Members of Cropex Group

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Gertus de Sauvage

Sauvage Innovation
Piet Hein van Baar

Led's Consult
André Kool
Tim van Hissenhoven
Marc Vergeldt

Vergeldt Company Gerdi Consult BV
Wim van Wingerden

Climate Analysis
Geert-Willem van de Schoot
Jaco Kieviet

TBK Bruinisse
John Hendrikx
Bart Hellemans

Horticonsult
Willem Valstar

StarGrow Consultancy
Willem van Dijk

Greenmanagement Van Dijk
Frans van Meurs

Frans van Meurs Consultancy
Peter Stradiot

Innogreen

Gertus de Sauvage

Sauvage Innovation

Gertus’ work starts where the work of consultants stops. Clients of Gertus are not only growers but also crop consultants and supply companies. He is working on the development of measuring equipment, growing models, data, (programmer) software, climate and substrates. Gerrit has over 30 years of experience in practical horticultural research. He also provides courses and training in biology, physics and chemistry of vegetables and flowers in greenhouses and plant physiology. His goal is to turn fundamental knowledge into production.

Contact

Mail: innovatie@sauvage.nl
Phone: +31 6 225 676 32

Piet Hein van Baar

Led's Consult

Active in Western Europe, North America, Canada, New Zealand.

Before Piet Hein started Led’s Consult in 2020, he was working in the greenhouse industry already for more then 25 years. Starting picking tomatoes when he was 13 years old his interest in the greenhouse industry started to awake. After he finished the University of De Lier, Piet Hein learned how to grow tomatoes, bell peppers, young vegetable plants in the USA and The Netherlands. In 2010 he started at the Improvement Centre as greenhouse manager where he got involved in the first trials of growing tomatoes with LED-lighting. There the passion for growing crops with LED started what ended up in a role as Global Plant Specialist at Signify where he advised growers with their first steps in grpwing tomatoes with LED.

Since 2020 Piet Hein works as an independent crop consultant with a focus on bell pepper and tomato crops with or without supplemental lighting. As a consultant he enjoys nothing more then a walk in the greenhouse together with the grower(s). Discussing what they see and how to move forward to get the best results. Next to visiting the greenhouse, consultancy online also has a strong focus. Based on videos, pictures and data/ plant registration the strategy can be set to come to the best results.

Together is the magic word for Piet Hein, together you look for the right strategy to move forward and together you know more then only one person.

Contact
Mail: info@ledsconsult.com
Phone: +31 613 608 455 (Netherlands) / +18254494429 (Canada)

André Kool

André Kool is a specialist in greenhouse vegetables tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.
He has theoretical and practical knowledge and experience of:
Irrigation, fertilization, greenhouse climate, crop planning and energy.
André is specialized in transferring knowledge through training and advice to individual growers or groups.

Contact

E-mail: info@andrekool.nl
Tel.: +31617392419

Tim van Hissenhoven

Tim van Hissenhoven advises companies, mainly specialized in hydroponic cultivation and leafy vegetables and herbs in open fields, greenhouses or closed environments. Tim Hissenhoven also advises on vegetable plants. After more than 10 years working as a grower for various greenhouses in Belgium and the Netherlands, he started advising other growers around the world.

Contact

Email: info@hissenhoven.com

Marc Vergeldt

Vergeldt Company Gerdi Consult BV

Active in USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and United Arabic Emirates.

Main specialty is crop consultancy and crop planning in tomatoes. Hereby fulfilling a position between and with growers towards main management or shareholders. Other specialty is greenhouse development, finding best solutions for growers in different areas and needs for their crops.

Started as a sales consultant for Grodan in Tomatoes and later in propagation. After 4 years became product development manager for Grodan propagation products and after that 1 year managing the R&D of Grodan a/i. After that 7 year general manager at Substratus Consultancy also giving seminars all over the world about growing on Grodan and consulting big greenhouse companies 6 years.
From 2003 till 2011 I was owner of a 6 hectare big tomato greenhouse.
As off 2007 till 2013 active as crop consultant, for Green Q in Bleiswijk Netherlands.
As of 2014 independent crop advisor mainly active in USA, Canada, Germany, Suisse, and Austria. Recently looking at UAE.
As of 1-12-2014 CEO of Gerdi Consult Holding BV.
Consulting greenhouse projects focused on artificial lightening, quality and health doing crop consultancy mainly at leading greenhouse businesses.

Specialism:
Consulting tomatoes, working in a position between growers helping them growing and owners to report the development and needs for the future.

Contact
Email: marc@gerdiconsult.nl
Phone: 0031 641 597 904

Wim van Wingerden

Climate Analysis

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Working in the Netherlands, Germany and England.

Specialty
Crop and management support in pepper and aubergine crops and vertical farming(leafy green vegetables). Also specialized in analysing and improving of the set points in climate computers (Hoogendoorn, Priva and Hortimax).

Mission
To give service to my customers as how I would like to receive this myself.

Contact
Mail: wimvwingerden@gmail.com
Phone: 0031 651 042 740
Web: www.climateanalysis.nl

Geert-Willem van de Schoot

Where Geert-Willem van de Schoot enters, passion and overview fill the greenhouse.
As a very young child he was already the right hand of his father, a grower, who learned the tricks again from his father. This results in a lot of transmitted skills.
For over 15 years Geert-Willem had his own greenhouse (cucumbers and tomatoes).
During this period he combined this with his consulting competencies, amongst others, he helped setting up the biggest greenhouse in Slovenia and supported Austrian and Dutch growers.
Growing is what is in Geert-Willem’s DNA for many generations. Therefore it is his natural habit to be on top of all what has to do with it. Geert-Willem masters the newest technologies and novelties. His mission is to gain the highest efficiency together with the grower.
Geert-Willem is working in Eastern Europe (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia).

Contact
Mail: gwmvdschoot@gmail.com
Phone: 0031 651 618 310

Jaco Kieviet

TBK Bruinisse

Name of the company: TBK Bruinisse.
Active in England, France, Denmark.
Specialist in horticulture solutions.

Adviser in:
· Greenhouse crops. Main crop: cucumber.
· Experience in normal traditional umbrella crops, but high wire cucumbers also, even combined with artificial lights
· Fertilizers
· Technical equipment
· Energy strategy
· Hygienic strategy (to avoid viruses etc.)

We can give advise at location, but also from a distance. Like log into the climate computer, Skype, mail, phoning etc.

Contact
Phone: +31(0)6 21 82 25 21
Email: jakieviet@outlook.com
Skype: jaco.kieviet

John Hendrikx

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Consulting tomatoes and paprika, mainly in Germany, to realize a high production with a good product quality and taste. Taking care of the development and needs for future of the Company.
33 years experience in growing tomatoes in my own 3 ha. company. In 2009 I started to advise (new) companies how to organize a horticultural company and teaching growing tomatoes and paprika. Specialized in Hoogendoorn Climate Computer.

Contact
Email: john.hendrikx@live.nl
Phone: 0031 652 472 983

Bart Hellemans

Horticonsult

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Area:
South-East Asia, France, Belgium

Experience:
Research, senior crop consultant peppers and tomatoes, climate and irrigation control, strategic and operational advice on sales, finances and organization

Mission/Values:
Optimize the profitability with a sustainable strategy.

Contact
Email: horticonsult.bart.hellemans@telenet.be
Phone: 0032 477 632 117
Phone: 0082 1026 705 264

Willem Valstar

StarGrow Consultancy

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As the owner of StarGrow Consultancy, Willem Valstar is the youngest member of the Cropex Group. He has experience in advising crop technical aspects in different types of tomatoes since 2005. He is working mainly in the Netherlands. Beside the Netherlands his clients are also in other European countries as the UK and Poland. He is involved in the first projects with LED growing light, improving Natural Fluid System (NFT), climate steering integrating in climate computers and optimizing energy saving solutions. He works by a special developed way based on crop registration and modelling of crops. His challenge is to realise the best profits (production and fruit quality) for growing companies in a sustainable way.

Contact
Email: willem@stargrowconsultancy.nl
Phone: 0031(0)6-50516100
Twitter: @willemvalstar
Skype: willemvalstar1

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Willem van Dijk

Greenmanagement Van Dijk

Willem van Dijk is a crop consultant who is mainly operating in Europe, Australia, United Arab Emirates and the USA. He has experience in advising crop technical aspects in different types of tomatoes and cucumber. He consults big greenhouse projects and focuses on artificial lighting, quality and the wellbeing of the crop. Willem has over 30 years experience and provides customized solutions for both new and existing businesses. He is engaged in educating employees and organizing labor for different projects world wide.

Contact
Mail: info@greenmanagement-vandijk.com
Phone: +31 612 683 871
Web: greenmanagement-vandijk.com/

Frans van Meurs

Frans van Meurs Consultancy

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Crops
Tomato

Region
The Netherlands, UK, Poland and Europe

Expertise
Crop consulting.
Work with different computer systems.

Languages
Dutch, English

Contact
Email: fransvanmeurs@caiway.nl
Phone: 0031 622 631 961
Web: www.fransvanmeursconsultancy.com

Peter Stradiot

Innogreen

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Regio activities:
Passive greenhouse in Mediterranean countries (Spain, Morocco) and high tech greenhouses in Italy, Poland and Belgium.

Experience and expertise:
• Crop steering tomato
• Plant monitoring and plant physiology
• Management and strategic advice
• Evaluator R&D projects
• Training and Knowledge exchange

Mission:
Seeding Knowledge for Sustainable Growth

Contact
Email: peter@innogreen.be
Phone: 0032 475 621 254
Web: www.innogreen.eu