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Kicking back and switching off in his retirement is not for Peter Klapwijk. Horticulture is his passion. He loves it. Klapwijk calls himself a people person – an attentive observer, listener, creative thinker and strategist. “I look, think and feel along with an organization, the market developments affecting it, as well as innovations and the cultivation processes,” he says.

On a clear day in a region where it's hot, there's a threat to the health and vitality of your crop hiding in the open. The open sky itself can steal a critical cut of crop production, and harm the canopy with infection. Learn how, and get the data, on the difference a movable shade cloth can make.

Corne Brooijmans, a plant grower from Plantas de Andalucia, tells us how they deal with the low winter temperatures after incorporating our thermal and shade screen. 

Shade for the greenhouse, ventilation and insect protection along with the dedication of growers and pickers working under extreme conditions make Independence Day feasts in Mexico possible. This is our tasty Independence Day page celebrating our favorite recipe and all the growers that work so hard to give us the peppers, tomatoes and chilis we need for Día de la Independencia to feel so special.

Imagine your goal is to produce the most beautiful house plants anyone ever received. Your offer to customers is to reliably provide them with rare, sensitive varieties while also managing a sustainable growing operation. Now, imagine you set out to do all that in a region that experienced 119°F in 2021 and can reach –15°F in the winter. Welcome to Mark Leichty’s world.

Progressive. That is the word that exemplifies the entrepreneurial spirit and cultivation strategy of Nursery Jami, or Michel Zwinkels. For example, he was the first Dutch vine tomato grower to switch to LED lighting - with better tomatoes and more production as a result. Together with Oxin Growers, he recently had Luxous Light FR installed by SchermNed.

From October 4-6, Proflora 2023 will take place in Bogotá, Colombia. You will have the opportunity to meet our experts to talk about our climate solutions to improve the climate inside your greenhouse, ensuring that your flowers thrive with the best quality. We look forward to seeing you at booth #114.

The maize crops in the surrounding fields are a fertile environment for thrips. Owner/Grower, Han Mingjun, wanted to see what difference it would make if the company changed out its existing pest control insect nets to Svensson’s Xsect Xtra mesh.

Finka, a high-tech greenhouse, located at AgroPark in Querétaro, Mexico, has successfully maintained a Solaro 3520 O climate screen for more than 13 years, demonstrating the exceptional durability and performance of Svensson's climate screens. Installed in 2009 within a 10.2-hectare greenhouse dedicated to tomato production, this climate screen, with 35% shading, has played a crucial role in maintaining optimal temperatures inside the greenhouse, resulting in healthy and high-quality crops.

Cucumber grower Koos de Vries had no doubts about the type of climate screen he was looking for when it came time to replace. He was very satisfied with the Luxous 1547 D FR and replaced the old screen with a new variant. SchermNed carried out the installation of 5.5 hectares while an application for the future replacement of 3.5 hectares is already pending.

Thanks to the collaboration between Svensson, Horticonnect, and Van der Valk, along with Digma's expertise in greenhouse installation, a comprehensive joint project has officially started. Through this project, Mexican growers will now have the opportunity to access the most advanced solutions in climate screens for greenhouses.

After adopting high pressure sodium lighting (HPS) in the winter of 21-22, the extra heat from the lamps and excessive humidity due to active crop transpiration at night made climate control very challenging for Beijing growers, Hortipolaris. An approach of opening the screens to create gaps to get rid of humidity led to undesirable heat loss. So Svensson consultants worked with the growing team for the coming 22-23 winter season, saving a third of the January heating bill.