NL: New level of automation reached in new facilities Dutch geranium grower

Perry van der Haak is a family owned business that produces young seedlings, primarily of geraniums, which they supply to the European market. The grower has 20 hectares production area in Africa, and another two locations in the Netherlands. One of them consists of two hectares of production area, the other one has recently been added and measures three hectares. Codema designed, developed and delivered the entire cultivation system for this new location.

Codema was already involved in the process before the greenhouse was built. Perry: "At this nursery, we did have some doubts about whether to choose between growing on concrete or by means of a roll container system. We chose for the latter, however, we did have a number of specific wishes regarding its implementation. For example, we wanted more (walking) space between the rails. We also wanted to have speed limits higher than usual. Codema was able to meet those wishes and to achieve the speeds we required.”

The video shows how containers are filled with pots by robots and transported to a wash unit via a self-propelled drive. After humidification, the containers are moved, where a vehicle can load the containers. The container lift takes the containers to the second layer, which serves as a buffer path for sorting. Every container is registered via the SDF control panel, so that when searching for the right plant parties, the right orders can also be realized.

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The Netherlands