GreenTech announces nominees for Innovation Awards 2019
Exhibitors at the GreenTech exposition to be held in Amsterdam next month submitted 50 innovations for the GreenTech Innovation Awards 2019. This number represents an increase from last year’s edition and shows the enormous developments in the horticultural sector. The winners will be announced during the official opening of GreenTech on Tuesday 11 June 2019.
An expert jury selected 18 nominees from all entries in four categories namely ‘Innovation’, ‘Sustainability’, ‘Impact’ and ‘Concept’. All the entries for the awards will be part of the GreenTech Innovation Route. The nominees for the Innovation Awards will be showcased at the InnovationLAB.
Nominations per category
Category: GreenTech Innovation Award 2019
Autonomous crop management – Delphy B.V.
ISO Bulb Planting Machine – ISO Group
Koppert scout-app – Koppert Biological Systems
Rubion – Octinion
Ridder CO2 Optimizer – Ridder
Category: GreenTech Sustainability Award 2019
Hortinergy – Climate modelling and analysis – Agrithermic
Growfoam – Foamplant
Hortiled Top 120v19 – Hortilux Schréder
EcoExpert – Modiform
Ridder NoNa+ – Ridder
Category: GreenTech Impact Award 2019
SuprimAir Greenhouse – Certhon
VA Grow Vertical Farm – KE GrowAir BV + Orange Climate Agri
Ridder Co-Creation Climate Screens – Ridder
Category: GreenTech Concept Award 2019
Phycotrone – MEG – Augmented Photobiology
The Fiberglas Greenhouse Roof – Bordeso BV
Medical Grow Rolling Container – Bosman Van Zaal
Nexus with E-meta Intelligence – Van der Ende Groep
e-Gro – Grodan – Part of the ROCKWOOL Group
For further information about the Innovation Awards please visit https://www.greentech.nl/innovations/
Jury
The jury of the GreenTech Innovation Awards 2019 consists of:
Deputy chairman: Harm Maters, AVAG (Netherlands)
Silke Hemming, Wageningen University & Research (Germany)
Peter Zwinkels, Tecknokas (Netherlands)
Mark Durno, Rockstart (United Kingdom)
Perry van Adrichem, Horti-Tech B.V. (Netherlands)
Wolfgang Steiner, Gemüsebau Steiner GmbH & Co KG (Germany)
The jury’s advisory committee consists of:
Enrico Verhoef, United Farms (Mexico)
Roger Abbenhuis, Onder Glas/In Greenhouses (Netherlands)
Heinrich Dressler, Gärtnerbörse (Germany)
Brian Sparks, Greenhouse Grower (USA)
Leonardo Capitano, Vivai Capitanio (Italy)
Further information and registration
Interested in the GreenTech? Please visit https://www.greentech.nl/ for more information and registration. Registration is free of charge until 3 June. After 3 June the online registration fee will be €40 including VAT per person, and €70 including VAT at the entrance desk.
About GreenTech
GreenTech brings people and technology together to increase growth, productivity, sustainability, inspiration and pleasure in horticulture. We do this because we believe that improvement and innovation in horticulture will contribute to the wellbeing for people. GreenTech takes place at RAI Amsterdam. The GreenTech Tradeshow – with 470 exhibitors from the horticulture technology sector and an estimated 11,000 visitors from all over the world – will take place from 11 – 13 June.
