17 pages of Dutch-Macedonian business news

1. Dutch-Macedonian
Chamber of Commerce
c/o Netherlands Embassy
Aminta III 69-71
1000 Skopje
Republic of Macedonia
e: info@nlchamber.org.mk
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NL Chamber was established
in ­January 2012 as official
Dutch-Macedonian Chamber of
Commerce by 50 Macedonian
companies, according to the
Macedo­nian Law on Chambers of
Commerce.
About half of these companies is
partly or fully Dutch owned.
Objective of NL Chamber is to
promote and support successful
business relations between Dutch
and Macedonian companies.
magazine
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events
Fourth Dies Natalis: Tasting of Dutch winter dishes
Sneak Preview: Marriott Hotel Skopje
General Assembly: new president and board members
Study visit Dutch Fashion Business School
Back to Business Breakfast 2015
network
Members visit members
Dutch plastic bag producer in Kosovo
Macedonian wine for christmas
members
Opening new building Vima Fashion
Mak-Kozha invested in production line sneakers
Dutch road service in new clothing by VPTex
Natuurgevelsteen present at Gevel 2016
Holmak signs MoU with Faculty of Technology Bitola
Tehnokoop adjusts to Dutch market
Tech Meetups for IT professionals
Ambassador meeting with the business community
New members Frontwise, Radius Architects and RevelApps
short
Short News / Calendar of Trade Fairs
Sponsors of
Foundation NL Chamber:

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events
Fourth Dies Natalis: Tasting of Dutch winter dishes
The fourth birthday of NL Chamber was celebrated with a 5-course tasting of typical
Dutch winter dishes at Skopska Crna Gora.
A rich potage of peas is the
first warm meal of the year -
at least for the thousands of
Dutch, participating in the tra-
ditional New Year’s dive into
the Northern Sea or any other
open water in the Netherlands.
traditional Dutch
winter dishes
NL Chamber dedicated the
celebration of its fourth Dies
Natalis to traditional Dutch
winter dishes, prepared Paul
Houthuijzen. Dressed in an of-
ficial chef’s jacket provided by
HaVeP, Paul served the guests
a 5-course dinner of pea soup,
vegetable stews, captain’s din-
ner, stewed pear and semolina.
Skopska Crna Gora
For this event we selected
a small, cosy restaurant on
the slopes of Skopska Crna
Gora, north of Skopje, exact-
ly providing that warm winter
photo:NLChamber
­atmosphere, Vila Vesnica.
Ambassador Wouter Plomp
and Deputy Head of Mission
Peter Verheyen were also be
present.
all pictures of this event: nl.mk/dies2016
Paul Houthuijzen

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events
Sneak Preview: Marriott Hotel Skopje
The Dutch general manager of the brand new Marriott Hotel at Macedonia Square in
Skopje will host a “sneak preview” for NL Chamber members.
Potential customers as well as
potential suppliers are invited
to join NL Chamber’s Sneak
Preview at Marriott Hotel
Skopje. On 3 February Gene­
ral manager Dirk Vlierboom
will guide the group around
through the eight floors of this
new hotel which is scheduled
to open on 30 March.
Marriott International Inc.
from Bethesda, Maryland, USA
operates this hotel with 149
rooms, 15 suits, 10 conference
rooms, a fitness centre and an
indoor pool on 9 floors.
marriott.com/skpmc
events
General Assembly: new president and board members
At the fifth General Assembly the members will elect a new president and two new
board members.
Due to the early departure of
Wietse Mutters from Mace­
donia, the General Assembly
needs to elect a new president
for NL Chamber. Since both
other members of the Board,
Marta Naumovska Grna­rova
and Marcel Melles have reached
the end of their second statu-
tory mandate and cannot be
re-elected, also two new board
members have to be chosen.
The Foundation NL Chamber is
to select and propose a candi-
date for president.
candidates
Representatives of the mem-
bers of NL Chamber can stand
up for one of the two board
member positions and inform
the Executive Director of their
motivation in writing including
a biography, no later than two
weeks prior to the General As-
sembly.
There is also one vacancy for
member of the Supervisory
Board, for which the same pro-
cedure applies.
The General Assembly has
been scheduled for Wednesday
30 March 2016.
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events
Study visit Dutch Fashion Business School
A tradition has started: for the third time a group of Dutch students in fashion business
management came to Macedonia for a study visit.
From 8 to 11 December a group
of 20 students and teachers of
Dutch private fashion business
school TMO visited Macedonia
on a sourcing study tour.
VPTex and MGI
This was already the third such
study tour, which has become
a standard part of the curricu-
lum. Since the beginning the
study tour includes visits to
NL Chamber members VPTex
Macedonia and MGI. VPTex
produces workwear and pro-
tective wear under the brand
HaVeP and is part of Dutch
Royal Van Puijenbroek ­Textiel.
MGI is a producer of men’s
trousers in Skopje, managed
by a Dutch entrepreneur.
complete picture
The study tour provides a com-
plete picture of all aspects of
production of textile and lea­
ther items, including t-shirts,
denim and car seat covers.
more pictures:
nl.mk/TMO-FBS

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With a week delay because of bad weather conditions, the second Back to Business
Breakfast again attracted a large crowd.
events
Back to Business Breakfast 2015
photos:NLChamber
NL Chamber’s Back to Busi-
ness Breakfast was originally
scheduled for 10 September,
which happened to be a very
rainy day. One week later, the
event was covered in sunshine
and again some 30 people
came to the green hill behind
printing house Bato & Divajn
to enjoy Dutch and Macedo-
nian breakfast delicacies.
The guests were welcomed
with a glass of “oranjebitter”,
a sweet Dutch liquor, produced
by Schermer Wijnkopers.
new ambassador
Having arrived in Macedo-
nia only a few weeks before,
Ambassador Wouter Plomp
took the opportunity to get
acquainted with NL Chamber
members. Prior to the break-
fast, Plomp met with the own-
Ambassador Wouter Plomp meeting with Zoran Rosomanov of Bato & Divajn
all pictures:
nl.mk/B2B-Breakfast
er of Bato & Divajn, Zoran
Rosomanov, who showed him
around in the printing house
and the furniture production
facility.

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Matchmaking is one of the core activities of NL Chamber. That also includes actively
matching members to other members.
network
Members visit members
Sometimes the annual net-
working events Dies Natalis
and Back to Business Breakfast
are not enough to introduce
certain members to each­other.
In such cases NL Chamber hap-
pily initiates a company visit.
Ladies’ wear producer Vima
Fashion visited the factory of
Feydom and bought a sofa set
for its brand new facility in Ko-
cani.
productivity
Dutch Steel Con, running a
factory for reinforcement ar-
matures and steel construc-
tions near Kumanovo, visited
Zavar for cases where their
clients ask for stainless steel
photos:NLChamber
There are also Dutch companies just accross the border.
network
Dutch plastic bag producer in Kosovo
Only 43 km from Skopje, in
Kosovo, Kivo Plastic Verpak-
kingen BV opened a joint ven-
ture for extrusion of plastic
garbage bags and high-­volume
flexo-printing of thin but strong
plastic bags for bread. Brought
together by a German supplier
of flexo print machines, the
partners invested 5.5 million
EUR. Kivo Kosovo employs 65
people and operates 24/7.
processing equipment. Marta
Naumovska Grnarova, owner
of Zavar: “It was very interest-
ing to hear how they doubled
productivity, by changing the
common Macedonian way of
working.” Ton Telkamp, pro-
duction manager at Steel Con:
“It may look easy, but in fact
we are talking about a change
of culture, which requires con-
tinuous attention for a long
period of time.” A return visit
by Zavar to Steel Con is being
planned.
foundation for
future co-operation
The visit of Thijs Zomer of
Natuurgevelsteen to tree nurs-
ery European Plants of Joost
Michels laid a strong founda-
tions for a future co-operation.
Zomer: “It is really amazing
what Joost has established!”
Both gentlement saw good op-
porturnities for joint activities
in the coming years.
Kees Jan Nieuwenhuis and Ton Telkamp with Marta Naumovska Grnarova
Joost Michels and Thijs Zomer
more pictures:
nl.mk/kivo-kosovo

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Several Dutch members choose to give their Dutch clients a bottle of Macedonian wine
for christmas. The christmas package season starts in February with a trade fair.
network
Macedonian wine for christmas
Several of our Dutch members
chose this year to treat their
clients and relations to a bottle
of Macedonian wine for christ-
mas, like ­Anthura did. It is that
opportunity that can be used
better by Macedonian wineries
- and companies in other sec-
tors as well.
christmas package fair
Although sales have decreased
over the years due to econo­
mic crises, the habit of ­giving
a christmas package to all
employees or key clients is
still commonly known in the
Nether­lands. As a niche in the
relational gift business, several
companies are active in com-
posing and selling packages as
photos:NLChamber,onlinecatalogues
a christmas gift. Already on 9
and 10 February the christmas
package season starts with
a trade fair at Expo Houten,
near ­Utrecht: the Neder-
landse Kerst­pakkettenbeurs.
One week later, on 16 and
17 ­February the second such
fair GéPéBé takes place at
Autotron, Rosmalen. Com-
Italian pasta theme with plates, olive oil and wine
cheese & wine theme
tea theme with breakfast items
colour theme: green
fair trade certified products only
posers and resellers gather
at these fairs, showcasing
ranges of (mostly) food pro­
ducts, grouped around certain

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photos:webshops
china theme
themes.
from food to thematic
The tradition started early
19th century with farmers who
gave their workers a basket
of food to celebrate christmas
with their families. Later on,
the christmas package became
a common “thank-you” for all
employees, still focussing on
food and drinks for the christ-
mas dinner with the family.
Nowadays, employers look for
alternatives matching the com-
pany’s identity or ­expressing
certain ideas. Herewith the-
matic packages were intro-
duced, including also non-food
products and gift cards. Com-
panies can also choose to let
their employees compose their
personal christmas package
online.
internal to relational gift
Recognizing the promotional
potential of christmas gifts,
companies also started trea­
ting their customers and key
relations with presents at
christmas, often calendars,
agendas or bottles of wine.
potential for Macedonia
The importer of Stobi wines
in the Netherlands, Schermer
Wijnkopers, is exhibiting at
the first fair, offering for exam-
ple customized bottles. Univin,
importer of amongst others
Tikves is active in relation-
al presents with customized
wooden boxes with wine.
One step further would be the
introduction of thematic “Taste
of Macedonia” packages. Ha­
ving in mind that winter is the
planning period for the sum-
mer holidays, one could even
think of wine and ajvar, com-
bined with less typical food
products from Macedonian
producers, a tourist map and
an entrance ticket to the Dutch
Tourism Fair where Macedonia
is always present.
Luxury wine package with appetizers
Wellness theme: bathrobe, spon­ges,
teapot, tea-glasses, tea and sweets

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Sponsors of NL Chamber
www.boekestijntransport.com
www.pivaraskopje.com.mk
www.nlembassy.org.mk

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Ladies’ wear specialist Vima Fashion opened a new production facility in the industrial
zone of Kocani.
members
Opening new building Vima Fashion
It was a long and difficult pro-
cess, starting with the pur-
chase of land through a public
tender and followed by a chal-
lenging period of construction.
But the result is a state of the
art garment production facility
of 1,400 sqm with a wonderful
view on the Plackovica Moun-
tains from the offices on the
first floor.
Dutch clients, family and
friends came to Macedonia
Vima Fashion DOOEL
Ul. Ungarska 2
2300 Kocani
Republic of Macedonia
t: +389 33 297910
e: vima@t.mk
fb.com/Vima-Fashion...
Ambassador Wouter Plomp congratu-
lates Wim Westen.
photos:NLChamber
The owners of NL Chamber sponsor
Boeke­stijn Transport Services with
­local partner Sali Ibishi of Mega Trans
Willeke and Joost of NL Chamber
member European Plants.
to attend the official ­opening
celebration together with the
staff, employees, subcon-
tractors and the new Dutch
ambassador to Macedonia,
Wouter Plomp. NL Chamber
patron member Pivara Skopje
arranged for the liquid part of
the catering.
BSCI
The construction plans took
into account the latest stand-
ards in the industry. These ef-
forts have been recognized
with the awarding of the level
B certificate of the Business
Social Compliance Initiative
(BSCI) for the first time in
Macedonia.

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After several trips to ­Turkey
and lots of testing, Nini
Gjorgjiev­ski established a pro-
duction line for sneakers under
the brand name X-Steps.
Nini: “You can easily roll up the
sneakers and put them in your
bag in case you want to change
your shoes for something more
comfortable. We added scent
to the granules for the sole to
avoid that plastic smell!”
The leather shoe producer Mak-Kozha from Kumanovo installed equipment to produce
an own line of sneakers.
members
Mak-Kozha invested in production line sneakers
photos:NLChamber,ANWB,HaVeP
VPTex developed and produced a 14-piece outfit for the 900 men and women of Dutch
road service ANWB Wegenwacht.
members
Dutch road service in new clothing by VPTex
It was about time: In 2013, af-
ter 21 years Dutch road service
ANWB Wegenwacht ordered
the development of a new
clothing line for its 900 emplo­
yees. Together with an exter-
nal designer Van Puijenbroek
Textiel developed ­modern,
safe and strong 14-piece outfit
in several cycles of testing and
feedback.
Production was done at
amongst others the VPTex fac-
tory in ­Ilinden, Macedonia.
The size of this order was so
impressive that ANWB has
placed an info­graphic on the
website: the total number of
32.000 garments required
37.000 sqm of fabric and 4.700
km of yarn.
Watch the video and check:
www.anwb.nl
www.havep.com

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Gevel 2016, from 27 to 29
January in Ahoy, Rotterdam,
showcases design and engi-
neering solutions for facades.
The Dutch company Natuur-
gevelsteen will present their
natural stone solution at stand
number 1A040.
Watch the corporate video on
youtube and check the cata-
logue on issuu.
The Dutch importer of natural stone from Macedonia participates with Natuurgevelsteen
in the trade fair for facade design and construction Gevel 2016 in Rottedam.
members
Natuurgevelsteen present at Gevel 2016
photos:Natuurgevelsteen,Holmak,NLChamber
On 26 August Mark Lammers,
managing director of Dutch
Holmak Heatx BV signed a
Memorandum of Understand-
ing with the Dean of the Fac-
ulty of Technology in Bitola,
Stojance Nusev.
Objective is a long-term co-
operation between the faculty
and Holmak’s local subsidiary
on both theoretical and prac-
Sharing knowledge and enabling students on theoretical and practical level is the focus
of Holmak’s co-operation with the University of Bitola.
members
Holmak signs MoU with Faculty of Technology Bitola
tical level by engaging scien-
tists and developing research
projects on the one hand, and
offering trainings, internships
and master thesis proposals
on the other. The knowledge
partners also intend to stimu-
late sharing experience and
contacts through workshops
and discussions.
More info: www.holmak.eu
Tehnokoop is ready for its fourth furniture trade show at De Woonindustrie.
members
Tehnokoop adjusts to Dutch market
At the spring trade fair at fur-
niture showroom centre De
Woonindustrie (14.02-17.02)
in Nieuwe­gein, Tehnokoop will
present its la­test product line
focussed on the Dutch market
at showroom no. 2B031.
More info: TK-meubels
contact@tk-meubels.nl
www.tk-meubels.nl
fb.com/Tehnokoop
linkedin.com/.../tehnokoop
youtube.com/user/Tehnokoop
catalogue (pdf):
nl.mk/TK-meubels16

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In October the local branch
of Dutch e-commerce develo­
per Tricode was present at the
technolgy trade fair Tehnoma
in Skopje to present its third
“Skopje Tech Meetup” later
that month in Piazza Liber-
ta. By sharing its knowledge
through this series of work-
Both Tricode and InterWorks started to organize workshops to present and discuss
novel­ties in software development and exchange experiences.
members
Tech Meetups for IT professionals
InterWorks DOOEL
e: interworks@interworks.com.mk
w: www.interworks.com.mk
fb.com/interworksmk
linkedin.com/../interworks
shops for a wider audience of
IT professionals, Tricode pre-
sents itself as a dedicated soft-
ware developer, while reaching
out to potential new staff.
The third Meetup on Java­
Script, Node.js and Pomodoro
attracted about 50 people in a
pleasant informal atmosphere.
Next Skopje Tech Meetup on
OSGi and Continuous Delivery
for Open Source Java Projects
is scheduled for 4 February at
Piazza Liberta.
In December InterWorks host-
ed a Tech Meetup in Bitola with
four presentations on the sub-
jects SCRUM/Agile, SnapLogic
integrations, approaches in
software testing and QA ser-
vices and Interworks’ skills de-
velopment platform FYnderFY.
Tricode DOOEL
w: www.tricode.nl
w: www.skopjetechmeetup.mk
fb.com/Tricode
linkedin.com/../Tricode
photos:NLChamber,InterWorks

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photo:NLChamber,NetherlandsEmbassy
The new ambassador met with Dutch managers and visited NL Chamber members to
learn about doing business in Macedonia.
members
Ambassador meeting with the business community
Within a few days after his ar-
rival the new Dutch ambas-
sador Wouter Plomp met with
CEO and commercial director
Wietse Mutters of Pivara Skop-
je. Mutters, also president of
NL Chamber, is the Heineken
representative in the board of
this largest brewery of Mace-
donia, which is a joint-venture
of Heineken and Coca Cola.
great creative couple
Even before the lunch ­meeting,
on 31 August, Plomp was wel-
comed by Filimena and Zoran
Radonjanin of Feydom. The
company develops and pro-
duces award-winning design
seat and sofas.
Lunch-meeting with Dutch business
managers at the residency
Filimena Radonjanin with Ambassador
Wouter Plomp at Feydom
impressive tree nursery
On a sunny day early Novem-
ber the ambassador met with
Joost Michels and was im-
pressed by both the beauty
and the scale of the 300 ha.
conifer tree nursery European
Plants near Tetovo.
Ambassador Wouter Plomp with Joost
Michels at European Plants
men’s trousers
At Macedonian Garment Indus-
try MGI, general manager Mar-
cel Melles introduced Plomp to
the fine art of producing the
perfect pair of men’s trousers.
workwear
Having learnt the basics of
garment manufacturing from
business lunch
In his third week, Plomp met
for lunch at the resi­dency
with a group of Dutch busi-
ness managers in Macedonia.
NL Chamber members Euro­
pean Plants, MGI, Vima
­Fashion and patron member
Pivara Skopje, as well as ­React
introduced Plomp to the ins
and outs of doing business in
Mace­donia.
Ambassador Plomp (middle) with
Wietse Mutters (left) and production
manager Kire ­Stojanov Melles, the ambassador visi­
ted the producer of HaVeP
workwear and protective
wear. ­VPTex Macedonia in Ka-
dino is a subsidiary of Royal
Van Puijen­broek Textiel from
Goirle. The occasion was the
presence of CEO Rob Kwasp-
en. Production manager Alfred
Schönbeck and the local man-
agement team Dragana Jaki-
movska-Uzunovska and Marga
Jakimovska-Avramovska guid-
ed Plomp around.
Marcel Melles introducing MGI to
Ambas­sador ­Wouter Plomp
steel construction
In Mlado Nagoricane near
Kumanovo Plomp met with
­Richard Lieverst, the Dutch
owner of steel construction
and reinforcement armatures
producer Steel Con.
The company is part of Gerliko
Ambassador Wouter Plomp with Alfred
Schönbeck and Rob Kwaspen at VPTex

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photos:NLChamber
members
New members Frontwise, Radius Architects and RevelApps
Frontwise Group is a young
Dutch company in recruiting
that has placed its business
process in Skopje and Ohrid, al-
ready employing thirty people.
The founders have long-term
experience in the employment
sector and co-founder Gerrit
Loopstra has decades of expe-
rience with doing business in
Macedonia in various sectors.
Frontwise Group is not only
active in talent acquisition for
corporate clients world-wide,
but also provides these clients
with other HR and IT services
as well as marketing and sales
support.
Radius Architects was foun­ded
in 2012 by four architects, pre-
viously colleagues at another
company. One of their recent
projects is to be opened this
spring: the new headquarters
of ProCredit Bank Macedonia in
Skopje.
Group and is producing main-
ly for the Dutch market, but
also has a few large projects
in Serbia. In Macedonia Steel
Con has been active as sub-
contractor in amongst ­others
the construction of Skender-
beg Square.
Frontwise Group
e: contact@frontwisegroup.com
w: www.frontwisegroup.com
linkedin.com/../frontwise...
fb.com/frontwisegroup
Radius Architects
e: info@radius.mk
w: www.radius.mk
linkedin.com/../radius...
fb.com/RADiUs...
By the end of 2015 a recruiter, an architectural firm, a software developer and a hotel
joined NL Chamber.
Third new member is Ravel­
Apps, a Dutch-owned develop-
er of applications for the hore-
ca sector. The main product is
Tabletmenukaart with which
bars and restaurants have tab-
lets with their menu instead of
ordinary paper menus. Cus-
RevelApps
e: info@revelapps.com
w: www.revelapps.com
linkedin.com/../ravelapps
fb.com/Tabletmenukaart
tomers order, pay and rate the
services on the tablet.
At horeca trade fair Horecava
in Amsterdam, Dutch business
news channel RTL-Z inter-
viewed the RavelApps team:
see the video.
Fourth new member is Marriott
Hotel Skopje which will open
in April. NL Chamber members
have been invited for a pre-
opening guided tour.
See also page 3.
marriott.com/skpmc

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short
Tidal Energy
Measuring 5 waterturbines
of 230 kW each, the Ooster-
schelde tidal power plant is the
largest commercial tidal power
plant in the world. The plant
provides electricity for 1,000
households and was developed
by tidal turbines specialist To-
cardo and subsea engineer
Huisman.
Watch the impressive movie
on the design and production
process as well as the chal-
lenging logis­tics:
­­youtu.be/n954atnXibE
Quality Circular
Polymers
Supported by the Dutch go­
vernment, French waste pro-
cessor Suez and local inves-
tors, Quality Circular Polymers
invested 35 million EUR in a
processing plant for plastic
waste leading to high quality
recycled polymers. The unique
process of separation, clea­
ning, sorting and processing
uses technologies from various
industries and allows unlimi­
ted recycling of polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) for the
production of new bottles and
other articles. The factory is
located at chemi­cal innovation
park Chemelot in Geleen.
Wine journey
End of August a group of Dutch
professionals in the wine sec-
tor visited Macedonia on a trip
to nine wineries, including NL
Chamber members Tikves and
Stobi.
The blogs of the journey are
full of praise, but in Dutch.
See: blog about Tikves
See: blog about Stobi
400 years Vopak
In 1616, fourteen years af-
ter the foundation of the VOC
(Dutch East India Compa-
ny), the predecessor of Royal
Vopak was established as a
storehouse. Nowadays Vopak
is the world’s largest company
in storing and handling of bulk
liquids, with over 80 terminals
in 31 countries and a storage
capacity of 30 mln m3
. High-
lighting this remarkable birth-
day, Vopak shared “400 sec-
onds of creative inspiration”, a
compilation of a speech by in-
novator Daan Roosegaarde at
the Vopak Global Management
Meeting. On 22 December
Roosegaarde was proclaimed
“Hero of the Day” by Macedo-
nian radio station ClubFM for
his Smog Free Tower which
can clean 30,000 m3
of air by
attracting positive ions with
fine dust particles from the air.
Video: youtu.be/JzELB_RlfTs
Tidal power plant in Oosterschelde: construction movie
photos:Tocardo,QualityCircularPolymers,Vinissima,StudioRoosegaarde
About Tikves Winery:
“Wow. Great wines and reception of
the largest winery of Macedonia.”
About Stobi Winery:
“Cabernet sauvignon (beautifully
matured with 18 months on wood),
syrah, merlot (barrique), petit ­verdit
(deliciously soft and intense) and two
blends Aminta and topper Vranec
­Veritas.”

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Selection of trade fairs in the
Netherlands.
NB: All blue text is clickable!
Major trade fairs take place at:
Jaarbeurs, Utrecht
99,000 sqm, 13 halls
www.jaarbeurs.nl
RAI, Amsterdam
87,000 sqm, 11 halls
www.rai.nl
Ahoy, Rotterdam
30,000 sqm, 6 halls
www.ahoy.nl
Regional locations are:
Brabanthallen, ‘s-Hertogenb.
29,500 sqm, 6 halls
IJsselhallen, Zwolle
17,000 sqm, 4 halls
MECC, Maastricht
29,500 sqm, 4 halls
Most fairs in the Netherlands
have entrance fees and offer
discounts for early registration
online.
Please do not hesitate to
contact NL Chamber when
you plan to visit a fair in the
Nether­lands.
NL Chamber’s annual calendar
also lists a selection of these
fairs: nl.mk/latestcalendar
The Netherlands
11-14.01.2016 Horecava and Wine Professional, RAI - Amsterdam
400 food service exhibitors; 100 wine exhibitors
12-17.01.2016 Dutch Tourism Expo, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
850 exhibitors; first day for professional visitors only
13-15.01.2016 VakbeursFacilitair,Brabanthallen-‘s-­Hertogenbosch
400 exhibitors; products/services facility management
i.e. maintenance, cleaning, catering, ict, reception etc.
20-21.01.2016 BioBeurs, IJsselhallen - Zwolle
350 exhibitors in the sustainable organic food chain
24-25.01.2016 Modefabriek, RAI - Amsterdam
sales exhibition of the major fashion brands
27-29.01.2016 Gevel and Material Xperience, Ahoy - Rotterdam
products and technology for facade construction
materials expo for architects, creative professionals
09-10.02.2016 Nederlandse Kerstpakkettenbeurs, Expo - Houten
trade fair for christmas packages
09-12.02.2016 Integrated Systems Europe, RAI - Amsterdam
integrated electronic systems: audio, video, lighting
14-17.02.2016 Vakbeurs, De Woonindustrie - Nieuwegein
furniture trade fair for showroom users
16-18.02.2016 GéPéBé, Autotron - Rosmalen
trade fair for christmas packages
15-18.03.2016 ESEF, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
engineering and subcontracting
22-24.03.2016 Building Holland, RAI - Amsterdam
construction fair
12-14.04.2016 Empack and Label&Print Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
packaging materials, machines, coding, labelling etc.
10-13.05.2016 ISSA/Interclean, RAI - Amsterdam
trade fair in professional hygiene
24-25.05.2016 World Private Label / PLMA, RAI - Amsterdam
european private label producers in food and non-food
3,800 exhibitors, 68 countries, 42 regional pavilions
brochure MK pavilion, see: nl.mk/PLMA-brochure
14-16.06.2016 GreenTech, RAI - Amsterdam
300 exhibitors in horticulture and floriculture industry
10-11.07.2016 Modefabriek, RAI - Amsterdam
sales exhibition of the major fashion brands
15.09.2016 Relatie Z, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
80 exhibitors; relational gifts and christmas packages
27.09.2016- VT Wonen & Design Beurs, RAI - Amsterdam
02.10.2016 250 exhibitors; consumer fair home interior & design
04-07.10.2016 World of Technology&Science, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
Industrial Processing, Jaarbeurs - Utrecht
338 exhibitors; automation, electronics, laboratory;
dairy industry technology; packaging
04-06.10.2016 Energie, Brabanthallen - ‘s-Hertogenbosch
200 exhibitors; energy saving, sustainable energy
25-26.10.2016 Offshore Energy Exhibition, RAI - Amsterdam
650 exhibitors; offshore industry suppliers/contractors
23-24.11.2016 Packaging Innovations, Taets Park - Amsterdam
high-level event for brand managers, marketeers and
packaging specialists
21-22.11.2016 World Bulk Wine Exhibition, RAI - Amsterdam
220 wineries from 19 countries
Selection of upcoming trade fairs.
short
Calendar of Trade Fairs