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The trade mission consisting of the leading companies in the agric & sustainable cities sector from the Netherlands will be taking place in the cities of Lagos and Ibadan between Wednesday 10 July and Friday 12 July. The Dutch delegation will be led by the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Sigrid Kaag, and will consist of top companies and institutions with a focus on either agriculture or sustainable cities. The trade delegation is organized by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in close association with Naijalink Limited.
If you would like to meet with any of the Dutch companies listed below please get in touch with us by sending a mail to info@naijalink.euor call us via +234 810 632 8606
Company profiles (in alphabetical order):
Agripro Focus
www.agriprofocus.com
AgriPro Focus is an international multi-stakeholder network in the agri-food sector consisting of farmer-entrepreneurs, private sector enterprises, governments, knowledge institutions and civil society organisations. By bringing these stakeholders together, their individual and collective impact increases. AgriPro Focus is the go-to network for farmer entrepreneurs in agricultural value chains.
AMMP
www.ammp.io
AMMP is a digital platform for monitoring and management of off-grid, mini-grid, and grid-edge energy systems. AMMP helps the most advanced off-grid energy companies to realize their full potential, by reducing operational costs and enabling innovative business models. AMMP works with micro-utulities and providers of energy access services, as well as with operators of renewable/hybrid energy systems for commercial and industrial users. It is an easy-to-adopt operational solution.
BE Networks BV
www.be-networks.be
BE Networks is an independent IT supplier & the exclusive partner of some the largest Telecoms and Datacenter groups in the world –such as Vodafone & Equinix- for reversed logistics. BE Networks helps large ISPs with all their reversed logistics via which they remarket mainly Cisco & Juniper equipment for the companies.
Chore-Time Europe
www.choretime.com
Chore-Time is known worldwide as one of the leading designers and manufacturers of poultry equipment. They produce equipment for broilers, layers and turkeys, floor systems including watering, feeding, silos, augers, ventilation, heating, cooling and controls. They also have a comprehensive product line for layers including aviaries and also cages with egg collection systems. The company can perform feasibility studies and turnkey projects.
Closing the Loop
www.closingtheloop.eu
Closing the Loop offers users and sellers of phones an easy way to make their device material-neutral and waste free. It collects scrap phones on behalf of customers, hereby offsetting their phone, on a One for One basis. The term ‘one for one’ is known as a global extended producer responsibility.
Coolfinity
www.coolfinity.com
Coolfinity’s fridges only need 6 hrs of power/day to give 24 hrs of cooling for food and medicine. It is Ideal for countries with long power outages. Coolfinity fridge has double insulation and low energy consumption, resulting in a very sustainable fridge. There is also no risk of freezing due to steady 3oC cooling. The fridges are also available on solar panels.
Dairy Training Centre
www.dairytrainingcentre.com
Dairy Training Centre (DTC) is a leading Dutch International training centre for dairy and milk processing located in the Netherlands, Oenkerk. For over 50 years now DTC (till 2013 called PTC+) runs international training programs, consultancy and capacity building alongside the total dairy value chain all over the world. DTC currently offers short international training programs in the Netherlands and many tailormade trainings in the Netherlands or the home-countries of our partners.
Ep de Graaf / Food Today
www.foodtoday.nl
Ep De Gaaf was established in 1935 and has grown to a modern company which employees about 100 persons divided over 3 locations in Putten, The Netherlands. Food Today produces finished chicken products as well as semi-finished products for the chicken processing industry. These semi-finished products can be produced according to specific customer demands.
Farmforte Europe BV
www.farmforte.com
Farmforte is an innovative agriculture company founded in 2012. Farmforte utilizes technology and innovative models to create the most efficient and affordable methods to produce crops, add value and create access to markets locally and globally. Farmforte is focused on tropical produce and also source produce from a reliable network of smallholder farmers who have been trained according to global best practices.
Feedcalculator App
www.feedcalculator.com
The FeedCalculator is a revolutionary smartphone app for livestock farmers that generates least-cost & high-quality feed recipes based on locally available ingredients. Local layer, broiler, pig, catfish and tilapia farmers can reduce feed costs significantly and improve feed quality by the use of the Feedcalculator app. The feed recipes are based on up-to-date scientific data of local ingredients and meet all animal specific requirements. With this high-tech app in their pockets, farmers can finally benefit from the latest feed technology and increase their profits easily.
iCRA
www.icra.global
iCRA builds trust as a foundation for success. iCRA helps improve livelihood of farmers and their communities by helping to bridge gaps, develop trust & mutual understanding and bring different worlds and actors together- to find solutions that benefit all. iCRA works through a system of trusted local coaches to establish and support a local network of agribusiness actors.
Innovative Bridge B.V
.www.innovativebridge.org
Innovative Bridge offers technical consultancy and innovative solution services to diverse kinds of industry construction, engineering and manufacturing sector. The company recently developed innovative vending facilities with Eco-friendly and sustainable energy source to help BOPs in Sub-Saharan Africa who have no access to electricity and adequate vending facility.
Iribov West Africa
www.iribov.com
Iribov West Africa is producing improved planting material for farmers and plantations in West Africa. The production is done via tissue culture propagation technology. The company is operating the largest commercial tissue culture laboratory in Ghana (Sogakope, Volta Region) with a capacity of 10 million plants per year and also a nursery operation to grow the tissue culture plants into hardened plants ready for field. Iribov West Africa has a wide range of crops in production and is welcoming new crops and varieties for new clients.
LyondellBasell
www.lyondellbasell.com
LyondellBasell is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. Driven by its employees around the globe, LyondellBasell produces materials and products that are key to advancing solutions to modern challenges. The company is the leading producer of clean fuel ethers worldwide. Fuel ethers are a clean high-octane component for gasoline. Fuel ethers help countries in improving their fuel quality and reducing hazardous emissions. Fuel quality improvements include raising octanes, lowering sulphur and/or aromatics.
NXT Grid BV
www.nxtgrid.co
NXT Grid is a start-up incorporated by 6 founders who bring together an aggregate 25 years’ experience in solar mini-grids. NXT Grid has developed an innovative, scalable B2B franchising offering to develop solar mini-grids through local entrepreneurs (franchisees). The NXT Grid B2B offering consists of 3 pillars: In-depth technology expertise, Equipment supply and Financing.
Pas Reform
www.pasreform.com
Pas Reform has specialised in the development of innovative, single-stage hatchery solutions for the poultry sector since 1919. The company has earned its position as one of the world’s leading hatchery equipment manufacturers, through decades of research into the biological and physiological aspects of embryo development. This, combined with a thorough understanding of all aspects of the poultry production chain and a dedicated focus on the future, places Pas Reform today as the only single-source supplier of integrated hatchery solutions in the world.
Rabo Partnership B.V
www.rabobank.com
Rabo Partnership’s mission is to improve financial inclusion in emerging markets, especially in rural areas where many people do not have access to financial services. Since 2005, Rabo Partnerships has built up a portfolio of partnerships with banks in selected markets. Through capital, management services and technical assistance, RD has supported the partner banks in their growth, innovation and outreach. RD’s activities include rural development, food security and financial inclusion.
Solar Creed B.V
www.solarcreed.com
SolarCreed B.V is a smart energy startup that supports livestock and horticulture sector in Nigeria. Over the past 2 years Solar Creed has worked with around 150 small and medium poultry farms in 13 states to boost production, save on fossil fuel and improve revenue. Solar Creed lasts much longer without requiring as much maintenance as other products.
Squiby
www.squibyfoods.nl
Squiby Foods is a unique and independent Dutch food & beverages company, specialized in export of mostly European products in the Middle East, Far East and Africa. Squiby supplies to wholesalers, airline catering, supermarkets, catering companies, ships chandlers and importers. Squiby can offer tailor made solutions- delivering a variety of quality gourmet products in any quantity including the labelling of the products. Squiby’s long-term relationship with leading suppliers from France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, etc. allows them to handpick the best European fish, cheese, olives, pastas and other delicacies.
SteelQore B.V.
www.steelqore.com
Steelqore is an ambitious spin-off of a successful network of three companies located in the Netherlands. This network is specialized in complex sustainable steel structures that are inherent to craftsmanship. From 2012 to 2014, SteelQore carried out several EPC projects in Okija and Lagos. SteelQore has the sales rights for an innovative modular steel profile (Greek Cross) in Africa.
Terranauta BV
www.terranauta.bio
Terranauta BV is a Dutch company focused on the transport of bio-ideas worldwide. Terranauta’s main goal is to bring to the Nigerian agriculture & horticulture world special fertilizers and soil regenerative amendments. Terranauta BV has liquid organic matters, bio-stimulants and plant self-defence inducers.
Tribes International
www.trbes-international.com
Tribes International is a conglomerate firm that provides a wide range of services in sectors such as agriculture, hospitality and transportation among others. Tribes international’s Agro division has built their reputation on innovating, developing and supplying high quality products and services to food processing companies. Tribes manufactures a sophisticated product line of lubricants used in a wide range of applications such as agro-food machinery and marine engines among others.
Van Aarsen International
www.aarsen.com
Van Aarsen is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of state-of-the-art machines and complete feed mill solutions for the production of compound feed and premixes. Van Aarsen’s innovative machines and complete feed mill solutions are designed and constructed to increase production and lower operational costs; with minimum energy consumption and maximum benefit to feed safety and ease of operation.
Van Rooi Meat BV
www.vanrooimeat.nl
Van Rooi Meat slaughters and processes 2.8 million pigs a year. The meat is prepared in a customer-tailored way and sold worldwide. In addition, Van Rooi buys and sell piglets, sows and cattle and transports these to the various destinations all over the world.
The trade mission consisting of the leading companies in the agric & sustainable cities sector from the Netherlands will be taking place in the cities of Lagos and Ibadan between Wednesday 10 July and Friday 12 July. The Dutch delegation will be led by the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Sigrid Kaag, and will consist of top companies and institutions with a focus on either agriculture or sustainable cities. The trade delegation is organized by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in close association with Naijalink Limited.
If you would like to meet with any of the Dutch companies listed below please get in touch with us by sending a mail to info@naijalink.euor call us via +234 810 632 8606
Company profiles (in alphabetical order):
Agripro Focus
www.agriprofocus.com
AgriPro Focus is an international multi-stakeholder network in the agri-food sector consisting of farmer-entrepreneurs, private sector enterprises, governments, knowledge institutions and civil society organisations. By bringing these stakeholders together, their individual and collective impact increases. AgriPro Focus is the go-to network for farmer entrepreneurs in agricultural value chains.
AMMP
www.ammp.io
AMMP is a digital platform for monitoring and management of off-grid, mini-grid, and grid-edge energy systems. AMMP helps the most advanced off-grid energy companies to realize their full potential, by reducing operational costs and enabling innovative business models. AMMP works with micro-utulities and providers of energy access services, as well as with operators of renewable/hybrid energy systems for commercial and industrial users. It is an easy-to-adopt operational solution.
BE Networks BV
www.be-networks.be
BE Networks is an independent IT supplier & the exclusive partner of some the largest Telecoms and Datacenter groups in the world –such as Vodafone & Equinix- for reversed logistics. BE Networks helps large ISPs with all their reversed logistics via which they remarket mainly Cisco & Juniper equipment for the companies.
Chore-Time Europe
www.choretime.com
Chore-Time is known worldwide as one of the leading designers and manufacturers of poultry equipment. They produce equipment for broilers, layers and turkeys, floor systems including watering, feeding, silos, augers, ventilation, heating, cooling and controls. They also have a comprehensive product line for layers including aviaries and also cages with egg collection systems. The company can perform feasibility studies and turnkey projects.
Closing the Loop
www.closingtheloop.eu
Closing the Loop offers users and sellers of phones an easy way to make their device material-neutral and waste free. It collects scrap phones on behalf of customers, hereby offsetting their phone, on a One for One basis. The term ‘one for one’ is known as a global extended producer responsibility.
Coolfinity
www.coolfinity.com
Coolfinity’s fridges only need 6 hrs of power/day to give 24 hrs of cooling for food and medicine. It is Ideal for countries with long power outages. Coolfinity fridge has double insulation and low energy consumption, resulting in a very sustainable fridge. There is also no risk of freezing due to steady 3oC cooling. The fridges are also available on solar panels.
Dairy Training Centre
www.dairytrainingcentre.com
Dairy Training Centre (DTC) is a leading Dutch International training centre for dairy and milk processing located in the Netherlands, Oenkerk. For over 50 years now DTC (till 2013 called PTC+) runs international training programs, consultancy and capacity building alongside the total dairy value chain all over the world. DTC currently offers short international training programs in the Netherlands and many tailormade trainings in the Netherlands or the home-countries of our partners.
Ep de Graaf / Food Today
www.foodtoday.nl
Ep De Gaaf was established in 1935 and has grown to a modern company which employees about 100 persons divided over 3 locations in Putten, The Netherlands. Food Today produces finished chicken products as well as semi-finished products for the chicken processing industry. These semi-finished products can be produced according to specific customer demands.
Farmforte Europe BV
www.farmforte.com
Farmforte is an innovative agriculture company founded in 2012. Farmforte utilizes technology and innovative models to create the most efficient and affordable methods to produce crops, add value and create access to markets locally and globally. Farmforte is focused on tropical produce and also source produce from a reliable network of smallholder farmers who have been trained according to global best practices.
Feedcalculator App
www.feedcalculator.com
The FeedCalculator is a revolutionary smartphone app for livestock farmers that generates least-cost & high-quality feed recipes based on locally available ingredients. Local layer, broiler, pig, catfish and tilapia farmers can reduce feed costs significantly and improve feed quality by the use of the Feedcalculator app. The feed recipes are based on up-to-date scientific data of local ingredients and meet all animal specific requirements. With this high-tech app in their pockets, farmers can finally benefit from the latest feed technology and increase their profits easily.
iCRA
www.icra.global
iCRA builds trust as a foundation for success. iCRA helps improve livelihood of farmers and their communities by helping to bridge gaps, develop trust & mutual understanding and bring different worlds and actors together- to find solutions that benefit all. iCRA works through a system of trusted local coaches to establish and support a local network of agribusiness actors.
Innovative Bridge B.V
.www.innovativebridge.org
Innovative Bridge offers technical consultancy and innovative solution services to diverse kinds of industry construction, engineering and manufacturing sector. The company recently developed innovative vending facilities with Eco-friendly and sustainable energy source to help BOPs in Sub-Saharan Africa who have no access to electricity and adequate vending facility.
Iribov West Africa
www.iribov.com
Iribov West Africa is producing improved planting material for farmers and plantations in West Africa. The production is done via tissue culture propagation technology. The company is operating the largest commercial tissue culture laboratory in Ghana (Sogakope, Volta Region) with a capacity of 10 million plants per year and also a nursery operation to grow the tissue culture plants into hardened plants ready for field. Iribov West Africa has a wide range of crops in production and is welcoming new crops and varieties for new clients.
LyondellBasell
www.lyondellbasell.com
LyondellBasell is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. Driven by its employees around the globe, LyondellBasell produces materials and products that are key to advancing solutions to modern challenges. The company is the leading producer of clean fuel ethers worldwide. Fuel ethers are a clean high-octane component for gasoline. Fuel ethers help countries in improving their fuel quality and reducing hazardous emissions. Fuel quality improvements include raising octanes, lowering sulphur and/or aromatics.
NXT Grid BV
www.nxtgrid.co
NXT Grid is a start-up incorporated by 6 founders who bring together an aggregate 25 years’ experience in solar mini-grids. NXT Grid has developed an innovative, scalable B2B franchising offering to develop solar mini-grids through local entrepreneurs (franchisees). The NXT Grid B2B offering consists of 3 pillars: In-depth technology expertise, Equipment supply and Financing.
Pas Reform
www.pasreform.com
Pas Reform has specialised in the development of innovative, single-stage hatchery solutions for the poultry sector since 1919. The company has earned its position as one of the world’s leading hatchery equipment manufacturers, through decades of research into the biological and physiological aspects of embryo development. This, combined with a thorough understanding of all aspects of the poultry production chain and a dedicated focus on the future, places Pas Reform today as the only single-source supplier of integrated hatchery solutions in the world.
Rabo Partnership B.V
www.rabobank.com
Rabo Partnership’s mission is to improve financial inclusion in emerging markets, especially in rural areas where many people do not have access to financial services. Since 2005, Rabo Partnerships has built up a portfolio of partnerships with banks in selected markets. Through capital, management services and technical assistance, RD has supported the partner banks in their growth, innovation and outreach. RD’s activities include rural development, food security and financial inclusion.
Solar Creed B.V
www.solarcreed.com
SolarCreed B.V is a smart energy startup that supports livestock and horticulture sector in Nigeria. Over the past 2 years Solar Creed has worked with around 150 small and medium poultry farms in 13 states to boost production, save on fossil fuel and improve revenue. Solar Creed lasts much longer without requiring as much maintenance as other products.
Squiby
www.squibyfoods.nl
Squiby Foods is a unique and independent Dutch food & beverages company, specialized in export of mostly European products in the Middle East, Far East and Africa. Squiby supplies to wholesalers, airline catering, supermarkets, catering companies, ships chandlers and importers. Squiby can offer tailor made solutions- delivering a variety of quality gourmet products in any quantity including the labelling of the products. Squiby’s long-term relationship with leading suppliers from France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, etc. allows them to handpick the best European fish, cheese, olives, pastas and other delicacies.
SteelQore B.V.
www.steelqore.com
Steelqore is an ambitious spin-off of a successful network of three companies located in the Netherlands. This network is specialized in complex sustainable steel structures that are inherent to craftsmanship. From 2012 to 2014, SteelQore carried out several EPC projects in Okija and Lagos. SteelQore has the sales rights for an innovative modular steel profile (Greek Cross) in Africa.
Terranauta BV
www.terranauta.bio
Terranauta BV is a Dutch company focused on the transport of bio-ideas worldwide. Terranauta’s main goal is to bring to the Nigerian agriculture & horticulture world special fertilizers and soil regenerative amendments. Terranauta BV has liquid organic matters, bio-stimulants and plant self-defence inducers.
Tribes International
www.trbes-international.com
Tribes International is a conglomerate firm that provides a wide range of services in sectors such as agriculture, hospitality and transportation among others. Tribes international’s Agro division has built their reputation on innovating, developing and supplying high quality products and services to food processing companies. Tribes manufactures a sophisticated product line of lubricants used in a wide range of applications such as agro-food machinery and marine engines among others.
Van Aarsen International
www.aarsen.com
Van Aarsen is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of state-of-the-art machines and complete feed mill solutions for the production of compound feed and premixes. Van Aarsen’s innovative machines and complete feed mill solutions are designed and constructed to increase production and lower operational costs; with minimum energy consumption and maximum benefit to feed safety and ease of operation.
Van Rooi Meat BV
www.vanrooimeat.nl
Van Rooi Meat slaughters and processes 2.8 million pigs a year. The meat is prepared in a customer-tailored way and sold worldwide. In addition, Van Rooi buys and sell piglets, sows and cattle and transports these to the various destinations all over the world.