Sercom user Royal Van Zanten

Royal van Zanten celebrates 160th anniversary with charity auction Royal Van Zanten celebrates its 160th anniversary in 2022 with a royal touch. In collaboration with growers, an orange ‘Dancing Queen’ Alstroemerias auction took place yesterday. The proceeds, €5,890.56, were doubled by Royal Van Zanten and donated to the Princess Máxima…

Sercom user Fruchthof Hensen

Start of the season at Fruchthof Hensen The first domestic strawberries from protected cultivation are already being harvested for about two weeks. The greenhouse at Fruchthof Hensen in Swisttal, Rhineland, has also been bustling since the first week of April. “Compared to last year, this year’s harvest of our greenhouse…

Sercom user Teplichny

Teplichny: 45 years in a Russian greenhouse – a veteran’s story This year, Russian collective farm Teplichny has an anniversary. 50 years of production are not only about the numbers achieved and the assortment. It is first of all about people, both young specialists and those whose employment history equals…

Sercom user Höfler Gemüse

Höfler Gemüse wants to build 6 hectares of greenhouse, despite resistance “It’s a paradox – everyone wants organically, regional and CO2 neutral vegetables. The vegetable farms needed for this should not be near their own village,” laments Peter Höfler junior, partner of Höfler Gemüse. It is a problem that is…

New mobile greenhouse with Wireless Xtender

New mobile greenhouse with Wireless Xtender We recently received the assignment to equip some roll-up (mobile) greenhouses in Noord-Holland (Dutch province), with our wirelessly-controlled field stations. The grower, Klein Canada, will have 7 individual greenhouses controlled and managed by the Wireless Xtender. With this system, which was officially launched in…

Sercom end user Degenhardt Spezialkulturen

Sercom end user Degenhardt Spezialkulturen Christiane Degenhardt-Sellmann, owner of the flower bulb production company Degenhardt Spezialkulturen, discusses working in a male-dominated sector, family tradition and what she sees herself doing in the future. By prospective specialist editor Yasmin-Coralie Berg. Holland, the world’s largest tulip producer Holland is the world’s largest…