{"id":2538,"date":"2024-04-30T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T08:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photoneurope.de\/the-team\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:03:41","slug":"the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.photoneurope.de\/en\/the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2538\" class=\"elementor elementor-2538 elementor-956\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7d64df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7d64df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa3eeb e-con-full e-transform e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2aa3eeb\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e5c5001\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;bounceInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PHOTON<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> \u2013 International: \n<br>Meeting at Fruchtwelt Bodensee, <br>February 2024<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-135dc13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"135dc13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-429f040 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"429f040\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Team Europe<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce3d9c8 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce3d9c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af10795 elementor-author-box--layout-image-above elementor-author-box--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"af10795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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Bridges the gap between numbers and words, between experiment and presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Team assistant<br \/>\nmarketing<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780a27d elementor-author-box--layout-image-above elementor-author-box--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"780a27d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.photoneurope.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Frank1_neu_q2_transp_png-292x300.png\" alt=\"Picture of Frank Saalfeld\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrank Saalfeld\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> Fruit growing expert, development and product management of foliar fertilizers<\/p>\n<p>Many years of experience as an operations manager in fruit cultivation (organic and conventional), with a special interest in nutrients in plant protection<\/p>\n<p>Fruit and vegetable cultivation consulting,<br \/>\nSpecialty crops <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0cd1b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d0cd1b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4515dc5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4515dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>CMM &#8211; 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