Belgium: Capsicum grower positive about cultivation, less so about pricing this season In just under six weeks, the 2025 season will come to an end at Gemapa, a sweet pepper grower in Nevele, East Flanders, Belgium. It’s been a year marked by an expansion of the packing facility — and,…
Winner of the Mechanisation Exhibition campaign announced! The Mechanisation Exhibition was held in Vijfhuizen from January 14 to 16. During the fair, we conducted a special trade fair promotion at our stand for visitors. Following the exhibition, the winner was selected and we are delighted to announce that the winning…
Second project at BTG Fruit (NL) In 2022, the collaboration between SERCOM and VGB Watertechniek from Bunnik began, with an order soon being received from BTG Fruit from Zoelmond to supply a complete irrigation system, controlled by a Sercom SC800 process computer. Wireless connections were used between the main computer…
“Smaller crop of redcurrants results in in-demand market” The redcurrant harvest at Dutch company BerryBrothers has come to an end. “We took a shorter time to harvest this year than we were used to. Fortunately, the quality of the fruit is good. We prefer the current summer to the extreme…
Zmiiv greenhouse complex repurposed to berry cultivation after rocket attacks The Zmiiv vegetable greenhouse complex in Kharkiv region, once Ukraine’s largest cucumber producer, has been forced to make a drastic shift in its operations due to the destruction of its greenhouses by Russian rocket strikes. It is now cultivating root…
Ukrainian greenhouse production of war time Zmiiv vegetable factory in the Kharkiv region, was completely destroyed in 2023 with the hit of Russian rockets. Before that the company was the largest producer of greenhouse cucumbers in Ukraine with total area of 21 ha under cucumbers and tomatoes. The greenhouses of…
The tech-journey of Take Me Home Tomatoes Twelve years ago, Agri Solutions Asia (ASA) embarked on a transformative journey with the company Take Me Home Tomatoes, marking a significant milestone in Thailand’s agricultural sector. Our installation was one of the first precision irrigation and climate control systems in Thailand, powered…
Sercom end user Gemüsebau Hofmann Hans Hofmann, managing director of Gemüsebau Hofmann from Nuremberg, expands greenhouse production “We now generate 80 percent of our sales through greenhouse production”Due to the increased minimum wage as well as high energy prices, production costs have risen exorbitantly in many places, and this is…
Sercom process computers at various schools In the short term, a Sercom process computer will be installed at the Yuverta College in Naarden (NL). This is a small, green school in a modern and sustainable building. Two other branches of the Yuverta comprehensive school, in Oegstgeest and Utrecht, have had…
First wireless project for tomato grower SERCOM has supplied another wireless project in Mexico. This too in collaboration with our local dealer Negocios Fluidos. The project was delivered to a tomato grower in the north of Mexico. Ignacio Rodríguez Gracia (our Spanish project manager) supervised the project. We supplied a…
