompanied by the Oberösterreichische Nachrichten as media partner.
“We are all happy and looking forward to getting started, there is a very special but positive tension. To me, it feels like there’s a very important football game coming up with all eyes on you”says Slezak, who was active as a professional player for LASK, Vienna and Salzburg, among others.
In addition to the agricultural focus, where the latest trends in agricultural and forestry technology, plant cultivation and feedstuffs are presented, national mare shows for Noriker and Haflinger horses will be held at the Rieder exhibition center for the first time in 39 years.
At the autumn fair exhibitors, a lot revolves around the topics of building, living, tools, enjoyment, fashion and lifestyle.
The long and traditional history of the Rieder Messe dates back to 1867. A look at the historical list of exhibitors shows that numerous companies have been exhibiting in Ried for well over 100 years. For example, the well-known Grieskirchner agricultural engineering company Pöttinger, founded in 1871, has been coming to Ried since 1872. The Fleckvieh Breeding Association Inn- and Hausruckviertel (FIH) was represented with its animal shows for the first time in 1899.
The Ried Fair is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., the folk festival (free entry) opens daily from 11 a.m. Info: www.riedermesse.at
The OÖN at the fair
You will find the OÖN as a media partner of the Rieder Messe at our stand in Hall 15. There you will find out everything about the competition in which 10 work sets (clothing, shoes, headgear) worth 200 euros each will be raffled off. A sweet surprise awaits OÖN subscribers.
For OÖNcard holders there is also a ten percent discount on the entrance fee to the Rieder Messe.
Source: Nachrichten
