Meet the Buyer event - Glastuinbouw Nederland
Meet the Buyer – Rotterdam Edition events offer interesting opportunities for your company to get
in touch with the leading enterprises in a variety of business sectors. The event is invite-only and will
give you the chance to have an individual one-to-one meeting with key decision-makers. Join the
event, establish valuable collaborations, pitch your products and services, and discuss business
partnerships that can fast forward your company’s growth. For interested parties online speed
dates will be organized on Friday 17 2021, followed by a (hybrid) Hackathon on September 23
2021 when selected by representatives of Glastuinbouw Nederland.
Cleantech innovation challenge
Glastuinbouw Nederland is looking for any kind of technology, sustainable, water, or energy. In the
greenhouses the growers use it all.
Availability of CO2, labor/automation, sustainable heating of greenhouses. disease and pest
pressure, sustainable packaging materials, sustainable residual flows, etc..
We are the growers, so if there’s an interesting product we can connect you directly with the proper
growers. And we have some budget to try some things in practice.
Deadline for application: 8th of September 2021
Individual online meetings between successful applicants and Glastuinbouw Nederland team:
Friday 17 September 2021, followed by (hybrid) Hackathon when selected after speed dates on
Thursday 23 September.
Buyer Profile
What is their business?
Glastuinbouw Nederland is the leading entrepreneurial network (we are the branch organization) in
the Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector. LTO Noord, ZLTO and LLTB work together to influence
policy and create innovation programs in the areas of Labour, Energy, Health & Happiness, Plant
Health and Water & Environment. Together we represent 70% of the total greenhouse horticulture
acreage in the Netherlands.
Glastuinbouw Nederland unites and supports entrepreneurs in these areas, focusing its efforts on
lobbying authorities at the international, national, provincial and regional levels, encouraging
knowledge development and inspiring entrepreneurs through knowledge sharing.
Innovation
Through the Kennis in je Kas (KijK, “Knowledge in your greenhouse”) innovation program, which
includes Kas als Energiebron (“The Greenhouse as a Source of Energy”), Glastuinbouw
Waterproof (“Waterproof Greenhouse Horticulture”) and Het Nieuwe Doen in
Plantgezondheid (“New Practices in Plant Health”), we stimulate professionalisation and innovation
in greenhouse horticulture businesses. This enables us to offer our members independent insights
into the latest relevant developments taking place now or in the future inside and outside the sector.
We are also the initiator of the Dutch Foundation for Innovation in Greenhouse Horticulture (SIGN),
which works on ground-breaking innovations in its Waard&vol Groen innovation program.
We are the growers, so if there’s an interesting product we can connect u direct with the proper
growers. And we have some budget to try some things in practice.
What are they looking for
Glastuinbouw Nederland is looking for any kind of technology, sustainable, water, or energy. In the
greenhouses the growers use it all.
Availability of CO2, labor/automation, sustainable heating of greenhouses. disease and pest
pressure, sustainable packaging materials, sustainable residual flows, etc..
How can you apply?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send an email to Leonoor den
Ottolander (leonoor@nflux.nl) and briefly indicate the interest of your company in the Buyer’s
case. You can also contact your regional SCALE-UP partner.
SCALE-UP PARTNERS
This Meet the Buyer event is an exclusive invitation for companies associated with partner
organisations in the North Sea region. Cleantech member organisations have joined forces in the
Interreg SCALE-UP project to enable cross-border business contacts between SMEs with green
solutions and established large companies. The overall aim is to facilitate for innovative cleantech
companies to scale up your start-up. Contacts at the member organisations help participants prepare
the meetings and support them through the business process.