Van der Valk Horti Systems
Unique pull wire installation robot
Thanks to the unique pull wire installation robot, working at great heights and installation faults are no longer an issue.
Nowadays no greenhouse is built without a screen cloth. More and more greenhouses have double or triple screens for energy saving, sun shading, blacking out or reducing light emissions. Thanks to the innovative slip-in systems, installing screens is already much safer and easier than it was ten years ago.
Problem solving robot
On the other hand, a lot of dangerous work is still being done at heights of 6 or 7 metres. For every hectare of greenhouse, 2,000 metres of pull wire have to be installed. Installing pull wires is normally done manually, and as the wires have to be installed between thousands of upper and lower polyester wires, installation faults are easily made. With the innovative robot from Van der Valk Horti Systems, these problems are solved.
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IPM Innovation Award 2017 for 2SaveEnergy Consortium
On the occasion of the opening ceremony of the 35th IPM 2017 in Essen INDEGA presented the IPM Innovation Award to the 2SaveEnergy Consortium for the 2SaveEnergy greenhouse system. The award was handed over by Frank Lock, President of the Representation of interests of the German horticulture industry (INDEGA).
This year, attention focused on innovations and new technical features relating to all aspects of products for the regional and supraregional production of vegetables. The prerequisites for participation were that the products offer economic and ecological benefits, are marketable and are being presented at the fair.
Best Innovations of International Plant Breeders
Messe Essen and the Central Horticultural Association honoured the most impressive innovations at the fair for the tenth time. Corina Krause, Flower Fairy 2017, and Eva Kähler-Theuerkauf, Chairwoman of the Advisory Board for the IPM ESSEN Fair and President of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Horticultural Association, congratulated the winners:
• The Pelargonium zonale 'Brocade Fire Night' presented by Dümmen Orange from Rheinberg was distinguished as the "IPM Innovation 2017" in the "Bedding and Balcony Plant" category.
• The Mandevilla sanderi (Hemsl.) Woodson 'Mini Scarlet' received the title in the "Tub Plants" category.
• The Hibiscus rosa sinensis 'Petit™Orange' presented by Graff Breeding from Denmark received the mark of distinction in the "Flowering House Plant" category.
• An alstroemeria presented by Könst Alstroemeria from the Netherlands, i.e. the 'White Pearls', was once again distinguished in the "Cut Flowers" category.
• The Expert Commission decided in favour of the Picea abies 'Little Santa' presented by Baumschule Artmeyer from Hörstel in the "Woody Plants" category.
• The jury has distinguished the Helleborus Gold Collection ®Ice N'Roses® (Helleborusxglandorfii) presented by Heuger Gartenbaubetriebe from Glandorf in the "Shrubs" category.
• The Rosa polyantha 'Smeralda Green Show' presented by Twelve Energy Societa Agricola SRL from Italy emerged as the Special Prize winner this year.
Source: IPM Essen. Photo: Mario Bentvelsen.
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GreenTech Innovation Award 2016 nominees announced
A shortlist of nominees, all but two of them Dutch, has been announced for the GreenTech Innovation Award 2016. An international jury has selected a shortlist of 15 nominees from 73 entries in three categories: Production, Equipment and Automation Solutions. One of these three winners will be chosen as the overall winner on June 14, during the opening event of GreenTech Amsterdam.
“As jury, we are very pleased with both number and quality of the applications for the GreenTech Innovation Award 2016. It shows the high level of innovation in the greenhouse horticulture sector”, said jury chairman Aalt Dijkhuizen, former president of Wageningen UR and appointed by the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs as figurehead of the Topsector Agri & Food in the Netherlands.
Shortlisted in the Production category are:
- RootmaXX by Saint-Gobain Cultilene - a new stone wool cube which claims to give a 5-25 per cent higher root mass thanks to a newly patented fibre.
- ISO Cutting and Planting robot 1800 by ISO Group - which automatically analyses the geometry of a stem, cut the stem to the right length and plants it in a pot.
- ISO Plantsampler by ISO Group - which automates the gathering of DNA material from the leaves of trial seedlings.
- GrowCoon by Maan BioBased Products - a biodegradable plug casing which help keeps the root ball together.
- Biospreader by Royal Brinkman - which provides a uniform distribution of predatory mites in the crop.
Shortlisted in the Equipment category are:
- 2SaveEnergy covering by 2SaveEnergy - a twin-skinned glasshouse covering claimed to combine high insulation and light transmission with an affordable.
- Triton Bioreactor by Van der Ende Groep - a biological treatment which yields clean irrigation water rich in oxygen and microbial biodiversity.
- AntiReflect by Mardenkro - a glass treatment which can be applied to existing greenhouses.
- NUF water recycling by NUFiltration (Israel) - which enables purification of irrigation water without use of chemicals, thermal or biological treatments.
- ValkScreenVision by Van der Valk Horti Systems - a quick, clean and safe system for inserting glasshous screens.
- Priva Deleafing Robot by Priva - a robot which removes leaves from tomato plants completely independently and in an economically profitable manner.
Shortlisted in the Automation Solutions category:
(with one remaining undisclosed)
- Paskal Growth Analyser by Paskal Technologies (Israel) - a wireless weighing system to continuously monitor plant growth in the glasshouse.
- C.H.I.M.P (Crop Health & Information Monitoring Platform) by Phenokey - which measures control and plant health parameters for remote monitroing and decision support.
- HortiMaX-Go! by Ridder Hortimax Group - a user-friendly and affordable horticultural computer for controlling both greenhouse climate and irrigation.
All nominated products will be on display at GreenTech's InnovationLAB.
Source: GreenTech. Photo: Mario Bentvelsen.