The Las Vegas Convention Center was ready for this year's MJBizCon
All international visitors were warmly welcomed
A very busy start to the first day
Lindsey Scott, Karen Mayberry and Maggie McGregor ready to explain all about how the Trym software can help growers
We were lucky to be able to take a quick photo with some Agrify team members, as they had a very popular and busy booth. Here are Brian McEntee and Jason Hintz with the Agrify bags they were handing out to visitors
Robert Chen, President and CEO of AEssenceGrows. Robert believes the future of cannabis cultivation will be vertical, which can already be seen by the current demand there is among cannabis growers.
Jeff Conley of Conley's Greenhouse Manufacturing
You can spot Lindsay Priest on the "catwalk" of Grow Glide's vertical system. The company showed off two new product launches at the show: the new AirGlide system and Grow Deck platform
Helen Boultinghouse and Walter Buchanan of Ingersoll Rand. It was the company's first time exhibiting its cold plasma technology at a cannabis-specific show, an industry the company is excited to explore more.
The very bright and busy booth of Fohse was definitely an eye-catcher
Eric Harrington of California Lightworks explained that MJBizCon is definitely the best show for the company, as there are always lots of interested visitors stopping by
Ryder Lane of Hoogendoorn was also present to promote their IIVO system
Jill Ellsworth of Willow Industries, which offers an organic, ozone-based system to decontaminate cannabis
After just a couple of hours, Eric Levesque and Cameron Forrester already had lots of interest at the Cultivatd booth
Lauren Lindahl and Levi Lilly of Surna Cultivation Technologies
The GrowSpan team is ready to welcome visitors: Rob Steere, Sal Sapia and Chris Machnich.
Colin Woodford, Tony Beckmann and John Fray with GE Current
Even though the company is focused on greenhouse growers only, Brian Zimmerman, Freddy Sarkis and Gabe Mancinini of MJ-Tech still had a great time at the show
Stefano Liporace presenting the Vifra dehumidifiers at the Dramm booth
Ted Fitzgerald was excited to talk to growers about the benefits of Signify's lights.
Of course, crop protection cannot be missed at a cannabis show. Jeffrey Coco of Bioline AgroSciences was ready to discuss all about biocontrol with growers
Lots of meetings taking place at the very busy Grodan booth
Paul Klink, Travis Farrell, David Miesner and Nick Barbagallo-Posabit of Greenlight Distribution, which offers growing solutions for commercial growers
Ned Basic of BVB Substrates
Of course, the Priva team was present at the show as well. Juan Gonzalez, Brianna Parker and Alex de Leon.
Clint Hanson and Chris Stephan explained that the Moleaer nanobubble technology is very popular among cannabis growers. "Around the world, some of the largest cannabis growers are using our technology."
Lynn Sponholz, Debra Peris and William McLaughlin presented their new SteriRad system: an anti-microbial treatment system using x-ray radiation. To learn more about the technology, click here to read our recent article with them.
Angelo Sorrentino and Briggs Lipsitz of Koppert mentioned that they had done more business in the first four hours of this year's edition than in the entire show of last year. A very busy and successful show for the company!
Kandi Humphrey of Growlink. The company provides the hardware and software to optimize your production.
Neal Lund, Shan Halamba, Ranjan Ramanayake and Rico Balasooriya of Riococo were very pleased with the amount of interest they received this year. "This is the first year I have seen it so crowded right from the start. With possible legalization on the forefront of people's minds, we are noticing lots of interest at this show."
Derek Stucki had a busy three days doing demos of how the Cannabusters odor eliminating technology works. More to come in an article soon!
Jay MacDowell of AGronomicIQ. We recently talked to the company about the benefits of their HVAC solutions: click here to read more.
At the show, we ran into Chris O'Connell, Producer/Director at A.U.M. Films. He recently worked on the 'Cannabis Buyers Club' documentary, exploring the course of cannabis legalization and the story of the first person who coined the term 'medical marijuana'. The documentary debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival. Stay tuned for the opportunity to watch the documentary yourself in the near future!
All smiles at the Svensson booth. Paul Arena, Gabrielle Ullrich, Gretchen Schimelpfenig, Matt Newell, Dominique Blok and Kyle Edmiston.
David Torphy, Gail Pharias, Gary Arnold and Gill Fretelli were at the show to discuss LED lights and hand out chocolate
John Marshall, Rachelle Henning and Kehine Sosina of CannabizTeam, an executive search and staffing agency that specializes in the cannabis industry
Bryan Bangs, Emily Flournay and Wes Daoust of urban-gro
Beth Vander Meulen presenting the Quest 506 dehumidifier, an efficient and powerful system.
Jennifer Hodgson and Marc Paynter of Argus Controls & Conviron
Erin Rivers, Mathias Plourde and Mercedes Medina of PRO-MIX
Andre Braam and Olaf Meyer of Van Der Knaap
Amir Kandlik, Ziv Shaked, Matthew Dent and David Bovell were at the show to present the DryGair dehumidification systems and how growers can improve their energy efficiency
Mark Doherty, Greg Panella, Leigh Zalusky and Kristen Zalusky of Dual Draft. The company recently announced their partnership with Sweet Leaf Madison Capital, now providing customers access to direct financing.
The FundCanna booth continued to be busy with meetings throughout the show
The GrowGeneration team. Currently, they are the largest hydroponics supplier in the country.
Now more than ever, financing is a hot and challenging topic in the cannabis industry. Therefore, Kim Seefried and Amanda McComb of Safe Harbor Financial were present.
As you can see in the front, the Hawthorne team brought along lots of merch to hand out to visitors.
Keith Coulsting, Roy Levinson, Omar Alcantara, Ricky Elz and Austin Juma of Netafim
The Bluelab team ready for a busy day discussing measurement and automation
Kim Kendal, Amir Banimostafavi, Leanne Spalek and Alena Krytskaya of SIPCO Innovations. Their Hygrozyme formula prevents root rot by accelerating the breakdown of dead root matter.
Aaron Seminiano, John Mazula and Jay Evans of Twister Technologies, providing cannabis processing technology
Pablo Segovia of Medicoir, presenting their coir substrate solutions for the cannabis industry
A very large team was available at the Prospiant booth
A very large Fluence team ready for another busy day. At their booth, the company hosted product demonstrations of their lighting technologies. On Wednesday, Casey Rivero, a former commercial cultivator and cannabis solutions architect at Fluence, led an educational session on increasing profit margins.
Scott Lynch, Chip Provost and Josh Gagnon of RX Green Technologies
Bjorn Korthouwer of VDH Water Technology, Barry Alders of Zwart Systems and Cade Boyd of AdeptAg.
Mike Hampton, Jeff Anderson and Chris Grim of Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC
Daisy Xi, Mark Honeycutt and Yen Westholt of AB Lighting, who were back at the show for their second year. “We continue to expand our footprint in the cannabis industry, helping growers find the perfect lighting solution to increase their yields.”
Eric Smith and Zac Ricciardi of BioSafe Systems. "It's a great show for us to also meet up with our already existing clients and discuss their use of our solutions."
All smiles at the Dramm booth
The vertical growing systems of Pipp Horticulture were catching the eyes of many attendees
Joe Coffia of Innovative Solutions. The company showcased their ProGuard air and surface sanitation products for cannabis growers.
Kevin Biernacki and Pascal Gagnon of Montel brought along their vertical farming solutions.
Nathan Geroge of BFG Supply
John Chapman of Fogco Systems, offering a variety of odor, humidity and cooling solutions for the cannabis industry.
Alicia Lovell and Rick Friedrich of The HC Companies
Gus Velez and Mike Thurow of Spectrum Technologies. The company manufactures a variety of plant health and environmental measurement technologies.
Sam Janicki of T.O. Plastics explained that there is still lots of education to be done among cannabis growers concerning the use of proper plant trays and pots.
Tony Chen of Ledestar, who displayed their new 3535 series LED lamp
The Ledestar booth was decked out with plush toys of the company's mascotte
An action shot of the Griffin Greenhouse Supplies team hard at work
Jason Wiles and Gregg Urban of Griffin Greenhouse Supplies
Joshua Gauche and Jesse Verbeke of Phormium were also present
The Beneficial Insectary team. Click here to read more about how their biocontrol solutions help cannabis growers.
Scott Dybas and Alyssa Bradbury of MicroCool
Eric Chawla and Joe Trujillo of Kingspan
The Green Vault Systems team showcased their Precision Batcher. "It not only saves labor, reducing the overpack is where the big savings come in."
Michelle Jun showing the FlackTek SpeedMixer. "The system is utilized in extraction labs and production kitchens because our cannabis clients need fast, repeatable and better-quality mixing for their end-products."
Bill Belcourt and Tom Frazer with the Munch Machine harvesting equipment.
We also ran into Youssef Mohamed of Moe's Group, manufacturers of cannabis products
Alex Pennell, Reed Preston and Terry Leeflang of Mobius helping visitors with any possible questions surrounding automated cannabis harvesting
Dave Rambow and Robert Emmitt of Agdia. Not too long ago, the company released an RNA-based assay for the detection of Lettuce chlorosis virus, an emerging pathogen in cannabis.
At the VJ Scientific booth, Randy Lanier held a book signing of copies of his 'Survival of the Fastest' book. Moreover, the company gave a first in-person look at their new CX-1000 x-ray decontamination machine.
Sunny Kaercher, Josh Holleb, Chris Uhlig, Miriam Schaffer and Andrew Exner with Ceres Greenhouse Solutions
Adrian Logan, Alex Babich and Miles Dubois with the Nuravine Alchemist, an automated nutrient doser. “We started our business because we wanted to optimize vertical farming and help solve food crisis issues, yet most of our clients ended up being cannabis farmers.”
Ted Fitzgerald, Don Golema, Dennis van Alphen, Adam Orcutt and James Whelan of Total Energy Group
Marnolito Koning, Jair Velleman and Dennis Janmaat of Dutch Lighting Innovations
Simon Hanemaaijer of Media Hologram created these holograms at the Dutch Lighting Innovations booth. In true Las Vegas style, visitors could take their shot at the hologram slot machine to win prizes.
Evan Owen, Jeremy Bullock and Cliff Burt of Schwazze
Scott Loreaux and Conor O'Brien of Spacesaver
Sam Rearden, Conor Jackson, Les Grafton, Kevin Strickland and Joey Viegas of BioTherm
Jeff Warren, John Juhler and Sara Junk of Vostermans Ventilation. Their new Multifan Greenhouse Fan is one of the most energy-efficient greenhouse fans on the market
Natalie Ward and Josey Heston showcasing Mammoth's solutions that naturally help maximize your crop's productivity
Eric Moody, Damon Hebert and Jim Gideon of UbiGro. Their technology is a layer of light that helps plants get more from the sun.
Tyler Alexander of Pelemix was present with their medical cannabis range of substrates, CannaMix.
Thomas Carnevale and Hugo Saltijeral of Umbrella Technologies. The company provides security systems for cannabis facilities and dispensaries
Jeff Tolle and Lauren Armstrong of Crane Composites, which offers FRP resilient grow room wall panels, ensuring a clean grow environment.
Kristina and Stephen Hattendorf of VIST Labs. Their technology provides a microbial decontamination solution as well as a packaging solution for cannabis.
Johan van Erven, Paulo Santos, Wil Lammers and Dennis Raath of Ridder.
Greg Norris, Chris Dickey and Jeff Bennett of PermaTherm, manufacturer of insulated metal panels for growing facilities.
Mark Rustigian of Nudo Products, helping cannabis growers in need of laminated panels for their cultivation facilities.
Janel Cannonier of BIOS Lighting
After years of research and experience in the LED grow light industry, Medic Grow launched their own brand of grow lights. At the booth were Rita Lee and Jacob Wang
The Canadian company Trimpro brought along their post-harvest machines to the show. Pictured at the booth is David Boissinot
We caught Bourne W. hard at work at the AAA-Grow booth
Kelly Isenhart, Richard Busz, Cara Isenhart and Jack Duvall of Shoreline Power Services. Due to the efficiency and real estate challenges, the team explains that their is demand for modular cannabis grow facilities.