Yesterday the first nap of the Breeding Technology Center ( BTC ) of Dümmen Orange was ceremonially struck into the primer coat in the front of the city manager of Westland , frailty - president of major shareholder BC Partners , circuit board , employees , construction better half and the press . This new center will centralize all technical facility in the orbit of breeding and selection . It will be world ’s heavy lab for heyday enquiry and is slated to be eat up in 11 months from now .

Hans van den Heuvel welcomes everyone .

From classical to proficient breedingThe fresh laboratory enable Dümmen Orange to make the step from Greco-Roman breeding to proficient breeding . By agency of new techniques they want to introduce varieties more chop-chop to the market , to make them more insubordinate and to give them a retentive shelf life , says Tosca Ferber , Research Director at Dümmen Orange .

Tosca Ferber

for achieve this , the research laboratory will pop the question facilities for inquiry in the fields of phytopathology , genetic science , genomics , tissue paper culture , cel biological science , plant physiology and nosology . Currently all these activities are spread out out over the world , with the centering often on one ( or a part ) of these activity . " The marking of traits , for instance , breeders often did in addition to their education work , and now we instead have the great unwashed who were specifically educated to do this , " articulate Ferber . Because the various specialists and specialisms now solve together on one undertaking , Ferber expects that more results will be reach .

Ferber herself has a background in vegetable breeding and sees that there are big gradation to be take in the floriculture sector . " Due to the complex deoxyribonucleic acid of many ornamental plants , marker - controlled breeding was not yet possible , but with new techniques the desoxyribonucleic acid chronological succession is now accessible . Now that all the ' puzzler piece ' of complex DNA can be viewed , the DNA of floriculture product is of track also eligible for this . "

Kees Hertogh

with child testing ground for flower researchThe building will be at the heart of the Dümmen Orange companionship in De Lier , the Netherlands , will have three floors and a total story area of 4,000 m² , says Kees Hertogh , Project Manager BTC at Dümmen Orange . " It will be the largest research laboratory for blossom research in the earth . succeeding ontogeny is read into account , and there will be room to expand in all departments . "

Mayor Agnes van Ardenne

go on youth from moving awayAgnes van Ardenne , mayor of Westland , was also present and excuse that she originate up in this region , that horticulture is in her blood and that she is proud that the BTC will be build here . In increase to what the research laboratory will offer for the floriculture sector , it can help keep immature people in the neighborhood and even attract more , instead of younger generations moving to the city . " Research has shown that early days is catch by the miracle of technology and the miracle of nature , and that comes together in the BTC of Dümmen Orange . "

Hans van den Heuvel , Managing Director R & D , is pleased that the mayor was present at the ceremonial chess opening . " With this labor we will embed high - quality applied science in this area , " he sound out .

Jean - Baptiste Wautier

Global leader"The destination is to make Dümmen Orange a global loss leader " , says Jean - Baptiste Wautier , Managing Partner of major shareowner BC Partners . " It may be a bit challenging , but if we look at what we have achieved over the past three years , that is already very telling . The building of this novel laboratory is a new milestone . "

First pileStriking the first spate was done symbolically in three groups .

Group 1 with Hans van den Heuvel , Kees Hertogh , Jean - Baptiste Wautier , Mayor Agnes van Ardenne and CEO Dümmen Orange Biense Visser

Group 2 with Hans van der Heuvel , Kees Hertogh , Hans van den Biggelaar , Tosca Ferber and Lennert Aarts

Group 3 with Kees Hertogh and the twist partners

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