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Maeva RZ
Tomato
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Petula RZ
Tomato
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Clermont RZ
Spinach
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Melodie RZ
Gherkin
Rijk Zwaan France in Aramon.
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Mandy (red)
and Emily (orange)
Sweet pepper
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Fortuna and
Vetonas
Lettuce
Stock management in new ZTC building.
companies abroad. In the 1960s, the internatio-
Closure of seed nursery
in Bergschenhoek
nalisation process had started in Germany, followed
These flourishing foreign operations are the
in the 1970s and 1980s by breeding companies
main driver behind Rijk Zwaan’s revenue growth.
in Greece (Crete) and France. Spain and Turkey
However, the company does need to expand
followed in the 1990s. Plant material from
further in order to meet the increasing demand.
Rijk Zwaan is now growing and flourishing from
As part of this expansion, the laboratory in Hendrik-
east to west.
Ido-Ambacht is enlarged and adapted in 1996.
the company also has a number of breeding
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Launch of
RZ Guatemala
De Plantage in De Lier.
A year later, the decision is made to move
all operations in Bergschenhoek to De Lier.
Under pressure from municipal zoning plans in
1996-1997
Bergschenhoek, the Rijk Zwaan Board errs on the
side of caution and decides to move the seed
nursery in Bergschenhoek to De Lier.
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