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HortiContact 2024, Gorinchem, Netherlands

Mike Onrust, Roeland de Jong, Marloes Westgeest, and Raymond Mengerink from Vattenfall

Peter Barentsen, Jan Mol, and Wido Duncker from Oreon joke: "Everything is dimmable, except for the exhibition lighting."

Jochum and Finch Genuit from Mienis Water Purification. Business is going well, they are almost in need of expanding their premises!

Daniela Damoiseaux, Marie-Rose Verkest, and Erik Jansen from Signify. Thanks for the great collaboration, Marie-Rose. Your colleagues (and we) will miss you.

Pieter Ammerlaan represents the Dutch greenhouse industry at Havecon

Roeland van Dijk from VH Systems (part of Atrium)

Wouter Steenks. Steenks Service had a lot to present at Horticontact, so ... full stand

Ard van der Hoeven from Vollebregt-Barten

Noah Colpa, Bas Nieuwesteeg, and Thijs de Langhe from DCM

We counted 315 exhibitors on the organization's list this year.

Paul van Gils from Lumiforte

Bram van Paassen from Bol

Willem van Geest, Marcel Schulte, Gaas-Klaas-Jan de Ruiter, and Willem Kleijn from Holland Gaas

Antonio dos Santos and Stefan van Ruijven from HT Verboom

Allee .... 2 Flemings spotted: Kurt Lauwers (Royal Brinkman) and Ivo Verheyen (Grodan)

Sebastiaan Vroegop, Daan de Vogel (Prins Group), and Arjan Haasdijk (Schep Verwarming)

Oehhhh... I hope you didn't miss this. The best coffee with the best donuts at Van Iperen

Timo Bodemann, Arjan van der Klaauw, and Stephanie van Heijningen from Ridder. Timo: "Our SmartDrives simplify and accelerate the labor- and time-intensive installation process of air and screen motors in the greenhouse construction. This is all thanks to the ingenious digital limit switch and integrated position feedback."

Winelis Kavelaars from SenseNL. It's all about sensors

Chris Noordam (Dry Hydroponics) and Brigitte Millenaar (Syngenta)

Bas van Prooijen from TST with translucent solar panels

Leo van Staalduinen will soon retire from Hortisecur. Here he is with Peter Doorn and Peter Post in the photo. Farewell, Leo.

Ben van den Berg visiting Aad Alsemgeest, Ramon Bol, and Jeroen van Gaalen (Alweco)

Peter van der Knaap and Paul van Leeuwen from Martin Stolze

Sem Koot at MeerDeur

Ride as fast as you can at Agrolux

Here and there, this pink color popped up at HortiContact. If you visited van der Ende's booth, you got the idea; this is where the foundation was laid for all those pink accents. It's all about Curves. The online selection tool ‘Curves’ makes it possible to easily and quickly select the right heating pumps that meet the customer's needs. A pump can be quickly and easily selected based on the desired operating point (capacity, head, voltage, and frequency). With this information, Curves then automatically selects the right pumps, and a choice can be made based on efficiency or price. — Here and there, this pink color popped up at HortiContact. If you visited van der Ende's booth, you got the idea; this is where the foundation was laid for all those pink accents. It's all about Curves.
The online selection tool ‘Curves’ makes it possible to easily and quickly select the right heating pumps that meet the customer's needs. A pump can be quickly and easily selected based on the desired operating point (capacity, head, voltage, and frequency). With this information, Curves then automatically selects the right pumps, and a choice can be made based on efficiency or price.

Do you already have a Green Plan? AgroEnergy: Tom van Dijk, Peter v/d Berg, Marjolein de Vries, Jimmy Wolleswinkel, Jamila Hartog, Jordy 'Barplanet', Halid Sen and Rody Grootscholten

Chretien Hendriks, Dick van Regteren (Genap), and Johannes Tuinhof (Bestebreurtje)

Jacco van der Zalm, Wilfred Vijverberg, Han-Willem Mooij from CH2o. They are versatile: water, politics, and aeration

Bas van der Elst from Hendic and DL Plastics

These are delicious. The latest, new variety from De Ruiter. It doesn't even have a number yet BUT are Tobrv resistant

Bayer Vegetables, De Ruiter: Maarten Breugem, Jari Boerboom, Leonie Hoogendonk, Aad van Dijk, Kees van Lenning, Peter Custers, and Brenda van Diejen

Marcel and Ton Frensch and Willem van Dorssen from Van Dorssen & Frensch. Willem likes to bring his wife to visit HortiContact.

Utku Yilmaz, Roy van Gaalen, and Mike Roumen from PB Tech

Dominique Blok and Tino Rikker from Ludvig Svensson for climate and screen solutions. They pay extra attention to their transparent energy saver with H2no technology, which causes water droplets to flow into a water film. Luxous 1147 H2no FR prevents condensation in the form of small droplets, instead condensation takes place in the form of a thin transparent water film.

Dennis Janmaat this time in their booth in the photo at EuroPar. Together with Marvin Vollebregt (Combicoop)

Marco van Ardenne, TC vd Dool

Ruben Voois, Gerard van den Bos (Schermned), and René Burger (Gakon Netafim)

Eric Gerritsma (Holland Green Machine) with Peter and Chris Groenewegen (Kwekerij Alphensebaan bv)

Dave Pinxteren, Hortipray

Dave Boer (Huisman Scherming) and Sjaak Koster (Edelcactus)

Victor Vijfwinkel, Bart 't Hoen, Remko Duijverman, and Laurent van der Ende from Hoogendoorn

Carel Doornebal (Empas), Hans Fakkert, and Bert Jan Nolden (Taks)

Ines Marrewijk will soon leave Normec / Groen Agro Control

Willem Kleijn from Vollebregt Barten

Thorben Looije from Valto took his round

Bart and Daan Geers and Niels Boeters from Gebr. Geers

AAB: Marcel Dries, Egon Coolen, and Marc Vijverberg. Marcel: "We are busy with the EG subsidy. This energy-related subsidy opens on April 11. Speaking of subsidies ... It's good news that the SDE subsidy has been increased by 3 billion this year. It opens in mid-September.

Jaap Vreugdenhil will soon retire from AAB

Martin van Zeijl (Bom Group), Roland van Gulik (XL Workwear), and Rob de Wit (Bom Group). Good to see you again, Martin.

Maurice Ligthart (Ligthart Service) can be approached for maintenance and service on your CHP (Combined Heat and Power).

Tom Zwanenburg (vd Waay), Ton van der Kooy, and Marcel Koolmees (vd Waay). Ton (Mr. Airmix) has already retired. But he enjoys taking a walk through Dutch horticulture at HortiContact with his grandson.

Speax in the aisles: Ronald Nadorp, Linda van Rijn, and Arjen Kapel.

Time for a chat at Van Iperen with one of their growth specialists. Gerard Bok and Kristel Maas.

Flier Systems: Hans Hoogland and Henk Meulstee.

GlobePlant: Rens Muller, Johan Grootscholten, Remco van der Horst, Henk van Dam, and Mirella Dijkstra.

Co Konings (Berkvens, Taks) with their latest innovation. https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9600885/newly-launched-pepper-agv-answers-labour-challenges/

Co Konings (Berkvens, Taks) with their latest innovation.

Wouter Voortman from BKC and TK-Topboiler.

Peter Rense from Holland Scherming lost in thought.

Jos Veugen and Ed Gerrits from Veugen. Veugen and Certis Belchim frequently meet. Jos: "It's a nice collaboration. We want to give growers more tools to tackle challenges in the greenhouse. Spraying is sometimes not enough. Sprinkling can be the solution. Moreover, you also save time by sprinkling."

Meteor Systems.

Aad Vreugenhil (Kwekerij Vreugdenhil and sv.co) and Arjan v/d Velde (Logiqs).

Leo van Houweling and Fred Deijs from Albers Alligator.

Patron Agri Systems and Enthoven Techniek... Mark van Gijzen.

Plant Nursery Klugt.

Jan Nissink and Sjoerd Busselman from Engie.

HollandPlant.

Micha van Nieuwkerk at Kathari from Van der Ende Groep.

Antoine Lalisang and Max Meijer from Jungheinrich.

Vitotherm. Look at this... So that's how it works.

Presscon.

Wednesday evening at 19:00, the first 80 cocktails were already shaken at Benfried.

Watch him shake! Booth: Benfried.

Aquamar with their Provida for nanobubbles. Maarten and Gerard Kramer

Sabrina Sieger and Meindert van der Wielen from Bioline.

Bart Verhoeven from Heecon presents the Heecon Sweeper. This is designed to sweep around and under the pipe rails.

Jeffrey de Wit and Rick van Roy from Next Handling Systems. This company is only two years young/old and already has some prominent names on its project list: Village Farms, Bleekerven, TVS, and various robot projects.

Nico van Herk, Joyce Looye, Charles Vijverberg, Wesley Ammerlaan, Jesse van den Ende, and Armand Kortekaas from Benfried.

Pieter Steijnen and Marcel Vis (Syngenta) are happy to talk about their research into root problems in paprika, Bedena, and Climundo.

Aprovis: Matthias Bitterwolf and Simone Emmert.

Elmer Vlielander with Laurens Besemer from Ventiguard at the booth.

Jaap Kokshoorn from T.C. vd Dool

Photon Dancing combines the good properties of Son-t with their LED lamps. Wilco and Wilma Verkuil

You ask Martijn Stappers from Remon about the projects they have completed. He knows exactly what to say: Blood Berries in Asch - reverse osmosis 12m3/h, Bouten strawberries in Meijel - reverse osmosis 12m3/h including degassing/aeration, Meer Camp VOF nursery in Made - multiple de-ironing systems for 20m3/h, Waalstroom Flowers in Brakel - reverse osmosis 6m3/h, Fruit company Heijen in Roggel - multiple de-ironing systems for 18m3/h. Here he is with his colleague, Robert Schipper, in the photo.

Hans vd Meijs: Rick van der Meijs and Richard Breure

Marieke Delisse and Berrie Schuurman from WDP Draadbewerking

Martin Slootweg (Stolze) is talking with Kiki van Laarhoven, Valerie Violidis, and Charlotte van der Vorst (Signify)

Theo Straathof from Micothon can tell you everything, but really everything, about the operation of UVC light in strawberries (and other crops)

Martine Wijnen and Lonneke van Mierlo from Genap

Traycon

Sorma

Led-e-Lux, HOC are coming to the market with water-cooled click profiles for LED. Roland van Asten and Wietse Bokhoven

A real Agenitor at Centrica

Kevin Oei from SenseNL at their setup with possible sensors, because "Accurate measurement is truly knowing."

Kees van Dam on the floor

Hans van Straten, Rebecca Sebel, Emma Beukes, and Marco Visser from Netafim (formerly Revaho)

And across the aisle another booth from Netafim: Hans van Straten, Stefan Bakker, and Pieter-Paul Franken

Goodmorning, Goodmorning

Marlies Verbruggen from Certifeye. Their online platform Certifeye makes certificate management clear

Mertens received a lot of visitors for 3 days

Verhagen Leiden

Gill van der Drift and Hans Kerklaan

Nick Weterings (Weterings Mechanisatie) and Marco Prins (A1 Tuinbouwtechniek)

Rob van Hulzen from Van der Ende Group at 'his' Airmix

Claudia and Hendrik Mast with their tray de-stacker.

Father and son Van der Wees: Brandon (W-Connect) and Arwin (ABC Energie)

Piet van Aalst, Albert Elzinga, and Wim Verhaar from Agriver. Welcome back, Wim

Martin Slootweg, Johan de Bloois, Niels van der Ende, and Carel van Ruijven from Stolze

GreenV power

Jeroen van Katwijk from Seahorse Diving wonders if enough thought is given to the maintenance of the basins when solar panels are installed on them. "Electricity and water are not a good combination. Even if you unplug it."

Jan-Pieter Schellekens: 'We laid the first project with the Recover ground cover." Here together with his son, Bor, in the photo.

It's a familiar sight, this combined booth. And with familiar faces. PDI, Kubo, and Verkade Klimaat with Kees Verkade, Jeroen de Jonge, Mark Hoogendoorn, Michel Kauderer, and Erwin Adegeest.

Trade show promotions! Who will go boating thanks to Kemeling Kunststoffen?

Kemeling Kunststoffen is launching their AaBeeMix, this tank is nestable to limit transport costs. Also new is that the SKU codes are now widely used to make the product chain and reusability visible. In the photo are Hessel Luiten and Marco van Dijk from Kemeling Kunststoffen.

Peter du Croq and Jeroen Horbach from Van der Eng are making their rounds at the trade show.

News at Fluence! The company showcased their new VYPR and RAPTR fixtures at the trade show. Read more here: https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9605286/maximum-versatility-with-tunable-next-generation-raptr-and-vypr-fixtures/

The Aranet installation attracts attention. By measuring stem thickness, growers gain insight into plant performance.

Paul Gieben from Achis Consultancy and Corn Gieben from CoGi Elektro.

Michiel van Spronssen, Adeline Wehrli, and Mohammed van AgCulture promote the various types of glass developed by the company.

Anna Colley from NSG Pilkington, developer of the Mirai glass, which is now delivered worldwide from the UK. Mirai is a low-carbon glass with 50% less CO2 emissions than standard glass products.

Telefogging is increasing at Van Eck Bedrijfshygiëne, allowing them to enter the greenhouse regularly during cultivation. The advantage of this is that large areas can be treated quickly. In the photo are Martijn van der Velden and Lex Kneppers.

Okay, honesty - this is this year's photo, the previous one was taken 10 years ago! But who can tell the difference?

The TOM System combined with the metal crop hooks and biodegradable twine from Lankhorst provides a plastic-free total solution. In the photo are Alberto Lizarraga and Jos Lemmers from Lankhorst Yarns.

It is relatively quiet in the area of rock wool - two major players dominate the market. But not for long, because Begrow has achieved good results with their cultivation solutions, and Oleksandr Shied, Krylo Giluxa, and Dmytro Takyahama notice that there is also demand for it in the Netherlands.

Andre Flinterman visits Bram Meulblok from Food Autonomy Lighting to discuss the balance between light, climate, and plant.

Vincenzo Russo and Stefano Liporace from Vifra, well-known in Dutch horticulture as the Italian company has been active here for decades.

Luc Trines and Frank van der Spek from Enza Zaden received a visit from Rob van Paassen from Biokwekerijn van Paassen.

New in the Enza assortment are two bell pepper varieties that combine production, size, quality, and resistance. Harvesting of the E20B.0541 and E20B.0572 will start in the coming weeks.

Jan Mol, Wido Duncker, and Peter Barentsen from Oreon. In addition to a dimmable, customer-specific spectrum, it is now also possible with their Monarch 3-Channel to adjust the composition of the selected spectrum during cultivation. This achieves the right spectrum, the right intensity at the right time of day. In addition to a dimmable, customer-specific spectrum, it is now also possible with their Monarch 3-Channel to adjust the composition of the selected spectrum during cultivation. This achieves the right spectrum, the right intensity at the right time of day.

Josep Pascual, Michael Clipsham, Thomas Nagl, and Rene van Dijke from Noxcon, who have developed a solution for capturing CO2 from exhaust gases or the air. The mobile installation is the pilot unit. The advantage of their solution is that CO2 from the CHP can be captured and stored at any time, making CO2 dosing no longer dependent on the CHP. A large-scale test installation will soon be set up in the Netherlands.

Roy Rosendahl, Swedish cucumber grower, Klagstorps Gurkodling, visits Peter van den Bemd from MJ Tech.

Toon Hopmans visits Robin Dirks from Growtec. The companies have collaborated to study the quality and cleanability of coatings.

Claudia Weick and Egbert Bok (Intrahorti).

Finch Genuit from Mienis Waterzuivering is up for a joke with the EasyGO mascot.

The team of RED Horticulture is growing rapidly and has various vacancies open.

The team of Paskal is looking for a (junior) account manager to strengthen the Dutch team. Who will be the new colleague of Alon Hirsh, Marloes Rosier, Eli Adania, and Erwin Verbraeken?

Anny Zhu and Hairong Zhang from the LED supplier San’an.

THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL OF THE FUTURE WITH PETER STUYT AND BERT NEEFT.

Felix Kirchstein from Hexafarms demonstrates the company's harvest forecasting system.

And of course, team Roam Technology is present at the show, with the new product Ambiorix and the various Huwasan products.

Alberto Lizarraga and Dirk-Jan Haas are the familiar faces of the TOM system, and at the trade show.

Daniel Hoszczewski and Jeffrey van Uunen from ProCC, what do you think of their nice quote? Managing data is managing growth. Which of the gentlemen would have come up with this?

Tess Ridderikhoff from 30Mhz thinks it's a good trade show.

Dominik Sergiel from Ushio in Poland has a much larger area under his hat than just Poland, Eastern Europe as a whole, and is now looking even further, as far as Kazakhstan.

The Pon CAT team said they want to make people aware that they can help and guide in the field of energy transition.

Wendy Marijnissen has joined the Dutch team of Heliospectra. At this trade show, they put the Mitra X in the spotlight, which has many advantages. For example, the possibilities of this modular LED lighting system extend up to 1500W, it is remotely dimmable, and has a flexible spectrum. Just to name a few of the possibilities.

Dirk Jan Haas from Viridi Circular can tell you everything about the Crop Curve.

Daniella Hanemaayer, Peter Valentin, and Robert Vink from Presscon.

Lucie Jechova and Fred van Veldhoven represent Skytree, offering solutions related to carbon issues.

Jacques Maes from Vermako. His son Karl explains to a visitor.

Always busy stand of Terrazza MC.

Alex van der Heiden and Marcel Weering from Jiffy.

Roy Kerckhove and Maarten Balcean, Beaulieu Technical Textiles.

Danny Mestdag, from Terrazza MC, behind their fully electric GEOTEX PRO.

Valentyna Domkina from Svennson and Katheryna Volianska from KG Greenhouses.

Erik Passchier from Bucon with his fiancée.

Peter Kollen from the Rootstock Company, Arnoud Roozen from TRC visiting Sven Willems from Willems Perlite.

Andre Korneef and Freek Batist from TechnoKas.

Rutcher Vreezen and Javier Lomas from Sigrow. This photo took three days, as their booth was very busy.

Tom van Reeven from TK Topboilers seems to offer more than just boilers.

Kees van den Berg is a vegetable grower for competitions. He already holds two Dutch records for a pointed cabbage of 25 kilograms and a kohlrabi of 15 kilograms.

Frederick van Westerop and Mark van Zanden from Willburg Projecten visited their clients and relations at the fair.

Ronald Vervoeld and Bas van Diemen brought the store layout of Gebr. Eveleens to the fair.

Cornall van Leeuwen, Joey van der Burg, and Jan de Vink from Prins Maasdijk were at the fair with electric pallet trucks and forklifts.

Marcel Saltman and Robert-Jan Kolster were at the fair with their products.

The Trigreen is a new kind, for sale for the first time this year. "It is a healthier and stronger kind, and in terms of price, it is more competitive than other similar green carnations."

Anita Peters and Nico Pubben from veiling Rhein Maas were also at the fair.

Ted Verbraeken and Walter Alderden from De Bruin Plantpot with the decorative pots line from Italy.

Richard and Rico Scheffers from OptiPlug were at the fair in a new booth with their paper pots.

Jurrian van den Hoogenband and Milou van Vliet from L. van Vliet Vorkheftrucks bv were there with their Li-ION machines. All these machines are equipped with a lithium iron phosphate battery. These batteries are much safer than standard lithium batteries. They showed the differences between the two batteries in a video when subjected to pressure or perforation.

Wendy Metselaar and Pauline Bugter from Chrysal had a dual focus this Horticontact. Firstly, with their Lelie Special, which ensures that lilies do not have leaf yellowing and have better bud and flower development. And also the Largo for the geraniums. During transport, this plant can easily experience a lot of stress. But thanks to Largo, the plant remains 'relaxed', and yellowed leaves are prevented again, and bud and flower development remain optimal.

Jan de Bruin and Jorg Swagemakers with the new Infinity line from De Bruin Plantpot. The pots are made from the foil layer found inside, among others, milk cartons. By recycling this plastic and making a pot out of it, they can ensure that the plant's root ball stays several degrees cooler.

Arjan van der Veer from Phormium came to visit his clients and relations at the fair.

Erik van Wijk, Dikkie van Nifterik, and Theo Wolbrink gave some extra attention to their new label stick, the Trèsure. "The new bamboo label stick is offered more competitively than the plastic variants".

Another new product in Van Nifterik's range is the new caramelized sticks. They can offer them in blank, black, and caramelized sticks.

Lieke van den Eijnden from Kas Magazine was at the fair to promote the magazine.

Tim van der Elst, Eveline van der Elst, and Robbert de Bruin from 4 More Technology were at the fair with their IRISS Hortensia bouquet machine sorter.

Jaco de Vries, Joost van Santen, Patrick van Scheijndel (Houweling Horticulture), Claudia Weick, and Egbert Bok (Intrahorti) Both companies prioritize sustainability in the sector.

Opti-Systems had a real sorting system with a vision photo booth running at the fair.

Rick van der Tang, Wojciech Grabowski from Opti-Systems, and Marcel de Visser from Dv Automation were jointly at the fair. The men join forces to deliver complete sorting systems with cameras to customers.

Anouk van Rossum (right) engaged in conversation with an interested party. Anouk is responsible for business development at Has Hogeschool to promote their courses and training.

Stand: Agrolux. In Dutch, they call this 'Cycling the snot before your eyes'

Berg spent three days at the café, in the Berg Ruimtescheppen Café to be precise.

Different from other years: the opening hours on Tuesday and Thursday. The fair opened at 10:00 and closed at 18:00. Wednesday was as usual from 13:00 to 21:00.

We spotted Gerard Vonk from Tangmere Airfield Nurseries. All the way from the UK.

Peter van Koppen from Charlie Works is planting his cuttings again in greenhouse horticulture.

Jan Hulst from Bayer.

Dutch Greenhouse Systems is new in the market for water technology, electrical engineering, and climate control. We met Marco van 't Hart and Bas van Mil at the fair, here talking to a fair visitor.

VDL Industrial Products brought the Umid misting system. Pictured: Sander Brands and Edwin Reijnen.

The special thing about the Umid system's misting is the patented nozzle that produces as many water droplets of comparable size as possible.

IMC Cross-Border Business brought a living unit to the fair, where fair visitors could look inside.

Labor and housing are important themes, but in many municipalities, growers do not yet have the space to realize their own housing on the farm.

Glenn and Denny explain to fair visitors more about the products of Ultramins, which allow growers to improve their water quality.

Mario Storm and Mitchel Lelieveld from New Way Projects were visitors at the fair on Tuesday.

Antoon Vissers from Traycon Projects had a visit from Frits van Dijkman from ZLTO.

How many Easter eggs were in the vase? At HS Tuinbouw Service, Bernard van Hest, Yusuf Kelesh, and Gary van der Linden let fair visitors guess. Our guess: 126 pieces.

Carlo Bol from Stabilit surprisingly already had a lot of visits from farmers on the first day who were interested in light-transmitting double-walled polycarbonate corrugated sheets. The company's greenhouse range was also at the fair.

Ruud den Engelsman from Luiten Greenhouses, who is currently working on a nice mesh project at Roots on Zwethlaan in Honselersdijk.

Cees de Haan from Hortispeed, which, among other things, promotes itself as a water specialist under the brand O2Solutions. At O2Solutions, the grower can buy nanobubble systems.

Evapo Control focuses on, as the name suggests, preventing evaporation in, for example, water basins. Pictured: Dirk de Kort and Kris Eyskens.

For the first time at HortiContact: De Ceuster. Pictured: Lisa Huybrechts and Kris Swinnen.

Dominiek Sergiel and René Polak from Ushio, which as a remaining HPS specialist is doing well in times when many producers have focused purely on LED.

Piet Mertens from Pull Rhenen had a visit from Klaas Limburg from IJsselgrow.

Mark, Jeroen, and Kees Stijger. Tomato grower Kees is almost back in production at Zwethlaan in Honselersdijk.

Alex Punte from Reldair and Regina Nieuwmeijer from Veha Plastics. Alex stands next to a modular misting unit so that up to 4 pumps can run with 1 control system when scaling up. The pumps can be easily attached.

Rik Egberts and Jeroen van Beek from Saled and Gert-Jan Mulder from Industrial Product Solutions shared a booth. Both companies collaborate on projects involving water cultivation with lighting.

Team photo in the greenhouse at Vyverberg, which hopes to build the future together with many growers again this year. From left to right: Ivo Barendse, Rob Schilperoort, Sandra van Paassen, and René van Ruijven.

Brian Rijgersberg, Kris Kort, and Ren van der Horst are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Spuitbedrijf van der Horst this year.

Arthur de Bruin was again at the fair on behalf of SchermNed.

Haifa

Boekesteijn

Johan Grootscholten, Johan de Hoog, and Henk van Dam from GlobePlant

John Taal and Geert-Willem van Weert from Vitotherm

Leo van Houweling with Volker van Vuurde (Vuurin)

Reinier Geleijnse and Leendert Ras in the photo at Van Daalen GWW. Dirk-Jan and Aad were also present at the fair on behalf of the company.

Quantified provides sensors in horticulture, including this smart gutter that measures substrate weight, drainage volume, drainage temperature, and EC value of drainage water at Agro Care in North Africa, among others.

Sprinkler Energy will help growers get off gas by using smart water storage next to the greenhouse. The water storage will become a primary heat source, as is already done for fire protection in large distribution centers such as those of Kruidvat. Pictured next to the first companies choosing the Sprinklr technique: Ruben de Bruin and Michel Vaatstra.

Durable M.E. brought the salt battery back to HortiContact, among other things. Last year, the company attended HortiContact for the first time.

Bas and Jos van Adrichem from Van Adrichem Kwekerijen visiting the Maurice Kassenbouw booth with Jos Groenewegen, Ronald Thijssen, and Rick Keijsers.

Automation in chrysanthemums with the help of ISO Group.

Geert Helderman from Resideo with Marco Koning and Erwin Adegeest from Zantingh, which was back at the fair with the popular e-boiler, among other things.

Tiny van den Berk, Paul Jochems, and Leon Ammerlaan at Plantenkwekerij Brabant Plant. Thanks to the return of a large part of the illuminated crops this winter, the plant growers' puzzle was easier to solve this season than last winter.

Johan Velting from Workstep can be found at more and more fairs. He also brought his labor-saving and work-lightening solutions to Gorinchem, alongside 'the block of 500 kilos.'

Saskia Jouwersma and Gai Vegter represented Rainlevelr and posed for a photo with the cheerful boys from Bergcamp, one of the many growers with a Rainlever system in Delfland.

HortiContact in one image: chatting here with Jan-Pieter Schellekens at his booth while drinks and snacks are provided.

How does it feel to play harvest robot? Visitors could get an idea at the Tomatoworld booth.

Looking at tomatoes on the 100 percent plastic Westlander, which served as a stage for the sustainability pavilion where presentations were held during the fair.

Julia Erftemeijer and Sven Duijvestijn from Artechno, who had a group of Inholland students, led by new teacher Jeroen Sanders, visit on Wednesday.

Rudy van den Berg gave a brief presentation for students who visited the Artechno booth.

Hans Smaal and Ron Arends still see many raised eyebrows when they talk about the results achieved with ionization at Freshlight. Here, the sales consultants are pictured with a luminaire for vertical interlighting, also equipped with ionization.

Zantingh Energy Services has become a regular exhibitor in Gorinchem in recent years.

Team photo at Ledgnd, promoting MyLedgnd, a platform where growers can compare sensors 'like on Coolblue.'

Johan Ottevanger came to catch up with former colleague Martien Melissant at the Rovensa Next booth. One new product Martien came to promote was Biimore, a biostimulant.

Joek van der Zeeuw, Ton van Dijk, and Nieka van der Zeeuw from Van Dijk Heating. Nieka is now the operations manager at the company from Bunnik, where she started doing chores from a young age.

Zoë Wesstein from Nitea informed students about the labor registration software from the Westland company.

Sitting on the stool at the Kubo, Verkade, and PDI booth, studying.

Nico van der Houwen, Marjan van Antwerpen, and Jeffrey Spies.

Jan and Marijn from BASF | Nunhems chatting with Erwin Gräfe from Sendot.

Martin van Tol is answering visitors' questions at the LetsGrow.com booth, where the latest branch of the Strategy Manager, now also focused on energy, was on display.

Just having a chat at MvO Energy Services.

Sven Fitters in conversation at the Van Amelsvoort Kassenbouw booth.

Bata Energy Solutions brought a battery system to HortiContact. Such a system comes in handy for growers in the Bommelerwaard due to network congestion.

We always stop by Bèta Industries for a syrup waffle, where the man on the far left, Tom Ferwerda, is getting actively involved in horticulture.

Trying out the innovations at Metazet, including MetaFIT and Second Skin.

ML Opleidingen let visitors experience what it's like to end up upside down in your car. Those who came on the third day were out of luck. The 'tilting car' had also become dizzy by then.

Next Source is a total supplier for solar energy projects.

You can connect unlimited amplifiers to Red Star Soundsystems' 100-volt systems. Handy in large greenhouses. Edwin van Tilburg and Cees Horsmans attended this horticultural fair for the first time with the company.

Johan Meersma from Orgapower explains to a visitor.

Racing in an F1 simulator at Priva, where Wijnen Square Crops was still in the lead on Wednesday afternoon.

Wiel Nies and Richard Frenken with the strawberry model from Buisraillift. Until the end of May, there is a trade fair promotion offering a 5% discount on a system.

Louwson Energy and partners focused on combined heat and power.

Presentation by Dr. Neil McSporran, Global Portfolio Manager of the NSG Group, at the sustainability pavilion. Neil spoke on behalf of Pilkington Botanical about low carbon glass.

Steven Madern in conversation. He recently started working at Source.ag, which has grown to a team of about a hundred people in a short time.

Mario van den Bree from Fundamental Systems was able to present new and impressive trial results in tulips and tomatoes. They are also working on Phalaenopsis. Last year, the company made its first real appearance. Many will have recognized Mario from the publications for Glastuinbouw Waterproof, which were also shared on this channel.

Nico Doff's smile suggests that it's a pleasant conversation at the Veldwerk Koerier booth.

Barend Pouwels from Ecofarm Products is the man behind the Vortex nanobubble generator. Here, he is pictured with Martis van Splunter from Hortilife (right).

Jelle Blom from M2M-Energy helps growers with energy management.

Unfortunately, none of the men at SchermNed wanted to wear the crown for the photo 😉

The Entomatic from Biobest and Hortiworld has been further developed for high-wire cultivation.

The Control in Food & Flowers Foundation is normally located in the building at Normec in Delfgauw, but last week they were also at HortiContact.

LED can also be used for tissue culture, as demonstrated by Lab Associates with this cart at the Rofianda booth.

Hans de Vette and Henk Bot from De Vette flanked Reinout van den Berg and Jeffrey de Zoete from Van der Hoeven Horticultural Projects.

Wouter Wubben is a technician at Horticoop Technical Services. He was at the fair on Wednesday to encourage young people to pursue a career in horticultural technology. Last month, he was already at a job fair at the World Horti Center for the same reason.

Kim Bos and Johan ten Brakel from Pro Water, who brought a tool allowing growers to quickly measure plant sap, perform soil analysis, or take water measurements.

The name Biowondermiddel (Biowonder remedy) is intriguing, isn't it? The Dutch company behind this originally Swiss product has been on the market in the Netherlands for two months now. They offer an organic fertilizer substitute, as explained by David Hartman and Arda Denk.

John Luijendijk and Vincent Korporaal from Broekman Logistics, who, through a booth at the World Horti Center, are now also present at the fair in Gorinchem.

Organic substrate, also for blocks, is a hot topic in horticulture. Here's an organic block from Jiffy.

Elbert van Oosten and Henk Barth have started working together.

Ron Groenewald from Doek en Draad in conversation.

Zwart Techniek provides battery storage that allows growers to benefit from various stages of emergency power. Handling control power 2 well can provide growers with economic value, explained Martijn van der Velde.

Ronald de Meester and Els van Mierlo from Curio Breda. On April 3rd, the school is organizing a Practicum Day on the theme 'Exploring together in the Planbased region!'

SunStorage provides custom-made energy solutions that allow companies to go off-grid, explained Ahmet Usluer at the start of the last day of the fair.

Fred Strijk from Lensli expects that soon 'the big sheep' will also choose organic substrate.

SolarNRG, claiming to be 'the most experienced solar panel installer,' now also supplies systems for water basins with the help of a substructure from Connectum, which also had its own booth at the fair.

Julia and Jan Jacob Mekes from Bumbleberry Marketing in new company sweaters.

Colin van der Kaaij, Ron Groenewald, Jan Bos, and Cees van der Kaaij from Doek en Draad, where they notice that the space screen is becoming more common.

Werner van Mullekom from Agrozone in conversation with fellow exhibitor John van der Hoeven from Milispec.

John van Ruijven from JVR Tecmar (right in the photo) pointed out the trailer that Noxcon brought to the fair. The Austrian company, with Dutchman René van Dijk as CEO (left in the photo), captures CO2 from growers. Thomas Nagi is between René and John. He also works for Noxcon.

The first Dutch project for Noxcon is scheduled for this year. That grower can expect this trailer to arrive for measurements. After that, the optimal setting of the technique will be taken care of.

The people from the Urinebank were also at the fair.

Nico Harteveld from FMC came to the fair right in the middle of the Verimark moment.

Several plant growers found their way back to HortiContact, including BPK. There was also a Starting Materials Pavilion at the fair, but most companies were on the regular fair floor.

Geert Maris and Niels den Ouden from TTA did a tour of the fair on Thursday.

Leo Hoogeveen and Alwin Scholten from PlantoSys inform visitors about their biostimulants.

Anand Sekar from CE-Line. The company is busy scaling up with on-site nutrient measurement.

Jos Lemmens from Lankhorst Yarns sees that Belgium is further ahead with biodegradable horticultural yarn than the Netherlands. Is PLA horticultural yarn the future or is it already the present? According to Jos, it's the latter.

Romee van den Beukel with a tray of healthy beetroot juices. The juices worked well to attract people's attention to the booth and learn more about the services of LinkThings: Colcha, Greenie, and Analytics.

Octiva fights powdery mildew in high-wire cultivation with UV-C.

Kurt Zwemstra, Paul van der Valk, Henk Vollebregt, and Mitchel Visser with the latest fixture from Hortilux: Hortilux NxtLED. As Paul explained, the fixture produces as much light as 3 1000 watt HPS fixtures. Thanks to the addition of extra LEDs, the fixture is also 10% more efficient.

The top 3 of the Innovation Award from HortiContact took the stage on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. From left to right, two representatives from Sprinkler Energy, two representatives from Houweling Horticulture, and Lotte Adema from Source.ag. Lotte briefly explains what Source Irrigation Control does here.

Source.ag eventually won the innovation prize. A photo moment with Lotte and Ernst van Bruggen followed.

To close the fair, a round of F1 racing at Priva. Gebr. Valstar Calathea remained unbeaten.

Chretien Hendriks (Genap), Willem Verwoerd, and Hans van Luijk (Aquasol Solar/Zon op Waterbassin) and Jos Schangen (Aiko) presented a new solar panel for water basins.

Gidion Vesseur, Paula van der Leede, Marion Lestraden, and Mike Oudendijk from Nivola. At the ventilation specialist in the greenhouse, they see that growers are asking for controllable EC motors to automatically run fans softer at certain times. Running at 100% isn't always necessary and saves energy.

Mike Groot and David van Gaalen from Recharged discussed with the gentlemen on the left in the photo what solar panels combined with a commercial energy storage system can mean for them.

The Greenery was promoting the strawberry variety Inspire at the fair. Pictured: Michel Tetteroo, Klaas de Jager, Leon Duyvesteyn, and Joost Rouwhorst.

Zwart Techniek was new at HortiContact.

Alexander, Matthis, and Timo from Lubing.

The Gearbox booth was quite busy.

Erwin van der Mark, Bart Link, Vincent Neervoort, and Kelly van der Mark from van der Mark, where they will have an open day on March 21!

Erik Wikstrom and Frank Huiskens from Wivid.

The Mechatronix team.

A behind-the-scenes look.

Ingeborg Gravesteyn and Bram Tijmons from PATS with the X Drone and the Trap Eye.