Jan Willem de Vries was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange - Nassau last Thursday , 23 June , for his great merit to the Greenhouse Horticulture sphere . The distinction was salute to him by city manager Pieter van de Stad of the Lansingerland municipality during his parting receipt from Wageningen University & Research in Bleiswijk .
Jan Willem has made significant contributions to the so - call Golden Triangle in the last four decades . The Golden Triangle is the collaboration between inquiry , administration , and the patronage sphere . After a line in the byplay sector , he direct a position in the former experimental center for flower gardening in Aalsmeer in November 1982 . This is one of the harbinger to the current Greenhouse Horticulture and Flower Bulbs business unit of Wageningen University & Research . In his position as head of the entire data-based business organisation , he managed the facilities with excellency and deploy his team to the maximum of its ability to confirm research in frequently complex projects .
He also pay himself to making the new locating in Bleiswijk sustainable , for example , by working with entrepreneur in the horticultural sector in the new polder in realizing the “ Waterbedrijf Overbuurtsche Polder ” and , following that , then project “ AquaReUse , ” aimed at joint refining of the region ’s wastewater . His intensive participation in the connection and his weekly columns made him a well - known ambassador of the sphere and of Wageningen University & Research as a whole .
When the Product Board for Horticulture was disbanded , he expected a decline in the collective feeler and launch the “ Club of 100 ” in 2014 . This innovative collaborationism focus on line of work on the provision - side of the horticultural sector , including glasshouse constructors , screen and Methedrine supplier , suppliers of climate electronic computer , biological pest control , substratum , planting fabric , trade , and statistical distribution . Since 2014 , the “ Club of 100 ” has grown into an dynamic connection of over 90 renowned party that conjointly invest in cooperative , pre - private-enterprise projects that get for sustainable production and , in doing so , secure the sphere ’s persistence ,
Thanks to his tireless efforts and enthusiasm , the “ Club of 100 ” is now a well - known and successful electronic web that is consider exemplary for a new form of corporate quislingism in the business sphere . In increase to his piece of work within the business organization one Greenhouse Horticulture & Flower Bulbs , De Vries hold many ancillary Job , both professional and as a volunteer .
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