20 years of Trayplant

2002

Start of Van der Avoird Trayplant

Our first innovative technique heralded the existence of Van der Avoird Trayplant in 2002: propagating raspberry plants in a tray. An innovative step that made many in our industry follow suit.

2003

1 million plants

Between 2003 and 2004, Van der Avoird Trayplant started propagating raspberry plants. With this, we reached a milestone of 1 million plants in 2004!



2004

First employees

Construction on the Rimpelaar continued and the first employees were hired in this year.

2005

Organic plant protection

 2005 is the year we started growing the plants organically.

However, we are not a completely organic company. We do use chemicals, if necessary. The basis remains organic, but if the plants are sick, we want to be able to help them.

2006

First excursion

IIn 2006, we had our first excursion abroad. Hello, United Kingdom!

2007

Market leader

Alongside the start of the Machielsen expansion site, we also became the European market leader in raspberries.

2008

Spain

We start producing strawberries in Spain. Hola!

2010

Outside of Europe

Our first plants went outside of Europe in this year!

And since 2011, we even have a fully recycled growing system.

2012

Schoolstraat

In 2012, we started at an additional location on the Schoolstraat in Molenschot.

2013

Demo tunnel

This year, we started the first demo tunnel, enabling us to improve our research.

2014

10 million plants

A milestone of 10 million plants!

2015

Location Leeuwerik

Construction of the De Leeuwerik site in Bavel with 3 ha of greenhouse and 15.4 ha of fields.

2016

Opening Leeuwerik

A festive opening of the De Leeuwerik location!



2017

Air shipment

Our first air shipment is sent to the Canary Islands.

2018

Agrarian Entrepreneur winner 

We won the Agricultural Entrepreneur of the Year (Agrarisch Ondernemer van het Jaar) award in 2018!

As winner of this award, Peter van der Avoird got to have lunch with the king and queen! We also started the construction of location “Renne”.

2019

First sorting robot

The first sorting robot became a reality and we achieved a milestone of 25 million plants! We also installed 1845 solar panels on the roof and the Minister of Agriculture visited us.

2020

CHS installation

In 2020, we installed a cold and heat storage system to make our company even more sustainable.

2021

Goed Boeren (Farming that Works) Initiative 

In 2021, we started the high-tech new construction at the Rimpelaar site and our “Farming that Works for Nature and Society (Goed Boeren voor Natuur en Maatschappij)” initiative got off the ground.

Want to know more? Then visit: www.goedboerengeeftenergie.nl.

2022

High-tech new building

The grand opening of the high-tech new Rimpelaar building will take place in 2022.

2023

Winner Horticultural Enterprise Award 2023

We are proud that we can inspire with our vision: less burden on nature, but still meet the growing food needs. We are working on the food of tomorrow, but we are keeping an eye on the planet with our common sense

Growing together

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