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Horticontact, Gorinchem, Netherlands

Van der Ende Group with Tim Kreuger, Joey van Leeuwen, Rosalie Gijsbers and Michiel Brockhus. Van der Ende Group introduces Optimyze, a sensor solution for monitoring and optimising pumps and pumping systems. With Optimyze, users have instant 24/7 insight into the condition of their installations and can quickly respond to deviations.

Berg Ruimtescheppen has also focused on greenhouse demolition in recent years. Pictured: Johan van den Berg and Chelsea van den Heuvel.

John Sonneveld and Aart-Jan Bos of Koppert

Rick Keijsers (Maurice Kassenbouw), Geert Colbers, Erik Gubbels (Gubbels Kwekerijen), Jos Groenewegen (Maurice Kassenbouw) and Mark Steegh (Gubbels Kwekerijen)

Aukje Veldstra and Frederike Menage (Ecostyle)

Bart Visser, Julia Erftemeijer, Sven Duijvestijn and Bob Brunt (Artechno Growsystems)

Johan van Erven, Ridder

Verkade Climate, Kubo and PDI fraternally in one stand

Kaylee Vermeulen, Peter Lansbergen and Manel van 't Hof of DLI

Joris Mulders and Floris Coenders of Delphy

Brian Rijgersberg, Ren van der Horst, Sven Verbeek and Kris Kort (VD Horst)

Globe plant: Mirella van Rooyen, Rens Muller, Remco v/d Horst and Henk van Dam

View into the booth of TC van den Dool

The best price for your product? Who doesn't want that? The Greenery is looking for new growers.

Atrium aisle with PB Techniek, Havecon, VH Systems and Bom Group.With left in the aisle Lucas van 't Hof of HortiContact — Atrium aisle with PB Techniek, Havecon, VH Systems and Bom Group.
With left in the aisle Lucas van 't Hof of HortiContact

Henk Verbakel (Havecon) and Lodewijk Wardenburg (Bom Group)

Wouter de Bruycker and Mike van Bavel (Dynamax)

Finch and Jogchum Genuit of Mienis Water

Sandra Nieuwenbroek and Quirine van Gemert of Atrium

Roland van Dijk (VH Systems)

Laurens Besemer and Martijn van Staalduinen (Ventiguard)

Klaas Jan de Ruiter and Anne Jan van Doorn of Normec

Jeroen Hovens (Brabant Plant) and Marcel Huibers, back at BASF | Nunhems

Wesley Korving, Roy Bransen, Joss Krijger and Bas Kleijweg at the stand of Bransen Group and AMIGO, the new app for service notifications, maintenance and inventory management in greenhouse horticulture.

Robert Rouhof of De Lange Plastics and Hendic

Sebastiaan Smeur, Erik van Nieuwenhuizen (Meteor Systems) and Roel Akkermans (Rijk Zwaan)

Stefan Bakker (Netafim), Rob Zwaard (Uvar) and Cees Overgaauw (PB).

Hotraco Horti

Karianne Boers (Boal Group) and Marcel Schulte (Holland Gaas)

Leon Bekenes (Holland Scherming), Leon Strik (Ludvig Svensson), Michel de Zeeuw and Robert Jan de Goeij (Holland Scherming)

bQurius was at HortiContact for the first time, promoting MyWork.

Patrick Piet and Frank van der Meijs (Stolze)

Chris van Hulzen (Tebarex)

Dave Berendsen (Van Hattem), Gerard Bok (Van Iperen), Michel van der Togt and Bas van Hattem (Van Hattem)

Kristel Maas and Arjan Spaans (Van Iperen)

Jeff van Boxel (Heecon) shows the machine that sweeps under and around the pipe rails. As part of the crop rotation, in other words.

Jos Veugen and Ed Gerrits (Veugen)

Brent van Zielst and Jeroen van Katwijk (Seahorse Diving)

Team Vattenfall

Maarten Kramer of Aquamar

Robert Kemeling and Hessel Luiten (Kemeling Plastics)

Wilma and Wilco Verkuijl (Photon Dancing) and André Zwinkels (Patent Holland)

Joey Buehler and Mohamed el Moutaouakkil of Ampowr

Model at Albers Alligator

Michel Dommerholt and Tim van Grootveld (Emsbroek). Emsbroek was at HortiContact for the first time. Emsbroek already has extensive experience with ISSO 87 from other sectors. With the amendment of ISSO 87 version 2024, it is mandatory to provide a liquid fertiliser installation with an installation certificate in accordance with BRL 8000. Important for horticulture.

Fred Deijs, Bas Driessen and Michael van der Windt (Albers Alligator)

Caroline vd Hoek of Syngenta Crop Protection

Jogchum Bruinsma and Jerome Vinke of Nedstack with their fuel cells to convert hydrogen

Team Grodan with the jubilant (25 years of Grodan) Mario Helderman on the right side of this photo

Tom Markus (Stolze), Sebastiaan Vroegop (Prins Group), Johan de Bloois and Teunis Versteeg (Stolze)

Hugo Plaisir (Ludvig Svensson)

Marcel and Ton Frensch and Tim Zonneveld (Van Dorssen & Frensch)

Hans Kerklaan and Rick van Buijtene (Kerklaan)

Ted Duijvestijn and Joost Kerklaan

Team TapTarget, at the fair for the first time in this form.

Edward Lansbergen (Interpolis)

Reinier Prins (RP Montage) and Ron Duijvensteijn (A1)

Verhagen Leiden took a V-move 1200 to Gorinchem, among others.Kees Ettema and Oscar Sprenkels — Verhagen Leiden took a V-move 1200 to Gorinchem, among others.

Kees Ettema and Oscar Sprenkels

Gerwin Jacobs and Remco van der Beek of Battlink

René de Jonge and Rick van Roij (Next HS)

Batteries all over the place at HortiContact 2025

Bart van Hergaarden and Paul van Gils of Redusystems

Ton van der Kooy and Peter van Weel both have thumping horticultural hearts

Fred van Veldhoven on stage (Skytree)

Team Ledgnd. Ledgnd recently opened a second branch, in Utrecht.

Elaine Foster (Red Horticulture)

This 2G machine switches effortlessly to various (blended) fuels: biogas, natural gas and hydrogen

Lorenzo van der Ark and Nico van Scheppingen (Thermeta)

Willem Kuijvenhoven (Weterings Machinery) and Peter Post (Gartenbau Versicherung)

Joachim Keus (Ridder)

Certis BelchimBert Meerman talks about flower bulbs and outdoor flowersand Yasmine De Cauwer on greenhouse horticulture — Certis Belchim
Bert Meerman talks about flower bulbs and outdoor flowers
and Yasmine De Cauwer on greenhouse horticulture

Ruben Kalkman wears his Bom Group jacket for the last time.Pictured together with Robert Jan de Goeij (Boal Group) — Ruben Kalkman wears his Bom Group jacket for the last time.
Pictured together with Robert Jan de Goeij (Boal Group)

Edwin Langenberg (DLVge) and Marcel Verbeek (Gakon Netafim)

Hendrik and Claudio Mast of HortimecFNK sprays nematode eggs (in nematode control) with their spray boom — Hendrik and Claudio Mast of Hortimec
FNK sprays nematode eggs (in nematode control) with their spray boom

Hans de Vilder and Erik Wijma of Hadzabio

Marco de Zeeuw, Harry van Luijk and Kirsten de Vetten (Olsthoorn Greenhouse Projects)

Paul van Leeuwen and Peter van der Knaap by Martin Stolze

Seahorse Diving ...The new generation for greenhouse farming is coming. — Seahorse Diving ...
The new generation for greenhouse farming is coming.

Steenks Service

Engie

Mike Roumen and Jeroen van der Wel of PB Tec

Hans van der Salm and Pieter Ammerlaan of Havecon

Philips

Mark Gijzen (Enthoven), Rosan van Gaalen, Pieter Jan Robbemont (Van der Hoeven) and Philip Eekma (Enthoven, Patron)

XL Company clothing

Dirk de Jong (De Jong Fruit), Roy Koopmans and Hans Fakkert (Berkvens)

Henk and André Satter (Waalstroom Flowers) and Bart and Daan Geers (Gebr. Geers)

Jesper Smits (Koppert) and Gerard Bok (Van Iperen)

Wim Verhaar and Piet van Aalst (Agriver)

Jonas De Win, Steven Adriaense, Leonie Hogendonk, Peter Custers, Wendy van der Made, Jari Boerboom and Danny Jansen of Bayer Vegetable Seeds / De Ruiter

Well-known, proven tomato varieties are incrossed with Tobrv resistance

Chris Groninger (HCTS), Bernardo and Ferry Greeve, Matthias Haakman and Marco van Trigt (KG)

Dick van Regteren, Genap

Jaap Vreugenhil, Ampowrhttps://www.bpnieuws.nl/article/9705150/batterij-als-verdienmodel-en-als-oplossing/ — Jaap Vreugenhil, Ampowr
https://www.bpnieuws.nl/article/9705150/batterij-als-verdienmodel-en-als-oplossing/

Houweling HortiCulture with Patrick van Scheijndel and Jaco de Vries

Meindert van der Wielen and Hans van der Pas of Bioline

Bike off your bikes can at Agrolux!And win a ticket to the Wielerzesdaagse — Bike off your bikes can at Agrolux!
And win a ticket to the Wielerzesdaagse

Roel van der Leuvert of Zwart Techniek

Geert van der Wel and Jan Hanemaaijer of Blue Radix

Houweling Horticulture and Intrahorti

Zweitse Wolthuis and Erik Vink of Stroomkr8.Will Stroomkr8 be the replacement for horticultural Powerhouse customers? — Zweitse Wolthuis and Erik Vink of Stroomkr8.
Will Stroomkr8 be the replacement for horticultural Powerhouse customers?

Chris van Tiggelen of 2G. 2G Energy AG has developed cogeneration plants that can run on hydrogen. This makes the energy switch affordable.

Arjan Zwinkels er Wilfred Vijverberg of CH2O

Andrei de Bruin and Eric Gerritsma of Holland Green Machinehttps://www.groentennieuws.nl/article/9705507/dubbele-verticale-spuitboom-geeft-meer-effect/ — Andrei de Bruin and Eric Gerritsma of Holland Green Machine
https://www.groentennieuws.nl/article/9705507/dubbele-verticale-spuitboom-geeft-meer-effect/

Mertens had no shortage of attention

Vincent van Tol (Control Union Certifications) and Edwin van Eeden and Marina Meinen (TLR)

Poorthuys

Willem Vriezen of Huisman Fencing

Wouter Goedendorp, Jorben van der Lugt and Kevin Spoelder of Hoogendoorn Growth

Vollebregt Barten was the broker of Horticontact 2025

Berrie Schuurman of WDP Wireworking

Arjan Haasdijk of Schep Heating

Tom Rozendaal, Hendrik van Dorp and Julian Buitenhuis of Ecopowercell

Christa Speek and Nicole Heijmans (Meteor Systems)

Jaap Kokshoorn and Marco van Ardenne (TC van den Dool)

Philips, day 3

Leon van Wingerden made the move to Enza Zaden

Jeroen van Gaalen and Ramon Bol (Alweco)

Logiqs

Frans van Meurs

Dave Boer (Huisman Scherming) Ton Habraken and Johan Weesie (Ludvig Svensson)

Ramona Prins and Ferry vd Berg (JB)

Tom van Reeven and Wouter Voortman (TK Topboiler, BKC)

Dry Hydroponics

Hans Sonneveld, Tiemo Bodemann, Remco Woldman, Stephanie van Heijningen and Joachim Keus, Ridder

Erwin Verbraeken and Marloes Rosier of Paskal

Lex Kneppers of Van Eck Bedrijfshygiene demonstrates Turbofog technology

The new cast of James Bond - or Albert Lizarraga of Agrifast Dirk-Jan Haas of Hortiware, who, by extending the clip system Tomsystem from vegetable plants to trees, now have two 'guns' to show.

Kyrylo Gliuza and Oleksandr Shied of Begrow will be there not only with their rockwool for vegetables, but also with products for gerberas and roses.

RED's team showcases their four-channel LED solution

Frank van der Spek and Jitse Schone of Enza Zaden with the breeder's tomatoes and peppers

Edwin Streefland, Andrea Szabo and Arthur Kramer of Food Autonomy. The Dutch team has expanded over the past year.

Joachim Wincent and Erik Wikström of WIVID. Also to be found at Greentech again this summer.

OK OK we admit it - this is not the new team from Funghi Funghi(https://www.hortidaily.com/photos/album/12560/horticultural-suppliers-fruit-logistica-2025-berlin-germany/522366/ ). Mike Roumen and Jeroen van der Wel just stay with PB Tec, and Hans van der Salm and Pieter Ammerlaan are and remain team Havecon.

A regular feature at the Horticontact for years: Vincenzo Russo & Stefano Liparace of Vifra. With their misting systems, but also with reverse osmosis.

Jan Bier of Mechatronix is a hit on Tiktok

Robin Dirks and Dirk Habets of Growtech with Peter van den Bemd, MJ Tech

Sjaak Bakker is working on new techniques in horticulture under DigiVation. More later.

Dennis Voskamp of Interco will soon tell more on FloralDaily on the developments within the company

Mark van Dulmen and Klaas de Boeck, ICL Fertilizers

Wim Roosen of Dutch Plantin with team Best Peppers: Wilfred van den Berg, Tijn van den Berg and Merijn van Lith

Lin Zhu of Xiamen Sanan Optoelectronics

The Roam and Prayon teams are together at the fair, showing Ambiorix, among other things

Still going strong at Mechatronix!

Joe Kao and Bob Vonk of Fotoniq, developers of a coating (PAR+) that brings year-round diffusivity to the greenhouse.

Martin van Zeijl of Bom Group

Anno Hermans and Donato Lucia of Valoya had fine days in Gorinchem with their new LED solutions

That looks fine right?

A quick look at how the roots of the tomato plants have developed after three days, on Jiffy substrate and under Valoya lights....

Sander Clemens and Anno Hermes are former colleagues at Jiffy and now check...

Sazas' absenteeism specialists help entrepreneurs deal with absenteeism. This can be about regulations, but also by taking out absenteeism insurance. Pictured are Zino Belkada, Arnold Jans, and Jeroen Feuerstein

Mariusz Wels, Exar, is new to the show and can provide various metal solutions for horticulture

With all those trade shows at the beginning of the year, we can meet team Eurofins often these weeks

Fred van Veldhoven of Skytree was too busy for a photo earlier this week, but on Thursday afternoon, he had a moment to relax

The first stand for 2026 is in! Hortilux was responsible for the most pre-registrations for the fair and so may return next year.

Dirk Muehlenweg and Christoph Stegmann (Knauf)

Rijk van der Laarse (Greenhouse System Holland) still regularly jumps into the sector and Arjan van der Meer (Debets Schalke)

Carlo Schoonderwaldt (ABN AMRO)

Harriette Rademakers (Hagelunie)

Sem and Mike van der Weerd (DS Hortitrade)

Jack van Batenburg (Carbo Culture)

Eelkje Pulley (HortiDaily) and Rov van Leeuwen (F&H Crone)

Justin van der Putten (DryGair)

Andris and Laura Stuks (SIA Synergy Solutions)

Rebekka Boekhout (Phyto by RCB)

Jose Carretero works for Food Autonomy and B+H Solutions and Robert Zuyderwijk (B+H Solutions)

Daniel Hoszczewski, Jeffrey van Uunen and Sadik Usluer (ProCC)

Rutger and Jan van den Belt of the tomato farm of the same name use ProCC's cultivation and labour registration system

Marcel Koolmees and Tom van Zwanenburg visit the fair (Van der Waay)

Dirk Jan Haas shows different binding systems (Hortiware)

René Polak (Ushio) can tell you all about the HPS lamps

Kevin Oei and Wendy Marijnissen stand next to Heliospectra's MITRA X and DYNA C9

Patrick Gernaey (Terrazza MC)

Maarten Balcaen (Beaulieu Technical Textiles)

Vincent Stringa and Ed Roeleveld (Vitotherm)

Kateryna Volianska visits the fair (KG)

Rutger Vreezen and Gijs van Asselt (Sigrow)

Wouter De Bruycker shows Dynamax's sensors

Robert van de Akker (Akker Transport Systems)

Bert van Tol (Sendot) talking to fair visitors on Tuesday. You can guess the topic, seeing those jumpers.

T-Bouwsystemen knows what to do with sandwich panels.

Frank van Houdt and Pieter Kaptein (BPK)

Pim van Geest (ADI). ADI is heading to southern France after the Gorinchem fair to visit breeding companies there. Several companies there are already working with the Seedling Scan Pro and others are going to.

Ed Zeelen and Stijn Linders (Lenzeel)

Many trade fair visitors wanted to get a feel for that leaf cutting from Lenzeel. So where do all those leaves go in at lightning speed? Stijn Linders points it out.

Vincent Wilk, the new agronomist at Sendot, Bert van Tol (Sendot) and Robert Zuyderwijk (B+H Solutions)

Frank de Vette of Avema Wegenbouw is looking into the possibilities of asphalting for horticultural companies as well. They already have customers in that sector. Avema Wegenbouw was at HortiContact for the first time.

Battery direct to medium voltage. How? At BattiQ, Rick Pex, Jan Dijkshoorn and Guido van den Berg were happy to explain.

Technique Afrique developed a system to make fog with, in water. The concept is called HydroO2 Art. At the fair, with gauged its potential for horticulture.

Wiel Nies, inventor of the Tube Rail Lift, and Henk Bonekamp (Technique Afrique).

The KasLokaal was well 'guarded'.

Lessons in a real greenhouse, with full 'school desks'.

This system prevents evaporation in Evapo Control's mode.

Aad Wissenburg, John Torenstra, Charmaine Torenstra, Kayleigh Koot and Gary van der Linden (HS Horticulture Service)

Jeffrey Duijnisveld, Tom Waasdorp and Freek Batist (Technokas)

Heerco Wallinga and Simon Meijer (CE-Line)

Niels Steenweg and Ardi Luijendijk (Kroes Aannemingsbedrijf)

Wheel of Fortune at Interpolis

Noxcon's mobile plant for capturing CO2 from exhaust gases or the air was also present again. It is a pilot setup. 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.

HAS Green Academy

REWE is a great reference for Schollglas Netherlands. Pictured are Oliver Poeschl and Mike Santoe.

Rick van Ogtrop, Marceline van Heijst and Pim van der Heiden of Hermans Technisolar: Customised solar solutions for every greenhouse

Soon to include charging stations at horticulturists? Handy for charging electric trucks, Bata Energy Solutions expects. William Arends explains.

Doek en Draad's cavity screen helps growers save energy

New at SchermNed: Faye van Duijn and Steven Pieters

Sjoerd Nieboer (Beanstalk) and Pieter Kaptein (BPK)

Almost like standing on a water basin with Connectum's system, right?

The floating solar panels have been anchored, in collaboration between Albers Alligator, Connectum and Bata Energy Solutions.

Aart van den Bos and Nico Ammerlaan (Tomatoworld)

Presentations at the World Horti Center pavilion, here by Sven Duijvestijn (Artechno Growsystems) on AVF+ Young Plants.

An engine like this in the stand at Louwson Energy and partners attracts attention.

Erwin van Lier (HBV Coatings) did his traditional tour of the fair.

Pull again brought perlite and vermiculite.

Joost van Rooij and Hatty McShane-Smith (NLight). NLight offers a fixture with a wide beam angle, which may be of interest to growers with lower greenhouses.

Willem Piet and Paul Bunnik (Pireco) show how Stimuter works. You can see on the tables the roots are growing well.

SKW-System, Pieter van Noord and Stephan Strack

Wim van Ommeren (Metech). Metech Sweepers & Scrubbers was at HortiContact for the first time.

René Zinsmeester and Erwin van Mastrigt (JB Group)

Jacco de Ronde and Erwin Dingemanse (Bever Innovations)

Marco van 't Hart (Dutch Greenhouse Systems)

Leonard van Vliet (Stabilit Benelux)

Stef and Max van der Spank (ReduNOx)

Martijn Joore, Patricia Venema and Marcel van Oudheusden (MvO Energy Services)

Wim Veninga (Lensli), Eric Stolze (MeeGaa Substrates), Fred Strijk (Lensli Substrates) and Raymond van der Knaap (MeeGaa Substrates)

Gerard Boomer and Raymond van Reijn (Condair)

John van Ruijven (JVR Tecmar), Edwin Reijnen and Sander Brands (VDL Industrial Products)

Sprinkler Energy is back at HortiContact a year after its market launch, in a different place at the fair and with new projects, such as at Beekenkamp in Lutjebroek.

Marco Vieveen (VieTech). VieTech celebrated its 15th anniversary last year. On show at the fair was a further developed technology to process peppers in crates in an increasingly automated way. Soon, this system will also enter the field.

Among other things, Sorma Group supplies sorting technology for tomatoes, such as at Van den Belt Tomatoes.

Queues for the entrance to the fair on Wednesday. It became the busiest day.

Team Priva at Wednesday's start.

A bit of explanation at the display in the stand of LetsGrow.com, which offers, among other things, the Strategy Manager.

Marjan van Antwerpen, Nico van der Houwen and Jeffrey Spies (Hortipar)

Paul Jochems (Looije Agro Technics) in conversation

Aad van der Starre and Hans Smaal of Freshlight/Freshwater in conversation. Would it be about ionisation?

Hennie Kosman and Marcel Zegwaard. Marcel is new to Lek/Habo.

Sven Fitters (Van Amelsvoort Kassenbouw) and Ruud Schoenmakers (Son en Koot)

Jan de Ruyter (ABN Amro) and Annie van de Riet (AVAG)

Karst van der Wel and Thomas Ris (Nitea)

Cleaning solar panels is also considered at HG Solar Panels.

Value Carbon

Ronald Gronsveld (Rofianda) and Theodoor Knook

MWM

Ruben Kalkman during his last working day for Bom Group (he is moving to XL-Bloom YoungPlants) and Willem Jan Hoogduin (WPS).

Gert-Jan Zantingh (Zantingh) and André van der Zwaard (Zwart Techniek)

Remco Meewisse and Roy van den Bos (Metazet)

Hugo Vreugdenhil explains the Rainlevelr concept in a demo model specially developed for the fair. Saskia Jouwersma and Gai Vegter were also present on behalf of Hoogheemraadschap Delfland.

Voshol in Green V-red at the fair.

Kurt Zwemstra, Henk Vollebregt, Paul van der Valk and Cees-Jan van den Dool (Hortilux). A photo without Vera?

Mathijs van Langen and Jan Willem de Waal (TTA-ISO). No demo model like last year but now a video of the practical application of cutting automation in chrysanthemums.

Wednesday was by far the busiest day.

Santon's men had a good time. Pictured: Marco Knippel and Daan Bruins.

Catching up in the greenhouse at consultancy Vyverberg.

Van Tuijl on Tuesday.

Ton van Dijk and Joek van der Zeeuw (Van Dijk heating)

Martien Melissant also took a picture with his son at the fair.

Bas Buitelaar (Buitelaar Engineering) and Cees de Haan (Hortispeed) study ECOfilter's paper filter.

Werner van Mullekom (Agrozone) took a photo with two colleagues.

Danny van den Bosch (Stolze) stopped by to see Cees de Haan (Hortispeed). Both men can regularly be found in Canadian greenhouse farming.

Henk Bot and Hans de Vette. De Vette has a webshop these days.

Alwin Scholten (PlantoSys) sees that people are paying more and more attention to the CE mark, also in the biostimulant market.

Cor Weerheim still follows horticultural developments closely. Here he comes to collect a Handboek Kasgroenten.

Joyce Worm and Jeroen van Beek (Saled LED lighting)

Jan-Pieter Schellekens (Schellekens Total Projects) on Thursday

A piece of acrobatics from Joey van den Burg

Joey at the start of the Thursday at the Prins Mechanisation stand

Marcel Weering and Sander Clemens (Jiffy) at organic substrate, popular in pepper cultivation.

Two times Veldwerk. On the left specialists in temporary work, on the right in their own stand the men from Veldwerk Koerier.

Opus Watch won the fair's innovation prize. Cees van Gils proudly shows off the award, and the special watch it is all about, on Thursday morning.

Curio was at HortiContact for the first time.

Maarten Vrensen and Simon van Zanten (De Bolster) next to their popular Skyborn rootstock. In pepper cultivation, conventional growers have also discovered the rootstock. For aubergine growers, De Bolster showed a new upper stem: BB SEG 0741 F1.

Harry and Lennart Schouten (ISA CropCare). The crop protection product Siltac, which they supply, is increasingly being used by pepper growers to combat green peach aphid. Siltac is also widely used against whitefly.

Huub Welles and Thom van den Berg (Source.ag) show developments in Source Cultivate

AirVent is new at Rovero

Anja Dieleman (WUR) and Patrick Dankers (Octiva)

Just too late. Vincent Jalink of Phenovation had a birthday on Wednesday, at the fair. Just look at the flags. Phenovation introduced a new sensor: CF2GO.

Richard Bakker and Angelique Hartman (Kroes Aannemingsbedrijf)

Frédérique Akse and Peter van Hoek (Pon Power)

Kasgroeit and Horti Academy were at the fair with the Urgency Meter.

Orgapower's regular trade fair team was present again: Albert Dortmans and Johan Meersma

Beta Industry's stroopwafels tasted good again. Pictured: Kenneth van Bovenend.

Daan Boks and Steven Triep (Next Source). Steven shows 'the important brain' of a battery. The energy management system also needs to be right.

Those who looked closely at the fair saw that many batteries are equipped with the same battery cells.

Iwaki had brought several pumping and dispensing systems.

Battery at Solax Power.

Jan Voogt and Peter Geelen told about The New Cultivation and Plant Empowerment in the Greenhouse Room.

Veditec showed a video at the fair.

Johan Declerq (Aquabel) and Raymond Lescrauwaet

Exar brought steel wire to fair.

Connecting sandwich panels smartly. T-Bouwsystemen came up with something clever for it: the T-Build Strip. Patrick Thiebou demonstrates it.

Alja van der Schuren and Kaz Vermeer (Voltiris). This year, practical installations will follow at several horticulturists in the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as a first really big project at a grower in Switzerland.

Roy van Dam from Zalux, here with their latest luminaire.

Bart, Vincent, Kelly and Erwin of van der Mark Boiler Maintenance

Ab and John from Gearbox

Gints Antoms and Jevgenijs Karklins of Aranet

Kay Plat and Isabelle van Doorn of Greenhub

Joris Janssen of DCL

Micha van Nieuwkerk and Danny Vis of Vand der Ende at their Kathari (ultrafiltration)

Ingeborg, Pakyien, Bram and Wouter from PATS

Nico Harteveld (FMC) on farewell tour. He will retire next month after working in the crop protection business for more than 40 years. He looks back with pride on the introduction of Verimark, among other things.

Axelle Vegnaud (Skytree) with Fred van Veldhoven in the background updating a group of fair visitors on CO2 capture. Skytree has the Cumulus available for this purpose, and some frontrunners in greenhouse farming will also be running the Stratus this year.

Agro-Solutions offers biostimulants.

A father-son photo at Schellekens Total Projects.

Ben Hoogendoorn and Harrie Meijndert (HCTS)

Janine Zappeij, Markus Meerbeek, Lars Dukker and Kim Helderman (LetsGrow.com)

Vincent van der Gaag (Dutch Lion) on the stage of the WHC pavilion.

Generate, store and format. Energy first at Aquasol Solar. Pictured: Chrétien Hendriks (Genap), Hans van Luijk and Willem Verwoerd (Aquasol Solar)

Vinay Hiremath and Sharan Avati of Cosmicnode came to HortiContact to become more known. In this, we are happy to lend a hand.

From the escalator in Evenementenhal Gorinchem, you have a great overview.

Today, the fair is arranged with a mix of standard stands and in-house stand construction.

Arthur de Bruin (SchermNed)

Bianca van Dijk and Quinten Sprij of Geerlofs

Hans van der Poel and Rick Baars in the stand of Hans van der Poel

Theo Wolbrink and Erik van Wijk of Van Nifterik

The team at 4MT, specialising in industrial automation and known for IRISS

Anita Peters and Nico Pubben of Veiling Rhein-Maas

The stand of Opti-systems and DV Automation

Jolanda Steenvoorden of MPS, where Jolanda says many conversations took place

Michele Buttini of WUR

Wim Kromhout and René Andeweg of De Koningh

Martha Bravo and Wendy Mason of Chrysal

Surflow is a new effluent that can be used in combination with Fident

Ted Verbraeken, Walter Alderden and Jorg Swagemakers of De Bruin Plantpot

Johan Velting of Workstep shows some technical details

Bram van Paassen of BOL specialist in substrates

Don Boers of Van Holstein Betonwerken

Hard at work at Hamelink Cooling

Robert Vink and Daniella Hanemaayer of Presscon

Centrica

Ronald Vreugdenhil and Pieter van Staalduine at Pöppelman.

Frank Vriends and Stefan Oosterveer at Beekenkamp.

Jan Dons and Onno Boeren of Green Products.

Richard and Rico Scheffers of Optiplug.

Vreugdenhil was also present at the HortiContact.