TEXT: AD BAL
Made in the Netherlands, built in Ivory Coast In many countries across the globe, increasing food production is a top priority. Like in Ivory Coast. Currently, an impressive agricultural project is being realised in this country in West Africa, thus enhancing production of field crops, vegetables, fish and eggs. Gerbrand van den Brink shares his experience with this project.
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y accident, we got involved in this agricultural project in Ivory Coast’, says international sales manager Gerbrand van den Brink of farm house supplier Bincx. ‘We were pleasantly surprised when we were contacted by somebody who is working for an Israeli company that is involved in this project. They were searching for a supplier of agricultural buildings, among which poultry houses. Coincidently, he had come across our company details and address on the website of Dutch Poultry Centre. Since we are a member of DPC, we are displayed on their website. Eventually, contact was established and together we found out that we could be a good fit for supplying buildings. After negotiations, we sealed
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an impressive deal and from then it went on.’ Farm house supplier Bincx now plays a major part in this project, which includes poultry houses. Located at Kootwijkerbroek in an agricultural area in the Netherlands, the company specialises in constructing industrial buildings, among which houses for agriculture. Not just in the Netherlands and neighbouring countries, but also exporting ‘further away’ nowadays. Four sites The agricultural project consists of four more or less similar sites in the north and south of the country. Two of these sites are also home to layers. And there is a hatchery on the site in the north, supplied by Pas Reform, also a DPC member. The entire project has a value of over one hundred million euros. Bincx’ participation
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