Innovation

‘True innovation is a collaborative effort’

The innovation climate in the Netherlands is under pressure. This is the main conclusion of the Dutch Innovation Monitor 2023 and the headline of a recent urgent appeal sent to the House of Representatives by FME, with s..

Protect the heat exchanger of your installation

05 January 2021

Installations such as heat exchangers pollute; leaves, pollen and insects penetrate easily, but are difficult to remove. Now there is a solution to this problem, as simple as it is groundbreaking. The Pro Safe Screen® ca...

Finnish institute makes PEF from citrus peels

05 January 2021

The shift from fossil to renewable bio-plastics requires new efficient methods. The Finnish research institute VTT has developed a new technology to use pectin-containing agricultural waste, such as citrus peelings and s...

Scoop: soup of purified rainwater

17 December 2020

After months of preparation, the first soup of purified rainwater was recently produced at Uytewaal Catering in Houten. The production of food with rainwater has never been done before, until now this is done exclusively...

First vegan cheese from Dutch soil is a fact

17 December 2020

At Boermarke they are ready to go! The first production tests have been done and Boermarke will, as previously announced, deliver the first vegetable alternatives to traditional cheese in the Netherlands as well as withi...

Grant for accelerating innovation

10 December 2020

In order to speed up innovation, the government wants SMEs to cooperate more. In order to stimulate that cooperation, there is the subsidy scheme 'MIT R&S Collaborative Projects'. The Province of Gelderland supports ...

BASF and UM join forces on durable vegetable growing

09 December 2020

BASF's vegetable seed company and Maastricht University (UM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the Brightlands Future of Farming Institute (BFFI). The aim of the cooperation is to study sustaina...

PlantLab opens first production site in USA

07 December 2020

PlantLab, the Dutch pioneer in indoor farming, has opened a new production location in the American city of Indianapolis. The first 'Plant Paradise' abroad grows vegetables for the local population in a place where it wa...

Westland and Vegan Cowboys launch vegan cheese

07 December 2020

Westland Cheese and Those Vegan Cowboys will bring a new vegetable cheese to the market next year. Both companies see cheese without the use of animals as the cheese that offers the most future. CEO Henny Westland: " Thi...

Distribution Source Technology via start up Taaas BV

01 December 2020

The Danish company Source Technology, inventor of the PowerHeater™, offers customers innovative technology to produce texturized food products. The process reduces traditional processing and cooking costs for higher valu...

Winners Rabo Sustainable Innovation Award 2020

30 November 2020

Thursday evening 26 November 2020, the Rabo Sustainable Innovation Award was presented to Rival Foods, SusPhos and Bilihome. Rabobank crowns them as sustainable thinkers, entrepreneurs who with a healthy dose of self-con...

Espera contributes to consumer trust

27 November 2020

The food industry is the most critical sector with regard to product declaration. For the end user, the label on a product is the platform for all product-specific information, such as nutritional values and allergen inf...

Save on purchase, maintenance and energy costs

16 November 2020

Family business Detailresult Groep N.V. (DRG) operates the Dirk and DekaMarkt formulas. They called in BOGE Kompressoren for an improvement plan for the butchery and bakery departments of the production and distribution ...

Time-travelling Milkman winner Best Place in Food

13 November 2020

The young entrepreneur Dimitris Karefyllakis of Time-travelling Milkman is the winner of the Best Place in Food contest. His company will get free office space at the ROOTS Innovation Hub on the World Food Center site in...

6 revolutionary food startups in the ProVeg Incubator

12 November 2020

Six start-ups have joined the fifth edition of The ProVeg Incubator, a pioneering programme for entrepreneurs in the food sector. It is the first edition in which women are in the majority. The Netherlands is represented...

Hessing Supervers builds 'factory of the future'

11 November 2020

Hessing Supervers is going to build a new 'factory of the future' in the area Greenport Venlo in North Limburg. By realising this new production location, Hessing is taking an important strategic step to guarantee the co...