Ridder is celebrating its seventieth anniversary . The category - have party in the bailiwick of technology for protected horticulture has a plentiful story of innovation , increase , and allegiance to customers and employees . CEO Pascal Piepers say , " Ridder is a unique society . The ' Ridder feeling ' stands for commitment , entrepreneurship , and collaboration , both within the company and in the manufacture . Furthermore , it continues to grow itself and still bring to society . "
" By 2050 , we need to give 10 billion hoi polloi , and this must be unionise expeditiously and sustainably . protect gardening is one of the answers to this challenge , and Ridder has developed the right solution for it over the preceding 70 years . "
In 1953 , founder Frans Nugteren connect a deep power shovel to a tractor to dig ditch more effectively . This marked the beginning of Ridder , originally based in Ridderkerk , The Netherlands ( hence the name ) , an organization that has always been perpetrate to innovation and collaboration . Ridder has now grow into a global player in the force field of smart nursery engineering .
Ridder has a fat history . In 1967 , the party begin building reduction motor , also known afterward as drive systems . to boot , the caller developed a post - calculation system for its own exercise , which is still a wide used ERP system in the steel and manufacturing industry today .
In 2011 , HortiMaX from Pijnacker was added to the Ridder family . This earmark the company to offer its customers a broader range of solvent , including labor registration , water discussion , and climate control . This expansion lead to international growing , with branches in Canada , France , and the United States , among others .
In 2015 , Ridder see a novel opportunity in the horticultural sphere and launch Climate Screens , a successful enterprise focused on climate screens . It mark a strategical shift to best meet client needs and to allow a gross package for the horticultural sector . This glide path was welcome by dealer , nursery builders , investors , and raiser .
One of the most late highlights was the introduction of the GRoW tomato harvesting robot in 2021 , addressing the increase labor shortage in the horticultural sector .
But what truly relieve oneself Ridder unique , according to CEO Pascal Piepers , is not only innovation and customer focal point but , above all , the hoi polloi who are part of the arrangement . " The ' Ridder feeling ' stands for commitment , entrepreneurship , and quislingism , both within the company and in the industry . The entire squad at Ridder is proud of 70 year of innovation , ontogeny , and commitment . As a gift for 70 eld of Ridder to the organization and family , we have captured all the milepost in a timeline wall that will finally be position at every Ridder location . This way , everyone can see where Ridder has follow from and the footfall we have taken . In addition , we depend ahead to a promising hereafter full of new milepost in our timeline . "
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