• "The award has given us brand recognitions and the trust of suppliers which has helped in launching our product on the market"

  Adriaan Verdaasdonk, Manager HiFri® BV

• "The Food Valley Award has given FrieslandCampina an innovative image"

  Cleem Köllmann, Manager Process Development FrieslandCampina

• "Winning the award has given us a lot of free publicity and that helped us get the next subsidy"

  Paulus Kosters, Manager Provalor BV

• "Winning the Food Valley Award gave our collaboration with our partners a boost"

  Jos Nelissen, Manager Newtricious BV

• "The publicity has generated us a lot of interest from the market. It underlines how great it is to innovate"

  Piet Buwalda, Manager Innovation Centre Food of AVEBE

• "You notice that potential clients view an award winner as innovative and reliable"

  Monique van Wordragen, General Manager NSure

• "We have received a lot of positive reactions from the introduction to the market. The award nomination has certainly helped"

  Karin Visser, Product Manager Industry Romi Smilfood BV

• "Our brand recognition is growing and acceptance of the method is increasing, partly thanks to the nomination (1)"

  Pascal de Grood, Manager De Grood Innovations BV

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Who is this year’s Food Valley Award winner?

Food Valley awards an annual prize to the most distinctive project or initiative in the food or food-related business. Potential winners of this Food Valley Award must stand out in terms of innovation, cooperation and Corporate Social Responsibility. The Food Valley Award is presented at the Food Valley Expo, on October 25th, at Papendal Hotel and Conference Centre, Arnhem, The Netherlands

The award comprises:
• A piece of art by Olav Slingerland
• A Food Valley Award certificate
• Innovation Trailer (as well for nominees)
• Two year membership of the Food Valley Society

The nominees and the winner naturally receive plenty of publicity.
Registration is posible until may 4th.

Important innovation award
Thanks to increasing interest in the prize from both the media and industry, the Food Valley Award has evolved into one of the most important innovation prizes.

Winners Food Valley Award 2011: Govert van Oord, Managing Director and Hans Roelofs, Innovation Director IXL Netherlands.

 

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Innovation at Its Best

In this issue we present the Food Valley Award winners' and nominees' stories of innovation. We also hear from Peter van Bladeren (Nestlé), Aalt Dijkhuizen (Wageningen UR), Chris Buijink (Ministry of ELI), Rudy Rabbinge (CGIAR) and Robbert Dijkgraaf (KNAW) about their thoughts on the current and future Dutch innovation climate.