NEWS UPDATE lakeland region in the middle and the open plains in the south. Messe Berlin expects more than 1,700 exhibitors from some 65 countries and over 400,000 trade visitors and members of the public to attend the latest edition of the longestestablished and busiest trade fair in the capital. Around 200 ministers, minister presidents, secretaries of state and ambassadors from Germany and abroad will also be present, reflecting the importance of the Green Week as an agricultural policymaking event. Business alliance between Goizper Group & Micron Group Goizper and Micron are delighted to announce an alliance between these two groups of companies with over 120 years' experience in the development of spraying equipment. Goizper Group is a specialist in hand-held and pressure sprayers (offering the wellknown Matabi, Osatu, Inter and IK brands). Micron Group has specialised in low volume application equipment, having invented and developed the use of rotary atomisers for Controlled Droplet Application for portable, vehicle mounted and aerial equipment (under the Micron and Micronair brand names). Both Goizper and Micron will retain their identity, with no significant change in organisation or commercial policies. The new alliance offers advanced spraying equipment for agriculture, horticulture, forestry, garden, industrial, migrant pest and public and animal health applications worldwide - from robust sprayers to help millions of smallholder farmers in the developing countries boost crop yields, and protect their health against malaria and other vector borne diseases, to precision farming and aerial spraying systems for large scale agriculture, as well as covering specialised industrial and garden uses. Geelen Counterflow supplied its 10.000th counterflow system this year The company started in 1980 and quickly decided to specialize exclusively in the counterflow cooler as invented by its founder Pierre Geelen. The efficient counterflow heat exchange between product and ambient air proved to be a