The consultancy and engineering caller helps enterpriser in nursery horticulture to accomplish their growth and ambitiousness by advising on design and carrying out for large - scale leaf horticultural projects . The company , starting in 1971 as a one - human being business located in a living room in Maassluis , with a focus on heating , electrical energy , and greenhouses , has grown into an international company with specialized professionals .
Founder Hans Vis was already pack his old bag to join an constitution in England when he was asked to take on some job : " That I started VEK , was stark necessity . My work for the F.A.O. ( Food Agricultural Organization ) ended and the question was ‘ What am I going to do now ? ’ I had already said yes to the line of work in London when some requests came in : ' Could you do this ? ' , ' Can you help with that ? ' In no meter I had four people working for me and it was necessary to tackle this seriously , with VEK as a result . "
Founder Hans Vis between Pascal van Oers and Willem Nat
Over the retiring X , the society has gone through various ontogeny and , above all , has keep on to move with the marketplace . Current management Willem Nat and Pascal van Oers , involved with VEK from 1999 and 1998 severally , are especially proud of where they stand today . " What we have achieved over the preceding half - century was only possible because of the dedication and hard body of work of everyone within VEK Adviesgroep , " says Pascal .
" The way of doing business did change over the years , " Willem explains . " Whereas in the yesteryear , business was mainly done with Dutch ( kinfolk ) companies that require to spread out , today , mainly international companies are concerned in setting up nursery projects , but have hardly any knowledge of polish or set up a business . "
Pascal say , " I used to regularly sit at the cultivator ’s kitchen table with a large newspaper tack rolled out and go to the town G. Stanley Hall with a very duncish stack of paper to submit an software . digitalisation means that the services in the Netherlands , aimed at caller design , budgets , Trachinotus falcatus , subsidy , specification , and tendering can be used a mess more efficiently , and that ’s a prissy way to function . "
Looking to the futureVEK Adviesgroep is a company with professionals who all have a heart for their profession and the horticultural sector . They love working on complex client question and putting the mystifier together as efficiently as possible . The mania for the profession and the sphere is the uncouth motive to continue acquire and introduce .
Willem : " New invention are tight followed and we continue to invest in the growing of our company and staff . Various opportunities can be found in the domain of specialist projects with high investments , vertical farming , and total projects from an idea to product sales . "
" Large grading will continue to uprise , but I also see recess player with unique product - market combinations , " says Pascal . " We are closely following the developments in automation , robotics , and autonomous growing and what influence that will have on the fashion we coiffe up glasshouse projects . As VEK Adviesgroep , we continue to anticipate the needs and prospect from the market . In this way , we can always react to globally changing place and propose the quality that the customer expects from us . "
From left to right : Hans Vis , Willem Nat , Pascal van Oers , Edward Verbakel , Koen Brabander , Henk Verbakel
Atrium AgriIn 2020 , VEK Adviesgroep join Atrium Agri , a partnership of independent party founded by Henk Verbakel , Koen Brabander and Edward Verbakel , where the interests of the client come first . By sharing knowledge , procurement , and R&D , they can considerably respond to the rapid changes in outside glasshouse gardening .
" We are very happy with VEK Adviesgroep as a spouse , " the father of Atrium Agri say . " VEK significantly contributes to the storey of knowledge within Atrium Agri . As Atrium Agri , we need to be a single powerful platform and bid a entire solution for sustainable solid food production . Those projects set forth with a solid purpose which starts with the knowledge and expertness of VEK Adviesgroep . "
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