Last month , the CE - Line squad successfully completed a financing round of drinks . The support from the Netherlands Enabling Water Technology ( NEW ) fund should help the young company make its measuring system genuinely quick for glasshouse horticulture . CE - Line director Wilco Dijkstra : " The funding from the NEW investment company is a crucial support to make our measuring scheme fully ready for the market . "

After trial , CE - Line now wants to make its construct quick for cut-rate sale , with one last important addition , says the director . " In addition to the ten nutrient macroelements - such as phosphate , atomic number 19 , and sulfate - our arrangement will also be able to measure six specific trace ingredient . Much lower concentrations of these are need , but they are essential for emergence , which is why growers are incisive to have insight into these as well . "

Wilco at GreenTech 2019

Real - timeAccording to Wilco , the horticultural sphere is expect for their innovation . " After successful trial at a test location of Wageningen University & Research , last class ’s practical trial at a large tomato cultivation company ( read more about it on Glastuinbouw Waterproof ) also leaven promising . Whereas growers currently have an extraneous laboratory test the irrigation water for their plant every week or two weeks , with our measuring system of rules they can measure the various nutrient in the weewee in real - time . "

By integrating CE - Line ’s technology into the greenhouses ' water organization , up - to - appointment data point is unendingly collected . This helps cultivator to well and speedily conform the required nutrient concentrations . " In this mode , they can reach optimum nutrient water for their plants under all conditions , " Wilco explains . " Apart from the fact that the measuring system fit in well with the increase digitalization in high - tech glasshouse , the controllability and stability of the nutrient water ensure more yields and a better quality of crops and fruit . forge with more sophisticated provender piddle on a day-after-day basis also reduces the consumption of fertiliser and water . "

solidification - up at Royal Pride . photograph : Glastuinbouw Waterproof

prime for breakthroughThese sustainability advantages are an of the essence factor for the NEW fund . Due to the high dependence on urine in almost all sector - from agriculture and gardening to alchemy - NEW wants to kick in to water engineering resolution for orbitual product . The strength of the fund lies in the intimacy of the knowledge institution Wetsus , Deltares , and RUG . " They can make a good appraisal of which innovations in water technology can make a real conflict and are primed for a find , " enunciate investment director Allard van der Horst of NOM . " Thus the NEW consortium not only supports the knowledge starters , but also the investing committee of the fund in making informed choice . "

The unexampled syndicate acts as a form of filter : assure knowledge beginning - ups - such as CE - Line - are first ' weighed ' by the knowledge initiation involved . " A worthful process , " says Wilco . " spar about the content assist to further heighten our approaching and product . The next step was to pitch before the investment commission of NEW . Also a very instructive process , as you talk about your proposition in a different direction with fiscal people than with techies . sound question are just as crucial as good answers ; it is exactly in a critical give-and-take that a commence - up discovers where it stands in entrepreneurship . CE - Line is on the right track and we are felicitous that this NEW financing gives us the opportunity to move on to the market . "

Final additionThe forward-looking measuring system has already received incontrovertible attention during the developing phase angle : in 2020 , CE - Line ’s technology won the GreenTech Innovation Concept Award and last autumn the start - up was include in the HillenraadTECH50 , as one of the most promising companies contributing to the future of nursery horticulture . " The most important affair is the positive signals from our potential customers , " emphasizes the troupe ’s manage conductor . " grower are enthusiastic , we already have concrete intentions from the market . All the signaling are dark-green , now it ’s a subject of refining our epitome and getting the system ready for sale . "

" In doing so , we are realizing one last important addition , " tell the director . " Besides the ten alimentary macroelements - such as phosphate , potassium , and sulfate - our system will also be able to measure six specific trace elements . Much lower concentrations of these are ask , but they are all-important for outgrowth , which is why growers want to have insight into them . "

CE - Line focuses primarily on growers of fruit vegetables such as love apple , cucumbers , peppers , and courgette . " Tomatoes in particular benefit from an optimum composing of the nutrient pee , " Wilco know . " That is why precision fecundation is in demand in this market and why we concenter on it first . However , this innovative arrangement is interesting for all craw turn in greenhouses . "

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