{"id":6478,"date":"2018-03-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2018-03-16T11:45:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T10:45:42","slug":"a-day-at-the-ipm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/a-day-at-the-ipm\/","title":{"rendered":"A day at the IPM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our vocational trainees share their experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Twelve of our vocational trainees recently boarded a train for Essen. Their destination: the International Plant Fair (IPM). They spent a day there gathering impressions, completing a \u2018Challenge Race\u2019 through the various halls. Wiebke Volkmann, who is training to become a Business Administrator for Marketing Communications, interviewed our trainees to find out what they had got out of the day.<\/p>\n

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A smartphone’s eye-view of our stand at the IPM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The outward train journey began in Meppen at 7.31 a.m. <\/strong>Were you psyched, or less so because you\u2019d been to an event like this before?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julia Roling (trainee Industrial Business Administrator):<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019d never been to such a big trade show, so I had no idea what to expect. For me, realisation about the sheer scale of the event dawned only gradually as one hall gave way to another, and then another.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marco Schubert (trainee IT<\/strong> Specialist in System Integration):<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019d already been to the \u2018Ideen-Expo\u2019 science fair and to the Agritechnica show, both in Hanover. And I\u2019d seen photos of the exhibition in Essen from previous years so I knew roughly what awaited me. It was great to see that the company where I work had such an impressive presence at a prestigious event like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Had you thought about what Klasmann-Deilmann\u2019s stand would be like? What appealed to you about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Markus Peters (trainee Industrial Business Administrator):<\/strong> \u201cBased on pictures from previous years, I knew to expect a large stand. But I hadn\u2019t realised quite how huge it would be\u00a0\u2011 and on two storeys, too. The stand was really eye-catching, especially the staircase and the table covered in peat. I particularly liked the LED frames. I didn\u2019t see things like that anywhere else at the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marina Kunz (trainee Industrial Business Administrator):<\/strong> \u201cI found the Klasmann-Deilmann stand really appealing. Whereas there were lots of stands at the IPM that attracted a certain amount of attention with their bright flashy colours, on closer inspection they were often not actually that impressive at all. That wasn\u2019t the case with Klasmann-Deilmann; the stand was elegant and not at all ostentatious, but with the LED frames making it highly conspicuous. And I thought the lounge area was very inviting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oliver Rolfes (trainee Industrial Maintenance Mechanic):<\/strong> \u201cI had no idea what the stand would be like beforehand. The size was really impressive. But because so many people were there at a given moment, in a way it seemed small as well! It was really busy. I also thought the floor graphics and the display points guiding visitors to the stand were pretty cool\u00a0\u2011 effectively giving Klasmann-Deilmann a presence at multiple locations.\u201d<\/p>\n

You were on a pretty tight schedule\u00a0\u2011 were you able to get an idea of what it was like for Klasmann-Deilmann\u2019s exhibition personnel? Can you imagine spending a whole week on the stand?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jakob Schoofs (combined vocational training and degree programme in Business Information Systems):<\/strong> \u201cI think the days must be long and tiring\u00a0\u2011 both mentally and physically\u00a0\u2011 for the people staffing the stand. But I can definitely see myself helping out for a week at the IPM in Essen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua Elskamp (combined vocational training and degree programme in Industrial Engineering):<\/strong> \u201cI was helping out at the IPM all week and I can confirm that it was pretty exhausting: a lot of time spent on your feet and having to switch between languages\u00a0\u2011 sometimes in quick succession. Within only a few minutes, English and German\u00a0\u2011 as well as Dutch or Spanish\u00a0\u2011 were required. Then, in the next conversation, my mind would cook up a mixture of all these languages! But I got a lot out of it too: I met employees and partners of Klasmann-Deilmann from all over the world and learned some useful technical stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

How did you get around during the \u2018Challenge Race\u2019 through the exhibition grounds\u00a0\u2011 did it take you to all of the halls? And how was it, having to speak to trade show personnel\u00a0\u2011 some of them from other countries \u2013 to complete the tasks assigned you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Virtual reality – a new perspective for Alex Vedder<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alex Vedder (trainee Industrial Business Administrator):<\/strong> \u201cI was really looking forward to the Challenge Race. I liked being in teams of two that were picked at random beforehand. We covered a lot of ground, right through from Hall no.1 through to Hall no.12. We wouldn\u2019t have got around as much if it hadn\u2019t been for this activity. One task was the \u2018promotional-material swap\u2019. At the start we were given some material for Klasmann-Deilmann and had to exchange it for other material at various stands. We met with mild resistance at some stands, but sometimes we were lucky and received some cool stuff. But I\u2019d have liked to get a better idea of what was involved in staffing the Klasmann-Deilmann stand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Poschmann (trainee Industrial Mechanic):<\/strong> \u201cWe didn\u2019t actually visit that many different halls on the Challenge Race\u00a0\u2011 we simply ran out of time. This would probably have also been the case if we hadn\u2019t done this activity, but we wouldn\u2019t have talked to as many people staffing other stands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9 F\u00f6cke (trainee Industrial Business Administrator):<\/strong> \u201cWe tended to spend a fair bit of time at the various stands, where we took the opportunity to chat with people from many different countries. It was especially interesting to see how various products promoted at other stands could complement Klasmann-Deilmann\u2019s products. Then our time was up and we thought, \u2018What a shame, there\u2019s so much we didn\u2019t get around to seeing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

All of the vocational trainees agreed that this trip should be an annual event. \u201cAnd it ought to be compulsory\u201d was the unanimous verdict. Seeing Klasmann-Deilmann at a trade show like this helps to understand the company better. All in all, the trip was a great experience for the trainees.<\/p>\n

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Together we are strong – our trainees embody the essence of team spirit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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