Rijk Zwaan Nederland B.V.

Rijk Zwaan The Netherlands is the Dutch sales company of Rijk Zwaan: an international vegetable breeding company with over 3000 employees in 30 different countries ( www.rijkzwaan.com/nl ). We are located in the head office in De Lier, where all international activities are also managed. In our sales activities we therefore make optimum use of the knowledge and network of the Rijk Zwaan group. At the same time we use a local approach and respond to typical Dutch cultivation and market conditions.

Market position

In the worldwide market of vegetable seeds, Rijk Zwaan is at the fifth place with a turnover of over 300 million euros. Every year, we invest 30% of our turnover in R&D.

Rijk Zwaan pays a lot of attention to research. This leads to new techniques, which enable our breeders to develop new varieties faster and more efficiently. This also encompasses further improvement of the seed quality of these varieties and developing resistance tests for plant diseases.