Lavans best laundry in the world

At Textile Care in Milan, Lavans won the Global Best Practices award.

Global branch organization for the professional textile care industry CINET nominated 11 laundries all over the world for the Global Best Practices Award 2022. After a series of pitch presentations in the morning, the award ceremony took place on Friday evening 21 October during the textile care trade fair ExpoDetergo in Milan.

Quirky

The Dutch laundry service Lavans got awarded the Global Best Practices Award. According to the jury, consisting of 18 members from 11 countries, Lavans “excels by its quirky, but very conscious management”. Lavans is member of NL Chamber since 2019 when they started producing workwear in Kumanovo.

members

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Two milestones and a takeover for IWConnect

IWConnect celebrated a client success, reached 300 employees and bought a company.

Back in October representatives of the IWConnect offices in Amsterdam and Skopje joint their client VIRPP at the Amsterdam Dance Event, ADE. This Dutch startup built the VIRal Promo Platform to enable music producers to present unreleased work to professionals in the music industry. VIRPP partnered with ADE for la, sprouted from IWConnect’s own incubator programme.

Demolition XXV, the competition for which musicians used the VIRPP platform to submit their demos.

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In January IWConnect welcomed their 300th employee and even more recently the company expanded with Global Help Desk, a startup from Bito- twitter.com/iwconnect instagram.com/life_at_iw youtube.com/c/interworks_it

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Boekestijn: 500 new trucks, personnel and customer care

Boekestijn Transport Services ordered 500 new Mercedes trucks

Rapid growth and the need to renew part of the fleet drove Boekestijn to placing a mega order for new trucks. “In two years time we grew from 500 to 1,000 trucks,” explains COO Sjef Boekestijn.

The choice for 500 MercedesBenz Actros 1842 Gigaspace was not only based on the outcome of negotiations with representative Daimler Truck and dealer Wensink, but also the innovative character of the trucks that smoothly connect with Boekestijn’s own API for realtime data sharing on speed, fuel consumption, GPS etc. CEO Peter Boekestijn: “For us it is important to look ahead to future transformations towards zero-emission trucks.

Leadership in sustainability is what motivates both our organizations.”

Great Place To Work

Boekestijn also choose the highest level of cabin-comfort - and that continuous attention for personnel care brought

Boekestijn Transport Service w: www.boekestijntransport.com linkedin.com/.../boekestijn... fb.com/boekestijntransport instagram.com/boekestijn... youtube.com/.../boekestijn... them the “Great place to work” title at the Polish branch. This was of course an excellent reason to celebrate. In February all colleagues of Boekestijn in Moldova gathered in the capital Chisinau for the annual winter party. Several employees were awarded for 15 years of service and other achievements. branded trailer

Similarly, Boekestijn also celebrates great customers and honoured workwear manufacturer HAVEP with a branded trailer that can now regularly be found somewhere on the road between Goirle in the Netherlands and Kadino in North Macedonia.

No.18: nl.mk/NLC-18

No.17: nl.mk/NLC-17

No.16: nl.mk/NLC-16

No.15: nl.mk/NLC-15

No.14: nl.mk/NLC-14

No.13: nl.mk/NLC-13

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Zincum regional representative Leadax

Dutch company developed a circular alternative for lead waterproofing products.

In 2014, after 15 years in waterproofing solutions for roofs and other applications, Roeland van Delden started developing a sustainable version of the alternatives to lead that were available at that time. That became Leadax, a circular material on a roll for waterproofing that was first in-

duced, Leadax Roov. medieval crane

troduced in 2017. NL Chamber member Zincum in Prizren last year became representative for the Balkans.

recycled PVB

Leadax is made of recycled polyvinyl butyral (PVB), a strong plastic that is widely used as protective interlayer in laminated glass, for example for car windows. Used car windows are therewith the main source of PVB for Leadax.

Light And Easy

The material is very strong and fire-resistant, but in comparison to lead also light and easy to apply wherever junctions need to be protected from weather conditions. Meanwhile, also a product for flat roofing material was intro-

Last summer a remarkable application of Leadax was unveiled with the reconstruction of the historic city crane in Utrecht. The medieval crane for unloading ships used to be a landmark in the centre of the city, until its demolition in the 19th century. The replica uses Leadax as a replacement for the lead of the original crane.

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NG in joint-venture for new factory natural stone.

The Dutch natural stone importer invests in a processing facility in Radovish.

Since the first visit to a quarry in 2008, the initiators behind NG focused on a way to make Macedonian natural stone attractive for the Dutch market. Their formula of cutting natural stone into a facade product that would not slow down the bricklaying of typical cavity walls has been very successful.

Processing Facility

Due to this success, the natural stone processing capacities need to be both increased and professionalized. NG entered into a participation in one of the quarry operators and founded a joint-venture under the name Macedonian Diamonds members to establish a modern processing facility in Radovish. w: www.bouwenmetnatuursteen.nl linkedin.com/bouwenmet... fb.com/bouwenmet... instagram/bouwenmet... youtube.com/@ngbouwen...

Calendar 2023 with Dutch architecture - or customized.

This year’s theme for the calendar is Dutch architecture, but customized for Steel Con.

NL Chamber’s desk calendar for 2023 - in a Macedonian and a Kosovo edition - got the theme of contemporary Dutch architecture. The result is 13 remarkable buildings by 13 different architects: a student housing complex, villas, offices, apartment buildings, houses and even a library. All built in the last couple of decades, except from the Rietveld Schröderhuis (1924) and mainly in Amsterdam and Utrecht - for this edition.

Steel Construction Version

Dutch steel construction producer Steel Con ordered 200 pieces of an adapted version for their relations. The Steel Con calendar is of course branded in Steel Con logos and colours and has, obviously, “steel construction” as a theme.

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Last months a regularly appearing scam was going around again, suggesting a free of charge update of your company details in the Europe Business Guide. Signing of the form bounds the victim to a three-year subscription of 990 EUR, to be extended automatically with another year. Exactly the same goes for the World Company Register, but in all such scams it is highly unlikely that victims will ever be forced in court to pay the invoices.

NL bicycle market

The number of bicycles sold in the Netherlands is still increasing, but consumers are also moving towards more expensive ones, according to branch organization BOVAG.

bikes over 2.700 EUR

In 2021 19% of all sold bicycles had a price tag in the highest segment: over 2.700 EUR. In 2017 the share of the highest price segment was only 4% of the total number of bikes sold. The total number of new bicy- cles sold in 2021 was 1.5 million, of which 60% was more expensive than 900 EUR and only 9% cheaper than 300 EUR.

1.1 million e-bikes

Main reason is the increasing popularity of the electric bike. In 2021 the number of racing bikes sold was 69.228, but the number of sold e-bikes reached 1.1 million in that same year. The total number of bicycles in the Netherlands in 2021 was 23.4 million, of which 3.4 million electrical bicycles.

Corendon Ohrid

After a few years of absence, Dutch tour operator Corendon is restarting tourist flights to North Macedonia.

From 7 July until 1 September Corendon will operate a weekly flight from Maastricht Aachen Airport to Saint Paul the Apostle Airport of Ohrid.

World Bulk Wine

Four Macedonian wineries, including Movino from Rosoman, exhibited at the World Bulk Wine trade fair in Amsterdam.

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Trade Fairs

Selection of upcoming trade fairs in the Netherlands.

This list of upcoming trade fairs in the Netherlands and Belgium is a selection of larger fairs as well as smaller fairs in particular niches.

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

Other locations:

Autotron, Rosmalen

Evenementenhal, Gorinchem

Evenementenhal, Hardenberg

Expo Houten, Houten

Kromhouthal, Amsterdam

Most fairs 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 or Belgium.

This overview of trade fairs is also published separately:

19-21.03.2023 ProWein, Messe - Düsseldorf

Macedonian pavilion at 12A10

21-23.03.2023 Aqua Nederland, Evenementenhal - Gorinchem

370 exhibitors in water technology

21-23.03.2023 Amsterdam Drone Week, RAI - Amsterdam global platform on drone innovation and regulation

22-23.03.2023 Worksafe, Expo - Antwerp

120 exhibitors in health & safety at work

22-23.03.2023 Maintenance, Expo - Antwerp

190 exhibitors in industrial maintenance

22-23.03.2023 M+R, Expo - Antwerp

50 exhibitors in process measurement and control

24-26.03.2023 Beurs Eigen Huis, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht consumer fair for (re)construction of private homes

29-30.03.2023 WebWinkel Vakdagen, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht

250 exhibitors and top speakers digital commerce

05-06.04.2023 Empack, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch

220 exhibitors in packaging printing, labelling and converting, automation and logistics

05-06.04.2023 Packaging Innovations, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertog. consumer packaging

12-13.04.2023 Food Technology, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch exhibition/conf. high tech innovations in food industry

12-13.04.2023 Labtechnology, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch conference and exhibition on laboratory technology

18-20.04.2023 Maintenance Next, Ahoy - Rotterdam manufacturing and services in industrial maintenance

19-20.04.2023 Cybersec Europe, Expo - Brussels exhibition on IT security, data and cloud solutions

10-11.05.2023 Plastic Recycling Show, RAI - Amsterdam exhibition and conference

23-24.05.2023 World of Private Label / PLMA, RAI - Amsterdam european private label producers in food and non-food 2,000 exhibitors, 50 regional pavilions

23-25.05.2023 Maritime Industry, Evenementenhal - Gorinchem

350 exhibitors in maritime industry

24-25.05.2023 Test Automation Days, WTC - Rotterdam conference on software testing

24-25.05.2023 Advanced Engineering, Expo - Antwerp

110 exhibitors in advanced industrial engineering

06-08.06.2023 Money20/20, RAI - Amsterdam

European edition of the global FinTech conference

07-08.06.2023 Robotics&Motion, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch futureproof industrial integrated systems

07-09.06.2023 Vakbeurs Facilitair, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht

250 exhibitors; products/services facility management i.e. maintenance, cleaning, catering, ict, reception etc.

13-15.06.2023 GreenTech, RAI - Amsterdam global exhibition on horticulture and floriculture

13-15.06.2023 Provada, RAI - Amsterdam

270 exhibitors, 250 speakers: real estate development

13-15.06.2023 Zorg & ICT, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht healthcare and ict

15-16.06.2023 TNW Conference, TAETS - Zaandam

Europe’s leading tech festival by Financial Times company The Next Web; 10,000 visitors/120 countries

27-28.06.2023 Home Delivery World, RAI - Amsterdam conference/exhibition last-mile retail logistics: white glove services, grocery e-commerce, urban logistics

28-29.06.2023 European Women in Tech, RAI - Amsterdam conference with 70 speakers