NL Chamber Magazine Winter 2017

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NL Chamber was established in J­ anuary 2012 as official Dutch-Macedonian Chamber of Commerce by 50 Macedonian companies, according to the Macedo­nian Law on Chambers of Commerce.

About half of these companies is partly or fully Dutch owned.

Objective of NL Chamber is to promote and support successful business relations between Dutch and Macedonian companies.

events Lustrum celebration Indonesian style Dutch members plan gathering on 15 June Free business to business match-making at fashion fair Holland Herring Happening Large attendance at annual breakfast Company Day at Ambassador’s Conference Seminar business expansion strategy board Results Membership Survey network Suppliers visit Euromax Resources Company visits Albania German connections in fruit and vegetables members Four new members since summer Tikves and Stobi wines in the Netherlands Pivara Skopje and Pakomak clean Vardar river bank NL Chamber members support flood relief KIVO celebrated half a century DikFagus launched own line of wooden chairs “Secret” Kuli Confection at Première Vision New Deputy visiting NL Chamber members Ambassador and his team at Frontwise Group short Short News / Calendar of Trade Fairs supported by:

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Lustrum celebration Indonesian style NL Chamber members celebrated the fifth birthday on Wednesday 18 January in Skopje.

first main course

On 18 January NL Chamber celebrated its fifth birthday or its first Lustrum. As already announced at the previous birthday celebration, Chef Paul Houthuijzen prepared a full Indo­nesian rice table.

second main course

going to table because of presumed mutual interest, while enjoying a typical Indonesian welcome drink, Stroop Susu, with snacks.

dessert

to his experience in Indonesia, where he served as Deputy Head of Mission at the Nether­ lands Embassy in Jakarta for three years.

Indonesian cuisine

“just a networking meeting” NL Chamber director Bob Smit stated in his word of welcome: “This is just a networ­king mee­ ting, but as always we have tried to turn it into something special.” Several people were introduced to each­other before

Kivo, HaVeP, Chef Paul Houthuijzen

Furthermore, various participants changed tables with the change of the courses.

Also Ambassador Wouter Plomp changed tables with every course to speak to as many members as possible.

In his speech Plomp referred

RADiUs Architects, Kivo, Frontwise Group and AmCham

Kivo with Pivara Skopje

Especially those who joined for the first time were very impressed with all the new connections they established. For more pictures, please click the link below.

all Lustrum pictures: nl.mk/FirstLustrum

Symphony Solutions, Embassy, Pakomak and Pivara Skopje

photos: NL Chamber / Aleksandar Chokrevski

Due to the colonial history of the Netherlands in Indonesia, the Indonesian cuisine is a very common segment of the Dutch kitchen. With nasi ­goreng (baked rice) as the core component, an Indonesian rice table offers a wide range of richly flavoured dishes.

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Dutch members plan gathering on 15 June Tricode hosted a meeting of Dutch entrepreneurs in Macedonia to discuss joint business promotion activities in the Netherlands.

Jasper Mulders, owner of Tricode BV

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ness networks, other Dutch entrepreneurs will surely join us. In the end, the good vibes on Dutch entrepreneurs being successful in Macedonia is beneficial to all of us.” networking starts with getting to know eachother Six members came to Tricode’s headquarters in Veenendaal to discuss this subject: Natuurgevelsteen, Microdonia, Holmak HeatX, Boekestijn Transport Services and Frontwise Group. Whereas some participants expressed their hesitation with sharing experiences in view of their competition, the group concluded that they could surely introduce their business relations at certain events. However, in order to do so, one needs to know what the guest may expect. In other words: we first need to get acquainted with eachother, before we can effectively introduce guests from our own business networks.

Indonesian cuisine Therefore the group agreed to start with a pleasant networ­ king event, just for the current Dutch entrepreneurs in Mace­ donia. The initiators of both Natuurgevelsteen BV and ­micro investment fund Microdonia BV

offered to host such an event at the Natuurgevelsteen Inspiration Centre in Hollandsche­ veld, near Hoogeveen. The date is 15 June 2017, the day before the annual Open House of the company.

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Early January a group of Dutch entrepreneurs with activities in Macedonia gathered in the Netherlands to exchange ideas on developing a B2B event on doing business in Macedonia.

The initiator for this meeting was Jasper Mulders, owner of software developer Tricode BV. “Since 2010 we are running a development centre in Skopje.

We are very satisfied with the results and that message we would like to share with the Dutch business community,” clarifies Mulders.

“By sharing all our experiences on doing business in Macedonia with our combined busi-

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Free business to business match-making at fashion fair Amsterdam fashion fair Modefabriek again hosted B2B speeddating for companies, organized free of charge by Entreprise Europe Network.

Almost a hundred participants from 20 countries registered for the “Fashion Match” at

fashion fair Modefabriek in Amsterdam, resulting in 380 meetings. NL Chamber had 8

meetings about production.

www.b2match.eu see also: www.modefabriek.nl

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Skopje Marathon on 7 May Several members made it a tradition to participate in the Skopje Marathon. NL Chamber is sharing the spirit of healthy competition!

The annual Skopje Marathon takes place on 7 May 2017.

Registration for the marathon, half marathon, relay marathon and 5 km is open at the site: www.skopskimaraton.com.mk.

Groups can register as a (company) team for 5 km and half marathon.

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Following the results of the membership survey, NL Chamber is preparing a third networking event for early summer.

Whereas members clearly expressed the wish to have more networking events throughout the year, NL Chamber plans to use the annual celebration of “Hollandse Nieuwe” for a semi-public summer event.

“Hollandse Nieuwe” is the new herring of the season, caught with at least 16% of fat in the period of May to July and preserved in the traditional way by gibbing.

Provisional date is 21 June.

photos: Modefabriek, open source

Holland Herring Happening

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Large attendance at annual breakfast Over fourty participants joined the breakfast gathering at Marriott.

With the annual “Back to Business Breakfast” NL Chamber marks the end of the summer holidays and the start of a new business season. Two years in a row printing house Bato & Divajn opened its pleasant outdoor terrace for this gathe­ ring.

all pictures: nl.mk/B2B-Breakfast

freshly made delicacies More members and higher attendance rates made it necessary to look for a larger venue.

Marriott Hotel Skopje offered the terrace of the Executive lounge. Executive Chef Peter Tatar - who has five years of experience in the Netherlands - prepared stroopwafels, poffertjes and uitsmijters on the spot!

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Lustrum edition desk calendar The annual desk calendar with public holidays, trade fairs and events is now available. cause two national holidays are Sundays. The Netherlands also has 11 national holidays (of which 9 are christian), but there is no law that declares these days as non-working days; this is arranged in collective labour agreements. working on Liberation Day For the majority of the labour force in the private sector, Liberation Day (5 May) is a working day, whereas King’s Day (27 April) is mostly a nonworking day.

trade fairs The calendar also lists the most important trade fairs. A larger overview can be found on the last page of this Magazine or at: nl.mk/tradefairsNL advertisers The desk calendar of 2017 has been made possible with the support of Pivara Skopje, Boekestijn Transport Services, Holmak HeatX, Marriott ­Hotel and Distrikt Bar&Kitchen, Karmapix, HaVeP and Steel Con.

photos: NL Chamber / Marriott

Macedonia has 11 national holi­ days and two additional non-working Mondays, be-

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Company Day at Ambassador’s Conference The annual gathering of all Dutch ambassadors includes a speeddating session for companies on 2 February in Rotterdam.

End of January Dutch ambassadors, consuls-general and permanent representatives return to the Netherlands for their annual gathering. The last afternoon of the confe­ rence, Thursday 2 February, is dedicated to the Dutch business community with two rounds of speeddating.

15 minutes Dutch entrepreneurs can register here for up to four informative conversations of 15 minutes, which of course may lead to futher exchange of information as soon as the ambassadors have returned to their embassies.

The event takes place at an UNESCO World Heritage location: the former factory for coffee, tea and tobacco Van Nelle Fabriek in Rotterdam on Thursday 02.02.2017, 15h15.

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Seminar business expansion strategy Late March NL Chamber members attended a seminar on anti-corruption strategies with former US Inspector General Robert Cerasoli. Early November, NL Chamber joint AmCham

again with 11 participants for another seminar. This time former Starbucks and KFC executive Bett Mickels discussed her experience on business expansion strategies.

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General Assembly scheduled for 22 March The provisional date for the annual statutory gathering of members is 22 March 2017.

The General Assembly of members is the highest organ of NL Chamber. At this annual gathe­ ring the Board presents the results of the previous year as well as the budget and the

plans for the new year.

With the membership survey that the Board conducted last autumn, there is fresh input on the expectations and desires of the members.

The current Board was elected in 2016 and there are no new elections scheduled.

photos: Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Van Nelle Fabriek

NL Chamber joined AmCham with 11 participants.

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Results Membership Survey The Board of NL Chamber is incorporating the results into the new annual programme.

The new Board of NL Chamber, elected in Spring 2016, wanted to have a clearer view on the members, their motivations for membership, their satisfaction and expectations.

Therefore the Board conducted a survey of 10 open questions, evaluating the current operation of the chamber. valuable feedback No less than 40% of the recipients completed the survey.

NL Chamber president Wim Westen: “The survey provided us with valuable feedback: the chamber is performing pretty well and we received clear directions for further improveGraph 1: Reasons for membership

ment of NL Chamber.”

Graph 2: Opinions on policy

more networking Half of the respondents stated that networking is the main reason for their membership, whereas a third mentioned their development on the Dutch market as the main reason. See Graph 1.

The two annual networking events - the birthday celebration in January and the breakfast in September - are valued “good” to “excellent” by 94%, whereas 31% of the respondents would like to see more such events. economic policies A vast majority of 75% would also like NL Chamber to form and express opinions on economic policies (Graph 2). Customs procedures were mentioned in particular by 15%.

yes: economic policies yes: customs procedures yes: not specified no not answered Graph 3: External speakers

seminar with speaker Asked whether the members would like to have seminars with external speakers, 80% answered “Yes”. See Graph 3.

Of all respondents 25% would focus on general ecomic themes, 15% on legal and 5% on innovative or CSR related themes. 35% did provide further suggestions for topics.

networking development NL market other not answered

yes: economic themes yes: laws and regulations yes: innovation / CSR yes: not specified no not answered

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Suppliers visit Euromax Resources NL Chamber members jointly visited Euromax as potential suppliers.

For 27 October NL Chamber organized a visit to Euromax Resources in Strumica for members that are potential suppliers for the construction of copper/gold mine facilities. steel, stainless steel and workwear Dutch steel construction and reinforcement armatures supplier Steel Con, stainless steel process equipment ­ specialist Zavar Company and Dutch

workwear manufacturer HaVeP met with the project management team of Euromax for a mutual introduction. froth flotation The Canadian company holds a consession for the exploitation of a copper/gold mine near ­Ilovica, a village in the municipality Bosilovo, east of Strumica. The mine will be a open pit type, with a froth flotation processing unit for the ore.

www.euromaxresources.com

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Company visits Albania NL Chamber member GreNeth joined a networking trip to Albania.

For the occasion of the “Business Borrel” by the Nether­ lands Embassy in Tirana, Dutch supplier of horticultural consumables and agent for greenhouses and equipment GreNeth joined NL Chamber on a series of visits to Albanian companies in horticulture with strong Dutch ties. This included a Dutch investment in a raspberry nursery and a seedlings contract grower in Dutch greenhouses, both in Divjakë.

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German connections in fruit and vegetables Recommended by external relations, NL Chamber paid a visit to a large-scale G ­ erman-owned grower of ­ apples, other fruits and vege­tables in Bogdanci.

Following the in-depth conversations, NL Chamber intro­ duced members European Plants, GreNeth and Fruit & Cakes as potential business partners.

photos: Euromax Resources, NL Chamber

Members were introduced to a German company in fruits and vegetables in Bogdanci.

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Four new members since summer Since the previous edition of this magazine four new members joined NL Chamber.

In the second half of 2016 four companies joined NL Chamber: Pakomak and Atelier AVA as well as Dutch-owned Doj­ rana Fresh Produce and Fruit & Cake. joint venture in packaging waste Pakomak DOO is a unique joint-venture of 11 Macedo­ nian companies in food industry, established to manage the legal obligations concerning packaging waste. Companies that receive or use significant amounts of packaging materials have to organize selection and collection since disposal through the ordinary channels for domestic waste is prohi­ bited.

As a private company registered for waste management with the Ministry of Environment, Pakomak organizes the collection and processing for recycling of packaging materials for over 800 member companies. For its founders and other producers that create retail packaging waste, Pakomak organizes public separated collection of paper, cans, plastic bottles and glass through so-

called “Eco Corners” at shopping areas and other busy places. Amongst the founders is NL Chamber patron member Pivara Skopje and members Tikves and Stobi Winery.

The Law on management of packaging and packaging waste can be found here. event decoration

Dutch fruit grower After two years of experience in fruit trade in Macedonia, the people behind Dojrana Fresh Produce concluded that in order to improve reliability of supplies, quality and stan­ dards, they needed to take cultivation into their own hands. Dutchowned Dojrana Fresh Produce DOOEL started developing 250 ha. of agricultural land for the cultivation of cherries, apples and table grapes near Dojran. fruit and cakes

Atelier AVA

Another new member is a Dutch-owned company that is trading in fresh fruit, bakery ingredients and ready-made cakes. Fruit and Cakes DOOEL is supplying the largest retail chains in Macedonia with both imported and local fruits as well as imported bakery pro­ ducts, while exporting other fruits and cakes from Macedonia.

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As another venture of one of the Dutch members, Atelier AVA also joined NL Chamber to strengthen its business network.

Atelier AVA is specialized in the design and application of deco­ration for large events as well as of lighting solutions for event venues.

photos: Pakomak, Atelier AVA, NL Chamber

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Tikves and Stobi wines in the Netherlands With another wine tasting event in Amsterdam and an incoming visit by Dutch journa­ lists, Macedonian wines were promoted.

End of August a group of publi­ cists embarked for the Dutch Press Tour to wineries in Mace­ donia. Objective of the tour was to introduce these culinairy influencers to the flou­ rishing wine sector of Macedonia - and make them write, tweet, post and share about it.

Dutch Press Tour at Tikves Winery, Kavadarci

Paul Blom and Martin Philipse of Scher­ mer Wijnkopers at the Master Class

On 1 November Macedonian wineries gathered in Amsterdam for another wine tas­ ting and a Master Class on the Vranec variety.

ries as well as the 97 tasted wines. He ranked Barovo Red 2013 and Domaine Lepovo Grand Cuvée 2013 by Tikves with 4,5 stars out of 5 and Veritas Private Reserve 2013

by Stobi with 4+. See part 5 (17 pages PDF) for all wines by Tikves and Stobi.

With patience and perseve­ rance Macedonian wineries continuously promote their wines abroad through their branch association Wines of Macedonia (WoM). Initially supported by Dutch governmental agency CBI, WoM now hires professionals for organi­ zing tastings and visits by journalists. extensive report Paul op ten Berg, web-editor of the Dutch Sommelier Association, published an extensive richly, illustrated report in 5 parts (72 pages) about the Macedonian wine industry. Op ten Berg describes all 10 wine­

“Muscleman with guts” webportal ilovefoodwine.nl about Tikves’ Bela Voda red

www.tikves.com.mk

importer: www.univin.nl

“Honoust and unpolished” weekly wine column in Dutch daily financial newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad about Stobi Petit Verdot

www.stobiwinery.mk

importer: www.schermerwijn.nl

photos: Wines of Macedonia, ilovefoodwine.nl, Het Financieele Dagblad

patience and perseverance

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Pivara Skopje and Pakomak clean Vardar river bank Supported by the Netherlands Embassy and organized by Pakomak, a large team of ­Pivara Skopje employees cleared the lawn along river Vardar from litter.

Driven by joint ambitions on Corporate Social ­Responsibility (CSR), Pakomak and its foun­ der Pivara Skopje go beyond their legal obligations in packa­ ging waste management with regular environmental clea­ ning actions.

action was also supported by the Netherlands Embassy. Ambassador Wouter Plomp and his team as well as NL Chamber director Bob Smit joined Pivara and Pakomak with many bags of collected litter.

3 kilometres On Friday 14 October Pakomak organized a large-scale action to clear 3 km of lawn along the Vardar river from litter. A full bus of Pivara employees and management gathered to clean the riverbanks on both

Pivara General Manager Jovan Rado­ savljevic, Ambassador Wouter Plomp

sides between two pedestrian bridges near the stadium. The

members

NL Chamber members support flood relief On Saturday 6 August afternoon rainshowers turned into a heavy thunderstorm that lasted almost the entire night with 93 liters of rain per square metre and over 800 lightning strikes in the area of Skopje.

The enormous amounts of water led to floods in the area of the village of Stajkovci, just north-east of Skopje, which

caused 22 casual­ties.

Pivara Skopje donated an amount of 100,000 EUR and bottled water to the Red Cross, whereas its employees were volunteering in the flood relief.

Employees of Nido Global Textile and BDO donated various goods, whereas Boekestijn Transport Services arranged for the transport of donations

by the Dutch government.

photos: Pivara Skopje, Netherlands Embassy

Heavy weather early August caused the flooding of several villages and the destruction of the highway near Skopje.

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KIVO celebrated half a century Family company KIVO marked its 50th anniversary with a splendid private concert with all employees, business relations and partners. a 24/7 operation with 65 employees. Meanwhile KIVO Kosovo is almost finished with its first extension.

The 50th anniversary was cele­ brated with a concert by various famous Dutch artists in Studio 21 in Hilversum on 28 December.

KIVO Plastic Verpakkingen

In 1966 Dick Kwakman (76) foun­ ded KIVO Plastic Verpakkingen in the village of Volendam. Since 2010 his sons Ro­ bert, Louis and Henry run the company, but the founder is

still regularly around.

In 2015 KIVO opened a ­modern production facility between Kacanik and Ferizaj in Kosovo for printing plastic bags for bread and producing garbage bags in

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DikFagus launched own line of wooden chairs “Secret” The factory for upholstered wooden chairs in Pehcevo, DikFagus, developed a collection of chairs under its own brand: Secret by DIK Fagus. “­ Secret by DikFagus”.

The trade fair took place from 16 to 22 January at the ­Cologne exhibition grounds.

www.imm-cologne.com

t: +389 32 386070 e: mebel@mebel.com.mk w: www.fagus.mk w: www.secret.mk fb.com/DIK-Fagus...

photos: Revi Music, Dik Fagus

As a result of the persistant promotion through the annual furniture show IMM in Cologne, DikFagus is already several years producing upholstered chairs for major horeca suppliers in the Netherlands.

At this year’s edition of IMM, booth 05.1B050 also showed a new collection, branded

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Kuli Confection at Première Vision Fashion producer from Prilep again exhibited at manufacturing section of biannual ­fabric fair Première Vision in Paris.

One of the most important events for the fashion industry, the fabrics and trimmings trade fair Première Vision is slowly extending the scope to garment sourcing with a Manu­ facturing section. NL Chamber member Kuli Confection is a regular exhibitor at this fair that takes place twice a year, early February and early September, at Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition grounds.

www.kuli.com.mk www.premierevision.com

Kuli Confection at Fashion Weekend Skopje, November 2015

Kuli Confection at Fashion Weekend Skopje, November 2015

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Ladies’ fashion brand Linea celebrated 20 years of existence and bookkeeper Pro Consilio marked its 10 years anniversary.

January had two more anniversaries: not only NL Chamber, but also fashion producer Linea (20) and our book­keeper Pro Consilio (10) had good reasons to celebrate.

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photos: Emilija Manevska / Fashion Weekend Skopje, TTA, Kuli, Linea

Members celebrate anniversaries

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New Deputy visiting NL Chamber members Andri van Mens visited companies in Stip and Kocani.

In the first four months after his arrival, the new ­ Deputy Head of Mission at the Nether­ lands Embassy, Andri van Mens, visited ten Dutch companies in and around Skopje, Stip and Kocani.

The visit to the Dutch laboratory for propagation of Pha­ laenopsis, Anthura in Kocani was scheduled at the moment that owner Iwan van der Knaap was also present. The Dutch

agricultural attaché from Belgrade, Maarten ­Wegen, joined as well.

The other Dutch members that Van Mens visited up to now are: EMT, Karma Bella and Vitezis in Stip, Vima ­Fashion in Kocani, Symphony Solutions in Skopje and VPTex Macedonia (HaVeP) in Kadino, as well as the local representative of DAF Trucks, D-M Trans in Ilinden.

Iwan van der Knaap, Andri van Mens, Stole Gogushovski, Maarten Wegen

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Ambassador and his team at Frontwise Group Wide variety of activities and impressive growth strategies.

Group managing partner Gerrit Loopstra invi­ ted Ambassador Wouter Plomp for a full introduction to all activities of the group in the Nether­lands and Macedonia in the field of temporary employment mediation, recruiting, advanced return logistics and IT services.

Loopstra also outlined the impressive growth plans for the Skopje office as well as the new venture that connects a virtual fixed phone line to your mobile: Dubline.

Frontwise

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Sectorial newsletters Members in certain sectors occasionally receive an overview with short news from their sector in the Netherlands. to make it more regular. bankruptcies In the fashion industry, news on new bankruptcies has proven to be very relevant for our members: MS Mode, Miss Etam and McGregor went bankrupt.

photos: NL Chamber

NL Chamber of course follows the Dutch business news. Currently, members occasionally receive updates on Dutch business news in the sectors Fashion, Footwear and Retail.

Objective is to extend this service also to other sectors and

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World’s largest

Food innovations

Food Valley NL has launched a platform to present new ingredients that can lead to ­healthier food, technologies to enable a cleaner and more sustainable way of production and solutions for increasing crop yield or reducing waste. ­www.dutchfoodinnovations.com

Unilever Research

The Dutch FMCG multinational Unilever will built a new glo­ bal food research lab at Wage­ ningen University campus, because of the valuable human capital and the strong innovative spirit of the Food Valley.

Unilever brands include Magnum, Knorr, Domestos, CIF, Axe and Dove. Distributor for Macedonia is Kola in Skopje.

Lifting vessel Pioneering Spirit removing 13.500 ton oil platform Yme

Change of plan

From the end of March ­Wizzair is once again changing its flight schedule between Skopje and Eindhoven. Tuesday and Sunday early morning will become Monday and Friday afternoon: SKP 11h20 EIN 14h05 EIN 14h35 SKP 17h10

Webshop success

Out of the 9,469 webshops that started in 2015, 412 stopped the same year and 2,185 more stopped in 2016. In 65 cases the webshop stopped due to bankruptcy.

Main challenges for webshops to be successful are maintai­ ning a wide assortment, deli­ very within 24 hours and freeof-charge return shipments.

Circular building

The Dutch regional energy network company Alliander had an existing complex of buildings for 600 employees redeveloped into one energy-positive contemporary workspace for 1.550 employees. Architect ­ homas Rau reused 86% of T the existing buildings, canopied by a wave roof with skylights, creating a large atrium.

Waste wood was transformed into wall panels, concrete from demolished building parts was transformed into granulate for the atrium floor and old workwear was converted into isolation material.

Watch the impressive video at: youtu.be/3hciWv9aF8w before redevelopment

after redevelopment

photos: Allseas, Wageningen University, NL Chamber, Marcel van der Burg

Measuring 382 by 124 metres, the lifting vessel Pioneering Spirit is the largest ever built and owned by Dutch Allseas.

The vessel can lay pipes at a depth of up to 3.500 metres at a speed of 7 km a day and lift entire offshore platforms up to 48.000 ton. The first project was the removal of a 13.500 ton oil platform. Signed projects up to 2020 include the removal of the Brent field platforms of Shell.

See the impressive videos at: www.allseas.com.

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Calendar of Trade Fairs Selection of trade fairs in the Netherlands.

NB: All blue text is clickable!

Major trade fairs take place at: Jaarbeurs, Utrecht 99,000 sqm, 13 halls www.jaarbeurs.nl

RAI, Amsterdam 87,000 sqm, 11 halls www.rai.nl

Ahoy, Rotterdam 30,000 sqm, 6 halls www.ahoy.nl

Regional locations are: Brabanthallen, ‘s-Hertogenb.

29,500 sqm, 6 halls IJsselhallen, Zwolle 17,000 sqm, 4 halls MECC, Maastricht 29,500 sqm, 4 halls

Most fairs in the Netherlands have entrance fees and offer discounts for early registration online.

Please do not hesitate to contact NL Chamber when you plan to visit a fair in the Nether­lands.

NL Chamber’s annual calendar also lists a selection of these fairs: nl.mk/latestcalendar

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16-17.05.2017

Horecava and Wine Professional, RAI - Amsterdam 400 food service exhibitors; 100 wine exhibitors PSI, Düsseldorf promotional products; Bato & Divajn at booth 11N61 Dutch Tourism Expo, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht 850 exhibitors; first day for professional visitors only InfraTech, Ahoy - Rotterdam 550 exhibitors in civil engineering WebWinkel Vakdagen, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht 250 exhibitors and 10 top speakers digital commerce BioBeurs, IJsselhallen - Zwolle 350 exhibitors in the sustainable organic food chain Modefabriek, RAI - Amsterdam sales exhibition of the major fashion brands Vakbeurs Facilitair, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht 400 exhibitors; products/services facility management i.e. maintenance, cleaning, catering, ict, reception etc.

Gevel, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht facade products, Natuurgevelsteen at booth 1A040 Bouwbeurs, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht 500 exhibitors in construction Integrated Systems Europe, RAI - Amsterdam 1100 exhibitors in AV / electronic systems integration Nederlandse Kerstpakkettenbeurs, Expo - Houten trade fair for christmas packages Horticontact, Event Hall - Gorinchem 500 exhibitors in horticulture Hiswa, RAI - Amsterdam 300 exhibitors at Amsterdam Boat Show Second Home, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht consumer fair for weekend and holiday houses Veggieworld, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht consumer fair in vegan and vegetarian lifestyle Horeca & Food Inspiration, Event Hall - Venlo trade fair in foodservice and hospitality Aqua Nederland, Event Hall - Gorinchem 320 exhibitors in water technology StocExpo, Ahoy - Rotterdam trade fair / 30 speakers in tank terminal industry Plastic Recycling Show, RAI - Amsterdam exhibition and free conference Label & Print and Empack, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch 200 exhibitors in packaging printing, labelling and converting and packaging technology Automation and Logistics & Distribution, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch automation of packaging and logistics and distribution Maintenance Next, Ahoy - Rotterdam manufacturing and services in industrial maintenance Maritime Industry, Event Hall - Gorinchem 500 exhibitors in maritime industry World Private Label / PLMA, RAI - Amsterdam european private label producers in food and non-food 3,800 exhibitors, 68 countries, 42 regional pavilions brochure MK pavilion, see: nl.mk/PLMA-brochure

photo: NL Chamber

Selection of upcoming trade fairs.

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