On Tuesday , the nominees for the 2025 Horticultural Business Award ( Tuinbouw Ondernemersprijs ) were revealed . Chairman Peter Maes made surprise visits to Plantenkwekerij Gitzels and Boltha Flower Bulb Nursery to personally congratulate the contenders . He also extended his congratulations to Kreling Chrysanten . Meanwhile , Jeroen Noot , the independent panel chairwoman for the Future - proof Technologies Theme Prize , chew the fat the shortlisted candidates : CE - Line Internationaal , ISO Horti Innovators , and Valto Biocontrol .
Three nominee Tuinbouw OndernemersprijsAccording to the professional jury , the nominative company are ' the infrangible gem in Dutch horticulture at the moment ' .
Plantenkwekerij Gitzels from Wervershoof is a North Holland disseminator and stock breeder of lucre plant ( include kale , cauliflower , and broccoli ) , with yearly sales of some 160 million cabbage plants to open up - grown vegetable grower in the region . According to the panel , it stands out in good employment practice and sustainable excogitation : constitutional plant food , geothermic estrus , drones , clime cells , and detector . The company was institute 70 years ago and since January 2024 , Mike Gitzels , the third propagation is at the helm . A young entrepreneur with both feet on the ground .
Breezand - ground Boltha is a North Holland blossom bulb grower of lily , tulips , and grape hyacinths , among others , for both forcing and home gardening . A vernal gild of owners with a clear visual modality that dares to innovate strongly on breeding and robotization , such as harvest machines and packaging robot . The panel also praised the company ’s committal to green imagination , such as laser grass control .
Bruchem - base Kreling Chrysanten is a partnership of five chrysanthemum growers in Bruchem , Gelderland , with annual sale of 160 million stalk per twelvemonth for European retail . allot to the panel , the company excels in innovation , its pioneering role in the manufacture , and its receptiveness and cooperation with the area . A predecessor that pull the whole sector along .
Three candidate for the Future - proof Technologies theme prizeTogether with Greenport Noord - Holland Noord , the Tuinbouw Ondernemersprijs will this year award another Theme Prize to an initiative that stands out in a special way in the field of Future - proof technologies Innovative technologies in the field of smart farming , energy , and water , and rather deployed in an integrated way . Nominated are :
CE - Line from Emmeloord is a scale - up that enable real - time science laboratory psychoanalysis of the amount of nutrient in irrigation and drain body of water . panel : a future - proof technology that leads to less wastage of water and fertilizers .
ISO Horti Innovators from Gameren is a developer of the fully automatonlike graft golem , the ' ISO High - Speed Grafter ' . Jury : grand example of precision agribusiness and smart farming .
Valto Biocontrol from De Lier ): Developer of advanced engineering V10 , which protect tomatoes naturally against the pepino mosaic virus . Jury : responds to a major job in greenhouse gardening : viruses . An innovation that leads to importantly less waste , and is in harmony with the environment .
The Tuinbouw Ondernemersprijs is the sector ’s prime entrepreneurial trophy , award per year since 1986 by the Stichting Tuinbouw Ondernemersprijs . Royal FloraHolland , Rabobank , Flynth adviseurs en accountant , Interpolis , Innovatiefonds HagelUnie , Glastuinbouw Nederland , and the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries , Food Security and Nature , are partners in the foundation . And this year also Greenport Noord - Holland Noord . By presenting the awards , the understructure aims to raise awareness and involvement in the positive and innovative developments in the Dutch horticultural sector .
The photos were take aim by photography studio apartment Vlekke ( Entrepreneur Award ) and Thierry Schut ( Theme Award ) .
For more information : Tuinbouw Ondernemersprijswww.tuinbouwondernemersprijs.nl
