Fruit Logistica 2017: Netherlands & Belgium

Jacco Merkens with the red-fleshed Redlove apples.

Cédric Bleuset, of HollyBerry, from Etten-Leur

The MG Fruit team, with Jacob Aktalan and Maaike and Miguel Gonzalez

Limgroup has an asparagus for each segment worldwide. And that, of course, makes John Schuurman very proud

Joris van Heumen, of Salud Food Group, showcased avocado products made from Mexican Hass avocados

Bert Nobel and Dennis de Wit, of Olympic Food Group

Corne van Winsen and Koen Kelders, of ZON

Jose Calderon (Pepe) of Farm Pak, the largest grower of sweet potatoes in the US

Harm-Jan Eikelenboom, of The Greenery, behind a shelf with new concepts

Jurgen van't Hoff, of Naturelle, chatting with organic grower Fons Verbeek

Gerard Breed and Rick Brouwer, of JH Wagenaar

Steven Martina and Edwin Schijbens, of The Greenery

Van Vugt once again showcased numerous herbs and edible flowers. From left to right. Piet and Geert van Vugt and Thomas Bahlman

Jan-Willem Verloop showing the newest addition to Nature's Pride range: small-sized ripe avocados in four piece packs.

Nature's Pride also showcased inspiration. Why not eating yogurt with blueberries, since many eat it for breakfast?

Shari Pieneman showed the flow of Fruitmasters' trade on an interactive map; in this case, to the banking sector

Hans Sengers standing next to the Migo, for which the first commercial season has just come to an end

Koppert Cress presented its new packaging range, showcased enthusiastically by Marc Bonsmann

Together, these men harbour plenty of years in the fruit and vegetable trade: Daan van der Kooij, John Duivenbode, Hans van der Kooij and Aad van der Kleij

Christa and Wim Geurts, who have made a new start. A new name for this old warhorse

Bjorn Dijkers and Ralph Rijnders, of Dutch Credit Brokers

Pieter Boekhout is delighted to have a photo taken with Karin Westera, of Anaco Greeve

Chris-Hans van der Hout, of Freight Line Europe, and Alex Boers, of Haluco

Harm-Peter Wijnstok (in the middle) was appointed as managing director of Total Produce Haluco Holding in November. In this photo he stands next to Rene van Graafeiland and Izak Havenaar

Jan van Ingen (Lola), growers Wim Bijl and Kees-Jan van der Zande visiting Frupaks-Vernooij: Niek Terlouw, Jan Timmermans, Galna Stepic, Joop Vernooij and Herman van Rooijen

Jan de Craen and Moniek Wisse, of Schaap Holland.

Eminent showcased a small snacking tomato. The product was referred to as cherryberry, but the brand name has yet to be decided

Martijn Blom and Ronald Koelewijn, of Qualino.

Marcel van der Pluijm (Global Green Team), Frans van der Burg (Harvest House), Francisco Latorre and Wim van der Burgh (both of Rainbow International)

Gert Koekoek and Anna Popova, of Groenteproductie Flevoland

Gilbert de Kort, of Gilbert Exotics, and Marcel van Rooijen, who currently works for Torres Tropical Fresh

Stefan van 't Hullenaar, Arjan van Onselen, 'Lady Gaga' and Martin Scherpenhuizen

Jacco de Jong, of Young Events, took care of the catering for Holland Fresh Group

Marni Fruit was well accompanied: Anita Kuiper, Erik- Jan Thur, Niek Haerkens, Bas van der Waal, Patrick Konings, Marco de Keijzer and Anna Tomczak

Medhat Samir and Wim Bezemer, of Four Seasons Fruit Supply

Richard Owen and Julie Koch, of PMA, visiting Gert Mulder, of GroentenFruit Huis

Jacob and Ben Vandenbosch sell vegetable seeds in North America

The Waterman Onions team: Naomi and Wim Waterman, Ewald Gouwenberg, Henri Hendrikse, Erik Waterman and Karin Knot

Lucien de Wit with Annetje. Lucien joined LuBa Fresh on 1 November

Ton Holthuijsen (Fossa Eugenia), Silvia Janssen (Kompany) and Hans van Es

Rinus Verhey, of Heembouw. The company wants to build a large distribution centre in New Reijerwaard and during the fair it acquired a 12 hectare plot to this end

FV Seleqt is an exclusive distributor for Bimi in the retail in Benelux. A nice job for Michelle Kroes and William Sonneveld

Transport colleagues look for one another: Marcel van Bruggen and Lex Teurlings

Jonika and Van der Lans work very often together. Why not booking also a stand for both? From left to right: Jaap Nieuwenhuijse, Wendy van Oevelen, José Nieuwenhuijse, Jaap de Ruijg, Andrea Candiano and Jan van der Lans

Wiskerke attracted a big audience, but did it come for the onions or for the robot?

Onion entrepreneurs Jan, Christian, Andre, Mons and Patrick

Marcel Bruin and Wouter van de Beek, back in business for Bruin Export

Claas van Os, Pepijn de Jong andn Richard Nap, of Levarht

Maurice Wubben, together with the people of Carbon Gold

Brothers in crime: Andre Setz, of Freeland, and Erwin Setz, of De Groot International

Suzanne van der Kooij and Saskia van Daalen show how the Enza varieties thrive under LED

OTC has considerably expanded its product range. (Greenhouse) vegetables have now regained a prominent role and growers have started several projects in West Africa, with products such as organic pineapples from Ivory Coast and mangoes from Burkina Faso. In addition, they are working hard to expand the production of avocados, mangoes and limes in Latin America. From left to right: Alexander Restrepo, Fred Kloen, Matthé Hendrikse and Edward Out

The surprising stand of Gebr. Kramer, where the sauerkraut could fall straight from the tree at any moment. Director Dirk Kramer (3rd from left) already represents the fifth generation of the family business. Here, flanked by Zeger, Gerrie and Anna Groot

Hillfresh made use of its place at the fair to showcase concepts to inspire retailers. Stephan Schneider shows a pineapple packed with a drill

The Westland industrial park was promoted as the 'Gateway to Europe'. In the photo, lobbyist (and former minister) Karla Peijs amid Hermi Rijsdijk of ABC Westland and Gerard Hofman of Honderdland

"The onion men of Hazera: Frank Druyff and André Boot. As they usually say: "Bald is a choice, even for onions"

Carrot trader Kees Heegsma, of Lemmer, also visited the fair

Frank Vermeersch, Roeland Herrewijnen and Julian Arnts, of AgroFair

Martijn Heestermans and Jan van Dongen, of VDH The Freight Managers; since 1 January, the umbrella name of A. van Dongen & Heerschap, Heestermans Logistiek, Fruit Forwarders and VDC Logistics

An innovation at Agro Centre Holland: a pink onion with a sweet flavour under the name Pink O Lady

Ayelet Lantzer, of Adafresh. Israel had a great month after the cold weather in Spain

Peter, Omar and Co, of Milestone Fresh, with Ger van Burik, who in turn coordinated the joint Holland mission

Katharina Grimm and Marco Kleijn, of Fresh Care Convenience, cannot wait for their new processing facility in Dronten to be ready

LBP was at a different place this time in Hall 3.2, where it presented several new films. From left to right, Hans Janssen, Anton Filippo, John van Wijk and Joke Filippo.

Esther van Winden and Franky Koekebakker, of RedStar

Valstar presented its new corporate identity: Valstar- Vitality in Vegetables. Tom Vos and Ferhat Tivsiz with the new logo

Roy Peeters, Paul van Groningen and Remco de Boer, of Sous Fresh. Every month, on a subscription basis, they send chefs the Inspiration Box, full of surprising fruit and vegetable products

BioWorld and Bio Montaña. From left to right: Stefan Remmerzwaal, Bas van Zijl, Friso Sterk, Siem van der Valk, Job van den Berg and Javier Chamorro Santos

John Mulders and Rob Derks, of Hoogesteger, once again showcased many juices and smoothies

Mooy en HZ Logistics, this year for the first time together at the fair. From left to right: Leander van Bellen, Jelle Bakker, Jan-Maarten van Noort, Hans and Barry Zuijderwijk and Gert Noorderink

Hans and Barry Zuijderwijk, of HZ Logistics, which last year acquired a majority stake in Mooy Logistics

Leander van Bellen (HDG) amid Jan-Maarten van Noort and Gert Noorderink, of Mooy Logistics

The Marbo team at the fair: Koen, Marieke, Judith and Marcel Nieuwenhuijse

You are at the right place at Banken if you want to see striking outfits: Jurgen and Rob Banen, Marjan de Boer, Alex Vos, Kjelt de Vries en Bart van Rens

De Nationwide Produce Group, with Jonny Boomsma, Anthony O'Malley, Jacco Gritter, Coos ter Mors, Steve Holland and John Mann

Luca Iorio, Loes Faessen, Miglena Marinova, Theo Tielen and Niko Pennelli, of Italy-specialist Fris-Co. Was Theo drinking wine so early?

Our neighbours Ronald Velthuis, Paul van den Berg, Piet van Liere, Cees Smits and Tosia Bielicka, of FlevoTrade Dronten.

Group Managing Director Tim O'Malley, of Nationwide Produce. This week, there will be an interview with him on AGF and FreshPlaza

A photo of the FME team, which in partnership with retailers and food service organizations has developed a new vision for the mushrooms segment

Jan Roozen and Werner Kastelein, of RPO, walking around

Fruit grower Rien Zijlmans and his neighbour Piet Paans, who sell Fru&Tube's packs in the Netherlands

Victoria Cherkas and Omer Kamp, of Arava

Best of Four had the yummiest apple pie of the fair: Peter Stafleu, Ton van Dalen, Jan Oosterom and Frans van der Hulst

Geoffry Harreman and Astrid Rog, of Bio-Center Zann, travel from one (organic) fair to the next

Richard van Bergenhenegouwen, of Combilo, bought a flow packer for Ramiro pointed peppers from Alex Hofstee, of GH-Ulma

Roland Witvoet and Wim van der Meulen, of GKS Packaging, which recently moved into new premises in Eindhoven

The Finis and Eillert team, with Hans ter Wielen, Bas Hulsebosch, Yvonne Hakvoort, Roberto and Frans Scheepers

Great interest in the machines from Ron van de Pavert, of BrimaPack

The prize was obviously presented to Paul O'Connor

Arjan van Burg, Arie Verhoef, Piet van Burg, Rene Koster and Johan van Burg, of Van Burg Machinefabriek

After a brief foray, Jacco Vooijs is back in the greenhouse fruit sector as lobbyist at LTO Glaskracht Westland

Hayo Binken and Frans Bijvoet, of Welwaij Belting

Hans Peelen, of Sarco Packaging, with the latest trend in packaging: the pouch. This packaging has fold bottom and can therefore, when filled, stand upright on the shelves of the supermarket. Thanks to a handle at the top of the package, the customer can easily carry it. Manter developed the Pouchfiller for the filling of these bags

In the walking aisles: Rico Ligthart Schenk and Rob van Dommele, of Jan de Waal Transport

Pieter Jan Floris, Charles Marse and Ard van 't Veer, of Insurance broker AON

There was a deal: Robbert Reijgersberg and Marco Vijverberg, of Euro West, purchased a Girsac-packing machine from Piet and Sandra Pannekeet, of Jasa

Hans van Maurik (Ready to Eat) and Jerry Lukassen (Lukassen AGF)

Herman van Rooijen with Jan Deckers. Jan was recently nominated for the Entrepreneur Award in the Bommelerwaard

Julia de Raat and Alwin van't Hart, of BioTropic

Peter van Nieuwkerk, of InnoFresh Packing, the joint venture between the Budelpack Group and IQ Packing, founded in December 2015, which is devoted to the automated packing of grapes in punnets

Stefan van Vliet and Matthijs Brederveld, of BDO, with Groentennieuws editor Arlette Sijmonsma

In 2014, Robbie Bloemendaal took over the activities of his employer, The Greenery Central Europe, and started his company Total Fresh to supply the local Romanian retail

Michael Struijk and Joris Buijsman, of Perflexxion; an employment agency that has set up an office at the trade centre in Barendrecht

Martijn van den Berg and Leon van den Hombergh, of Frankort&Koning

Matthijs and Aline Nijhoff, Erik Goedvolk, Nicole Kersten and Jacco and Marielle van Paasschen, of FruitConneqt

Always to be found at the fair: Johan and Kristian Verhagen, of Verhagen-Agenturen

On 1 November, Juan Pablo Salmon joined Central Produce in Barendrecht with a European sales office for Costa Rican banana growers. Here we see him accompanied by Rebekka Boekhout.

Kees and Toos Schouten, of Aardappelhandel Altena. The company bought the premises of C. G. Timmermans in Veen and thereby considerably expanded its capacity

"Increasingly more produce companies are choosing to work with the QC One software, so Thijs van Alebeek is a happy man. "You see now that many users are also making use of the reports feature to share information. This synergy ensures an even faster transfer of critical quality and management information."

Greenhouse builders on tour: Henk Verbakel and Ramon Bol, of Havecon

PLUS is getting Bio Sud Tyrol apples from supplier Van der Lem. Marcel van der Lem and Mike Tesselaar (Van der Lem) and category manager Martin Pietersma, of PLUS, posing with Werner Castiglioni, of Bio Sud Tyrol (2nd from left) and CEO Gerhard Dichgans, of VOG. Soon more about this collaboration

Lindert and Lijn Moerdijk, of MSP Onions, with a customer. During the fair, they announced the introduction of the optical sorting technology from Eqraft

Evert-Jan Eerland and André van Damme, of Dacomex

HenkJansen, of ZZC, as usual at the stand of 360 Quality Association

From 1 January, DailyFresh France's operations were taken over by DFresh Logistics, part of the French Destock Logistique. Jelle Woudsma now works for DFfresh Logistics in Dunkirk

The stand of the German importer Bratzler, which also has facilities in Poeldijk

"Ronald Borst showcases the latest packaging innovation, "the Inktouchables. An innovative 'tactile' ink, which can help you improve the feel and experience on the product's packaging"

Garlic grower Arjan Biesheuvel and colleagues

Not to be missed: Ine Potting, of Mission Produce

Stephan van Marrewijk lives and has been working for twenty years in Spain, with the last nine years as part of the commercial department of the cooperative Vicasol. In recent weeks, it has been a challenge to serve the customers due to the cold weather

Pieter de Ruijter (4Fruit) and Willem Nowee (Varekamp Coldstores)

Another Dutchman in Spain: Thomas Bos, of Thomasol

Always good to see Dirk van der Kaaij again

Willem van Rooij works for Hispalco in Spain

General Director Gerard van der Knijff told about the start of Eqraft after the merger of ERC Machinery, Qreenno and Propak

John de Bat, of Symach, also 'joins the club'

Lijn and Lindert Moerdijk, of MSP, toasting to the optical sorting project at MSP Rutger with Keurhorst and Gerard van der Knijff

Johan de Wite and Will Beekers, of BerryWorld

Cees Kortekaas, Boaz and Boris Oosthoek, Maarten F, Michel de Winter and Jesper Smits having a great time together

Martijn de Graaf and Jeffrey Wupkes, of Yex. With a claw machine, you could give a shot at winning a stuffed Yexi-bird.

Jan-Willem Arts and Wilko van der Zwaard, of Wilko Fruit, with some business relations

Marcel Driessen, of Driesvenplant, a breeding firm that breeds blueberry plants through microcuttings and in vitro

Everyone drinking Tomato Blend at Harvest House! Kees Climber, Philip van Antwerpen, Jelte van Kammen, Richard Hartensveld and Erwin van der Lans

The P. Looije Verpakkingen team visiting Rob and Joke Mulder, of Cool Control

Frans Neijenhuis and Johan Ekers, of The Recruiting Specialist

DOOR grows on. The club led by director Jan Opschoor has grown since its inception in 2013 from 270 to 520 hectares

Piet and Agata Looije. The honeymoon over already?

Rene Zwinkels, Jan Zegwaard and Ad Verhoeven. Later that evening, Greenco won de Tomato Inspiration Award

Frank Ocampo van Hagé with his former colleague Robbie Bloemendaal, of Total Fresh

Frans Scholts, of Hoogsteder, talks with cabbage grower Niels Zuurbier

Michiel van Ginkel and Koen Kelders, of ZON, visited by Ankie van Vechel, of Sumarbox

Dammis van der Staaij and Nico Veldhoen, of the Staay Food Group

Giel Hermans, Annie Wolters and Johan van Dommelen, of Hermans Suikermais.

"Coaches Jurriaan van Driel and Joke Kras: "Say Yes 2 Stress!"

Bernhard Slot, of MJ Pronk, is always in a good mood

More North-Hollanders walking around: Robert and Natasja Sijm, of Simba Vegetables

The team of Milestone Fresh with its agents in China and Costa Rica

The team of Van Nature with Mark Versluis, Marco Toussaint, Hans van Luijk and Sanne Kegel

Head Salesman Marcel van Bruggen and Silvia Janssen, of Kompany

Arjan Zoutewelle, Ludmila van Wijland, Denis Vasiljev and Bertus Schipper, of Zoutewelle

Wim and Peter Jansen, Jaap van der Waarden and Oliver Hensel, of Bio Freshi

Control Union also had its own stand in Berlin

Ewin Bakker (right) was of course delighted about TOP Onions working with the onion optical grading machines from JDC/ElisAm

Fred Jongejans, Jesse Vonk, Marco Dorsman, Ronald de Boer, Sean Curren, Sander Kroon and Bas Ruijgrok, of JDC Optical Grading

Freerk-Jan de Haan, Erik Bruggink and Wouter Nederveen, of Verbrugging Palletizing Solutions.

De second stand of Jongejans. This time with the air techniques: René Looijestijn and Bart Straathof

Ilapak attended the fair with five machines - two complete weighing and packing lines and a horizontal flow packer. Mark van der Kamp, of Sarco Packaging, is a dealer at Ilapak

Thumbs up from Jacques Luteijn, Carolien Vervaet, Pablo Henriques, Robbert Leisink, Sebastian Baye, Lucas Herbener and Fernando Nanez, of Body and Brains

Eddy Kreukniet, of Exsa Europe, chatting with some business relations

Zarpar Food has recently moved to Utrecht. Mr. Askari produces saffron and dates from Iran

Gerri Li (right), of Rida Trade. The company from Poeldijk supplies a wide range of Chinese products, including ginger, sweet potatoes, garlic, mushrooms, chestnuts, nashi pears and eddoes

Bas Klootwijk and Jacob Sinke, of Deli-Jack

Arno Simons, of Ingenieursbureau Schneider, attended the fair once again after a year's absence

Cor Wassink, of Sorma Benelux. At the fair, the company presented its new Sormabag packaging and Sormatech grading machine

Ate Kalsbeek, of the Dutch sales office of Halls, here in conversation with Rob Mulder, of Cool Control

Lenny, Jaap and Chayenne Wiskerke, of Wiskerke Onions

Peter and Rob Huijbregts, of Huijbregts Koeltechniek, also attended the fair

The three bio-musketeers of Green Organics: Jan Groen, Robbert Blok and Perry Leemans

A chef preparing mushroom snacks at the Limax stand

Large stand of Smurfit Kappa in the City Cube, the newest hall of the fair, where it was a lot busier than last year

Jose Cubero Parejo, of Fairtrasa, in the middle of a chat

Murilo Peleteiro Calabrich, of Rosa International. The importer has long had a sales office in Germany and opened another one in the Netherlands three years ago

Dick Pijpers, the walking fruit and vegetable encyclopaedia, found few truly new products at the fair

Florianne De Leeuw Caupain, of Airfrance KLM, in conversation with Axel Guesther

The South American blueberry producer CarSol opened a sales office in Rotterdam back in 2013

Partners Network, from Nunspeet, has been active in the export of meat, fish and poultry in Asia, Africa, Russia, Ukraine and Central Asian countries. In 2014, the Nunspeet-based importer and exporter expanded to the fruit and vegetable sector. At sells The fruit and vegetable department is mainly focused on citrus from Argentina and South Africa and bananas from Ecuador, Costa Rica and Colombia. The company sells the fruit in Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to supermarkets, wholesalers and fruit stores. On the right, Erik Frens

Banana traders Robert Greeve and Marcel van Eeuwijk

Gerrit Tijhof, of Sismatec, at the stand of ProSeal

Johnny van den Berge in conversation with representative Rob van den Bos, of Bejo Zaden

Ralph Reijnders and Bjorn Dijkers, of Dutch Credit Brokers, with Dirian Boekhout

Leo Pels also came along to have a sip of juice

The men of Freight Line, with Mark Verhoef, John de Boom, Chris Hans van der Hout, Mark Vorstenbosch and Bert de Zeeuw

Mons Messaoud, of Hortica, came to promote Primeur

International colleagues from Kuehne + Nagel, with Denise Rivera, from Guatemala, Durak Ayata, from New York, Ezequiel Falino, from Mexico, and Dennis Verkooy, who has been in Switzerland for the past 1.5 years

Jur de Graaf, of Kuehne + Nagel, with his Dutch colleagues Jeffrey Heuzen, Bart Vlug and Mustafa Cogus

Quint Wilken and Colin Wells, of Panalpina, with Frank Levarht in the middle

Hans van Dodewaard and Arthur Elsen, of Veiling Zaltbommel

And yet another photo with Aart Blom and his wife, of Fruitpartners Blom

Kees Poot, of Thermotraffic, en Daan Sturm, of AGF

Wim van Bon in conversation with Pieter Boekhout

Rob Bondt, of IQ Packing, was proud to present his son Barry for the first time at the fair

Carlo de Haas with his American colleague from FlyUs

Joost Derks and Laurens Maartens, of the Nederlandsche Betaal & Wisselmaatschappij

Jaco Hoogerbrugge, Joost van Veen and Simon Zwijgers, of Harvest House

Erik and Niels Oskam, already a third generation!

Neighbours Jan Deckers and Robert de Groot and their colleague from Jac vd Oord

Justin Vonk and Carlos Andre Faria, of Sun City

Dirian Boekhout and Edward van den Eijnden, of Angus International

Teus de Jong, Kevin Klamminger and Gerben van Veldhuizen, of Fruit Security

The enthusiastic (almost) complete AGF, FreshPlaza and Primeur team at the fair!

Dick Pijpers, Rick Butler, of Agility Produce Group, and Colinda van Hemert, of Primeur

Sophie van den Oord, Brigitte de Laat, of Laat Koudetechniek, Pieter Boekhout and Leon van den Oord, of Jac vd Oord

Hans and Ard Bergwerff, of BE Fresh Produce

Bas van Walderveen and Rachid el Mrini, of Henk Walderveen & Zonen.

A nice wall displaying the products from Mitrofresh and Green Mushroom Farm

Laura van der Eijk, Said Bachau, Valon Bathiri, Kas Bathiri and Agin Bahthiri, of Mitro Fresh.

Michiel Groenewegen and Robbert Blomsteel, of 2Organics, with a stand at the fair for the first time this year

Glenn Bainathsan and Derek Huizer, of Axians.

Frank Jonker and Joeri Wulff, of Landjuweel

Alex Verbruggen and Dirian Boekhout, probably looking at some grandpa and grandma photos...

Flandria presentation displaying products from the Netherlands' southern neighbour

And a beautiful Eiffel tower at the French hall

The new banana box from Euro Pool System

Gerjo Scheringa, CEO of Euro Pool System, outlines EPS/LPR's plans

Kurt Jager explaining the future plans of Euro Pool Systems

Adriaan Dek and Johnny van den Berge, of Habeko

Peter Abma and Jose Cubero Parejo, of Fairtrasa

Camposol Peru, with Danitza Sanchez, José Antonio Gómez, Bazá Ahmet el Habbaj and Luiz Miguel Baanante

Ferdinand Sailer, of VOEN Covering Systems

Jan Vernooij, of AgroFresh, in the Belgium hall

Johan Muis, of Salco Industrial Doors, with a visitor

Martijn Meeuwse, of RibbStyle, walking around with his colleague Stefan

The men of Fruit Security, with Dr. Robert Spinazze. Spinazze Group is a supplier of concrete stakes

Pepijn and Theo van der Plas, of Van der Plas Sprouts

Joana and Edwin Keur, of Iber Lengua language institute, with Hans Borsboom, of Borsboom & Hamm lawyers

Marcel van de Meerendonk, of Scherpenhuizen

Eitan Zvi, of the Israeli exporter Galilee

Els received a visit from the filming crew

Maarten Feenstra and Bert Schamper, of Dutch Green, from Ridderkerk

Adriaan van Belzen, of Daily Onions, with his Egyptian colleague Mohamed El Sheikh, of Trading Island

The Greydanus men, of the potato wholesaler of the same name

Cees-Bram Heemskerk, of Impex Heemskerk, from Venlo

Kees Bijl, of the potato trading, sorting and packaging plant of the same name based in Sint- Annaland

Dirian Boekhout with daughters Rebekka and Corline

Polish salesman Kamil and Adrian Dek, of Habeko

Zealanders together; Dirian Boekhout and Marco de Koster, of Tramper

Edwin Snabel and Marc Paauw, of Nijssen Koeling. The focus was on the three-layer ripening rooms provided by Mooy Logistics in Breda

Agro Merchants Group, the one stop shop quality team: From left to right: Javier Rueda, Etienne Vennink, Erik Lamers, Antonio Oken, Leender Jan Vellekoop and Alex de Bruijn.

Rene Vanwersch, Tim van Haandel and Gerard Hoekman, of Mulder Onions. For the first time with their own stand at Fruit Logistica

Part of the Kraaijeveld team: Daniel Neele, Joost Eggebeen, Jan Willem Kraaijeveld, Lydia Bakker, Maarten Smit, Annelies Hordijk, Jan Kraaijeveld, William Verhoeve. The online service with BtoB app is getting more and more users. It's a webshop where customers can place their orders.

Topcarrots for the Dutch Carrot Group are cultivated throughout the Netherlands and supplied worldwide. Jan Daniels, Hans Steltenpool, Gerrie Stroeve, Matthijs Sels and Hans Knook.

Leen Verhaar, Ton van Dalen, Suzan Oosterom and Peter Stafleu from Best of Four. More and more cultivators who grow various products join this grower's associations. Because of this, the supply is more diverse.

Aris van Daalen from Cargoboss and Van Daalen Transport in conversation.

Adrian Kubiak and Erik Mooij from Mooij Vegetables. The company supplies outdoor vegetables and onions, potatoes, seed onions and onion seed throughout Europe.

ABB trading cultivates, packages and sells blueberries and asparagus. Imports from Peru and Spain. Anneloes Engels is employed by ABB since January, Harry Janssen is pictured right.

The family company Berrybrothers, left to right: Nijs van Zuilen, Noud Linssen and Gerco van Zuilen. Cultivation and delivery of redcurrant, raspberry, blueberry and blackberry in the Dutch season. Recently launched a new, covered cultivation location for raspberry and blueberry.

As of July-August this year, logistics for Schrijvershof will be done by the new location of Coolport Rotterdam. The sales activities will continue to take place from Oud- Beijerland. From left to right: Ad Toet, Liselotte Schrijvershof, Alexander Schrijvershof, Hans Blaak, Lize- Lotte Schrijvershof, Maarten and Willem Schrijvershof, Andre Gielen and Piet Hoek.

Maik de Groot in conversation with relations.

Stephan Schneider from Hillfresh. This company hopes to celebrate its ten-year anniversary this year.

Rob Smit, Rinus Wisse and Rien Murre from TOP. TOP supplies everything in the field of onions. The new JDC optical sorting machine with Ellips technique will be put into use soon. Striving for a 100% guaranteed TOP product is the objective of this investment.

Coert Lamers, Dave de Bekker and chairman Harald Oltheten, Nautilus Organic. Forty cultivators have joined the organic grower's association. This is their first time at the Fruit Logistica to meet existing relations and bring in new BIO customers.

Arjan van Stekelenburg and Ineke Christiaens from Hazera. The Summersun yellow cherry tomato is new. These tomatoes, which are cultivated under illumination, taste like sweets and can be bought from all major supermarkets in the Netherlands. The challenge is getting children to eat the tomatoes as a daily snack. The tomatoes are cultivated by two Dutchmen and one Belgian.

The third Oskam generation is making itself ready to continue the company. Next March the new production hall in which logistical transactions will take place will be finished in Neerijnen. Kees Oskam, Lisanne Oskam, Erik Oskam, Marina Yarushina and Niels Oskam.

Ernst van den Berg and Jeroen Falke from Liquidseal. Coating for tropical fruit to extend its shelf life.

Arie van Daalen and Frans van den Bos from Van Daalen Transport and Cargoboss meet many 'old' relations at the fair.

Gert Jan Kraaijeveld was happy and grateful that he could be part of the fair again after a worrisome period.

Verhoeckx supplies a complete range of mushrooms. Brent, Paul and Danique Verhoeckx.

Marien Koene and Marja Pierik from Veleka Logistics. Veleka is a logistical service provider. The branch in Poeldijk with refrigerated warehousing will open April. This branch will focus on the logistical transaction of herbs which are supplied by various suppliers throughout the world.

Mark Rehorst from Oerlemans Packaging. This company supplies flexible packaging for the fresh produce sector.

Best Packaging Group: Roy van den Heuvel, Bart Friemstra, Joeri Buwalda and Lennard van de Water.

Vicky Leemans, Mohammed Semega, Ron David and Hero Gramsma from Nedato. Colourful potatoes is an assortment of potatoes with coloured flesh: purple, red and yellow.

Harro van Rossem from Combilo in conversation with customers.

Will and Trudie Teeuwen. Teboza presented its new assortment, consisting of Spanish trade, and for the first time ever, Dutch asparagus, at the fair. The asparagus was harvested two weeks earlier than last year due to heated greenhouses.

"Gerrit Oomen: "Potatoes at table is Quicks new concept. A wide range under this name: sweet potatoes in an oven dish with herbs, chips potatoes with herbs, and jacket potatoes for on the barbecue."

"Peter Quik: "The Sjips concept is also new for in the oven, hot air and deep-fryer. This product has a special packaging with a separate herb compartment under brandname Quicks."

Giel Hermans from Hermans Suikermais. Available year-round, own cultivation, packing and selling of sweetcorn.

Ruud Jonker from Harries Carrot Concept. The company wants the carrot to be more exclusive with a clear message to sporters. To that end, the company introduced the Power Carrot. Added is a condiment with additional proteins, dextrose and sugars. This product creates an extra snack moment.

ABC Logistics is a logistical service provider for Best Fresh Group and other companies. Bas van Doorn, Marcel van Bruggen and Alexander Termorshuizen.

Kompany with a new stand that properly expresses the cooperative's look. Tomatoes, cucumbers and strawberries are the products marketed by Kompany. In April 2017 the sales of strawberries grown by six cultivators will start. New harvest Kompany cucumbers have been available for three weeks already. Elena Buchloh, Aleksandra Brzkot, Arnoud van Stralen, Chantal Alaerds and Silvia Janssen.

Multitray supplies fresh produce packing materials. Marco van Heugten says that the company can develop a modern packaging with the customer. Trial models are created using laser techniques. The fruit saver is also available, for additional protection of the fruit.

Rene Eekels of Baskin from Waalwijk. The company uses synthetics and natural materials to create baskets for the presentation of fresh produce by retailers and supermarkets.

David Groeneveld and Ellen Arts from Fruity Line present four kinds of lemonades and four shots. Less sugar, fresh fruit and water are the ingredients. Health shots in the flavours ginger,turmeric, pomegranate and wheat grass.

Jolanda van Straalen from Fruitpartner in conversation with customers.

Agrico promoted the Arizona and Ranomi strains.

Potatoes are healthy! Douwe Lodewijk with this year's theme in the background: A meal solution with potato as its main part every day.

Solidus Solutions supplies solid cardboard which can be used under the moistest of circumstances. Dominicus Fennema, Liesbeth van den Akker and Lauran Jansen.

Wieteke van Kats, Kim Strien, Merijn de Veer and Wendy van der Meer from Driscoll's.

Peter Hobert from Bud Holland in conversation with a customer.

Peter Rinkel, Arjan Freriks and Max Wolf from Hagranop. The company specialises in outdoor vegetables, carrots being their main product. Field crops, own cultivation and storage. Production in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Germany.

Liana Aroutiounian from Roveg Fruit. New is the exotics mix under brandname Puro Gusto. Composition in consultation with the customer. Standard packets are: miniature pineapple, passionfruit and pitaya or kiwano, salac, papaya and passionfruit.

Chris Maat from Interko made time for a quick photo in all the commotion.

Raymond van der Burgh from ERP in conversation with Piet van Vugt from Vugt Kruiden.

New logo for super flowers, edible flowers.

New stand and a different place for Freeland. Andre Setz, Kees van den Bosch, Jan Pieter Wiepkema and Harmen Boels.

Attention for VDH Products which creates regulation systems for storing, maturing, cooling and freezing of fruit.

Kamps Sperziebonen has its own cultivation of French beans, haricots verts, string beans and sugar snaps in Morocco since October last year.

Marijn Draak and Rob Mulder from Cool Control.

Maarten Mooij and Ron van Rengst from Mooij Agro, which develops and produces innovative ventilation techniques for cultivators and storers.

Andres Nunez Sorensen, CEO of the Broom Group, of which LCL logistics is part.

Chris Ferrandi, Marc Beasley, Corienne Kinkel, Christina Deutschle, Tom Schobbe and Evgeny Elemesov from Sensitech.

Biofreshi Produce. A complete packet of organic fresh produce, such as soft fruit (blueberries). The sale of Israeli Orri tangerines will start in week 9. Biofreshi is a service provider for the German, Dutch and Scandinavian market and supplies directly from the grower. Onn Chen, Oliver Hensel, Wim Jansen, Jaap van der Waarden and Gerrit Jan Roza.

Hotchpotch specialist Jansen-Dongen. Potatoes, onions and carrots in various packaging such as flowpack bags, nets en punnets. New are the sweet snack carrots for retail. Washed, packaged carrots in various packaging and with various types of labelling. Jose Voss-Huskens, Rachelle Jansen, Iris Jansen and Wim Jansen.

Banana importer Fyffes imports about 900,000 boxes of bananas every week. Coen Bos, Linda Ohlsen and Bas Hesselink.

Coen Bos from Fyffes with Russian colleagues.

John de Boom, Jan van Dongen and Chris Hans van de Hout.

Martijn van Gaal, Marco Durbeck and Rens de Bruijn from C. Gottman BV from Barendrecht, the Netherlands. Marco Durbeck is the youngest generation Durbeck, and will do work placements with all of the Durbeck companies in coming years.

Large crowds at the new NNZ stand. A large line of potato packaging with natural materials and a new line of miniature snack packaging for use in vending machines.

For Smit's Uien, the processed onion is central in all sorts of variations.

Bruynooghe NV, the Belgian company dedicated to Food Processing Machinery.

Concept Engineers makes optical sorting machines for fresh and processed agricultural products.

Michel van der Keeken from Dutch Food Technology showed the pineapple peeling and cutting machine Pinabar. Pinabar produces a cilinder-shaped and a rod-shaped pineapple.

New in the sector is the Dutch Weighing Company, Jan Damen enjoys talking about it.

Mark Verschuren and Gerard Bos from Herbert in conversation with customers.

Insort, optical sorting of peeled and unpeeled potatoes.

Arco en De Koningh coding and labeling together in one stand. Bert Jan Dijk, Wim Kromhout and Albert Vermeulen in conversation with relations.

Ad Kievit and Nikita Anthoons from Herbort

Fruit Logistica: meeting place for old and new relations, even when it concerns frozen vegetables.

A quick snap between the acts at Sweere.

The Sweere stand, machines for processing fresh produce.

Piere Hagenaars as dealer in the Redpack packing machines stand.

Marco Maljaars from Eqraft, a new name with 50 years of knowledge in processing and sorting agricultural products, the knowledge of onions is bundled in the Onion Tech Alliance.

Kiremko, when it comes to storing, cleaning, peeling, treating and processing potatoes.

Pim Machinery: Jouke van der Meer finishes a deal for the delivery of a complete onion processing line, with palletiser machine, with a Spanish customer at the Fruit Logistica.

Jeroen Molenaar and Tom Gierveld from Broekema BV. In the background the new conveyor belt which is suitable for the food industry such as fresh produce processing companies.

Maud and Erwin Bakker are honoured with the commission to supply an optical sorting machine to TOP. Many onion companies in the US are already working with Ellips machines that focus on high capacity and volumes.

Gertjan Bosman, Eugene Bokhanov and Eugene Rokx from Storex with the DCS automatic. Daily Ethanol measuring by taking a sample form apples, kiwi fruits or blueberries. Direct measurement of Ethanol in the entire batch stored in the cell.

Maarten Verbruggen, Sean Curren from JDC and Alex Verbruggen from Verbruggen Palletizing Solutions from Emmeloord.

Volta Belting: Matthijs Spoolder, Peter Smit, Pieter Baane and Hans Augusteijn. They deliver conveyor belts for the food industry.

Jan van der Horst from Urschel in conversation.

De Veggieline: belt cutter, supply belt, spiral washing machine and bin extractor from Sormac for, for instance, cleaning and drying lettuce and carrots. Pictured right is Kim Suntjes-Beeks.

Rinze van der Vinne from Bandall with the Branding by Banding concept.

Eillert en Finis once again showed much in the field of cleaning, drying, cutting, scraping, and more.

Lourens van Keulen from Tramper Technology with the topseal machine for trays sold at the fair. This machine will be supplied to a Finnish vegetable processing company.

Everyone is suited up for Foodlife, which supplies complete solutions for the fresh produce processing companies. Dick Jansen, Patrick Jansen, Berber Brand, Jos Eikenaars and Erik Wekking.

ZTI Smart Machines: Machiel Koning and Hans Keyzer. Last year, the prototype of the mango processing line was at the fair, and this year, the final version was on display. This machine was tested extensively by Vezet.

Henri Veltmans and Joan Berkvens from CPS (Case Packing Systems).

Arno Gaul, Richard van der Linden, Lars Heuvelmans and Joost Lotegrink Bruinenberg from FTNON. The team poses in front of the Coretakr iceberg de-coring machine, which can process 1,800 iceberg lettuces per hour. The machine saves 5,5 FTE and digitises the process by measuring and recording the quality of the product. A scan is made using five cameras that decide the position of the lettuce. These cameras also register colour, shape, firmness of the leaves and the size of the product.

Salco supplies cold stores all over the world.

Dick Bos, Tjebbe Mijnheer, Willem de Jong and Marcel Oldenziel from Manter in front of the M16iV weigher. M is for Manter, 16 is for the number of trays, i is for industry and V is for the V-shaped scales. Because of the V-shaped scales, the product can exit the machine in two directions. The advantage is a minimal dropping height for the product. Because of the 16 trays, high speed and accuracy is possible.

CA storage for fresh products is taken care of by Van Amerongen CA technology. Emre Onder, Robert van Rooijen, Teresa Brown, Rob Veltman, Ramzi Amari, Sander van Schaik, Wim van den Berg, Niels Remmelink and Gautam Jha are the sales team.

Visar stands for Swiss precision in the field of optical sorting.

Ivo Hendriks, Lenny, Nellie and Bas Groeneweg, Isabel Verhulst and Paul van der Loo from Perfotec. The perforation in the film from Perfotec is adjusted to the 'breath' of the product. Size and temperature of the product throughout the supply chain are taken into account.

Paul Koppert from Koppert Machines in front of the multipacker. Various trays and bins for snack vegetables can be weighed, filled and packaged. The machine has at its disposal a filling system, a de-nester and a lid machine.

LRE weighing technique. Leon Verhorst, Kasper Vanderhilst and Roel Borgman.

With the LRE weighing technique, productivity of an employee can also be measured by means of the performance module.A red or green smiley will appear on the screen depending on productivity. Speed will slowly be increased, there is a speed for beginners, for professionals and one in the middle. The employee can tell whether they are at the right speed by looking at the smiley.

Frank Niels, Nico van den Hazelkamp and Marco Vijverberg from Van Wamel BV. This company supplies sorting machines under brand name Perfect. They pose in front of the Uni- Grader, an electronic optical sorter.