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Indian Ambassador visits Lansingerland
Indian Ambassador Mr Manbir Singh (right) visiting Flora Holland
In order to showcase the latest innovations in the Dutch food and agribusiness to the Indian government and industry, the WestHolland Foreign Investment Agency organised an event for the Indian Ambassador to the Netherlands, H.E. Manbir Singh.
Mr. Singh, along with other official from the Indian embassy, was given a guided tour in the City of Lansingerland, a city that is home to companies with unrivalled expertise in cultivating flowers and vegetables in green houses.
The visit started at the famous flower auctions in the Netherlands - Flora Holland Lansingerland. Mr. Manbir was received by senior members who gave him a very informative tour. Mr. Singh was impressed by the level of transparency and use of technology. He requested the top staff at Flora Holland to transfer the technology and the logic behind the auctions to India.
The second visit was to the unique Improvement Center, where new innovations and techniques of growing flowers and vegetables in glass houses are tested in real-life conditions. This commercial enterprise provided Mr. Singh with the knowledge of cutting-edge technology in the horticulture industry.
The tour was rounded off by visiting to two global companies – Monsanto and Anthura. The city of Lansingerland is home to the headquarters for Monsanto’s operations in Europe Middle-East, and Africa. Mr. Manbir Singh was taken for a tour of Monsanto’s state-of-art processing facility of seeds. Anthura is a company dealing exclusively in Anthuriam- a decorative flower. The company is active in China since 1991 and has started dipping its fingers into the rapidly growing Indian market as well. The directors received Mr. Manbir Singh and explained the logistic systems that help them manage their production line with maximum efficiency.
Company’s participating in the tour:
FloraHolland www.floraholland.nl
Improvement Centre www.improvementcentre.nl
Monsanto www.monsanto.com
Anthura www.anthura.nl
Hawe systems www.hawesystems.com
Municipality Lanisingerland www.lansingerland.nl
WestHolland Foreign Investment Agency www.westholland.nl
